Requirements for Environmental Engineering Applicants
Minimum course requirements for environmental engineering applicants are listed below. Applicants who do not meet these minimum course requirements can still be admitted on a provisional basis until the coursework is completed elsewhere or as part of the graduate studies at Penn State.
Advanced mathematics typical of engineering undergraduate programs (calculus through partial differential equations):
- MATH 140 – Calculus With Analytic Geometry
- MATH 141 – Calculus With Analytic Geometry II
- MATH 251 – Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
One lecture course and one laboratory course in chemistry:
- CHEM 110 – Chemical Principles
- CHEM 111 – Experimental Chemistry
One year of physics:
- PHYS 211 – General Physics: Mechanics
- PHYS 212 – General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
One course in fluid hydraulics or mechanics:
- C E 360 – Fluid Mechanics
One introductory course in environmental engineering:
- C E 370 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering or C E 371 – Water and Wastewater Treatment
