GENE Catalog (aka Grey Book): Class of 2010 - West Point

GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
PROGRAMS: CLASS OF 2010
SCOPE: Our Geography, Environmental, and Geospatial Information Science programs are
designed to prepare cadets for careers involving the observation, evaluation and design of
human and physical systems in today's interdependent world. State of the art departmental
laboratory facilities support our programs.
OPTIONS: Students desiring to complete a baseline program have six alternatives for a
major. Those who desire academic enrichment in the discipline and meet academic
requirements may apply to participate in an honors program in five of our six majors. The
program areas are:
� Human Geography
� Environmental Geography
� Environmental Science
� Environmental Engineering
� Environmental Engineering Studies
� Geospatial Information Science
CORE REQUIREMENTS: You must complete or have received USMA credit for the 26 core
courses as shown in the General Section of the USMA Academic Program (REDBOOK) for
your class. You must also fulfill the Information Technology core course requirement.
ENGINEERING SEQUENCE: The 3-Course Environmental Engineering Sequence is
available to all cadets. It furnishes an engineering sequence that focuses on important
environmental issues and provides cadets with the opportunity to develop viable, sustainable
solutions. It offers an opportunity to learn and apply the engineering design process in the
natural world, within which social, political, cultural, and economic considerations are
critical factors in decision-making. The environmental engineering sequence has three
important objectives:
� Have cadets attain a fundamental appreciation of the most salient environmental
issues and an understanding of their underlying causes and impacts on the natural
environment.
� Provide cadets with the ability to formulate and communicate practical
engineering solutions to important environmental problems.
� Teach cadets to develop and apply viable engineering solutions that conform to
important economic, social, cultural, and political criteria.
The first course in the sequence, EV300 (Environmental Science), provides cadets with a
broad understanding of what the term "environmental issues" encompasses and how humans
are negatively affecting the biosphere. The second course, EV350 (Environmental
Technologies), builds on the EV300 experience through the application of science-based
engineered solutions to common environmental issues. Finally, in EV450 (Environmental
Decision Making) cadets learn to balance engineered solutions with economic, social,
political, and ecological considerations. Using many aspects of water resources, such as
hydropower, navigation, drinking water supply, fish habitat, recreation, as a teaching model,
cadets learn decision-making and policy development realities. �
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