Environmental Systems, Environmental Resources Engineering, Concentration, M.S.

Concentration Courses

Complete elective coursework in topics related to engineering and associated sciences to bring the total number of units to at least 30. Note that courses taken at the upper division level for an undergraduate degree may not be repeated at the graduate level for credit towards the graduate degree.

Engineering Design

Complete three courses (9 units).

ENGR 436 - Solid Waste Engineering Units: 3
ENGR 452 - Drinking Water Treatment Engineering Units: 3
ENGR 453 - Wastewater Treatment Engineering Units: 3
ENGR 478 - Electricity Grids and Distributed Renewable Energy Units: 3
ENGR 481 - Selected Topics with Engineering Design Units: 3
ENGR 518 - Applied Hydraulics Units: 3
ENGR 521 - Advanced Numerical Methods for Engineers I Units: 3
ENGR 534 - Air Quality Management Units: 3
ENGR 541 - Hydrology II Units: 3
ENGR 543 - Groundwater Hydrology Units: 3
ENGR 545 - Water Resources Planning and Management Units: 3
ENGR 548 - River Hydraulics Units: 3
ENGR 555 - Engineered Natural Treatment Systems Units: 3
ENGR 571 - Advanced Thermodynamics and Energy Systems Units: 3
ENGR 573 - Building Energy Analysis Units: 3
ENGR 575 - Renewable Energy Power Systems Units: 3

Policy

Complete one course (3-4 units).

ENGR 532 - Energy, Environment and Society Units: 4
ENGR 533 - Energy and Climate Change Units: 4
ESM 460 - Environmental Planning for Public Lands and Rural Communities Units: 3
ESM 462 - Coastal and Marine Planning Units: 3
ESM 510 - Research Methods in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Units: 4
ESM 620 - Ecosystems and Society Units: 3
GEOG 365 - Political Ecology Units: 4
NAS 366 - Tribal Water Rights Units: 4
PSCI 365 - Political Ecology Units: 4

Approved Elective Courses

Complete upper division and graduate electives (recommended courses, below) to bring total degree units to no fewer than 30 units. At least half of these 30 units must be courses organized and conducted at the graduate level.

ENGR 480 - Selected Topics in Engineering Units: 1-3
ENGR 680 - Selected Topics in Environmental Systems Units: 1-3
FISH 685 - Graduate Fisheries Seminar Units: 1
GEOL 485 - Seminar Units: 1
GEOL 531 - Advanced Physical Geology Units: 1-3
GEOL 531L - Advanced Physical Geology Lab Units: 0.5-1
GSP 580 - Selected Graduate Topics in Geospatial Science Units: 1-3
GSP 580L - Selected Graduate Topics in Geospatial Science Lab Units: 1-2
WSHD 685 - Forest Hydrology Seminar Units: 1-2