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Program checklist · M.S.

Environmental Engineering, M.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
M.S.
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This research degree is open to students with undergraduate degrees in engineering or the physical or natural sciences. In addition to the satisfactory completion of an approved set of advanced courses, candidates for this degree must complete a 5-credit thesis and 1-credit graduate seminar. The thesis must provide documentation of an independent research-related effort and be approved by the student’s faculty adviser. Listed below are recommended core courses for four possible fields of study. M.S. candidates typically take all the courses listed below in their chosen field of study.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_70a61488
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Recommended Courses

6 items
  1. ENVE 4710
    Groundwater Hydrology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. ENVE 6140
    Stream Pollution Control
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. ENVE 6200
    Hazardous Waste Management I
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. ENVE 6230
    Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Engineering Systems
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. ENVE 6710
    Advanced Groundwater Hydrology
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. ENVE 6690
    Aqueous Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Elective Courses

0 items

    Chemistry

    1 item
    1. CHEM 4810
      Chemistry of the Environment
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Chemical Engineering

    6 items
    1. CHME 4430
      Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. CHME 4400
      Chromatographic Separation Processes
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. CHME 6410
      Advanced Membrane Concepts
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. CHME 6510
      Advanced Transport Phenomena I
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. CHME 6570
      Chemical and Phase Equilibrium
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. CHME 6610
      Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering I
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Civil Engineering

    4 items
    1. CIVL 4240
      Finite Element Method
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. CIVL 4570
      System Modeling for Civil and Environmental Engineering
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. CIVL 6530
      Advanced Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. CIVL 6550
      Advanced Geoenvironmental Engineering
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Industrial Engineering

    2 items
    1. ISYE 4140
      Statistical Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ISYE 4240
      Engineering Project Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    General Engineering

    2 items
    1. ENGR 4100
      Business Issues for Engineers and Scientists
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. ENGR 4760
      Engineering Economics
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Earth and Environmental Science

    4 items
    1. ERTH 4190
      Environmental Measurements
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ERTH 4500
      Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. ERTH 4540
      Organic Geochemistry
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. ERTH 4750
      Geographic Information Systems in the Sciences
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Additional Requirements

    0 items
      Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10229&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0204.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.