The degree and certificates offered under this program emphasize the design of environmental processes, infrastructures, remediation technologies, and treatment processes.
Admission Requirements
Applicants (degree seeking and special students) must meet the general requirements for admission to graduate study, as outlined in the Admission Requirements section. In order to be admitted into the Master of Environmental Engineering program, applicants need to hold an undergraduate engineering degree issued by a program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or pass a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
The applicant’s prior education must include the following prerequisites:
- mathematics courses that include a calculus sequence and differential equations and
- successful completion of a course in fluid mechanics or hydraulics is strongly recommended.
Applicants whose prior education does not include the prerequisites listed above may still enroll under provisional status, followed by full admission status once they have completed the missing prerequisites. Missing prerequisites may be completed with Johns Hopkins Engineering or at another regionally accredited institution. Admitted students typically have earned a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (B or above) in their undergraduate studies. Transcripts from all college studies must be submitted. When reviewing an application, the candidate’s academic and professional background will be considered.
Applicants with an undergraduate degree in natural sciences may enroll under provisional status to complete additional undergraduate coursework in engineering fundamentals and design prior to full admission to the program.
Program Requirements
The program requires ten courses that must be completed within five years. The curriculum consists of a minimum of five courses that must be selected from the Environmental Engineering program and a maximum of five electives.
Electives may be selected from any of the four environmental areas of study: Climate, Energy, and Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Science, or Environmental Planning and Management, subject to prerequisite restrictions. All applicable courses must have a (575.XXX) number. Except for the prerequisite restrictions, there is not any specific sequence in taking these courses. Only one C-range grade (C+, C, or C–) can count toward the master’s degree.
Any deviation from this program, including transfer of courses and any other requisites specified in the student’s admission letter, will not be approved by the program chair.
Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | Credits | |
| EN.575.604 | Principles of Environmental Engineering 1 | 3 |
| Environmental Engineering | Credits | |
| Select a minimum of five of the following: | ||
| EN.575.605 | Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EN.575.606 | Water Supply and Wastewater Collection | 3 |
| EN.575.607 | Radioactive Waste Management | 3 |
| EN.575.620 | Solid Waste Engineering & Management | 3 |
| EN.575.703 | Environmental Biotechnology | 3 |
| EN.575.706 | Biological Processes for Water & Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EN.575.715 | Environmental Contaminant Dispersion and Transport | 3 |
| EN.575.724 | Air Quality and Climate Modeling | 3 |
| EN.575.741 | Membrane Filtration Systems and Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EN.575.742 | Hazardous Waste Engineering and Management | 3 |
| EN.575.745 | Physical and Chemical Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EN.575.746 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design | 3 |
| EN.575.748 | Water Quality Engineering with Green Infrastructure | 3 |
| EN.575.749 | Water Quality of Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries | 3 |
| EN.575.761 | Measurement and Pseudo-measurement in the Environmental Arena | 3 |
| EN.575.801 | Independent Project | 3 |
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All students in the Environmental Engineering, Science, and Management Programs who do not possess an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering must take 575.604 Principles of Environmental Engineering as one of their required courses.
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select up to five of the following electives: | Credits | |
| EN.575.601 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| EN.575.608 | Optimization Methods for Public Decision Making | 3 |
| EN.575.611 | Economic Foundations for Public Decision Making | 3 |
| EN.575.615 | Ecology | 3 |
| EN.575.619 | Principles of Toxicology, Risk Assessment & Management | 3 |
| EN.575.623 | Industrial Processes and Pollution Prevention | 3 |
| EN.575.626 | Hydrogeology | 3 |
| EN.575.628 | Business Law For Engineers | 3 |
| EN.575.629 | Modeling Contaminant Migration through Multimedia Systems | 3 |
| EN.575.635 | Environmental Law for Engineers & Scientists | 3 |
| EN.575.637 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| EN.575.640 | Geospatial Intelligence: the art and science for better understanding our world | 3 |
| EN.575.643 | Chemistry of Aqueous Systems | 3 |
| EN.575.645 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| EN.575.658 | Natural Disaster Risk Modeling | 3 |
| EN.575.704 | Applied Statistical Analysis and Design of Experiments for Environmental Applications | 3 |
| EN.575.707 | Environmental Compliance Management | 3 |
| EN.575.708 | Open Channel Hydraulics | 3 |
| EN.575.710 | Financing Environmental Projects | 3 |
| EN.575.711 | Climate Change and Global Environmental Sustainability | 3 |
| EN.575.713 | Field Methods in Habitat Analysis and Wetland Delineation | 3 |
| EN.575.714 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
| EN.575.716 | Principles of Estuarine Environment: The Chesapeake Bay Science and Management | 3 |
| EN.575.717 | Hydrology | 3 |
| EN.575.721 | Air Quality Control Technologies | 3 |
| EN.575.722 | Principles of Air Quality Management | 3 |
| EN.575.723 | Environmental Sustainability and Next Generation Buildings | 3 |
| EN.575.727 | Environmental Monitoring and Sampling | 3 |
| EN.575.728 | Sediment Transport and River Mechanics | 3 |
| EN.575.730 | Geomorphic and Ecologic Foundations of Stream Restoration | 3 |
| EN.575.731 | Water Resources Planning | 3 |
| EN.575.732 | Energy Technologies for Solving Environmental Challenges | 3 |
| EN.575.733 | Energy and the Environment | 3 |
| EN.575.734 | Smart Growth Strategies for Sustainable Cities | 3 |
| EN.575.735 | Energy Policy and Planning Modeling | 3 |
| EN.575.736 | Designing for Sustainability: Applying a Decision Framework | 3 |
| EN.575.737 | Environmental Security with Applied Decision Analysis Tools | 3 |
| EN.575.738 | Transportation, Innovation, and Climate Change | 3 |
| EN.575.743 | Atmospheric Chemistry | 3 |
| EN.575.744 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| EN.575.747 | Environmental Project Management | 3 |
| EN.575.750 | Environmental Policy Needs in Developing Countries | 3 |
| EN.575.751 | Environmental Justice, Climate, and Health Equity | 3 |
| EN.575.752 | Environmental Decision-Making: Climate, Energy, Indigenous Populations, and Accessibility | 3 |
| EN.575.753 | Communication of Environmental Information and Stakeholder Engagement | 3 |
| EN.575.759 | Environmental Policy Analysis | 3 |
| EN.575.763 | Nanotechnology and the Environment: Applications and Implications | 3 |
| EN.575.771 | Data Analytics in Environmental Health and Engineering | 3 |
Please refer to the course schedule published each term for exact dates, times, locations, fees, and instructors.