ESF Academic Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Resources Engineering

Engineering Fundamentals Elective
These courses are intended to introduce or reinforce basic concepts and theory within the engineering sciences. They are intended as intermediate level classes that build on lower division electives.

Pre-approved SUNY ESF Engineering Fundamentals Elective courses are:

• PSE 361 Engineering Thermodynamics
• PSE 370 Principles of Mass and Energy Balances
• CME 404 Applied Structures
• Any approved Engineering Elective

Pre-approved Syracuse University courses that satisfy the engineering fundamentals elective include:

• ELE 231 Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
• MAE 251 Thermodynamics
• ECS 222 Dynamics

Engineering Elective
These courses focus on theory and application of scientific principles and quantitative skills to monitor, assess, or design in the environmental resources engineering profession.

Pre-approved SUNY ESF Engineering Fundamentals Elective courses are:

• ERE 311 Ecological Engineering in the Tropics
• ERE 412 River Form and Process
• ERE 445 Hydrologic Modeling
• ERE 465 Environmental Systems Engineering
• ERE 575 Ecological Engineering for Water Quality
• GNE 461 Air Pollution Engineering
• ERE 496 and ERE 596 Special Topics courses must be approved by the Department prior to registration
• ERE 496 (Sec 04) Humanitarian Engineering

Pre-approved Syracuse University courses that may be used to satisfy engineering electives include:

• CEE 331 Analysis of Structures and Materials
• CEE 332 Design of Concrete Structures
• CEE 338 Foundation Engineering
• CEE 443 Transportation Engineering
• CEE 473 Transport Processes in Environmental Engineering
• Special Topics courses offered through Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering must be pre-approved by the Department prior to registration

500-599 Graduate courses designed expressly for areas of specialization in post-baccalaureate programs. Qualified undergraduate students may enroll with permission of the instructor.

• ERE 520/521 Resource Recovery with Laboratory
• ERE 527 Stormwater Management
• ERE 545 Environmental Soil Physics
• ERE 570 Hydrology in a Changing Climate

600-699 Graduate courses are designed expressly for advanced levels of specialization. Undergraduate students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.000 or better may enroll in these courses with an approved petition.

• ERE 621 Spatial Analysis
• ERE 622 Digital Image Analysis (requires permission of instructor)
• ERE 674 Methods in Ecological Treatment
• ERE 693 GIS-Based Modeling (requires permission of instructor)

Technical Elective
These courses focus on techniques, theory, and skills to advance competence in professional practice.

Any CEE class, any APM class 200 level and above; any BPE class 300 level and above; any BTC class; any CME class with the exception of CME 202; any EFB class with the exception of EFB 120, 200, 217, 220, and 312; any EHS class; any ERE class; ESF 300 any FCH class 200 level and above; any FOR class 320 and above with exception of 475 to 478; any GNE class; or any SRE class. Any Special Topics course (496 or 596) must be approved by the Department prior to registration.