Environmental Engineering Minor

Environmental engineering involves the study of clean water, clean air, waste management, and preservation of resources in ways that minimize effects on our planet.

Contact

Ali Akanda
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator
401.874.7050
akanda@uri.edu

EE Minor form (PDF)

Requirements

To declare this minor, you must:

  • Be majoring in an Engineering degree program
  • Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 in courses counted toward the minor
  • Complete the Environmental Engineering Minor Form and have it signed by the Environmental Engineering Minor coordinator, Ali Akanda – once signed, bring the form to College of Engineering Dean’s Office for formal declaration and inclusion in your student file
  • Meet the prerequisite requirements for individual courses, as applicable

Course Requirements

Fundamental Science (Select 2 courses)

  • MCE 341: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
  • CHE 212: Chemical Process Calculations
  • CHM 112: General Chemistry Lecture II
  • CHM 227: Organic Chemistry Lecture I

Environmental Engineering Fundamentals (Required for non-CVE students)

  • CVE 370: Hydraulic Engineering or CVE 470: Water And Wastewater Transport Systems (choose one)
  • CVE 374: Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering Design (Select up to 4 courses)

  • CVE 323G: Humanitarian Engineering
  • CVE 325G: Connecting Dots: The Water-Energy-Health Nexus
  • CVE 470: Water And Wastewater Transport Systems
  • CVE 471: Water And Wastewater Treatment Systems
  • CVE 474: Water Quality Sampling And Analysis
  • CVE 475: Water in the Environment
  • CVE 477: Environmental Sustainability and Green Engineering
  • CVE 482: Innovative Subsurface Remediation Technologies
  • CVE 484: Environmental Hydrogeology
  • CVE 491: Special Problems
  • CVE 492: Special Problems

Supporting Courses (May select 1 course)

  • CHE 364: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
  • CHE 574: Biochemical Engineering I
  • CPL/LAR 434: Introduction to Environmental Law
  • CPL 485: Environmental Planning
  • EEC 430: Water Resource Economics
  • GEO 305: Global Climate Change
  • GEO 462: Biogeochemical Cycles
  • GEO 483: Hydrogeology
  • ISE 460: Product Design for the Environment
  • NRS 409: Concepts in GIS and Remote Sensing
  • NRS 410: Fundamentals of GIS
  • NRS 412: Soil-Water Chemistry
  • NRS 415: Remote Sensing Of The Environment
  • NRS 461: Watershed Hydrology and Management
  • OCG 480: Introduction to Marine Pollution