What is Michigan Techs environmental engineering curriculum like?
Our curriculum is designed so you will complete your degree in four years. Our students take first and second year math, engineering science, physics, and chemistry like other engineering majors. This is the strong foundation for their engineering degree. After this, our students take much more basic science compared to other engineering students (biology – occupational health, toxicology, environmental microbiology; and chemistry – organic and some physical chemistry; and environmental sciences). We then provide students some civil engineering fundamentals (soils engineering, construction management, and water resources engineering) and then offer breadth in environmental engineering (air quality and atmospheric science; groundwater; drinking water and wastewater treatment plus sewer and collection systems design; solid and hazardous waste management including environmental regulations; pollution prevention; and, lake and river water quality). Students then top this off by choosing se
