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Environmental Engineering Degree Requirements 2018-2019

Professional Master's Program degree requirements

42 total credits

Print version: Environmental engineering Professional Master's Program degree requirements

Coursework requirements

  • 18 credits minimum 500 level coursework
  • 18 credits minimum of 400-500 level coursework
  • All CEWA coursework (except seminars) taken for numeric grade
  • Seminar courses are optional for all degrees

GPA requirements

  • 2.7 minimum grade for a course to count
  • 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA overall

Other requirements:

  • 6 credits maximum of approved transfer credits
  • No more than 2 credits of seminar to count towards degree
  • 6 year max to complete degree (including official On Leave status)
  • 300 and below coursework does not count towards a graduate degree
  • 499 credits do not count towards a graduate degree

Course #Course NameCredits
CEWA 540 (prev. CEE 540)Microbiological Process Fundamentals3
CEWA 543 (prev. CEE 543)Aquatic Chemistry4
CEWA 545 (prev. CEE 545)Environmental Organic Chemistry3

Course #Course NameCredits
CEWA 541 (prev. CEE 541)Biological Treatment Systems3
CEWA 544 (prev. CEE 544)Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes4
CEWA 547 (prev. CEE 547)Lake & Watershed Management3
CEWA 549 (prev. CEE 549)Adv Topics in Enviro Eng, Chem, and Bio3
CEWA 550 (prev. CEE 550)Environmental Chemical Modeling3
CEWA 580 (prev. CEE 577)Water-Quality Management3
CEWA 582 (prev. CEE 599)Wastewater Reuse & Resource Recovery3
CEWA 585 (prev. CEE 599)Environmental Analysis3

Course #Course NameCredits
CEE 462Applied Limnology & Pollutant Effects on Freshwater3
CEWA 596 (prev. CEE 551)Fate & Transport of Chem in the Enviro3
CEWA 567 (prev. CEE 599)Adv Remote Sensing & Earth Observation4
CEWA 585 (prev. CEE 599)Environmental Analysis3
CEWA 547 (prev. CEE 547)Lake & Watershed Management3
CEWA 550 (prev. CEE 550)Environmental Chemical Modeling3
CEWA 580 (prev. CEE 577)Water-Quality Management3
CEWA 576 (prev. CEE 476)Physical Hydrology4

Course #Course NameCredits
ATM S 501Fund of Physics & Chem of the Atmosphere5
ATM S 558Atmospheric Chemistry3
CEE 480Air Quality Modeling3
CEE 490Air Pollution Control4
CET 588 (prev. CEE 588)Energy Infrastructure and the Environment3
CEWA 557 (prev. CEE 557)Air Resources Management3
CEWA 560 (prev. CEE 560)Risk Assess for Enviro Health Hazards3-4
ENV H 548Community Air Pollution3
ENV H 552Env. Chemistry of Pollution4
ENV H 555Industrial Hygiene Measurement Lab3

Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences, Environmental and Forest Sciences

The remaining course requirements for the MSCE degree can be satisfied by any 5XX and some 4XX courses in the CEWA program, as well as a variety of relevant courses from other departments at the UW. Students are encouraged to explore the availability of these courses and decide on an individual plan of study that balances depth and breadth, in line with the student's career goals, with guidance and approval from their faculty adviser.

Note: This is not a comprehensive list but rather suggestions for some relevant courses. Refer to the UW Time Schedule or the corresponding department for course offering details.