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Bioenvironmental Engineering 117 (SEBS)

Bioenvironmental Engineering 117 (SEBS)
Learning Goals
Graduation Requirements for the Major

BIOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 117


Degrees: B.S., School of Engineering; B.S., School of Environmental and Biological Sciences 

Department Managing the Undergraduate Program: Department of Environmental Sciences

Department Chair: Donna Fennell

Departmental Website: Here

Undergraduate Program Director: A.J. Both

Undergraduate Program Website: Here


Program Description

Beginning in fall 2020, Bioenvironmental Engineering 116 (4-year) and Bioenvironmental 117 (5-year) will be replaced by Environmental Engineering 366, a joint SEBS and SoE program.

Bioenvironmental engineering utilizes engineering principles and the physical, chemical, and biological sciences to prevent and solve environmental problems related to human activities. This program prepares students for immediate employment as practicing engineers with engineering consulting firms; drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, and air pollution treatment facilities; manufacturing industries; environmental regulatory and planning agencies; research laboratories; international development agencies, and public-interest groups. The undergraduate program in BioEnvironmental Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering.  This enables graduates to take examinations leading to a professional engineering license. The bioenvironmental engineering curriculum provides a strong foundation in engineering and physical, chemical, and biological sciences during the first two years. In the upper-level major courses of the program, these fundamentals are applied to multidisciplinary problem solving in various environmental fields.

Bachelor of science degrees from the School of Engineering and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences are awarded upon completion of the five-year curriculum. A four-year program of study in bioenvironmental engineering is offered jointly by the School of Engineering and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences starting in fall 2020.