2011-12 Academic Year - Bad Request - Humboldt State University

Environmental Resources Engineering
Bachelor of Science degree
with a major in En vi ronmental
Resources Engineering
See Environmental Systems for the
Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE)
and Energy Technology and Policy options in
the master of science degree.
Department Chair
Eileen Cashman, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental
Resources Engineering
Harry Griffith Hall 119
707-826-3619
engineering@humboldt.edu
For a complete description of the ERE program,
including its program goals, see our
webpage at www.humboldt.edu/engineering.
Mission Statement
The mission of the ERE program is to prepare
engineers to solve complex environmental
resources problems. The program
strives to educate leaders who will sustain,
restore and protect our natural resources
and the environment.
The Program
Students completing this program will
have demonstrated:
application of the tools and concepts of
mathematics, basic sciences, and engineering
science in engineering practice
understanding of the need to continue
their life-long education in mathematics,
basic sciences, and engineering science,
design, and practice
development of an understanding and an
appreciation for contemporary issues and
the historical, social, and political context of
the environmental resources problems that
will engage them in their careers
effective and professional communication
of ideas and technical information to the
public and to professionals in written and
oral reports
the ability to design systems, components,
processes, and procedures to meet
specified objectives, with an emphasis on
designs for managing environmental resources
understanding and appreciation for literature,
the visual and performing arts,
history, and foreign languages in and of
themselves and how they relate to being
effective as an engineer
the ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary
teams and, when necessary, to
pro-actively resolve problems with team
dynamics
preparation for graduate school based
upon their experience with independent research,
technical writing, statistical analysis,
and computational methods
preparation to assume a leadership role
in the profession based upon their engineering
science and design experience with traditional
and nontraditional solutions to environmental
problems
a professional attitude and ethical responsibility
to their client and their community
in terms of the legal, economic, technical,
and environmental aspects of their role
literacy in the range of laboratory, field,
and computational tools that are in common
use in environmental engineering practice
the ability to identify, formulate, and solve
engineering problems
HSU offers one of the largest undergraduate
accredited environmental engineering programs
in the United States. While studying
in one of the most environmentally interesting
areas of California, Environmental
Resources Engineering students will learn
to apply an interdisciplinary approach to understanding
and resolving resource planning
and management problems in their social,
economic, ethical and historical contexts.
Program coursework and research are in
three primary areas: water quality, water
resources, and energy resources.
Students prepare for work in industry,
private practice, or government, or for continued
studies in graduate school.
Potential careers include: environmental
engineer, ocean engineer, sanitary engineer,
hazardous waste engineer, fisheries
engineer, energy engineer, groundwater
engineer, air pollution engineer, water quality
engineer, civil engineer, hydrau lic engineer,
public health engineer, solar engineer, consulting
engineer, hydrologist, resource planner,
and water resources engineer.
The Environmental Resources Engineering
program at Humboldt State University is
accredited by the Engineering Accreditation
Commission of ABET (111 Market Place,
Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012,
410-347-7700).
Preparation
High school students should take courses
in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics,
critical thinking, and oral/written communications.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
A minimum grade of C- is required for all
courses in the major. Engineering courses
in the major may not be repeated more
than two times. Grades of D, D+, F, WU, and
NC count as failed attempts. If a student
has three failed attempts in a required
Engineering course, he or she will not be able
to graduate with an ERE degree.
Lower Division
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
CHEM 109/CHEM 110 Gen Chemistry I, II
MATH 109/MATH 110/MATH 210
Calculus I, II, III
PHYX 110 General Physics II
ENGR 115 Intro to Environmental
Resources Engineering
ENGR 210 Solid Mechanics: Statics
ENGR 211 Solid Mechanics: Dynamics
ENGR 215 Introduction to Design
ENGR 225 Computational Methods
for Environmental
Engineering I
Upper Division
PHYX 315 Intro to Electronics and
Electronic Instrumentation
ENGR 313 Systems Analysis
ENGR 322 Environmental Data Modeling
& Analysis
ENGR 325 Computational Methods
for Environmental
Engineering II
ENGR 326 Computational Methods
for Environmental
Engineering III
ENGR 330 Mechanics & Science of
Materials
ENGR 331 Thermodynamics &
Energy Systems I
ENGR 333 Fluid Mechanics
ENGR 351 Water Quality &
Environmental Health
ENGR 410 Environmental Impact
Assessment
ENGR 416 Transport Phenomena
ENGR 440 Hydrology I
ENGR 492 Capstone Design Project
116 Environmental Resources Engineering
2011-2012 Humboldt State University Catalog