Degree
Requirements
Bachelors of Science Program
Starting in the 2007-2008 academic year, undergraduates may pursue a pre-approved
Individually-Designed Major (IDM). The degree conferred is
"Bachelor of Science with an Individually Designed Major in Engineering:
Atmosphere/Energy"
The Atmosphere/Energy (A/E) undergraduate major provides a curriculum
that prepares undergraduates for a masters degree program of the
same name as well as careers in industry, research, consulting,
government, non-governmental organizations, and academia. The A/E
degree is NOT an ABET-accredited degree. ABET accreditation
is advantageous for entering certain specific design-oriented engineering
fields, but our experience has been that the major job opportunities
for students with an A/E degree do not require an accredited undergraduate
degree.
A/E students take classes in both Atmosphere and Energy as well
as classes that integrate the two fields. The curriculum is flexible
in that students interested more in Energy or more in Atmosphere
can take most of their Engineering Depth classes in their area
of choice. Similarly, students desiring to focus more on technology
or more on science can select the appropriate Depth classes to
suit their interests.
Students may also take courses in A/E to fulfill the requirements
for a minor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Requirements for the major are listed below for convenience and
are provided in the Handbook
for Undergraduate Engineering Programs.
REQUIREMENTS for the A/E Major
A total of 101 units are required, distributed as follows:
Mathematics (23 units minimum, including at least one class from
each group):
Group A:
Math
53 Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (5 u)
CME
102 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (5 u)
Group B:
CME
106 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers (4
u)
STATS
60 Introduction to Statistical Methods: Pre-calculus (5
u)
STATS
110 Statistical Methods in Eng. and the Physical Sciences (4-5
u)
GES
160 Statistical Methods for Earth and Env. Sciences (3-4
u)
Science (22 units minimum, including all of the following):
Physics 41 Mechanics (4 u)
Physics 43 Electricity/Magnetism
(4 u, Sp) or Physics 45 Light/Heat (4 u)
Chem 31B Chemical
Principles II (or Chem 31X) (4 u)
CEE 070 Environmental
Science and Technology (3 u)
Engineering Fundamentals (three courses minimum, including the
following):
ENGR 30 Engineering
Thermodynamics (3 u)
and at least
one of the following two courses:
ENGR
60 Engineering Economy (3 u)
ENGR
70A or 70X Programming Methodology (3-5 u)
Technology in Society
STS 110 Ethics
and Public Policy (also fulfills Writing in Major req.) (5 u)
Engineering Depth (42 units minimum):
Required:
CEE
064 Air Pollution: From Urban Smog to Global Change (3 u)
CEE
173A Energy Resources (5 u)
At least 34 units
from the following, with at least 4 courses from each group:
Group
A: Atmosphere
CEE
063 Weather and Storms (3 u)
CEE
101B Mechanics of Fluids (or ME 70 (3-4 u)
CEE
164 Introduction to Physical Oceanography (4 u)
CEE
161S The Atmosphere and Global Environmental Change (3)
CEE
161T Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate Change (3 u)
CEE
171 Environmental Planning Methods (3 u)
CEE
172 Air Quality Management (3 u)
CEE
172A Indoor Air Quality (Alt. years) (2-3 u)
CEE
178 Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis (3 u)
AA
100 Introduction to Aeronautics and Astronautics (3 u)
BioSci
147 Controlling Climate Change/21st Century (Alt. years) (3 u)
EarthSys 111 Biology and Global Change (3 u)
GES
90 Introduction to Geochemistry (3-4 u)
Group
B: Energy
CEE
115 Goals and Methods for the Sustainable Building Projects (3-4
u)
CEE
136 Green Architecture (4 u)
CEE
156 Building Systems (4 u)
CEE
176A Energy Efficient Buildings (3-4 u)
CEE
176B Electric Power: Renewables and Efficiency (3-4 u)
CEE 176F Energy Systems Field Trips (Alt. years) (4 u)
EarthSys101
Energy and the Environment (3 u)
EarthSys
102 Renewable Energy Sources/Greener Energy Procs (3 u)
EarthSys
45N Powering the Rim: Energy Issues for the Pacific (3 u)
GES
145 Energy Flow and Policy: The Pacific Rim (3 u)
ERE
104 Technology in the Greenhouse (3 u)
Masters
of Science Program
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
now offers an M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering
with a special field designation on the transcript of Atmosphere/Energy.
Students admitted to graduate study in the department can satisfy the
requirements for the M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering
by completing a minimum of three quarters of full tuition registration
and a minimum of 45 u of study beyond the B.S. degree. All 45 u must
be taken at Stanford. A minimum 2.75 grade point average (GPA) is required
for candidates to be recommended for the M.S. degree. No thesis is
required.
The M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering requires at least 30
u at the graduate level (courses numbered 200 or above) and at least 24 u from
the School of Engineering). Courses numbered below 100 may not be used to fulfill
the 45-unit degree requirement.
Additional requirements for the MS degree in Civil and Environmental
Engineering with an emphasis on Atmosphere/Energy include the completion
of
- A minimum of 30 units in combined atmosphere- and energy-related
courses
- Of these 30 units, a minimum of 4 energy-core courses taken
for letter grades.
- Of these 30 units, a minimum of 4 atmosphere-core courses
taken for letter grades.
- The remainder of the 30 units may be from either atmosphere- or
energy-related courses
- 15 additional units to fulfill the 45-unit M.S. degree requirement
Students may take up to 6 out of the 45 units required for the
M.S. degree on a pass/no credit basis (instead of receiving a
letter grade), but these pass/no credit courses cannot count
towards the minimum requirement of 4 atmosphere-related plus
4 energy-related courses.
These requirements allow students the flexibility to select courses
closest to their interest while maintaining the goal of giving
students a background in both energy and atmosphere.
