Engineering for Sustainability Minor

The Tickle College of Engineering offers a multidisciplinary minor in engineering for sustainability. Students earning this minor will develop a broad knowledgebase in the fundamentals of social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability, the engineering tools for sustainability analysis, and the specific domain applications of engineering and technology to confront our sustainability challenges. This minor will provide students a credential assuring they are fluent in broad sustainability concepts and are technically proficient with engineering tools and technologies in their areas of interest. The minor includes four elective technical proficiency tracks: (1) Agricultural and Ecological Resources, (2) Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, (3) Earth systems: Air, Water, Soil, and (4) Infrastructure and Industry. Note that some of the courses may have prerequisites.

Minor Requirements:

The minor consists of 18 hours. Some courses can satisfy a requirement for a major. This minor is open to students enrolled in the Tickle College of Engineering and Biosystems Engineering majors.

Engineering for Sustainability Foundation

Engineering for Sustainability Technical Depth

Select three courses, at least two of which must be from the same track:

Technical Track 1: Agriculture and Ecological Resources

AGNR 180 - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
AGNR 480 - How to Feed the World 3 Credit Hours
ESS 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 435 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 201 - Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future 3 Credit Hours
FWF 250 - Conservation 3 Credit Hours *
FWF 430 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources 3 Credit Hours
PLSC 275 - Organic and Sustainable Crop Production 3 Credit Hours
WFS 401 - Ecology and Management of Wildlife Health 3 Credit Hours

Technical Track 2: Energy and Climate

AREC 345 - Climate Change and Renewable Energy Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECE 325 - Electric Energy System Components 3 Credit Hours
ECE 421 - Electric Energy Systems 3 Credit Hours
ECE 422 - Power System Operations and Planning 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 561 Climate and Environmental Informatics
ENVE 562 Three-Dimensional Climate Modeling
ESE 511 Introduction to Energy Science and Technology I
ESS 110 - Energy for the World 3 Credit Hours *
ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 346 - Energy, Governance, and Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 434 - Climatology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 453 - Extreme Weather Climatology 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 456 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 558 Global Climate Change
ME 472 - Sustainable Energy Engineering 3 Credit Hours
ME 476 - Fuel Cell Engines 3 Credit Hours
ME 480 - Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles 3 Credit Hours
MSE 455 - Materials for Energy 3 Credit Hours
MSE 460 - Solar Photovoltaics 3 Credit Hours
NE 340 - Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics for Nuclear Materials 3 Credit Hours
NE 404 - Nuclear Fuel Cycle 3 Credit Hours

Technical Track 3: Earth Systems – Air, Water, and Soil

BSE 426 - Design Hydrology and Monitoring for Agricultural, Low Impact Development (LID), and other Ecological Systems 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 381 - Environmental Engineering I 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 391 - Water Resources I 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 458 - Honors: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 474 - Air Pollution and Control 3 Credit Hours
ENVE 511 Environmental Chemistry
ENVE 512 Environmental Transport and Kinetics
ENVE 513 Environmental Microbiology
ENVE 516 Watershed Monitoring and Assessment
ENVE 526 Ecological Engineering for Stream Rehabilitation
ENVE 527 Stream Restoration Design
ENVE 530 Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Engineering
ENVE 533 Green Infrastructure Design
ENVE 577 Air Pollution Climatology
ESS 424 - Environmental Stormwater Management 3 Credit Hours
ESS 434 - Environmental Soil Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 131 - Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours
EEPS 454 - Environmental Restoration 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 466 - Water and Air Pollution 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 564 Water Sustainability and Climate
GEOL 554 Environmental Restoration

Technical Track 4: Infrastructure and Industry

ARCH 101 - Introduction to Architecture 3 Credit Hours
CBE 586 Sustainable Engineering, Design, and Analysis
CE 311 - Smart Infrastructure and Sustainability Engineering 3 Credit Hours
CE 548 Sustainable Transportation
CE 554 Public Transit Planning and Operation
CE 557 Transportation Policy and Economics
CE 681 Rating and Analysis of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
IE 430 - Supply Chain Engineering 3 Credit Hours
IE 522 Optimization Methods in Industrial Engineering
IE 531 Systems Thinking and Modeling
IE 565 Applied Data Science
IE 566 Optimization for Big Data
NE 340 - Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics for Nuclear Materials 3 Credit Hours
NE 342 - Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

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