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Mar 02, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Environmental Engineering, BS
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Program Description
Our complex world faces many challenges, including contaminated water supplies, hazardous wastes, an increasing population and limited resources. Environmental engineers help to solve many of the environmental problems faced by society using the principles of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and earth sciences. An undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering opens the door to a variety of rewarding career options. Environmental engineers protect water quality by designing water and wastewater treatment systems; ensure public safety by managing solid, hazardous and radioactive wastes; improve air quality by controlling emissions from mobile and stationary sources; reduce human health risks by tracking contaminants as they move through the environment; clean up toxic waste spills and restore historically contaminated sites; and design a more sustainable future by understanding our use of resources. The curriculum for the Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering consists of 128 credit hours. All students participate in one professional seminar course and complete a capstone design project. Students who want to change majors into Environmental Engineering must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 or higher. The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Program Criteria. Visit the Environmental Engineering program’s website to learn about the Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes. Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science Degree Program Qualified Environmental Engineering undergraduate students can reduce the time to earn a master’s degree by using a limited number of graduate courses to satisfy the requirements of both the undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students who have earned a grade-point average of 3.4 or above and who have completed 90 credit hours can apply for the program. Details are available at www.clemson.edu/eees. First Semester
All General Engineering students take the same classes their first term, regardless of their intended major. Coursework in the second term varies. Students should consult with a General Engineering advisor to determine appropriate courses. Second Semester
- EES 4750 - Capstone Design Project 3 Credits
- Engineering or Science Requirement 6 Credits 10
- General Education Requirment 3 Credits 3
- Oral Communication Requirement 3 Credits 11
Footnotes
1 The combination of ENGR 1050 and ENGR 1060 or the combination of ENGR 1510 and ENGR 1520 may be substituted for ENGR 1020 . 2 Depending on a student’s Clemson Mathematics Placement Test score, MATH 1040 and MATH 1070 may be substituted for MATH 1060 ; or the student may be required to take MATH 1050 before enrolling in MATH 1060 . 3 See General Education Requirements . Three General Education credits must also satisfy the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement. See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations section. 4 ENGR 1640 or the combination of ENGR 1070 , ENGR 1080 and ENGR 1090 may be substituted for ENGR 1410 . 5 BIOL 1100 may be substituted for BIOL 1030 and BIOL 1050 . 6 CH 2230 may be substituted. 7 ENGR 2080 may be substituted. 8 PES 2020 may be substituted for GEOL 1010 and GEOL 1030 . 9 Select CE 3520 or IE 3840 . 10 Select from BCHM 3050 , BE 3220 , BE 4150 , BE 4220 , BE 4240 , BE 4400 , BE 4640 , BIOL 4100 , BIOL 4430 , BIOL 4440 , CE 2060 , CE 2550 , CE 3210 , CE 3310 , CE 3420 , CE 4430 , CE 4470 , CE 4820 , CH 3300 , CH 3310 , CH 4130 , ECE 2070 , ECE 2080 , EES 3000 , EES 3010 , EES 4000 , EES 4100 , EES 4120 , EES 4140 , EES 4270 , EES 4370 , EES 4910 , EES 4950 , ENR 4340 , ENSP 4000 , FOR 4340 , GEOL 2700 , GEOL 3000 , GEOL 3180 , GEOL 4210 , GEOL 4820 , MATH 3110 , MATH 3650 , MATH 4340 , ME 4260 , MICR 4000 , MICR 4100 , MSE 2100 , MSE 4150 , MSE 4160 , MSE 4170 , MSE 4280 , MSE 4340 , MSE 4530 , MSE 4580 , MSE 4610 , PES 4850 , PHYS 2400 , PHYS 2450 , PHYS 4200 . 11 Select COMM 1500 , COMM 2500 , or HON 2230 . NOTES: -
If a student has completed all of the courses listed in the General Engineering core, in order to register for a complete schedule, they may need to consider registering for courses required in the engineering degree program they intend to pursue. Students should see the list of possible courses in the Major Specific Coursework section of the General Engineering Program entry. Major specific coursework is coursework outside the General Engineering core that will count towards an engineering major once a student has officially changed their major. Note that not all courses will count towards every engineering major. The courses listed in the Major Specific Coursework should not be considered alternatives or substitutes for the courses listed in the General Engineering core. If a student takes one of these other courses in place of the courses specifically listed in the General Engineering core, they could delay their eligibility to transfer from General Engineering into one of the degree-granting programs in engineering. - The following courses must be completed with a grade of C or better: CE 2010 , CE 2080 , CE 3410 , CH 1010 , ENGL 1030 , ENGR 1020 (or ENGR 1050 and ENGR 1060 or ENGR 1510 and ENGR 1520 if substituted for ENGR 1020 ), MATH 1060 , MATH 1080 , MATH 2060 , MATH 2080 , PHYS 1220 , and PHYS 2210 .
- Depending on a student’s math placement, they may be invited to take part in the General Engineering Learning Community where they complete the following courses: ENGR 1000 , ENGR 1010 , ENGR 1100 , ENGR 1110 , ENGR 1510 , ENGR 1520 , and ENGR 1640 . The combination of ENGR 1510 and ENGR 1520 may be substituted for ENGR 1020. ENGR 1640 may be substituted for ENGR 1410.
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