| GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING |
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text indicates the current, updated information. |
| 570.108 (E) |
INTRODUCTION
TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (3) Alavi Overview of environmental engineering
including water/air quality issues, water supply/ wastewater treatment,
hazardous/solid waste management, pollution prevention, global
environmental issues, public health considerations/environmental
laws, regulations and ethics.
Cross
listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 570.109 (E,N) |
ENVIRONMENT
AND SOCIETY: TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY (3) Norman Limit
15 An
introduction to understanding sustainability, with a focus on
identifying and implementing solutions for a world of increasing
needs and limited resoures. Course added 6/05/06 |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 9 |
| 570.205 (N) |
ECOLOGY (3) Brush
Introduction to processes governing
the organization of individual organisms into populations, communities,
and ecosystems. Interactions between individual organisms, groups
of organisms, and the environment, including adaptation, natural
selection, competition. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 570.301 (E,N)
(W) |
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING: FUNDAMENTALS I (3) O'Melia Prereq: Calculus and one year of Chemistry Coreq: 570.351 or Perm. Req'd. Mass
and energy transfer, hazardous substances and risk analysis, water
quality modeling, water and wastewater treatment, air pollution. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 1 |
| 570.303 (E) |
THE
ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR HEALTH (3) Kensler
This course surveys basic environmental
health sciences (toxicology, risk assessment), current public
health issues (hazardous waste, radon, water-borne diseases),
and emerging global health threats (global warming, ozone depletion,
sustainability).
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MW 8:30-10 |
| 570.305 (E,Q) |
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN (4) Ellis/Williams Techniques from systems analysis applied to environmental engineering
design and management problems: reservoir management, power plant
siting, nuclear waste management, air
pollution control, and transportation planning. Design projects
are required. |
Sec. 01
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MTW 2 ThF 9-10:30
10:30-12
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| 570.334 (E,S) |
ENGINEERING MICROECONOMICS (3) Norman / Hobbs Prereq:
Calculus III This course uses a calculus-based approach to introduce
principles of engineering economics and microeconomics (demand
and production theory) and their uses in engineering decision
making. Sec.02 canceled 6/29/06 |
Sec. 01
02
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ThF 10:30-12
9-10:30
Th
3-5, F 3
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| 570.351 (E) |
INTRODUCTION
TO FLUID MECHANICS (3) Wilcock Prereq: Statistics, Dynamics
and Differential Equations Introduction to the use of the principles of continuity,
momentum, and energy to fluid motion. Topics include hydrostatics,
ideal-fluid flow, laminar flow, turbulent flow. |
Lec.
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10
Th 12-1:30 |
| 570.353 (E)
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HYDROLOGY (3) Hilpert Prereq: Differential equations,
fluid mechanics The occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties of the
waters of the Earth. Topics include precipitation, infiltration,
evaporation, transpiration, groundwater and streamflow. Course canceled 6/29/06
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Sec. 01
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MTW 10
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| 570.367 (S) |
THE
ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS (3) Hanke Limit 3 Perm Req'd Prereq:
180.101-102 Theoretical and empirical
analysis of how spot, futures, and options markets function and
how they affect resource allocation. Markets covered include financials
(debt instruments, interest rate options, and stock indexes) and
foreign currencies. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 570.404 (E,N) |
POLITICAL
ECOLOGY (3) Schoenberger
Political ecology analyzes social and institutional “rules of the game” concerning
use of ecological resources and adaptations to environmental conditions.
Reading seminar covering classic works in the field and emerging
trends |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-4 |
| 570.411 (E,N) |
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (4) Bouwer
/ Ward
Fundamental aspects of microbiology and biochemistry as related
to environmental pollution and water quality control processes,
biogeochemical cycles, microbiological ecology, energetics
and kinetics of microbial growth, and biological fate of pollutants. |
Sec. 01
Lab |
ThF 9-10:30
Th 2-5 or 6-9pm |
| 570.419 (E) |
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING DESIGN I (2) (1) Ball/Alavi/Bouwer Limit
10 Through general lectures and case
study examples, this course will expose students to some of the
non-technical professional issues that they will face as professional
engineers and in their second-semester senior design project.
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Sec. 01 |
T 4:30-6:30pm |
| 570.442 (N) |
ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Roberts Prereq: 030.104 or Perm. Req'd. Advanced
undergraduate/graduate course focusing on examination of processes
that affect the behavior and fate of anthropogenic organic contaminants
in aquatic environments. Students learn to predict chemical properties
influencing transfers between hydrophobic organic chemicals, air,
water, sediments, and biota, based on a fundamental understanding
of intermolecular interactions and thermodynamic principles. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 3-4:30 |
| 570.443 (E,N) |
AQUATIC
CHEMISTRY (3)
Stone Limit 60 Prereq:
One year of both Chemistry and Calculus Thermodynamics
and equilibrium applied to processes in natural waters and water
and wastewater treatment systems. Chemistry of electrolyte solutions,
acids and bases, complex formation precipitation and dissolution,
oxidation and reduction. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 570.444 (E,N)
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COLLOID CHEMISTRY (3) Shchukin Prereq: General Chemistry and
Physics Disperse, i.e. microheterogeneous state of the matter and predominant influence
of surface (interfacial) phenomena in disperse systems are regarded
as universal in nature and technology: these rocks and soils,
materials suspensions, emulsions, foams and aerosols, living tissues…
Formation and general colloid-chemical properties of these systems
are considered, role of high dispersity, problems of stability, and ways to control them
in industry and environment. Course canceled
9/26/06
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Sec. 01
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MW 2-3:30
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| 570.445 (E) |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR WATER
AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (3) Ball Prereq: 570.301-302 or
Perm. Req'd. The application of basic physical and chemical concepts
to the analysis of environmental engineering problems. Principles
of chemical equilibrium and reaction, reaction engineering, interphase
mass transfer, and adsorption are presented in the context of
process design for unit operations in common use for water and
wastewater treatment. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 9 |
| 570.450 (E,N) |
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
(4) Ward Perm. Req'd. |
Sec. 01 |
M 11, T 9-12 |
| 570.465 (H,S) |
WATER
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES (3) Wolman Perm.
