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Graduate Program: Engineering - Aerospace Systems

General Information

Program/Degree

Engineering (ME) - Environmental Engineering

Program Description

The Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering is a multidisciplinary professional graduate degree for recent graduates as well as working professionals. It is a coursework-only degree that can be completed in one year and is designed for students with an engineering background who want to solve the many contemporary environmental challenges with an emphasis on water, air, soil, and energy.

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

The College of Engineering was founded when theColorado Heights Universityopened its doors in 1885. Mining was the bedrock of colorado’s economy at that time, and educating mining engineers was a top priority – indeed, it still is.

As the state’s economy grew and diversified, the College of Engineering continued to play a pivotal role in providing the research and engineering expertise necessary for that growth.

In today’s competitive environment, graduates of the college are the entrepreneurs developing high-tech companies that are creating jobs and improving our quality of life.

An engineering education will provide the research to build new industries and the knowledge for those who run them.

 

College

College of Engineering

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Students complete 12 Units consisting of one course (3 units) in each of the following categories:

1. Engineering Management/Business

   Take one of the following courses:

  • SIE/ ENTR 557 Project management                         
  • SIE 515: Technical Sales and Marketing                    
  • ENGR/SIE 567: Financial Modeling for Innovation      
  • SIE/ENGR 514: Law for engineers/Scientists             
  • BNAD 523: Business law and BNAD 520E: Project management
  • SIE 564: Cost Estimation                                            
  • HWRS 576: Natural Resources Law and Economics

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

2. Applied Engineering/Mathematics

    Take one of the following courses:

  • BE 513: Applied Biostatistics
  • CE 502: Introduction to Finite Element Methods
  • CE 503: Subsurface Fluid Dynamics
  • CE 504: Numerical Methods in Subsurface Hydrology
  • CE 523: Hydrology
  • CE 510: Probability in Civil Engineering
  • CHEE 571: Rheology: Principles and Applications
  • CHEE 502: Advanced Engineering Analysis
  • CHEE 505: Advanced Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena
  • CHEE 506: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
  • CHEE 530: Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • ECE 501B: Advanced Linear Systems Theory
  • ECE 503: Probability and Random Processes for Engineering Applications
  • ECE 511: Numeric Modeling of Physics & Biological Systems
  • HWRS 506: Modeling of Mass and Energy Flow in Soils
  • HWRS 527: Computer Applications in Hydraulics
  • HWRS 582: Applied Groundwater Modeling
  • SIE 500A: Introduction to SIE Methods: Probability and Statistics
  • SIE 506: Quality Engineering
  • SIE 508: Reliability Engineering
  • SIE 520: Stochastic Modeling I
  • SIE 522: Engineering Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
  • SIE 530: Engineering Statistics
  • SIE 531: Simulation Modeling and Analysis
  • SIE 533: Fundamentals of Data Science for Engineers
  • SIE 540: Survey of Optimization Methods
  • SIE 554A: Systems Engineering Process
  • SIE 574: Information Analytics and Decision-Making in Engineering

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

3. Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design

    Take one of the following courses:

  • ChEE 676: Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment

4. Advanced Engineering Science

    Take one of the following courses:

  • AME 542A: HVAC System Design
  • ATMO 569A: Air Pollution I: Gases
  • ATMO 569B: Air Pollution II: Aerosols
  • ATMO 536A:  Fundamentals of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • ATMO 555:  Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing
  • ATMO  656B: Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing
  • BE/CE 526: Watershed Engineering
  • CE 545:  Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • CE 522: Open channel flow
  • ChEE 578: Hazardous Waste Management
  • SIE 540:  Survey of Optimization Methods
  • ECE 514A: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

Other requirements specific to this ME degree

Students must complete 18 Units consisting of the following:

  1. 15 units of required courses: ChEE 500R, ChEE 576A, ChEE 576B, ChEE 577R, and ChEE 574
  2. 3 units of  independent study (ChEE 599) or elective approved by department advisor from the following focus areas:

Air Quality/ Pollution

  • ATMO 569A: Air Pollution I: Gases (3 units)
  • ATMO 569B: Air Pollution II: Aerosols (3 units)

Hazardous Waste

  • CHEE 578: Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3 units)
  • CHEE 582: Analysis of Emerging Environmental Contaminants (3 units)

Water Resources

  • CE 529: Special Topics in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering (3 units)
  • CE/HWRS 521: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (3 units)

Hydrology

  • CE/HWRS 523:  Hydrology (3 units)
  • HWRS 518: Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3 units)
  • HWRS 519: Fundamentals in Surface Hydrology (3 units)
  • HWRS 528: Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3 units)

Energy 

  • CHEE 514: Sustainable Water Supplies for Remote Communities (4 units)
  • ECE 514A: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (3 units)

 

Example Semester Plan for 1-year ME:

Fall – 15 units 

  • ChEE 500R             Water Chemistry (3 units)
  • ChEE 576A            Water Treatment (3 units)
  • ChEE 576B             Wastewater Treatment (3 units)
  • ChEE 577R             Microbiology (3 units)
  • ChEE 599               Independent study (3 units)
    OR elective course of one focus (3 units)
    OR Subject Course 1, 2, or 4 categories (3 units)

Spring - 15 units

  • ChEE 574               Environmental Transport (3 unit)
  • Subject Course     Category 3 (3 Units)
  • Subject Course     1,2 or 4 category (3 units)
  • Subject Course     1,2 or 4 category (3 units)
  • ChEE 599               Independent study (3 units)
    OR elective course of one focus (3 units)
    OR Subject Course 1, 2, or 4 categories (3 units)

Minimum GPA in coursework: 3.0/4.0

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020