Courses available
(some are offered in alternate years)
Energy Core (select four of the following)
CEE 176A Energy Efficient Buildings (3-4 u, Win)
CEE 176B Electric
Power: Renewables and Efficiency (3-4 u, Spr)
CEE 207A Energy Resources
(4-5 u, Aug)
CEE 215. Goals and Methods of Sustainable Building
Projects (3u, Win)
CEE 256 Building Systems (4 u, Spr)
EE 293A Fundamentals of Energy
Processes (3 u, Aut)
EE 293B Fundamentals of Energy Processes (3
u, Win)
EarthSys 245 Energy Flow Policy: The Pacific Rim (3u, not given
2007-08)
Energy 104 Technology
in the Greenhouse (3 u, Spr)
MatSci 302 Solar Cells (3u, Spr)
ME 260 Fuel Cell Science Technology
(3 u, Spr)
MS&E 243 Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis
(3 u, Spr)
Energy Electives (may
be taken beyond the four required energy courses)
CEE 236 Green Architecture (4 u, Win)
CEE 276F Energy
Systems Field Trips (1-2 u, Win)
CEE 301 Energy Seminar (1 u,
Aut, Win, Spr)
EarthSys101 Energy and the Environment (3 u, Win)
EarthSys102 Renewable
Energy Sources and Greener Energy Procs (3 u, Spr)
Energy 269 Geothermal
Reservoir Engineering (3u, not given 2007-08
)
MatSci 156 Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries (4u Aut)
MatSci 316 Nanoscale Science, Engineering,
and Technology (3u, Win)
MS&E 248 Economics of Natural Resources
(3-4 u Aut)
ME 222 Design for Sustainability
(2-3 u, Spr)
ME 370A Energy Systems I: Thermodynamics (3 u, Aut)
ME 370B Energy
Systems II: Modeling and Advanced Concepts (4 u, Win)
Atmosphere
Core (select
four of the following)
CEE 172 Air Quality Management (3 u, Win)
CEE 261T Aerosols, clouds,
and climate change (3u, Win.)
CEE 261U Atmospheric Heterogeneous Processes
(3u, Spr.)
CEE 263A Air Pollution Modeling (3-4 u, Spr)
CEE 263B Numerical Weather
Prediction (3-4 u, Spr, not given '07-'08)
CEE 263C Weather and Storms
(3 u, Aut)
CEE 263D Air Pollution: Urban Smog to Global Change (3
u, Win)
CEE 278A Air Pollution Physics and Chemistry (3 u, Aut)
CEE 278B Atmospheric
Aerosols (3 u, Spr, not given '07-'08)
CEE 278C Indoor Air Quality
(2-3 u, Spr.)
AA 210A Fundamentals of Compressible Flow (3u, Aut)
BioSci 247 Controlling
Climate Change in the 21st Century (3u, Win, not given 2007-08)
GES 223 Planetary Systems: Atmospheres, Surfaces,
and Interiors (3u, Win, not given 2007-08)
MS&E 294 Climate Policy Analysis (3 u, Win)
Atmosphere Electives (may be taken beyond the four required atmosphere
courses)
AA 214A Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics (3u, Aut)
BioSci 117 Biology and Global Change (4u, Win)
CEE 171 Environmental
Planning Methods (3 u, Win)
CEE 276 Introduction to Human Exposure
Analysis (3 u, Spr)
EarthSys 111 Biology and Global
Change (3 u, Win)
EarthSys 112 Environmental Economics and Policy
(5 u, Win)
GES 142 Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover (4 u, not given
2007-08)
GES 144 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science (4 u, Spr)
Law 605 International Environmental
Law: Climate Change (3.75 u, Aut)
ME 352A Radiative Heat Transfer (3u,
Aut, not given 2007-08)
ME 361 Turbulence (3u, Spr)
ME 362A Physical Gas Dynamics (3u, Aut)
Ph.D. program
The Ph.D. degree is offered under the general regulations of
the University as set forth in the "Graduate Degrees" section
of the Stanford University Bulletin. The degree requires
a minimum of 135 u of graduate study, at least two years
of which must be at Stanford with a minimum GPA of 3.0
in post-M.S. course work. The time to completion, though,
generally varies from 4-6 years, on average. All candidates
for the Ph.D. degree are required to complete CEE 200 in
conjunction with a one-quarter teaching assistantship/course
assistantship. Please see the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering handbook for further requirements, including
specific Ph.D. coursework unit requirements.
A student desiring to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering
with an emphasis on Atmosphere/Energy should apply for the Ph.D. though the
Atmosphere/Energy Program. It is often advisable to discuss the potential application
with a faculty member of the program prior to submission.
Graduate
Student Aid
M.S. and Ph.D. Students
Applicants accepted into the M.S. program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
will be considered for a limited number of partial and full financial aid packages
based on merit. Financial aid may take the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships,
and research assistantships. Students are also encourages to apply for outside
fellowships.
Applicants accepted into the Ph.D. program in Civil and Environmental
Engineering are funded by a research assistantship provided by a faculty
member or by an external fellowship. Students are encouraged to discuss
their application with a faculty member prior to submitting it. For
more information, click <here>.
MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowships
Students are encouraged to apply for 12 or 24-week fellowships sponsored
by Mineral Acquisition Partners, Inc. (MAP). This program matches students
with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as the Rocky Mountain
Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Union of Concerned
Scientists, and Worldwatch Institute, chosen based on their efforts
to identify and solve the challenges of developing a more sustainable
energy future. For more information, click <here>.
Application
Students interested in applying to the M.S. or Ph.D. program in Civil and Environmental
Engineering with an emphasis on Atmosphere/Energy may obtain an application here.
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