This Option is for students who wish to pursue their education with an emphasis on environmental concerns, assessment of the environmental impact of new or existing products or processes, methods for solving problems resulting from pollution in the air, in the water, or in the earth, and on the management of energy and resources in order to minimize pollution in the environment. This is a Faculty option, but it will be of special interest to students in Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, and Systems Design Engineering, and includes course material related to all these disciplines. The Environmental Engineering Option is NOT available to Environmental Engineering students.
The Option consists of a set of seven courses chosen from four Theme Areas, as described below. Substitution of equivalent courses, if applicable, requires the approval of the Option Co-ordinator.
The courses are:
A. Environmental Issues and Management: take two from the following. May count towards CSE requirements.
| ENVE 391 |
Environment: Regulations and Legal Issues |
| ERS 241 |
Introduction to Environmental Assessment |
| ERS 339 |
Biophysical and Socioeconomic Impact Assessment |
| ERS 385 |
Technology/Lifestyles for a Conserver Society |
B. Environmental Chemistry and Biology: take at least 1
| BIOL 250 |
Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology or ENVS 200 Field Ecology |
| BIOL 354 |
Environmental Toxicology 1 |
| ENVE 275 |
Environmental Chemistry |
| ENVE 276 |
Environmental Biology and Biotechnology |
| ERS 381 |
Restoration Ecology |
C. Environmental and Energy Processes: take at least 2
| BIOL 453 |
Wetlands |
| CHE 572 |
Air Pollution Control |
| CHE 574 |
Industrial Wastewater Pollution Control |
| ENVE 375 |
Water Quality Engineering (or CIVE 375) |
| ENVE 472 |
Wastewater Treatment (or CIVE 572) |
| ENVE 577 |
Engineering for Solid Waste Management |
| ME 452 |
Energy Transfer in Buildings |
| ME 459 |
Energy Conversion |
D. Transport, Modelling, and Decision Analysis: take at least 1
| EARTH 456 |
Groundwater Modelling |
| EARTH 458 |
Physical Hydrogeology (also offered by Distance Education) |
| ENVE 320 |
Environmental Resource Management |
| ENVE 573 |
Contaminant Transport |
| ME 571 |
Air Pollution |
| MSCI 452 |
Decision Making Under Uncertainty |
| SYDE 533 |
Conflict Analysis |
| SYDE 534 |
Remote Sensing Systems |
Plus one additional course from list B, C, or D above, to total seven courses.