ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR (BS, HBS)

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1 Ecological Engineering Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR (BS, HBS) Ecological engineering is the design of sustainable systems consistent with ecological principles that integrate human activities into the natural environment to the benefit of both. This approach emphasizes diversity, resilience, adaptation to maintain sustainability. Ecological engineering deals with both fundamental processes engineering applications on scales that range from microscopic to watersheds beyond. This discipline is rapidly developing as an important new area of engineering based on the science of ecological systems, with a number of dedicated journals, national international professional societies, new application areas emerging over the last decade. The Biological Ecological Engineering Department at OSU has considerable expertise in this area is among the national leaders in this discipline. The ABET Inc. Accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Ecological Engineering (EcoE) program is the first of its kind nationally, reflecting Oregon s leadership in this new exciting multidisciplinary field. The curriculum is divided into an ecological engineering core a set of upper-division science engineering electives. The ecological engineering core contains the introductory upper-division course work that provides the common engineering scientific basis for our students. The core consists of pre-professional courses, baccalaureate core requirements, required upper-division engineering courses, required science courses. The upper-division engineering science electives are presented as options. Selections are made to a total of 2 credits of engineering science/public policy electives. This organization provides students with considerable flexibility in selecting their degree path. Graduates with an Ecological Engineering degree will work to optimize the interface between humankind the environment. Specific activities undertaken might include riparian restoration, optimizing sensor arrays for ecological monitoring, improving agricultural water quality, mitigating toxic materials migration from lfills, developing sustainable industrial systems (agricultural otherwise), developing closed systems for space travel, or dealing with issues associated with global climate change. Oregon State University has strong programs in many of the basic engineering sciences that underpin the Ecological Engineering degree program. Graduates with an ecological engineering skill set may find employment with industrial clients, engineering consulting companies, governmental agencies, entrepreneurial start-ups. For further information, please contact: John P. Bolte 6 Gilmore Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR info-bee@engr.orst.edu Website: Code Title Hours Pre-Professional Core BEE 02 II Select one of the following: - CH 2 & CH 26 * 2 CH 2,2 CH 20 MAJORS (For major transfers only, with CH 202 CH 20 only) Select one of the following: COMM *PUBLIC SPEAKING or COMM *ARGUMENT CRITICAL DISCOURSE COMM 28 *INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ENGR 2 STATICS ENGR 2 STRENGTH MATERIALS MTH 2 *DIFFERENTIAL MTH 22 INTEGRAL MTH 2 VECTOR I MTH 26 APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Select one of the following: -7 MTH 06 MATRIX POWER SERIES METHODS MTH 2 & MTH PH 2 & PH 22 & PH 2 INFINITE SERIES SEQUENCES LINEAR ALGEBRA I * * * WR 2 *ENGLISH COMPOSITION Additional Pre-Professional Courses BEE 0 I BEE 22 FUNDAMENTALS BEE 222 COMPUTATION BI 2 & BI 22 & BI 2 Select one of the following: CH 22 & CH 262 * 22 CH 22 * 2 Select one of the following: CH 2 & CH 26 * 2 CH 2 * 2 HHS 2 & HHS 2 SOIL 20 & SOIL 206 *LIFETIME FITNESS HEALTH *LIFETIME FITNESS (or any PAC course) SOIL SCIENCE *SOIL SCIENCE SOIL 20 ST INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS ENGINEERS - or ST 2 or ST 22 WR 27 *TECHNICAL WRITING Total Hours

