CWR 6115—Surface Hydrology (3) Prereq: MAP 2302 or EGM 3311, CWR 3201 or EGN 3353C. Occurrence and distribution of water by natural processes including atmospheric thermodynamics, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, water losses, flood routing and catchment characteristics, analysis, and methods of runoff prediction. Current hydrologic computer models.

CWR 6252—Environmental Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals (3) Prereq: permission of instructor. Environmental impact and fate of trace metals and metalloids as they cycle through geological and biological environmental compartments. Emphasis on anthropogenic activities of metals with growing environmental concerns, including arsenic, mercury, chromium, and lead.

EES 5105—Advanced Wastewater Microbiology (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. The role of microorganisms and other biota in major environmental problems, wastewater processes and natural bodies of water.

EES 5107—Ecological and Biological Systems (3) System dynamics, fundamental microbiological principles, and general ecological principles and structure and function of ecosystems.

EES 5207—Environmental Chemistry (3) Prereq: CHM 2046. Survey of principles of chemistry with applications to water, emphasizing properties, composition, redox equilibria, and complexation; environmental organic chemistry; earth’s atmosphere with emphasis on chemical composition, gaseous inorganic pollutants and oxides, and photochemical smog.

EES 5245—Water Quality Analysis (3) Prereq: CHM 2046, EES 4201, or 6208, or consent of instructor. Principles of analytical chemistry applied to the determination of chemical composition of natural waters and wastewaters. Emphasis on methods used in routine determinations of water and wastewater quality and interpretation of data.

EES 5305C—Ecological and General Systems (3) Prereq: MAP 2302 or equivalent. Systems ecology, including examples, languages, theoretical formulations and models for design, synthesis and prediction of systems of man and nature.

EES 5306—Energy Analysis (3) Energetics of systems of environment and economics; energy analysis of environmental systems, agroecosystems, regional and national economies; energy evaluation of public policy.

EES 5307—Ecological Engineering (3) Principles and practices in design and management of environment with society; systems concepts for organization of humanity, technology, and nature.

EES 5315—Ecology and the Environment (2) Application of ecological principles to environmental problems and management.

EES 5415—Environmental Health (3) Effects of environment pollution upon health. Methods of evaluation, treatment, and prevention of pollutants of health significance.

EES 6007—Advanced Energy and Environment (3) Energy basis for system of humanity and nature, including principles of systems ecology, ecological economics, and public policy.

EES 6009—Ecological Economics (2) Consideration of new research areas; models and mathematical theories common to ecology and economics, interfaces between ecology and economics, relationships of energy and money.

EES 6026C—Environmental Systems Dynamics (3) Prereq:CGS 2425 or equivalent. Feedback principles and methods introduced and used to develop and test hypotheses of causes of dynamics in environmental systems. Hypotheses tested through computer modeling.

EES 6028—Spatial Modeling Using Geographic Information Systems (3) Advanced applications of GIS and principles of spatial analysis and modeling in environmental engineering sciences.

EES 6051—Advanced Environmental Planning and Design (3) Sustainable communities and regions. Quantitative methods for evaluation of environmental impacts and carrying capacity. Theories of spatial and temporal organization of systems of humanity and nature.

EES 6135—Aquatic Microbiology (3) Behavior of microorganisms in freshwater, marine and soil environments. Stress of pollution on microbial communities. Adsorption of microorganisms to surfaces.

EES 6136—Aquatic Autotrophs (3) The function of algae and macrophytes in lake systems. Environmental problems associated with excessive growth of algae and macrophytes, and methods for their control.

EES 6137—Aquatic Heterotrophs (3) The role of zooplankton, benthic invertebrates and fish in freshwater systems. Emphasis is placed on trophic-level interactions, nutrient cycling and the potential of each group for predicting water quality.

EES 6140—Biology of Exotic Species (3) Prereq: EES 4103. Examination of case histories of species’ introduction worldwide and the mechanisms responsible for establishment and dominance of native communities by exotic taxa.

EES 6145—Environmental Meteorology and Oceanography (3) Prereq: MAP 2302 or EGM 3311 and PHY 2049. Principles of meteorology and oceanography and interactions of atmosphere and oceans with human economy.

