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Course 10-ENG: Bachelor of Science in Engineering with Concentration
Environmental
This concentration will enable exploration into separation processes, membrane systems, atmospheric chemistry and other environmental challenges. A number of core chemical engineering principles are key to addressing these challenges. Topics that might be covered in the concentration include green or environmentally sustainable energy, water purification, water distribution and supply, and soil remediation. Additional areas of potential interest are the generation of sustainable materials, environmental health, and the use of biological mechanisms for the breakdown of pollutants. Some subjects offer the opportunity to gain context within the global economic and ecological environment. The classes listed below are suggested subjects, but students may propose any set of courses that fit the environmental concentration pending approval from their 10-ENG advisor.
Suggested Undergraduate Subjects
Students can choose 4 of the following subjects, or propose other subjects that are consistent with this concentration in consultation with his or her advisor.
| Environ. | Course Name | Units | GIR | Prerequisites |
| *1.018 | Ecology I: The Earth System | 12 | CI-M | None |
| 1.020 | Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability | 12 | Physics I (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or permission of instructor | |
| ♦1.061 | Transport Processes in the Environment | 12 | 1.060; Coreq: 1.106, 1.070; or permission of instructor |
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| ♦1.070 | Introduction to Hydrology | 12 | 1.060 (equiv to 10.301); Coreq: 1.061, 1.106 | |
| 1.071 | Global Change Science | 12 | 18.03; 5.60 | |
| *1.080 | Environmental Chemistry and Biology | 12 | Chem. (GIR); Biology (GIR) | |
| 1.083 | Environmental Health Engineering | 12 | 1.061 or permission of instructor | |
| *1.106 | Environmental Fluid Transport Processes and Hydrology Laboratory | 6 | Half-LAB | None. Coreq: 1.061, 1.070 |
| *1.107 | Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory | 6 | Half-LAB | None. Coreq: 1.080 |
| 2.813 | Energy, Materials and Manufacturing | 12 | 2.008 or Permission of instructor | |
| •3.080 | Economic and Environmental Materials Selection | 12 | 3.012, 3.014, 3.022, 3.024, or permission of instructor |
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| 5.07 | Biological Chemistry I | 12 | REST | 5.12 |
| 7.05 | General Biochemistry | 12 | REST | 5.12, Biology (GIR), or permission of instructor |
| 10.291J | Intro to Sustainable Energy | 12 | Inst. Perm. (junior/senior only) | |
| 12.021 | Earth Science, Energy, and the Environment | 12 | Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 12.307 | Weather and Climate Laboratory | 12 | LAB, CI-M | Calculus II (GIR), Physics I (GIR) |
| 12.340 | Global Warming Science | 12 | Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR), or permission of instructor; Coreq: 5.60 | |
| *12.335 | Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry | 12 | LAB, CI-M | Chemistry (GIR) |
* Also listed as Foundational Concept
♦ Prerequisite covered by 10.302
• Prerequisite covered by 5.60
Approved Graduate Subject Alternatives
| Environ. | Course Name | Units | GIR | Prerequisites |
| 1.725J | Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport | 12 | Permission of Instructor | |
| 1.831 | Environmental Organic Chemistry | 12 | 5.60, 18.03 | |
| 1.851J | Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries | 12 | None | |
| 2.500 | Desalination and Water Purification | 12 | 2.006, 1.020, 10.302 (-part of ChE Core), or permission of instructor | |
| 10.571J | Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry | 12 | 5.61, 18.075, or permission of instructor | |
| 10.579J | Applications in Technology in Energy and the Environment | 12 | Permission of instructor | |
| 10.817J | Atmospheric Chemistry | 12 | 5.60 | |
| 12.845J | Sustainability Science and Engineering Seminar | 12 | Permission of instructor | |
| ESD.124 | Energy Systems and Climate Change Mitigation | 12 | Permission of instructor |