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Engineering (B.S.E) with Environmental Concentration

The environmental engineering concentration of the engineering major (BSE) program will teach you how to apply engineering problem solving to projects that will have an impact on natural surroundings.  For example, as an environmental engineer, you might plan for a new structure, including assessing the environmental impact on the existing natural resources. Overall, an environmental engineer focuses on how humans, industry and environment can work together.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Educational Objectives 

  • Graduates will be technically competent in their Engineering specialty area and able to perform essential engineering functions in their career of choice.
    • Furthermore, graduates will continue to learn and hone competencies necessary to their career through graduate education, participation in professional activities/societies, or other means relevant to their work.
  • Graduates will influence or lead inter-disciplinary and diverse design teams to generate creative solutions that meet societal challenges.
  • Graduates will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Christian faith, pursuing their work with a servant’s heart and a keen awareness of social responsibility.

Student Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Engineering program demonstrate:

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
  2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
  5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
  7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Major Requirements (59)

Complete the following for your major:

ENGR 111Introduction to Engineering

2
ENGR 112Engineering Design Tools

2
ENGR 211Project Management

1
ENGR 212Programming for Engineers

2
ENGR 213Engineering Statistics

3
ENGR 214Materials Engineering

4
ENGR 215Circuits I

4
ENGR 216Mechanics I

3
ENGR 301Seminar I

1
ENGR 302Seminar II

1
CHEM 105General Chemistry I

4
MATH 111Calculus I

4
MATH 112Calculus II

4
MATH 211Calculus III

4
MATH 270Linear and Differential Methods

3
PHYS 211General Physics I

4

Six credits distributed over multiple semesters from:

ENGR 415Engineering Project

1-3
The sequence of the required six credits of ENGR 415 is typically 1-1-2-2 over the last four semesters in the program of study. Alternative sequencing must be approved by the Engineering Department chair.

Environmental Concentration (38-39)

CHEM 106General Chemistry II

4
ENGR 345Fluid Mechanics

4
ENGR 346Water Resources Engineering

3
ENGR 353Environmental Engineering

4
ENGR 371Thermodynamics

3
ENGR 451Water and Wastewater Management

3
ENGR 453Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Management

3
GIS 245Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3
PHYS 212General Physics II

4

Four credits from the following:

BIOL 170Cellular Foundations of Life

4
GEOL 201Foundations of Geology

4

Three to four credits from the following:

BIOL 170Cellular Foundations of Life

4
BIOL 172Diversity of Life

4
CHEM 204Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

4
CHEM 240Environmental Chemistry

4
ENGR 323Mechanics II

3
ENGR 324Control Systems

4
ENGR 363Embedded Systems Design

4
ENGR 443Geotechnical Engineering

4
GEOL 201Foundations of Geology

4
POLI 323Public Policy

3

General Education Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement   0
General Education requirements   Credits
First Year Seminar IDFY 101/102H  3
Written Communication ENGL 110/110H 3
Oral Communication COMM 105 3
Mathematical and Scientific Ways of Knowing Mathematics (MATH 111) met/major
Science with Lab (CHEM 105, PHYS 211) met/major
Social Scientific Ways of Knowing
 Social Science 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing 24GE History 3
Literary & Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
 Literature or Arts 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing

Philosophy or Religion

 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing 1st and 2nd Level Language 6
Intercultural Perspectives Intercultural Global (or International Cross-cultural or 3rd Level Language) OR Intercultural Perspectives US (or Domestic Cross-cultural) 3
Bible
 24GE Bible 3
Christian Beliefs
 24GE Christian Beliefs  3
Holistic Wellness
 WELL 1xx 1
Ethics and the Common Good
 24GE Ethics and the Common Good 3
Common Learning
 Experiential Learning (ENGR 302) met/major 
General Education requirements   40
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration)   90-91
Free Electives    0
Total credits   130-131