Req'd. An attempt
to review utilization and development of water in diverse environments
beginning with early irrigation systems revealed by archaeology
including those in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
Th 12:30-2:30 |
| 570.470 (S) |
APPLIED
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (3) Hanke Perm. Req'd.
This course focuses on the workings of equity markets. It includes
an analytical review of valuation models and their application
to data contained in financial statements. Research reports are
required.
Cross-listed
with Economics |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 570.487 (S) |
FUTURES
MARKET RESEARCH (3) Hanke Perm. Req'd. Cross-listed with Economics |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 570.490 (E) |
SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(3) Alavi Limit 15 This
course covers advanced engineering and scientific concepts and
principles applied to the management of municipal solid waste
(MSW) to protect human health and the environment and the conservation
of limited resources through resource recovery and recycling of
waste material. |
Sec. 01 |
W 6-8:15pm |
| 570.492(S) |
DEPARTMENT
SEMINAR (1) Ward
Undergraduates only |
Sec. 01 |
T 3-5 |
| 570.493 (E,S,Q) |
ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS (3) Norman Prereqs: 180.101-102, 110.202
or equivalent This course includes an exposition of intermediate level
price theory, combined with a survey of applications to the analysis
of public sector decisions. Theoretical topics include demand,
supply, the function and behavior of the market, and introductory
welfare economics. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12
9-10:30 |
| 570.494 (E,S) |
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT DECISION MODELS (3)
Williams/Hobbs
Prereqs: 570.495, 570.644 Limit 15 This course presents two foci: Nature Reserve Design
and Modeling, and Multiobjective and Dynamic Ecological Systems
Analysis. Course added 8/22/06 |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2:45-4, F 1-2:15 |
| 570.495 (E,Q) |
MATHEMATICAL
FOUNDATIONS FOR PUBLIC DECISION MAKING (3) Williams/Hobbs
Limit 15 Course added 8/28/06 |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 2 MW
1:30-2:45 |
| 270.375 (E,N) |
GROUNDWATER (3) Garven
Cross listed with Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 195.477(S)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION
TO URBAN POLICY
(3) Newman Limit 15 Perm. Req'd. Coreq:
195.478
Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health
Studies, and Public Policy |
Sec. 01 |
T 5-7pm |
| 195.478 (W) |
URBAN POLICY INTERNSHIP (3) Newman
Perm. Req'd. Limit 15 Coreq:
195.477
Cross-listed with Political Science, Sociology, Public Health
Studies, and Public Policy |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 570.501 |
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH |
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| 570.505 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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| 360.528 |
APPLIED
ECONOMICS INTERNSHIP Hanke
Prereq: 180.101-102 Perm. Req'd.
Course given in conjunction with private
business and financial institutions, governmental entities and
economic research institutes in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan
area. Requirements include 120 hours of internship time and a
research paper on an applied economics topic.
Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only
Cross-listed with Economics and Interdepartmental |
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| 570.600 |
ENGINEERING HEALTH CRISIS Roberts Limit
50 This course addresses strategies
for stopping and preventing waterborne disease outbreaks both
in the U.S.
and settings without piped water supplies, with special emphasis
on refugee populations.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
Th 6-8:30pm |
| 570.613 |
SEMINAR: GEOMORPHOLOGY Wilcock |
Sec. 01 |
T 12-2 |
| 570.641 |
DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Ward |
Sec. 01 |
T 3-5, F 1:30-3 |
| 570.644 |
DYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SIMULATION AND DECISION ANALYSIS Williams/Hobbs
Limit 15 Course added 8/28/06 |
Sec. 01 |
ThF
9-10:30 |
| 570.661 |
APPLIED
MATH FOR ENGINEERING Hilpert
Limit
65 This course presents a broad survey of the basic mathematical
methods used in the solution of ordinary and partial differential
equations: linear algebra, power series, Fourier series, separation
of variables, integral transforms. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 9-10:30 Th 6-8pm |
| 570.673 |
PUBLIC
SYSTEMS SEMINAR Williams |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-3 |
| 570.681 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Bouwer |
Sec. 01 |
F 12-1:30 |
| 360.605 |
SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENT AND APPLIED FLUID
MECHANICS Meneveau
Cross-listed with Interdepartmental, Earth & Planetary Sciences,
and Mechanical Engineering |
Sec. 01 |
F 11 |
| 570.800 |
INDEPENDENT
STUDY
Sec.
01 Staff
Sec. 02 Stone
Sec. 03 Boland
Sec. 05 Wolman
Sec. 07 Bouwer
Sec.
08 Ellis
Sec. 09 O’Melia
Sec. 10 Brush
Sec. 11 Hilpert
Sec. 15 Roberts
Sec. 16 Hobbs
Sec. 17 Parlange
Sec. 18 Schoenberger
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| 570.801 |
RESEARCH
See 570.800 for faculty
sections |
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| 570.805 |
MASTERS
INTERNSHIP Ball
Course added 6/15/06 |
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