2 2 Ecological Engineering Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) Code Title Hours Baccalaureate Core Select credits Professional Core Courses BEE FLUID MECHANICS BEE 2 ECOHYDRAULICS BEE ECOHYDROLOGY BEE 20 BIOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS MODELING BEE 22 THERMODYNAMICS TRANSFER PROCESS BEE 6 BEE 8 NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION ASSESSMENT CONTROL BEE 68 BIOREMEDIATION BEE 69 ^ DESIGN I BEE 70 DESIGN II BI 70 ECOLOGY Upper-Division Science Engineering Electives Professional Skills Courses BEE PRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENGR 9 ECONOMICS PROJECT FE 208 EST SURVEYING FE 27 GIS EST APPLICATIONS Science Public Policy Course AEC 20 or ECON 20 Ethics Course *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS POLICY *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS IE 80 *THE RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER - or PHL 20 *ETHICS Additional Perspectives Synthesis Courses *Cultural Diversity *Difference, Power, Discrimination *Literature the Arts *Western Culture *Social Policies Institutions *Synthesis Science, Technology, Society *Synthesis Contemporary Global Issues Upper-Division Science Engineering Electives Engineering Electives Select at least 0 non-blanket credits of the following: 0 BEE 0 BEE 0 BEE BEE 6 CE CE CE CE 7 CE 6 CE 69 ENGR 28 RESEARCH INTERNSHIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM DESIGN RIVER OCEAN GIS IN WATER RESOURCES COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE HYDRAULIC DESIGN OREGON L SURVEY LAW PROPERTY SURVEYS GRAPHICS -D MODELING - ENVE 2 ENVE 22 ENVE 2 ENVE ENVE 6 FE 209 FE 0 FE FE 6 FE 7 FE 2 FE 0 FE FE 7 or 7 FE 79 or CE 79 DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES AIR POLLUTION CONTROL FATE TRANSPORT CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT EST PHOTOGRAMMETRY REMOTE SENSING EST ROUTE SURVEYING SOIL SOIL MECHANICS HARVESTING PROCESS UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM REMOTE SENSING WATERSHED PROCESSES Science Public Policy Electives EST WATERSHED TECHNIQUES EST RESOURCE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES EST RESOURCE ANALYSIS SLOPE EMBANKMENT DESIGN SLOPE EMBANKMENT DESIGN Select at least 9 non-blanket credits of the following: 9 AEC AEC 2 ANS 2 ANS 2 ANS ANS BA 62 BB 0 BI 0 BI 8 BI 20 BOT BOT BOT BOT 2 CH 2 CH & CH 2 CH 7 COMM 0 COMM 2 COMM FE 60 FES *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW *INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCES PRINCIPLES ANIMAL FOODS TECHNOLOGY *CONTENTIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE ADVANCED PRINCIPLES ANIMAL FOODS TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SOCIAL INITIATIVES ELEMENTARY BIO *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS *HUMAN ECOLOGY *VIRUSES IN MODERN SOCIETY PLANT STRUCTURE PLANT PHYSIOLOGY PLANT ECOLOGY PLANT POPULATION ECOLOGY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC THEORIES CONFLICT CONFLICT BARGAINING NEGOTIATION PROCESSES THIRD PARTIES IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION: MEDIATION ARBITRATION ^EST OPERATIONS REGULATIONS POLICY ISSUES *GENES CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE RISK

