2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Minor Courses | ||
| ENGR 3124 | Introduction to Green Engineering | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental Life Cycle Assessment 1 | ||
| Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach 1 | ||
| Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Global Society 1 | ||
| Subtotal | 6 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Engineering Electives | ||
| Select 6 hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Fluid Flows in Nature | ||
| Wind Turbine Technology and Aerodynamics | ||
| Building Physics and Environmental Systems | ||
| Building Performance and Energy Management | ||
| Sustainable Building Performance Management | ||
| Small Watershed Hydrology | ||
| Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment and Control | ||
| Bioprocess Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Watershed Modeling | ||
| Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries | ||
| Biological Process Plant Design | ||
| Separation Processes | ||
| Mass Transfer | ||
| Energy and Climate Change Solutions | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Engineering | ||
| Water and Wastewater Treatment Design | ||
| Fundamentals of Public Health Engineering | ||
| Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach 1 | ||
| Air Resources Engineering | ||
| Sustainable Land Development | ||
| Hydrology | ||
| Groundwater Resources | ||
| Hydraulic Structures | ||
| Water Resources Planning | ||
| Coastal Engineering | ||
| Urban Water Sustainability | ||
| Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery | ||
| Microgrids | ||
| Alternate Energy for Climate Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Life Cycle Assessment 1 | ||
| Manufacturing Processes | ||
| Global Issues in Industrial Management | ||
| Risk and Hazard Control | ||
| Principles of Industrial Hygiene | ||
| Fundamentals of Materials Engineering | ||
| Materials Selection and Design I and II | ||
| Bio-Inspired Technology | ||
| Energy Systems for Buildings | ||
| Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Global Society 1 | ||
| Internal Combustion Engines | ||
| Advanced Technology for Motor Vehicles | ||
| Engineering Acoustics | ||
| Energy and Raw Materials: Geopolitics and Sustainable Development | ||
| Leadership for Responsible Mining | ||
| Applications in Mineral Processing | ||
| Mine and Water Reservoir Engineering | ||
| Environmental Management for Mining and Geoenergy | ||
| Fundamentals of Nuclear Engr | ||
| Fundamental of Nuclear Engr | ||
| Radiation Detection, Protection and Shielding | ||
| Nuclear Fuel Cycle | ||
| Interdisciplinary Electives | ||
| Select 6 hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Environmental Law | ||
| Environment and Sustainable Development Economics (Pathway 3 ; Pathway 7) | ||
| Environmental Economic Analysis and Management | ||
| Sustainable Development Economics | ||
| Animal Agriculture and the Environment | ||
| Environment and Building Systems | ||
| Environment and Building Systems | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| Ecology | ||
| Freshwater Ecology | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Plant Ecology | ||
| Chemical Ecology | ||
| Green Chemistry | ||
| Materials Chemistry in Energy Sciences | ||
| Land-based Systems for Waste Treatment | ||
| Wetland Soils and Mitigation | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Literature and the Environment | ||
| Soils in the Landscape | ||
| Fundamentals of Environmental Science | ||
| Physics of Pollution | ||
| Plant Materials for Environmental Restoration | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Water Quality | ||
| Environmental Soil Chemistry | ||
| Bioremediation | ||
| Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands | ||
| Insects and Human Society (Pathway 4) | ||
| Pesticide Usage | ||
| Aquatic Entomology | ||
| Freshwater Biomonitoring | ||
| Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (Pathway 4) | ||
| Fish, Fishing, and Conservation (Pathway 3 OR Pathway 4) | ||
| Fish Ecology | ||
| Forest Ecosystems (Pathway 4) | ||
| Ecology of Appalachian Forests (Pathway 4) | ||
| Forests, Society & Climate (Pathway 3 or Pathway 4) | ||
| Leadership for Global Sustainability (Pathway 2 OR Pathway 3) | ||
| Principles of Watershed Hydrology | ||
| Watersheds and Water Quality Monitoring | ||
| Principles and Practice of Agroforestry | ||
| Environmental Justice, Resources and Development (Pathway 3) | ||
| Geography of Resources | ||
| Elements of Geology | ||
| Environmental Geosciences | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
| Groundwater Hydrology | ||
| American Environmental History (Pathway 2 or Pathway 3) | ||
| Plants and Greenspaces in Urban Communities (Pathway 4) | ||
| Watershed Sensitive Site Design and Construction | ||
| Evolution of the American Landscape (Pathway 1a or Pathway 2) | ||
| Global Ethics (Pathway 2) | ||
| Global Environmental Issues: Interdisciplinary Perspectives | ||
| Human Behaviors and Natural Environments (Pathway 3 AND Pathway 7) | ||
| Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Housing (Pathway 3 AND Pathway 7) | ||
| Structure and Properties of Sustainable Biomaterials | ||
| Circular Economy Analytics for Sustainable Systems (Pathway 5a) | ||
| Global Forest Sustainability | ||
| Sustainable Nature-Based Enterprises | ||
| Green Building Systems | ||
| Chemistry and Conversion of Sustainable Biomaterials | ||
| Sustainable Biomaterials and Bioenergy | ||
| Society, Sustainability Biomaterials and Energy | ||
| Sustainable Biomaterials Enterprises | ||
| Plant Polymers & Biocomposites | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Future of Cities | ||
| Creating the Ecological City | ||
| Science, Techology, and Environment (Pathway 2) | ||
| Energy and Society (Pathway 2 OR Pathway 3) | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning (Pathway 2 OR Pathway 3) | ||
| Environmental Ethics and Policy | ||
| Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy | ||
| Community Renewable Energy Systems | ||
| Planning of the Urban Infrastructure | ||
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
These courses count either as a required course or an engineering elective, but not both
To complete a minor in Green Engineering, students must:
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