Environmental Engineering Minor

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Contact Information

Dr. Venkata Gadhamshetty
Program Coordinator
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil/Mechanical 237B
(605) 394-1997
E-mail: Venkata.Gadhamshetty@sdsmt.edu

Environmental engineers design systems and solve pressing global problems in all areas related to the environment and public health: sustainable design of drinking water treatment and wastewater treatment, and solid hazardous waste disposal systems; development of air quality monitoring and pollution prevention programs; design of site remediation and mining reclamation programs; and development of ecosystem protection and restoration efforts, among others. Students may study environmental engineering as an emphasis area in the B.S. civil engineering degree program , and/or pursue an environmental engineering minor.

Students from any discipline at the School of Mines may pursue a minor in environmental engineering by completing 18 credit hours of coursework as described below. Students must complete the Notification of Intent to Seek a Minor form, with appropriate signatures and turn it into the registrar’s office by the beginning of the first semester of the senior year.

Required core courses:

CEE 326 Environmental Engineering I Credits: (3-0) 3
CEE 327/327L Environmental Engineering II/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CEE 426/526 Environmental Engineering Unit Operations and Processes Credits: (3-0) 3
CEE 427/527 Environmental Engineering Biological Process Design Credits: (3-0) 3

Elective course

In addition, students select two 3-credit elective courses from the list below. To ensure that enrollees gain the broad and interdisciplinary background expected in the environmental engineering discipline, one elective must be taken from a discipline outside the student’s major field of study.
CBE 455/555 Pollution Phenomena and Process Design Credits: (3-0) 3
BIOL 341 Microbial Processes in Engineering and Natural Sciences Credits: (3-0) 3
CHEM 326 Organic Chemistry I Credits: (3-0) 3
CHEM 482/582 Environmental Chemistry Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOE 475/475L Groundwater/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
IENG 331 Safety Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 405 Mine Permitting and Reclamation Credits: (3-0) 3
MET 220 Mineral Processing and Resource Recovery Credits: (3-0) 3
MET 220L Mineral Processing and Resource Recovery Laboratory Credits: (0-1) 1
GEOE 421/521 Aqueous Geochemistry Credits: (3-0) 3
OR
CEE 421/521 Aqueous Geochemistry Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 217 Chemical Engineering Material Balances Credits: (3-0) 3
IENG 431/531 Industrial Hygiene Credits: (3-0) 3
AES 405/505 Air Quality Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOE 221/221L Geology for Engineers/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CEE 428/528 Oil and Gas Development and the Environment Credits: (3-0) 3