3 Ecological Engineering Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) or TOX FES or FW FES FST 20 FST 22 FST 2 FST 2 FST 60 FST 6 FST 66 FST 79 or MB 79 FST 90 FST 9 FW 2 FW 26 FW 0 FW FW 6 FW 62 FW 79 GEO 202 GEO 22 GEO 2 GEO 8 GEO 87 GEOG 20 GEOG 70 GEOG 2 GEOG 80 HORT 28 HORT 00 *GENES CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE RISK RESTORATION RESTORATION *CONSENSUS NATURAL RESOURCES EST RESOURCE ECONOMICS I SILVICULTURE PRINCIPLES ^EST POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY LAW FRUIT VEGETABLE PROCESSING DAIRY PROCESSING DAIRY PROCESSING *FOOD LAW BREWING SCIENCE BREWING ANALYSIS WINE PRODUCTION PRINCIPLES FERMENTATION MICRO FERMENTATION MICRO FOOD PROCESSING CALCULATIONS FOOD PROCESSING CALCULATIONS PRINCIPLES FISH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTEGRATED WATERSHED *ENDANGERED SPECIES, SOCIETY SUSTAINABILITY ^WILDLIFE IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS FRESHWATER ECOLOGY CONSERVATION ECOSYSTEM SERVICES WETLS RIPARIAN ECOLOGY *EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE SURFACE PROCESSES APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY GLACIAL GEOLOGY HYDROGEOLOGY *FOUNDATIONS GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE GIS GEOVISUALIZATION: CARTOGRAPHY SNOW HYDROLOGY REMOTE SENSING I: PRINCIPLES APPLICATIONS PERMACULTURE DESIGN THEORY: CERTIFICATE COURSE CROP PRODUCTION IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGROECOSYSTEMS or CROP 00CROP PRODUCTION IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGROECOSYSTEMS HORT 8 HORT 60 HORT ^APPLIED ECOLOGY MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS IRRIGATION DRAINAGE PRECISION AGRICULTURE or CROP PRECISION AGRICULTURE MB 02 MB 0 MTH MICRO MICRO INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS MTH 2 MTH 8 MTH 82 OC or FW RNG RNG RNG 2 RNG RNG 2 RNG SOIL ST 2 & ST 22 SUS 0 SUS 0 TOX 0 WSE Z 9 NUMERICAL SOLUTION ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS APPLIED ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS APPLIED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS ESTUARINE ECOLOGY ESTUARINE ECOLOGY RANGEL ECOLOGY RANGE ECOLOGY I-GRASSLS RANGE ECOLOGY II-SHRUBLS DESERT WATERSHED WILDL RESTORATION ECOLOGY RIPARIAN ECOHYDROLOGY SOIL ECOSYSTEMS INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS *SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRIAL MARKETING IN THE EST SECTOR *BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, CONSERVATION Total credits required for graduation 92 * Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) ^ 2 Writing Intensive Course (WIC) Required for entry into Professional School For major transfers only, B grade or better, must have completed CH 2X sequence prior to transfer Major Code: 0 Pre-Ecological Engineering Major Code: 6 Course Title Hours First Year BEE 0 CH 2 & CH 26 MTH 2 WR 2 CH 22 & CH 262 I * 2 *DIFFERENTIAL *ENGLISH COMPOSITION Hours * 22

4 Ecological Engineering Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) COMM or COMM HHS 2 & HHS 2 MTH 22 BEE 02 CH 2 & CH 26 MTH 2 PH 2 Second Year BI 2 MTH 26 PH 22 SOIL 20 & SOIL 206 BEE 22 BI 22 *PUBLIC SPEAKING or *ARGUMENT CRITICAL DISCOURSE *LIFETIME FITNESS HEALTH *LIFETIME FITNESS (or any PAC course) INTEGRAL Hours II * 2 VECTOR I * Hours 6 APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS * SOIL SCIENCE *SOIL SCIENCE SOIL 20 Hours 6 FUNDAMENTALS ENGR 2 STATICS PH 2 ST BEE 222 BI 2 ENGR 2 MTH 06 WR 27 Third Year AEC 20 BEE BEE 20 * INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS ENGINEERS Hours 7 COMPUTATION STRENGTH MATERIALS MATRIX POWER SERIES METHODS *TECHNICAL WRITING Hours 7 *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS POLICY FLUID MECHANICS BIOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS MODELING BI 70 ECOLOGY Hours BEE 2 ECOHYDRAULICS BEE 22 FE 27 IE 80 THERMODYNAMICS TRANSFER PROCESS GIS EST APPLICATIONS *THE RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER Engineering Elective I - Hours 7-8 BEE ECOHYDROLOGY

5 Ecological Engineering Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS) BEE 6 ENGR 9 ECONOMICS PROJECT *Difference, Power Discrimination Bacc Core Elective Engineering Elective II Hours 7 Fourth Year BEE PRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEE 69 ^ DESIGN I Engineering Elective III Science Elective I - *Synthesis Contemporary Global Issues Bacc Core Elective Hours -7 BEE 68 BIOREMEDIATION BEE 70 DESIGN II *Cultural Diversity Bacc Core Elective Engineering Elective IV - *Literature the Arts Bacc Core Elective Hours 7-8 Engineering Elective V Science Elective - Science Elective - *Western Culture Bacc Core Elective Hours -7 Total Hours Required for entry into Professional School * Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) ^ Writing Intensive Course (WIC)