Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

378 / CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CIVL 550
Fundamentals of Environmental Health Risk
Assessment
2 Semester Hours
The fundamental technical aspects and non-technical policy
aspects of environmental health risk assessments. Basics of
environmental chemistry partitioning fate and transport of
pollutants in the atmosphere and water; human exposure
scenarios; fundamentals of toxicology and epidemiology.
Lecture, 2 hours.
CIVL 595
Structural Steel Design
3 Semester Hours
Theory and design of steel structures, component members,
and connections using codes and specifications. Design
projects.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CIVL 200.
CIVL 598
Special Studies
1-4 Semester Hours
CIVL 599
Independent Studies
1-4 Semester Hours
Environmental Science
ENVS 300
Engineering Geology
3 Semester Hours
Atmospheric, aqueous, and igneous agencies; river and
marine deposits, glaciers, earth movements, volcanos,
earthquakes. Emphasis placed on factors affecting
engineering projects; field trips.
Lecture, 3 hours.
ENVS 320
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to elements of water treatment, water pollution
control, solid and hazardous waste disposal, and air
pollution control. The interrelationships of the movement
of pollutants between the land, air, and water media are
discussed.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Frank R. Seaver College
of Science and Engineering majors only.
ENVS 420
Environmental Systems Laboratory
1 Semester Hour
Chemical and microbiological tests and demonstrations for
environmental systems.
Laboratory, 3 hours.
ENVS 498
Special Studies
1-4 Semester Hours
ENVS 499
Independent Studies
1-4 Semester Hours
ENVS 510
Chemistry for Environmental Engineers
2 Semester Hours
Review of inorganic chemistry with particular emphasis on
solution equilibria and gas-solution interaction.
Lecture, 2 hours.