The Interactive Degree Audit is the official method for tracking the completion of your specific degree requirements. Please be aware that there are multiple ways for students to progress through this
major. This is just one sample and adjustments may be required due to curriculum changes.
Students should work with their advisor to develop their individual plan. A full list
of undergraduate course descriptions is available.
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First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Grand Total = 124 Credits
- 24 total credits.
- Required courses are
- UN 1015 Composition (3 credits),
- a Foundations in the Human World course (3 credits),
- a Communication Intensive course (3 credits),
- an Arts and Culture course (3 credits),
- an Intercultural Competency (3000+) course (3 credits),
- a SHAPE course (3 credits),
- an Essential Education Experience (3000+) course (3 credits),
- and 3 credits of Activities for Well-being and Success.
Activities for Well-being and Success
Engineering Electives
- 3 total credits. Selected one course from the list below:
- CEE 4502 – Wastewater Treatment Principles
- CEE 4503 – Drinking Water Treatment Principles
- CEE 4507 – Water Dist. & Wastewater Collection
- CEE 4640 – Stormwater Management and LID
- CEE 4650 – Hydraulic Structures
- CEE 4993 – Engineering w/ Dev. Communities50
- CM 2110 – Material and Energy Balances
- GE 3850 – Geohydrology
Senior Design (CEE4905) Prerequisites
- Complete the following courses:
- CEE 3620 – Water Resources
- CEE 4500 – Ecological Engineering Design
- CEE 4505 – Surface Water Quality Engineering
- CEE 4620 – River and Floodplain Hydraulics (can be taken concurrently with CEE4905)
- FW 3330 – Soil Science
- FW 4220 – Wetlands
Requisite Definitions
Prerequisite
- A prerequisite or pre-req course must be successfully completed prior to taking the subsequent course.
Concurrent Prerequisites
- A concurrent prerequisite or concurrent course may be taken at the same time, although
it is not necessary if the prerequisite course is completed first.
Required Corequisite
- Required corequisite or co-req courses must be taken together in the same semester.
Math
- Students are placed into an initial math course based on ACT/SAT math score, the online ALEKS assessment,
or a math placement exam score for credit (AP, IB, CLEP).
- MA 1160 (4 credits) or MA 1161 (5 credits) satisfy the Calculus 1 requirement.
- MA 2320 and MA 3520 are offered as full semester courses for students taking these
courses in separate semesters.
- The math department also teaches MA 2321 as an accelerated course (equivalent to MA
2320) in the first half of a given semester and MA 3521 as an accelerated course (equivalent
to MA 3520) in the second half of the same semester (registration must be for the
same section number of both MA 2321 and MA 3521 in that semester).
- MA 2320, MA 2321, and MA 2330 are all equivalent and are approved prerequisites for
MA 3520 or MA 3521.
- MA 3530 and 3560 are also equivalent to MA 3520/3521.
- MA 2710, 2720, and 3715 can use it toward their CEE3502 (Environmental Monitoring
and Measurement Analysis) requirement.
Transfer, Advanced Placement, or Study Abroad Courses
- Not included in credit hours used for GPA calculations.
- Transfer credit is awarded for Michigan Tech equivalent course work only if a grade of ‘C’ or better
(2.00/4.00) or
equivalent is earned at a transfer institution.
- Study abroad credit will be awarded based on passing a course according to equivalent
international standards.
- Advanced Placement credit is awarded according to published AP Exam score standards (also IB and CLEP).
Revised spring 2026 for 2026-2027 academic year.
