Climate Science and Engineering
Total Semester Hours Required: 36
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department encourages students pursuing a GIEL certificate along with an MS in Climate Science and Engineering to complete their MS coursework requirements in their first year and their GIEL certificate requirements in their second year. Students who prefer to complete their GIEL certificate requirements in their first year are asked to speak with their MS degree adviser beforehand.
Students pursuing the MS in Climate Science and Engineering with a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership must complete 16 semester-hours of required GIEL coursework, 8 semester-hours of climate engineering coursework, and 12 semester-hours of College of Science Climate Science coursework.
Please refer to the Climate Science homepage for the most up-to-date course requirements and other program information.
Required GIEL Coursework
All students will be required to complete the following 16 semester-hours of Gordon Engineering Leadership coursework. Please visit the curriculum page for complete course descriptions.
| ENLR 5121 | Engineering Leadership 1 | 2 |
| ENLR 5122 | Engineering Leadership 2 | 2 |
| ENLR 5131 | Scientific Principles of Engineering 1 | 2 |
| ENLR 5132 | Scientific Principles of Engineering 2 | 2 |
| ENLR 7440 | Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 1 | 4 |
| ENLR 7442 | Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 2 | 4 |
Climate Science and Engineering Coursework Requirements
Students must complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated. In order to ensure a balance of training across science and engineering, students must take at least 12 semester-hours of College of Science courses (starting with EEMB, ENVR) and at least 8 semester-hours of College of Engineering courses (starting with CIVE, EECE, ENSY, MATL, ME, SBSY) from the core requirements and restricted elective course option.
Core Requirements
| ENVR 5350 | Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | 4 |
| ENVR 5600 | Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience | 4 |
| ENVR 5800 | Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | 4 |
| CIVE 5150 or ENVR 5150 | Climate and Atmospheric Change | 4 |
| CIVE 5275 | Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | 4 |
| CIVE 5281 | Coastal Dynamics and Design | 4 |
| CIVE 5363 | Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy | 4 |
| CIVE 5365 | Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation | 4 |
| CIVE 5366 | Air Quality Engineering and Science | 4 |
| CIVE 5670 or ENVR 5670 | Global Biogeochemistry | 4 |
| CIVE 7110 | Critical Infrastructure Resilience | 4 |
Restricted Electives
| CIVE 5280 | Remote Sensing of the Environment | 4 |
| CIVE 7100 | Time Series and Geospatial Data Sciences | 4 |
| CIVE 7282 | Coastal and Hydraulic Modeling | 4 |
| CIVE 7385 | Public Transportation | 4 |
| CIVE 7392 | Special Topics in Environmental Engineering | 4 |
| EECE 5670 | Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage | 4 |
| ENSY 5000 | Fundamentals of Energy System Integration | 4 |
| ENSY 5100 | Hydropower | 4 |
| ENSY 5200 | Energy Storage Systems | 4 |
| ENSY 5300 | Electrochemical Energy Storage | 4 |
| ENSY 5500 | Smart Grid | 4 |
| ENSY 5585 | Wind Energy Systems | 4 |
| ENSY 5210 | Environmental Planning | 4 |
| ENVR 5200 | Ecosystem-Based Management | 4 |
| ENVR 5563 | Advanced Spatial Analysis | 4 |
| MATL 6270 | Principles, Devices, and Materials for Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting | 4 |
| ME 5685 | Solar Thermal Engineering | 4 |
| SBSY 5100 | Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction | 4 |
| SBSY 5200 | Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings | 4 |
The above plans of study are for current students only. These plans are samples only- actual curriculum sequences may deviate from these samples. Programs of study are the responsibility of the student. The University Catalog provides a listing of degree requirements for each program, and the DARS system provides a degree audit utility for students.