Environmental Pollution Control Program


Appendix C
Recommended Course List
Note: Many relevant special topics courses (497 and 597) are offered through various departments. Please check with the EPC office for approval prior to scheduling a special topics course.

AIR ENVIRONMENT
AERSP 412 Turbulent Flow
AERSP 525 Inhomogeneous Turbulence
CH E 446 Introduction to Transport Phenomena
CH E 545 Transport Phenomena I
CH E 546 Transport Phenomena II
CHEM 560 Topics in Physical Chemistry
FOR 517 Forest Microclimatolgy
F SC 422 Combustion Engineering
F SC 430 Air Pollutants from Combustion Sources
M E 405 Air Pollution Control Systems
M E 410 Power Plants
M E 411 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
M E 413 Internal Combustion Engines
M E 470 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
METAL 404 Thermochemical Processing
METEO 421 Dynamic Meteorology I
METEO 465 Middle Atmosphere Meteorology
METEO 472W Topics in Climatology
METEO 532 Chemistry of the Atmosphere
METEO 554 Atmospheric Turbulence
METEO 555 Atmospheric Diffusion
METEO 563 Biometeorology
MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
MNG 422 Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning

BASIC PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AGRO 438A Principles of Weed Control and Herbicide Properties
B M B 401 General Biochemistry
B M B 402 General Biochemistry
BIOL 544 Advanced Physiological Ecology
C E 479 Environmental Microbiology Lab
CH E 413 Mass Transfer
CH E 414 Kinetics and Industrial Chemistry
CH E 448 Advanced Mass Transfer Operations
CH E 450 Process Dynamics and Control
CH E 453 Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers
CH E 455 Chemical Reactor Design
CH E 535 Chemical Reaction Engineering
CHEM 451 Physical Chemistry
CHEM 452 Physical Chemistry
CHEM 525 Analytical Separations
CHEM 527 Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 563 Chemical Dynamics
ENT 425 Freshwater Entomology
GEOSC 413W Techniques in Environmental Geochemistry
GEOSC 415 Geochemistry
GEOSC 419 The Organic Chemistry of Natural Waters and Sediments
B M B 474 Physical Properties of Biological Macromolecules
MICRB 400 Introductory Environmental Microbiology
MICRB 410 Principles of Immunology

ECONOMICS
AG EC 404 Methods in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
AG EC 502 Economics of Natural Resources and Rural Development
AG EC 519 Resource and Environmental Economics I
AG EC 541 Resource and Environmental Economics II
CH E 401 Chemical Process Engineering
ECON 428 Environmental Economics
ENNEC 483 Materials Policy and Markets
ENNEC 484W Energy Economics
STS 420 Energy and Modern Society

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HL ED 552 Current Health Education Issues
H P A 431 Health Planning Methods
H P A 440 Principles of Epidemiology
MICRB 412 Medical Microbiology
MICRB 422 Medical Microbiology Lab
PL SC 417 American Local Government & Administration
PL SC 419 Bureaucracy and Public Policy
PL SC 422 Comparative Urban Politics

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
AG EC 502 Economics of Natural Resources and Rural Development
AG EC 519 Resource and Environmental Economics I
AG EC 541 Resource and Environmental Economics II
ECON 428 Environmental Economics
FOR 480 Policy & Administration
GEOG 406 Human Use of Environment
SOC 547 Environmental Sociology

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ERM 411 Legal Aspects of Resource Management
ERM 412 Resource Systems Analysis
ERM 413W Case Studies in Ecosystem Management
ERM 431 Environmental Toxicology
ERM 432 Pollution in Aquatic Systems
ERM 433 Transformation of Pollutants in Soils
GEOG 406 Human Use of Environment
MIN E 415 Management in the Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, & Health & Safety Problems
MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
MNG 442 Surface Mine Sedimentation Control
SOC 447 Environment, Energy and Society

LAND ENVIRONMENT
A B E 467 Design Hydrology and Sedimentology
C E 476 Solid Waste Management
FOR 517 Forest Microclimatology
GEOG 406 Human Use of the Environment
GEOG 420W Metropolitan Analysis
GEOG 422 Applied Cartographic Design
GEOG 480 Geospatial Information Management
GEOG 481 Geographic Information Systems Design and Evaluation
GEOSC 543 Environmental Geology
MIN E 415 Management in the Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, and Health and Safety Problems
MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
MNG 441 Surface Mining Systems and Design
MNG 442 Surface Mine Sedimentation Control
SOILS 401 Soil Composition and Physical Properties
SOILS 402 Chemistry of Soils and Fertilizers
SOILS 415 Soil Morphology, Mapping, and Land Use
SOILS 416 Soil Genesis and Classification
SOILS 419 Soil Environment Chemistry
SOILS 420: Remediation of Contaminated Soils
SOILS 450 Environmental Gis
SOILS 422 Conservation of Soil and Water Resources
SOILS 506 Soil Physical Chemistry
SOILS 507 Soil Physics
SOILS 519 Nature of Soil Minerals

MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
AG 400 Biometry/Statistics in the Life Sciences
A B E 513 Applied Finite Element, Finite Differences,
and Boundary Element Methods
A B E 562 (E MCH 562) Boundary Element Analysis
FOR 550 Multivariate Analysis in Forestry Research
GEOEE 406: Sampling and Monitoring of the Geo-Environment
GEOG 454 Spatial Analysis I
GEOG 455 Spatial Analysis II
MN PR 520 Mathematical Modeling for Mineral Process Engineers
STAT 401 Experimental Methods
STAT 451 Introduction to Applied Statistics
STAT 460 Intermediate Applied Statistics
STAT 462 Applied Regression Analysis
STAT 501 Regression Methods
STAT 502 Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments
STAT 504 Analysis of Discrete Data
STAT 505 Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis
STAT 506 Sampling Theory and Methods
STAT 510 Applied Time Series Analysis
STAT 548 Statistical Distribution Theory

NOISE
AERSP 412 Turbulent Flow
AERSP 511 Aerodynamically Introduced Noise
A E 458 Advanced Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control
CSD 532 Instrumentation I
CSD 534 Noise and Hearing
CSD 535 Pure Tone Audiometry and Immitance Measures
CSD 572 Psychoacoustics in Communication Disorders
E MCH 401 Design and Synthesis in Vibrations
E MCH 412 Experimental Methods in Vibrations
M E 458 Noise Control in Machinery

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ACS 402 Introduction to Acoustics
ACS 516 Acoustical Data Measurement and Analysis
A E 458 Advanced Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control
AERSP 511 Aerodynamically Introduced Noise
AGRO 438A Principles of Weed Control & Herbicide Properties
BIOL 473 Laboratory in Mammalian Physiology
BIOL 571 Animal Physiology
BIOL 572 Animal Physiology
C E 475 Water Quality Chemistry
C E 476 Solid and Hazardous Wastes
CSD 532 Instrumentation I
CSD 534 Noise and Hearing
CSD 535 Pure Tone Audiometry and Immitance Measures
EDPSY 406 Applied Statistical Inference for the Behavioral Sciences
ENT 539 Chemical Ecology of Insects
E P C 590 Colloquium
HLHED 552 Current Health Education Issues
IHS 400: Principles of Industrial Health & Safety
IHS 410: Safety Behavior and the Investigation Process
IHS 420: Fire Protection
IHS 425: Industrial Electrical Safety
IHS 430: Industrial Health and Safety Program Management
IHS 435: Introduction to Mill and Plant Operations
IHS 440: Industrial Ventilation
IHS 445: Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
IHS 447: Industrial Hygiene Measurements
IHS 450: Environmental Health and Safety
IHS 470: Analytical Methods for System Safety
LIR 444 Occupational Health: Policy and Practice
M E 405 Air Pollution Control Systems
M E 458 Noise Control in Machinery
M E 470 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
M E 505 Design of Air Pollution Control Systems
MICRB 400 Introductory Environmental Microbiology
MIN E 415 Management in the Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, and Health and Safety Problems
NUC E 408 Radiation Shielding
NUC E 420 Radiological Safety
NUC E 428 Radioactive Waste Control
NUC E 512 Nuclear Fuel Management
KINES 567 (Phsio 567) Advanced Exercise Physiology
KINES 568 (Phsio 568) Applied Skeletal Muscle Physiology
KINES 577 (Phsio 577) Cardiovascular Physiology
KINES 580 (Phsio 580) Analysis of Body Composition
KINES 585 (Phsio 585) Environmental Physiology
KINES 587 (Phsio 587) Applied Physiology: Ambient Pressure
PSY 415 Intermediate Experimental Design
PSY 432 Introductory Engineering Psychology
PSY 451 Leadership in Work Settings
PSY 515 Advanced Statistics in Psychology and Education
PSY 523 Social-Organization Psychology in Industry
PSY 538 Psychology of Personnel Development

STAT 460 Intermediate Applied Statistics
V SC 402 (ENT 402) Biology of Animal Parasites
V SC 405 Laboratory Animal Science
V SC 407 Dairy Herd Health Programs
V SC 420 General Animal Pathology
V SC 489 (BIOTC 489) Animal Cell Culture Methods

