UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering Academic Plan

Visit the Engineering and Technology Department in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences to learn more the program.  

  Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman
Year

GENG 135 Introduction to Engineering - 2
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I - 4 
& CHEM 116 General Chemistry I Lab - 1
MATH 166 Calculus I - 4
PHYS 131 Calculus-Based Physics I - 5
P ED 108 Health & Fitness for Life 
(GenEd HW) - 1
Total Semester Credits – 17

GENG 165 Programming for Engineers - 3
CHEM 112 General Chemistry II - 4
& CHEM 117 General Chemistry II Lab - 1
MATH 167 Calculus II - 4
SOIL 120 Introduction to Soil Science - 3
ENGL 100 Academic Reading and Writing 
(GenEd CW) – 3
Total Semester Credits – 18 
Sophomore
Year

GENG 121 Intro to Computer Aided Drafting and Design - 3
BIOL 150 General Biology - 3
MATH 268 Calculus III - 4
PHYS 250 Statics - 3
ENGL 200 Reading, Writing and the Disciplines (GenEd CW) - 3
ESM 105 Intro to Environmental Studies – 3
Total Semester Credits – 19 

GENG 301 Engineering Properties of Food and Biological Materials - 3
GENG 215 Engineering Project Management - 2
MATH 331 Differential Equations - 3
MATH 326 Applied Statistics - 3
ENVN 280 Activities in Environmental Engineering - 1
(GenEd GP) – 3
Total Semester Credits - 15
Junior
Year

GENG 316 Engineering Thermodynamics - 3
GENG 375 Geotechnical Engineering - 3
ENVN 326 Intro to Environmental Engineering - 3
Gen. Engineering Tech Elective - 3
(GenEd CS) – 3
Total Semester Credits – 15 

GENG 336 Engineering Fluid Mechanics - 3
ENVN 380 Sustainability in Environmental Engineering - 3
GENG 491 FE Examination Preparation - 1
AET 251 Intro to Measurement & Instrumentation - 3
ENVN Policy Elective - 2 or 3
(GenEd HF) - 3
Total Semester Credits – 15
Senior
Year

GENG 484 Capstone: Project Definition & Design - 2
ENVN 415 Air Quality & Soil Waste Management - 4
ENVN 330 Applied Engineering Hydrology – 3
ENVN Analytics Elective - 3 or 4
(GenEd ACD) – 3
(GenEd HF) - 3
Total Semester Credits – 15 

GENG 485 Capstone: Project Implementation - 2
ENVN 435 Hydrologic Analysis & Design - 3
ENVN 430 Water Quality Modeling - 4
(GenEd SB) - 3
(GenEd SB) - 3
Total Semester Credits – 15
Summary of Degree Requirements

Environmental Engineering Major: Policy (choose one, 2-3 credits)
ESM  305 - 2 credits
ESM  303 - 3 credits
 

Environmental Engineering Major: Analytics (choose one, 3-4 credits)
ESM 413 - 4 credits
BIOL 324 - 4 credits
ESM  412 - 3 credits
SOIL 460 - 3 credits
 

Gen. Engineering Technical Electives (choose one, 3-4 credits)
AGEN 365 - 3 credits
GENG 235 - 3 credits
GENG 368 - 3 credits
GEOL 445 - 4 credits

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisers’ students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.

  • CW Communication - Reading and Writing
  • CS Comunication - Speaking and Listening
  • GP Global Perspectives
  • HF Humanities and Fine Arts
  • HW Personal Health and Wellness
  • SB Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • SI Scientific Inquiry
  • ACD American Cultural Diversity