Environmental Engineering, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineering, Ph.D.
Degree requirements for the Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering:
- 63 credit hours including: 24 to 36 hours of classroom graduate- level courses, 6 credit hours of graduate seminar (EVEN 6102), and 21 to 33 hours of research (EVEN 6306).
- Students should successfully complete the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
- Students should successfully defend dissertation proposal and final dissertation.
- The required courses for the Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering will consist of the following courses:
| Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses: | 18 | |
| EVEN 6354 | Environmental Regs & Policy | 3 |
| EVEN 6319 | Chem Prin of Envir Eng Design | 3 |
| EVEN 6102 | Grad Sem in Environmental Eng ^ | 3 |
| Choose at least two (2) courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Fundmnls Solid Hazardous Waste | ||
| Fundmnls Air Qual&Polutn Contr | ||
| Fundmnls of Environ Biotech | ||
| Physical-Chem Water Treatment | ||
| Choose at least one (1) environmental modeling or data course from the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental System Modeling | ||
| Environmental Data Analysis | ||
| Proposal / Dissertation Research | 24-36 | |
| Proposal/Dissertation Research | ||
| Other graduate-level elective coureses selected from the following: | 9-21 | |
| Internship in Environ Eng * | ||
| Air Quality Modeling | ||
| Surface Water Quality Modeling | ||
| Groundwater Contamin Transport | ||
| Environ Monitor and Measurmnts | ||
| Decision Sci for Environ Systm | ||
| Enviromental Informatics | ||
| Spec Top in Environmental Eng | ||
| TOTAL: | 63 Credits | |
| Students can take up to two courses (6 credits) outside by department by consulting with your research/academic advisor. One additional course may be taken outside the department (3 credits) with approval of the departmental graduate committee. | ||
^ Must take EVEN 6102 three (3) times.
* Ph.D. students receiving funding from any active research grant or project can take internship/Co-op using EVEN 6304 only once during their study after nine semesters enrolled in the program with the approval of their research advisor and the department chair.
