Environmental Health Electives

Deer Island
In operation since 1995, the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant has helped transform Boston Harbor from one of America's most polluted harbors to one of the cleanest.

Note: These are the suggested electives for those students interested in the field of Environmental Health.
Please consult the registrar’s catalog for a complete listing of degree requirements and electives.

Course # Course Title SH
Project Electives
CIVE 4534 and
CIVE 4535
Water Treatment Systems Design + Laboratory for CIVE 4534 3
1
CIVE 5536 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design 4
Technical Electives
CIVE 4540 Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad 4
CIVE 4777 Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad 4
CIVE 5261 Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking 4
CIVE 5271 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 4
CIVE 5275 Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure 4
CIVE 5300 and
CIVE 5301
Environmental Sampling and Analysis + Laboratory for CIVE
5300
2
2
CIVE 5363 Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy 4
Science Electives
BIOL 1141 Microbes and Society 4
BIOL 1143 Biology and Society 4
CHEM 2311 and
CHEM 2312 and
CHEM 2319
Organic Chemistry 1 + Lab for CHEM 2311 + Recitation 4
1
0
CHEM 2321 and
CHEM 2322
Analytical Chemistry + Analytical Chemistry Lab 4
1
ENVR 1101 Environmental Science 4
ENVR 1110 Global Climate Change 4
ENVR 2515 Sustainable Development 4
ENVR 4505 Wetlands 4
ENVR 5350 Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions 4
PHYS 4623 Medical Physics 4
CEE General Electives
AFRS 1270 Introduction to Global Health 4
BIOE 2355 Quantitative Physiology for Bioengineers 4
BIOE 2365 and
BIOE 2366
Bioengineering Measurement, Experimentation, and Statistics + Lab for BIOE 2365 4
1
CHEM 1101,
CHEM 1102, and
CHEM 1103
General Chemistry for Health Sciences + Lab for 1101 + Recitation 4
1
0
CHEM 1104,
CHEM 1105, and
CHEM 1106
Organic Chemistry for Health Sciences + Lab for 1104 + Recitation 4
1
0
CHME 5630 Biochemical Engineering 4
CIVE 4541 Waste Management Policy Abroad 4
CIVE 4778 Climate Adaptation and Policy Abroad 4
CIVE 5250 Organic Pollutants in the Environment 4
COMM 1112 Public Speaking 4
COMM 1113 Business and Professional Speaking 4
COMM 3500 Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media 4
CS 2500 and
CS 2501
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 + Lab for CS 2500 4
1
CS 3200 Database Design 4
CS 3520 Programming in C++ 4
ENVR 2500 and
ENVR 2501
Biostatistics + Lab for ENVR 2500 4
1
ENVR 3200 Water Resources 4
ENVR 4500 and
ENVR 4501
Applied hydrogeology + Lab for ENVR 4500 4
1
ENVR 4504 Environmental Pollution 4
EECE 5642 Data Visualization 4
ENGW 3303 Advanced Writing in the Environmental Professions 4
ENLR 5121 Engineering Leadership 1 2
EMGT 5220 Engineering Project Management 4
ENTR 2301 Innovation 4
GE 5010 Customer-Driven Technical Innovation for Engineers 4
GE 5020 Engineering Product Design Methodology 4
GE 5100 Product Development for Engineers 4
IE 5640 Data Mining for Engineering Applications 4
LPSC 2301 Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society 4
MARS 3310 Water Resources Policy and Management 4
MARS 3425 Biology of Fishes 4
PHIL 1180 Environmental Ethics 4
PHTH 2350 Community and Public Health 4
PHTH 4515 Critical Issues in Health and Public-Health Policy 4
PHTH 5214 Environmental Health 3
PHTH 5230 Global Health 3