ESCI 1100 Syllabus
Subject Code
ESCI
Course Number
1100
Course Title
Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science
Prerequisites
Program admission
Corequisites
Terms Offered
Offered as needed
Credit Hours
(3-0-3)
Course Description
This course introduces students to local and global environmental problems and potential engineering solutions. Topics include an analysis of human population interactions with natural systems and the resulting environmental problems such as water and air pollution and hazardous waste. Students will learn quantitative environmental chemistry and physics techniques and will evaluate a range of traditional and cutting-edge environmental engineering solutions.
Course Outcomes
Environmental Problems & Human Populations
- Explain range of environmental problems and ethical implications.
- Explain relationships between resource consumption and population growth.
Environmental Chemistry
- Conduct mass balance computations.
- Apply stoichiometry, acid-base and oxidation reaction equations to environmental problems.
- Explain natural cycles of basic elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
Risk Assessment & Hazardous Waste
- Identify examples of hazardous waste and their sources.
- Explain the potential risks of hazardous waste to humans and natural systems.
- Identify and explain processes or operations of remediation.
Air & Water Pollution
- Identify major air pollutants and their sources.
- Discuss physical and policy strategies to mitigate air pollutant sources.
- Demonstrate understanding of the greenhouse effect and climat4e records.
- Identify major water pollutants and their sources.
- Discuss major processes for aquatic pollutant removal and factors that influence performance.
- Explain and compare conventional and alternative water treatment systems.
Sustainable Design
- Explain life cycle assessments.
- Understand waste to energy conversions.
- Explain the application for alternative energy technologies.
- Demonstrate understanding of LEED certifications.