Environmental Engineering and Data Science, BSEnvE (Boston) < Northeastern University Academic Catalog

The environmental engineering and data science combined major strategically blends together the two disciplines, allowing environmental engineering students to acquire data analytics skills that are becoming increasingly important in the field of environmental engineering as new data sources generate large databases.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath requirements: Interpreting Culture (IC), Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI), Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD), and Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience (EX) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering coursework. Successful completion of a cooperative education experience fulfills the EX requirement. Students are responsible for satisfying unfulfilled NUpath requirements with general elective coursework.

Engineering Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Engineering
CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222	Statics and Solid Mechanics and Recitation for CIVE 2221	4
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301	Environmental Measurements in Natural and Engineered Systems and Lab for CIVE 2300	4
CIVE 2331	Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics	4
CIVE 2334	Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability	4
CIVE 3435	Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport	4
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535	Water Treatment Systems Design and Lab for CIVE 4534	4
CIVE 4765	Senior Design Project—Environmental	5
Environmental Engineering Elective Courses
Complete at least one of the following:		4
CIVE 3335	Environmental Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
CIVE 4540	Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad
CIVE 4777	Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad
CIVE 5100	Equity in Engineering
CIVE 5150	Climate and Atmospheric Change
CIVE 5250	Organic Pollutants in the Environment
CIVE 5255	Tools and Techniques of Environmental Health
CIVE 5260	Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CIVE 5261	Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking
CIVE 5271	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
CIVE 5275	Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
CIVE 5280	Remote Sensing of the Environment
CIVE 5281	Coastal Dynamics and Design
CIVE 5300 and CIVE 5301	Environmental Sampling and Analysis and Lab for CIVE 5300
CIVE 5363	Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 5365	Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation
CIVE 5366	Air Quality Engineering and Science
CIVE 5368	Air Quality Management
CIVE 5369	Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows
CIVE 5536	Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design
CIVE 5670	Global Biogeochemistry
CIVE 5699	Special Topics in Civil Engineering
GE 3300	Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability
Supplemental Credit
3 semester hours from the following counts toward the engineering requirement:		3
CIVE 3430	Engineering Microbiology and Ecology
or EEMB 3455	Ecosystems Ecology
2 semester hours from the following counts toward the engineering requirement:		2
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
3 semester hours from the following counts toward the engineering requirement:		3
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹

Data Science Major Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Computer Science Requirements
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute with 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
CS 1800 and CS 1802	Discrete Structures and Seminar for CS 1800	5
CS 2000 and CS 2001	Introduction to Program Design and Implementation and Lab for CS 2000	5
CS 3200	Introduction to Databases	4
Programming Sequence Pathways
Complete one of the following options:		9-10
Computer Science Option
CS 2100 and CS 2101	Program Design and Implementation 1 and Lab for CS 2100
CS 3100 and CS 3101	Program Design and Implementation 2 and Lab for CS 3100
Data Science Option
DS 2500 and DS 2501	Intermediate Programming with Data and Lab for DS 2500
DS 3500	Advanced Programming with Data
Data Science Requirements
DS 3000	Foundations of Data Science	4
DS 4200	Information Presentation and Visualization	4
DS 4300	Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval	4
DS 4400	Machine Learning and Data Mining 1	4

Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science

Complete all mathematics/science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.²

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Mathematics/Science
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151	4
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 1342	Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 2321	Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 2341	Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering	4
MATH 3081	Probability and Statistics	4
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151	5
Science Elective (Earth)
Complete one of the following:		4
ENVR 1200	Dynamic Earth
ENVR 2200	Earth's Changing Cycles
ENVR 3125	Global Oceanic Change
ENVR 3200	Water Resources
ENVR 3600	Oceanography
ENVR 5201	Geologic Field Seminar
Supplemental Credit
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:		1
CIVE 3430	Engineering Microbiology and Ecology
or EEMB 3455	Ecosystems Ecology
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹

Professional Development

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Professional Development
ENCP 2000	Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education	1
ENCP 3000	Professional Issues in Engineering	1
GE 1000	First-Year Seminar	1
Additional Required Courses
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹

Writing Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required:
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions	4
or ENGW 3303	Advanced Writing in the Environmental Professions
or ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Integrative Course

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
This course is already required above and also fulfills the integrative requirement:
CIVE 4765	Senior Design Project—Environmental

General Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete 8 semester hours of academic, nonremedial courses not used toward other requirements.		8

Engineering GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in major (CIVE) courses

Data Science Major Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all CS and DS courses

Program Requirement

135 total semester hours required

¹: Students can substitute Engineering Design (GE 1110)and Engineering Problem Solving and Computation (GE 1111) for Cornerstone of Engineering 1 (GE 1501) and Cornerstone of Engineering 2 (GE 1502).
²: Mathematics/science requirement: General Chemistry for Engineers (CHEM 1151), Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering (MATH 1341), and Physics for Engineering 1 (PHYS 1151) require a grade of C– or higher.

