Environmental Requirements

ISyE requires that a BSIE student have one course that deals with the environment. Accordingly, the following list provides a sample of acceptable courses that satisfy the environmental requirement.

4-HOUR LAB SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

  • BIOS 1107 (was BIOL 1510) - Biological Principles
  • BIOS 1220 - Biology of Sex and Death
  • EAS 1600 - Introduction to Environmental Science
  • EAS 1601 - Habitable Plant
  • EAS 2600 - Earth Processes

SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES:

  • ECON 4440 - Economics of Environment

ENGINEERING ELECTIVES:

  • CEE 2300 - Environmental Engineering Principles
  • CEE 4300 - Environmental Engineering Systems
  • CP 2233 - Sustainable Urban Development

FREE ELECTIVES (Courses listed above may be used as free elective as well):

  • BIOS 2300 - Ecology
  • BIOL 2335 - General Ecology
  • EAS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
  • EAS 3110 - Energy, Environ, Society
  • EAS 4480 - Environ Data Analysis
  • ISyE 4501 - Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability (Offered in Fall Semester, starting in Fall 2018 - replaces ISyE 4803 below)
  • (ISyE 4803 - Energy and Environmental Analysis (replaced by ISyE 4501, but will still be accepted))
  • PHYS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
  • SLS 3120 - Foundations of Sustainable Systems

There are other courses offered at Tech from time to time that will meet this requirement.  If you find a course that you wish to take and feel that the content qualifies, please contact your academic advisor for approval prior to enrolling.