EES 6208—Principles of Water Chemistry I (3) Prereq: CHM 2046 or consent of instructor. Application of chemical principles to aqueous reactions; emphasis on thermodynamics, kinetics, and aqueous equilibria including acid-base, solubility, complexation, precipitation and redox.

EES 6209—Principles of Water Chemistry II (3) Prereq: EES 4201 or 6208, or consent of instructor. Application of chemical principles to reactions and composition of natural waters; emphasis on organic compounds, chemical models, and fate of organic contaminants.

EES 6225—Atmospheric Chemistry (3) Prereq: ENV 4101 or consent of instructor. Nature, sources, and sinks of fixed and variable constituents of atmosphere. Chemical changes occurring. Influences and properties of atmospheric components of natural and anthropogenic origin.

EES 6246—Advanced Water Analysis (3) Prereq: EES 4200, 5245, or consent of instructor. Advanced chemical procedures used in water chemistry research. Application of instrumental methods for determination of trace inorganic and organic natural water constituents.

EES 6301—Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology (3) Alternative approaches for understanding ecological interactions, prediction after ecosystem perturbations, and optimal design with nature are evaluated within the context of natural selection and thermodynamics. Static, dynamic, deterministic, and stochastic study of energy flow, element cycling, and information feedback.

EES 6308C—Wetland Ecology (3) Prereq: BSC 2005 or EES 4103. Defining and classifying major wetland ecosystems, formation of wetlands, wetland functions and values; wetlands ecological engineering and management; integrating wetlands into developing landscapes. Emphasis on several field trips to natural and altered wetlands.

EES 6356—Estuarine Systems (3) Coastal ecosystems, their components, processes, systems, models and management including tropical, arctic and man-affected types, field trip and literature review.

EES 6405—Environmental Toxicology (3) Prereq: BSC 2005 or EES 4102, or consent of instructor. Effects of environmental toxicants on humans, animals, and the environment.

EES 6XXX—Principles of Industrial Ecology (3) The linkage of industrial activity with environmental and social sciences. Corporate environmental management and environmental ethics. Resources, laws and economics. Environmental accounting. Industrial products and processes and life cycle assessments. Case studies of corporate environmental policies.

ENV 5072—Pollution Control and Prevention (3) Prereq: CHM 2046, PHY 2005. Survey of engineering processes used to control pollutants in four environmental engineering systems: water, air, waste, and radioactive materials; pollution prevention for sustainable environment.

ENV 5075—Environmental Policy (3) Policy analysis, policy making, and policy implementation. Analytical methods for evaluating alternative policies. Legal, social, political, and economic patterns and processes which shape the climate within which environmental policy is made.

ENV 5105—Foundations of Air Pollution (3) Principal types, sources, dispersion, effects, and physical, economic and legal aspects of control of atmospheric pollutants.

ENV 5305—Advanced Solid Waste Treatment Design (3) Review of solid and hazardous waste treatment processes, including thermal, biological, chemical, and mechanical treatment. Analysis of existing operations.

ENV 5306—Municipal Refuse Disposal (3) Quantities and characteristics of municipal refuse and hazardous materials. Collection methods, transfer stations, equipment and costs.  Refuse disposal practices, regional planning and equipment.

ENV 5518—Field Methods in Environmental Hydrology (3) Prereq: CWR 5125 or equivalent. Field methods for characterizing sites for environmental and hydrologic evaluation. Focus on subsurface systems and ground water interactions.

ENV 5520—Fluid Flow in Environmental Systems (3) Prereq: CHM 2046, PHY 2005. Introduction to fundamentals of fluid flow and its relation to environmental systems such as surface water, ground water, and engineered systems.

ENV 5555—Wastewater Treatment (4) Prereq: ENV 4514C or equivalent. In depth study of the physical, chemical and biological processes utilized in the treatment of wastewater, with special emphasis on cause and effect of physical and biological actions.

