Environmental Engineering - Drexel University

Environmental Engineering from Drexel University is a Campus Master Environmental Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Environmental engineering is concerned with protecting human, animal, and plant populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors, including toxic chemicals and wastes, pathogenic bacteria, and global warming. Environmental engineers also try to minimize the effect of human activities on the physical and living environment so that we can all live more healthy lives.This field builds on other branches of engineering , especially civil, chemical, and mechanical engineering . It also builds on information from many of the sciences, such as chemistry, physics, hydrology, geology, atmospheric science, and several specializations of biology (ecology, microbiology) and public health . Students who elect to study environmental engineering will become familiar with many of these areas because maintaining and improving the environment requires that problems be evaluated and solutions found using a multidisciplinary approach. The M.S. in Environmental Engineering requires 45 credits (thesis option) or 48 credits (non-thesis option). It is possible to finish the M.S. degree on either a part-time or a full-time basis. The degree consists of five core courses (chemistry, statistics, analysis of physical systems, and policy), completion of sequences in two areas (water and wastewater, air pollution control, hazardous waste, chemodynamics, assessment, or water resources), additional elective courses and/or the M.S. thesis. Full time students can complete the degree in 15-18 months. View more details on Drexel University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Environmental Engineering courses.