Undergraduate application
Our BS in Environmental Engineering is a widely regarded degree program, currently ranked #7 by U.S. News & World Report.

By the end of your sophomore year, an Environmental Engineering major is expected to have completed the Restricted Technical Electives found in the undergraduate course catalog and 12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World.

Curriculum

Transfer students, students with advanced placement credit, and students planning to study abroad will not follow the path of study below and will need to consult their advisor regarding these circumstances.

First year

Fall

Course Units
12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World 12
21-120 Differential and Integral Calculus 10
33-141 Physics I for Engineering Students 12
99-10x Computing @ Carnegie Mellon 3
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
Total 46

Spring

Course Units
xx-xxx Introduction to Engineering (other than CEE) 12
21-122 Integration and Approximation 10
33-142 Physics II for Engineering and Physics Students 12

09-105 Introduction to Modern Chemistry I 10
or
09-111 Nanolegos: Chemical Building Blocks

10
09-101 Introduction to Experimental Chemistry 3
Total 47

Sophomore year

Fall

Course Units
12-200 CEE Challenges: Design in a Changing World 9
12-221 Environmental Chemistry and Thermodynamics 9
12-222 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 3
15-110 Principles of Computing 10
21-254 Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers 11
39-210 Experiential Learning I 0
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
Total 51

Spring

Course Units
12-271 Computation and Data Science for Civil & Environmental Engineering 9
12-351 Environmental Engineering 9
12-352 Environmental Engineering Lab 3
21-260 Differential Equations 9
39-220 Experiential Learning II 0
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
xx-xxx Elective 1 9
Total 48

Junior year

Fall

Course Units
12-301 CEE Projects: Integrating the Built, Natural and Information Environments 9
12-355 Fluid Mechanics 9
12-356 Fluid Mechanics Lab 2
03-121 Modern Biology 9
36-220 Engineering Statistics and Quality Control 9
39-310 Experiential Learning III 0
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
Total 47

Spring

Course Units
12-353 Environmental Biology and Ecology 9
12-371 Advanced Computing and Problem Solving in Civil and Environmental Engineering 9
12-201 Geology 9
xx-xxx Elective 2 6
xx-xxx Elective 3 9
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
Total 51

Senior year

Fall

Course Units
12-401 CEE Design: Imagine, Build, Test 12
12-411 Project Management for Engineering and Construction 9
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
xx-xxx General Education Course 9
Total 48

Spring

Course Units
12-451 Advanced Environmental Engineering 9
12-471 Applied Data Analytics for Civil and Environmental Systems 9
xx-xxx Upper Level Environmental Engineering Elective 9
xx-xxx Elective 4 9
xx-xxx Elective 5 9
Total 45