HSU offers one of the largest and oldest 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, civil engineer, groundwater engineer, energy engineer, air pollution engineer, ecological engineer, fisheries engineer, hazardous waste engineer, hydraulic engineer, hydrologist, public health engineer, public works engineer, sanitary engineer, solid waste engineer, water resources engineer, water quality engineer, building energy efficiency analyst, wind power analyst/engineer, solar power engineer, energy storage systems engineer, habitat restoration engineer.
The Environmental Resources Engineering program at Humboldt State University is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,
Mission Statement
The mission of the ERE program is to educate students to identify and solve complex environmental resources engineering problems. The program prepares responsible leaders who will sustain, restore and protect our natural resources and the environment.
Students interested in becoming an ERE major should take courses in mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, and written communications.
Requirements for the Major (96 units)
The ERE program has approval for the following GE requirements to be fulfilled by completion of all ERE major coursework. Lower Division GE Areas A: Oral Communication (3 Units), A: Critical Thinking (3 Units), D (3 Units), and E (3 Units); Upper Division GE Area B: (3 Units). In addition, the ERE program has approval for courses fulfilling requirements in American Institutions (6 Units) to count as fulfilling Lower Division GE (6 Units). It is recommended that ERE majors choose NAS 200 to satisfy both GE area F and the U.S. History American Institutions requirements.
Students who change out of the ERE major are encouraged to contact the Office of the Registrar or the Academic & Career Advising Center regarding completion of GE requirements.
The following degree requirements must be fulfilled in addition to those listed below for the major, please see “Bachelor’s Degree Requirements ”.
- Lower Division GE Area A: English Language Communication and Critical Thinking Courses (written communication) (3 Units)
- Lower Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities (9 Units)
- Lower Division GE area D / U.S. and California State Government (3 Units)
- Lower Division GE Area F / U.S. History / DCG: Domestic NAS 200 (3 Units)
- Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities (3 Units)
- Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences (3 Units)
- Diversity and Common Ground (0-3 Units)
A minimum grade of C- is required for all courses in the major. Grades of D+, D, F, WU, and NC count as failed attempts. Required courses in the major may not be repeated more than one time. If a student has two failed attempts in a required course, the student will not be able to graduate with an ERE degree.
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