Sample Plans of Study

Four Years, One Co-op in Summer Second Half/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222	4	Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	CS 2000 and CS 2001	5
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND)	5
GE 1501	4	General Elective	4
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4
	17		17		9		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 2321	4	MATH 2341	4	CS 1800 and CS 1802	5	Co-op	0
CIVE 2334	4	CIVE 2331	4	MATH 3081	4
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301	4	CIVE 3430	4
Programming Pathway Course	4	ENCP 2000	1
		Programming Pathway Course	5
	16		18		9		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	DS 3000	4	Vacation		Vacation
		CS 3200	4
		ENGW 3302	4
		CIVE 3435	4
	0		16		0		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535 (WI)	4	CIVE 4765 (EI, WI, CE)	5
DS 4200	4	DS 4300	4
Environmental Engineering Elective	4	DS 4400	4
Earth Science Elective	4	General elective	4
ENCP 3000	1
	17		17
Total Hours: 136

Four Years, One Co-op in Spring/Summer First Half

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	GE 1502	4	CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222	4	Vacation
ENGW 1111	4	MATH 1342	4	CS 2000 and CS 2001	5
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
GE 1501	4	General Elective	4
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		9		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 2321	4	MATH 2341	4	MATH 3081	4	Vacation
CIVE 2334	4	CIVE 2331	4	CS 1800 and CS 1802	5
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301	4	CIVE 3430	4
Programming Pathway Course	5	Programming Pathway Course	4
		ENCP 2000	1
	17		17		9		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CIVE 3435	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
DS 3000	4
CS 3200	4
ENGW 3302	4
	16		0		0		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535	4	CIVE 4765	5
Environmental engineering elective	4	DS 4300	4
DS 4200	4	DS 4400	4
Earth Science Elective	4	General elective	4
ENCP 3000	1
	17		17
Total Hours: 136

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND)	4	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222	4	Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND)	5	CS 2000 and CS 2001	5
GE 1000	1	GE 1502 (ER)	4
GE 1501	4	General Elective	4
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4
	17		17		9		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CIVE 2334	4	ENCP 2000	1	MATH 3081	4	Co-op	0
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301	4	MATH 2341	4	CS 1800 and CS 1802	5
MATH 2321	4	CIVE 2331	4
Programming Pathway Course	5	CIVE 3430	4
		Programming Pathway Course	4
	17		17		9		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CIVE 3435	4	Vacation		Co-op	0
		DS 3000	4
		CS 3200	4
		ENGW 3302	4
	0		16		0		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	DS 4200	4	Vacation		Co-op	0
		CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535	4
		Environmental engineering elective	4
		Earth Science Elective	4
		ENCP 3000	1
	0		17		0		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CIVE 4765	5
		DS 4300	4
		DS 4400	4
		General elective	4
	0		17
Total Hours: 136

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	GE 1502	4	CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222	4	Vacation
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342	4	CS 2000 and CS 2001	5
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
ENGW 1111	4	General elective	4
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		9		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 2321	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	MATH 2341	4
CIVE 2334	4					General elective	4
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301	4
ENCP 2000	1
Programming Pathway Course	5
	18		0		0		8
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CIVE 2331	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
CIVE 3430	4
CS 1800 and CS 1802	5
Programming Pathway Course	4
	17		0		0		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CIVE 3435	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
DS 3000	4
CS 3200	4
MATH 3081	4
	16		0		0		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535	4	CIVE 4765	5
DS 4200	4	DS 4300	4
Environmental Engineering Elective	4	DS 4400	4
ENCP 3000	1	Earth science elective	4
ENGW 3302	4
	17		17
Total Hours: 136

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Environmental Engineering and Data Science, BSEnvE (Boston)