ENV 6050—Advanced Pollutant Transport (3) Prereq: ENV 3040, 4501, or consent of instructor. Quantification of physical, biological, and chemical processes occurring in natural freshwater ecosystems. Mathematical analysis of the effects due to conservative and nonconservative pollutant loadings to lakes and rivers. Detailed study of dissolved oxygen mass balance modeling and eutrophication.

ENV 6052—Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. Mechanics of immiscible fluids in porous media. Static fluid distributions, steady and unsteady multiphase flow. Remediation of sites contaminated with nonaqueous phase liquids.

ENV 6116—Air Pollution Sampling and Analysis (3) Prereq: ENV 4101 or consent of instructor. Determination of the concentration of normally encountered ambient pollutants. Practical experience in ambient air and indoor sampling.

ENV 6126—Air Pollution Control Design (3) Prereq: ENV 4101 or consent of instructor. Design, analysis, operational limitations, cost and performance evaluation of control processes and equipment. Field visits to and inspection of industrial installations.

ENV 6130—Aerosol Mechanics (3) Generation, collection, and measurement of aerosols. Theory of the fluid dynamic, optical, electrical, inertial and thermal behavior of gas-borne particles.

ENV 6146 --Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling (3) Prediction of downwind pollutant concentrations from point, line, and areal sources.

ENV 6215—Health Physics (3) Techniques of hazard evaluation and radiation control; monitoring methods; survey techniques; biological sampling; instrument calibration; exposure standards and radiation protection regulation; on-site radiation safety surveys and evaluation.

ENV 6216—Radioactive Wastes (3) Source, treatment and disposal. Emphasis on prevention of environmental contamination.

ENV 6301—Advanced Solid Waste Containment Design (3) Current practice in design of solid and hazardous waste landfills, waste piles, monofills, surface impoundments. Regulations, siting, sizing, liners, leachate and gas management, operations, closure, and post-closure.RDS OF INSTRUCTION

ENV 6435C—Advanced Water Treatment Process Design (4) Prereq: CHM 2046, EES 4201 or 6208, ENV 4514C. Design of water treatment processes including air stripping disinfection, activated carbon adsorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, and ozonation. Predesign laboratory studies to select appropriate process parameters.

ENV 6437—Advanced Wastewater System Design (3) Prereq: ENV 4514C or equivalent; coreq: ENV 4561 or equivalent. Layout and design of sanitary sewage systems, pumping stations, force mains, wastewater treatment plants, and methods of effluent disposal.

ENV 6438—Advanced Potable Water Systems Design (3) Prereq: EES 4201, 6208, ENV 4514C. Design of water treatment operations, including coagulation, flocculation, mixing, sedimentation, filtration, softening, corrosion control, and sludge management. Design costs.

ENV6441--Water Resources Planning and Management (3) Principles and practice of water resources planning and management.  Protocols employed at local, state, federal, regional and international levels.  Plan formulation, evaluation, and implementation.  Stakeholder involvement in planning processes.  Analytical tools. Case studies. 

ENV 6508—Wetland Hydrology (3) Prereq: basic fluid flow course or consent of instructor. Water flow and chemical transport in wetlands. Surface water, ground water interaction in wetlands. Constructed wetlands for water treatment.

ENV 6510—Groundwater Restoration (3) Design of water treatment systems employing aeration, activated carbon, reverse osmosis, and in situ bioremediation to restore contaminated groundwater.

ENV 6511—Biological Wastewater Treatment (3) Theory and current research associated with biological treatment processes.

ENV 6556—Advanced Waste Treatment Operations (3) Prereq: ENV 5555, 6511. Biological, physical, and chemical processes used in the advanced treatment of domestic and industrial waste-water. Reuse application and guidelines.

ENV 6905—Individual Work (1-4; max: 8) Faculty-supervised individual research or study of material not covered in formal courses.

ENV 6910—Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.

ENV 6916—Nonthesis Project (1-3; max: 3)

ENV 6932—Special Problems in Environmental Engineering (1-4; max: 8)

ENV 6935—Graduate Environmental Engineering Seminar (1; max: 6) S/U option.

ENV 6971—Research for Master’s Thesis (1-15) S/U.

ENV 7979—Advanced Research (1-12) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master’s degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.

ENV 7980—Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.