The Sustainability Minor requires a minimum of 15 credits of course work, including the required course CV_ENG 2800 Introduction to Engineering Sustainability, and a minimum of 12 credit hours from the list of approved emphasis area courses.

Required Core Courses

• CV_ENG 2800    Introduction to Engineering Sustainability (3)

Approved Emphasis Area Courses for Minor in Engineering Sustainability

• ARCHST 2323      Sustainable Building Design Fundamentals (3)
• ARCHST 4323      Sustainable Technologies and Systems (3)
• ARCHST 4325      Energy-Efficient Building Design (3)
• BIOL_EN 2600    Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability (3)
• BIOL_EN 4050    Zero Hunger Challenge (3)
• BIOL_EN 4150    Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (3)
  OR CV_ENG 4710  Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
• BIOL_EN 4160    Food Process Engineering (3)
• BIOL_EN 4250    Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (3)
• BIOL_EN 4315    Principles of Biochemical Engineering (3)
  OR CH_ENG 4315  Principles of Biochemical Engineering
• BIOL_EN 4316    Biomass Refinery Operations (3)
  OR CH_ENG 4316     Biomass Refinery Operations
• BIOL_EN 4350    Watershed Modeling Using GIS (3)
  OR CV_ENG 4720      Watershed Modeling Using GIS
• CH_ENG 4220     Hazardous Waste Management (3)
• CH_ENG 4285     Pollution Prevention (3)
• CH_ENG 4311     Chemodynamics (3)
• CH_ENG 4312     Air Pollution Control (3)
• CH_ENG 4318     Energy Technology and Sustainability (3)
• CH_ENG 7315     Principles of Biochemical Engineering (3)
• CH_ENG 7316     Biomass Refinery Operation (3)
• CV_ENG 3200     Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (4)
• CV_ENG 3600     Civil Engineering Materials (4)
• CV_ENG 4145     Civil and Environmental Engineering Legal Issues (3)
• CV_ENG 4230     Introduction to Water Quality (3)
• CV_ENG 4250     Environmental Regulatory Compliance (3)
• CV_ENG 4286     Environmental Sustainability (3)
• CV_ENG 4406     Geotechnics of Landfill Design (3)
• CV_ENG 4710     Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (3)
• CV_ENG 4720     Watershed Modeling Using GIS (3)
• ENV_SC 2600      Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability (3)
• F_S 4160               Food Process Engineering (3)
• IMSE 4001            Topics in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (3)
• IMSE 4580            Industrial Energy Efficiency and Management (3)
• IMSE 4720            Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis (3)

Thematic Elective

The “Thematic Elective” or an experiential learning class involving independent individual or group service projects, study abroad projects and capstone courses with a sustainability-focus will be allowed as one of the approved emphasis area courses with special approval from the Minor Coordinator. A page-long “Thematic Elective” approval request should be sent to the Minor Coordinator and should include details of scope, content and justification of effort involved. The effort should be consistent with a 3-credit course. A written approval by the Minor Coordinator should be in-place before undertaking the Thematic Elective.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Vellore Gopalaratnam
Minor Coordinator
E2501 Lafferre Hall