PLANNING
B LOG 400 Transport Planning Analysis
B LOG 410 Transport Economics and Policy
B LOG 420 Urban Transportation
B LOG 540 Transport Policy
LARCH 472 Planning and Public Policy
S T S 430 (NUTR 430) Global Food Strategies: Problems & Prospects for Reducing World Hunger
S T S 460 (PL SC 460) Science and Public Policy

POLLUTANT CONTROL IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
C E 476 Solid and Hazardous Wastes
C E 571 Physical Chemical Treatment Processes
C E 572 Biological Treatment Processes
M E 405 Air Pollution Control Systems
M E 470 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
METAL 404 Thermochemical Processing
METAL 426 (MN PR 426) Aqueous Processing
MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
MNG 441 Surface Mining Systems and Design
MNG 442 Surface Mine Sedimentation Control
MN PR 401 Mineral Process Engineering
MN PR 413 Mineral Processing Laboratory
MN PR 421 Particle Technology Laboratory
MN PR 424 Coal Preparation
MN PR 425 Interfacial Phenomena & Flotation
MN PR 501 Interfacial Phenomena in Mineral Systems
MN PR 502 Froth Flotation and Agglomeration
MN PR 503 Colloid Phenomena
MN PR 505 Physical Separations in Mineral Processing
MN PR 506 Mineral Process Plant Design
MN PR 507 (METAL 507) Hydrometallurgical Processing
MN PR 508 Mineral Particle Systems
MN PR 509 Particle-Fluid Dynamics

RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
NUC E 401 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
NUC E 403 Advanced Reactor Design
NUC E 405 (CHEM 405) Nuclear and Radiochemistry
NUC E 408 Radiation Shielding
NUC E 420 Radiological Safety
NUC E 428 Radioactive Waste Control
NUC E 444 Nuclear Reactor Operations Lab
NUC E 450 Radiation Detection and Measurement
NUC E 460 Nuclear Systems Risk Assessment
NUC E 501 Reactor Engineering
NUC E 505 Reactor Instrumentation & Control
S T S 471 Radiation, Reactors, and Society

SEMINAR
E P C 590 Colloquium

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
A B E 469W Optimization of Biological Production and Processing Systems
C E 553 Planning and Multipurpose Hydrologic Systems
CH E 415 Mathematical Modeling in Chemical Engineering
CH E 516 Methods of Process Design
ERM 412 Resource Systems Analysis
I E 405 Linear Programming
I E 425 Introduction to Operations Research
I E 450 Manufacturing Systems Engineering
I E 454 Applied Decision Analysis
I E 507 Operations Research: Scheduling Models
I E 509 Operations Research: Waiting-Line Models
I E 510 Integer Programming
I E 511 Experimental Design in Engineering
I E 513 Real-Time Microcomputer Applications
I E 519 (MS&IS 519) Dynamic Programming

WATER RESOURCES - QUANTITY
AG EC 401W Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies
AG EC 404 Natural Resource Economics
A B E 469W Optimization of Biological Production and Processing Systems
A B E 517 Surface Transport of Agricultural Pollutants
C E 462 Open Channel Hydraulics
C E 465W Hydrosystems Capstone Course
C E 551 Random Processes in Hydrologic Systems
C E 555 Ground Water Hydrology: Analysis and Modeling
C E 561 Surface Hydrology
C E 564 Hydraulic Engineering Design
FOR 470 Watershed Management
FOR 471 Watershed Management Lab
FOR 519 Forest Hydrology
FOR 520 Snow Hydrology
GEOSC 452 Introduction to Hydrogeology
GEOSC 543 Environmental Geology
P N G 425 Principles of Well Testing and Evaluation
P N G 511 Numerical Solution of the Partial Differential Equations of Flow in Porous Media
P N G 512 Numerical Reservoir Simulations

WATER RESOURCES - QUALITY
BIOL 435 Ecology of Lakes and Streams
C E 472W Environmental Engineering Capstone Design
C E 475 Water Quality Chemistry
C E 476 Solids and Hazardous Wastes
C E 479 Environmental Microbiology Lab
C E 561 Surface Hydrology

C E 570 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
C E 571 Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes
C E 572 Biological Treatment Processes
C E 573 Environmental Organic Chemistry
C E 574 Laboratory Analysis in Water Quality Control
C E 577 Treatment Plant Design
C E 579 Environmental Pollution Microbiology
C E 580 Surface Water Quality Models
FOR 470 Watershed Management
FOR 471 Watershed Management Lab
GEOSC 412 Water Resources Geochemistry
METAL 426 (MN PR 426) Aqueous Processing
MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
MNG 442 Surface Mine Sedimentation Control

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