M.E. in Water and Environment (4+1 program)
A minimum 30 credits are required for the ME degree with a concentration in “Water and Environment.” For more information, download the current brochure.
- Up up to 9 credits may be carried over from a previous UMaine degree. Up to 6 credits may be transferred from an outside degree.
- A minimum of 12 credits must be at 500 level.
| Approved CIE Courses (Minimum 15-credits) |
| CIE 430 Water Treatment CIE 431 Pollutant Fate and Transport CIE 434 Wastewater Treatment CIE 439 Solid Waste and Air Pollution CIE 450 Open Channel Hydraulics CIE 455 Hydrology CIE 456 Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics |
| CIE 533 Aquatic Environmental Chemistry CIE 534 Environmental Microbiology CIE 537 Water Pollution CIE 551 Water Wave Mechanics CIE 552 Physical Hydrology CIE 553 Water Resources Sustainability CIE 554 Natural Systems Hydrodynamics CIE 555 Computational Methods in Water Resources Eng. CIE 558 Coastal Engineering CIE 559 Marine Turbulence |
| Other Electives (Maximum 9-credits) |
| BIO 468 Lake Ecology BIO 550 Biogeochemistry of Terrestrial Ecosystems BIO 572 Paleoecology CIE 549 Numerical methods ERS 521 Low Temperature Low Pressure Geochemistry ERS 580 Hydrogeology (only in lieu of CIE 456) ERS 552 Geomorphology INT 527 GIS and Remote Sensing MEE 557 Continuum Mechanics MEE 560 Computational Fluid Dynamics MEE 562 Advanced Fluid Mechanics MEE 564 Fluid-Structure Interaction MEE 565 Offshore Floating Systems PSE 509 Experimental Design PSE 546 Chemistry of Soils SIE 509 Principles of GIS SIE 510 GIS Applications SIE 512 Spatial Analysis SMS 501 Biological Oceanography SMS 520 Chemical Oceanography SMS 525 Marine Biogeochemistry SMS 541 Physical Oceanography STS 434 Introduction to Statistics |
| CIE: Any 400- and 500-level course only in consultation with the advisor |