Environmental Engineering

• M.A.Sc. Environmental Engineering
• M.Eng. Environmental Engineering
• Ph.D. Environmental Engineering

M.A.Sc. Environmental Engineering

M.Eng. Environmental Engineering

About the Program

Established in 2000, the Institute combines the research strengths and resources of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Programs leading to M.Eng., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering are available through the Institute. Registration will be at the university with which the student's supervisor is affiliated. Related fields of study and research in environmental engineering are also available through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering (which offers graduate degrees in Civil Engineering) and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa (which offers graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering).

Admission Requirements

The requirement for admission to the master's program in Environmental Engineering is a four-year bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, other related engineering disciplines (Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, etc.), or Environmental Science disciplines.

All students entering the program are required to have courses in mathematics, probability and statistics equivalent to courses required in undergraduate engineering programs. Students admitted without full equivalency in these areas are expected to take appropriate undergraduate courses early in their studies. These courses will be additional to the normal degree requirements.

All students entering the program are also required to have taken undergraduate courses equivalent to the following:

Students registered at Carleton University

Students registered at the University of Ottawa in Chemical Engineering:

CHG 3312 Fluid Flow
CHG 3111 Unit Operations
CHG 3127 Chemical Reactions in Engineering

Students registered at the University of Ottawa in Civil Engineering

CVG 2111 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
CVG 2131 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CVG 3132 Quality and Treatment of Water

These courses are considered to provide the minimum background in fluid mechanics, and in physical, chemical, and biochemical treatment principles, necessary to adequately follow environmental engineering courses at the graduate level. Depending on their background, students may have been exposed to these principles through a different combination of courses in their undergraduate curriculum. Students entering the program without an equivalent background in these topics are expected to take these courses early in their studies and they are considered additional to those normally required for the degree.

Program Requirements

Study at the master's level can be pursued through a thesis leading to a M.A.Sc., a project option leading to a M.Eng., or a coursework option leading to a M. Eng. The requirements for coursework are specified in terms of credits. At Carleton University, 1.0 credit typically comprises three hours of lectures or seminars a week for two terms, or the equivalent. At the University of Ottawa, 1.0 course credit is one hour of instruction per week for one term. Thus 1.0 credit in Carleton University notation is equivalent to 6 course credits in the University of Ottawa notation.

The requirements are:

Breadth Requirement

In keeping with the objective of ensuring a breadth of knowledge for graduates of the program, students in the master's program are expected to take at least one graduate level course from each of at least three of the following areas of study:

• Air Pollution
• Water Resources Management, Groundwater Management and Contaminant Transport
• Management of Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste, and Pollution Prevention
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Environmental Impact Assessment

This requirement serves the objectives of educating graduate professionals who are not only specialized in one area but who are sufficiently familiar with problems and different approaches in the other areas to enable them to interact readily at a \>technical level with colleagues working in those areas. In addition to the courses associated with the individual areas, students will be encouraged to select courses from fundamental areas such as chemistry, numerical modeling, and applied statistics.

Master's candidates transferring from another university must take at least half their courses at the Institute.

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering

About the Program

Established in 2000, the Institute combines the research strengths and resources of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Programs leading to M.Eng., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering are available through the Institute. Registration will be at the university with which the student's supervisor is affiliated. Related fields of study and research in environmental engineering are also available through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering (which offers graduate degrees in Civil Engineering) and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa (which offers graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering).

Admission Requirements

The normal requirement for admission into the Ph.D. Program in Environmental Engineering is completion of either:

• A Master's degree in Environmental Engineering, or a Master's degree in an engineering discipline with an environmental specialization.
• Students wishing to enter the program who do not have either of these backgrounds will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Additional course requirements may be specified in some cases.

Program Requirements

The requirements for the Ph.D. program (from a Master's degree) is the successful completion of 10.0 credits, of which 8.5 credits must be obtained from successful oral defence of a research thesis. The specific requirements are:

Master's students with outstanding performance in the master's courses may request transfer into the Ph.D. program without completing the master's degree. Students who are permitted to do so require a minimum of 4.5 credits by course for a Ph.D., including any credits transferred from the Master's degree program.

Ph.D. candidates transferring from another university must take at least half their courses at the Institute.

Graduate Courses

Course selection is subject to the approval of the adviser or the Advisory committee. Students may choose courses offered at either university from among those listed below.

The courses listed below are grouped by area of study. Master's students must complete at least one course in three of the five areas. The program's Associate Chair (graduate affairs), in consultation with the Institute's Director or Associate Director,  will decide when a course offered outside the Institute, will decide when a course offered under a Special Topics or Directed Studies heading can be considered to meet the requirements of a given area. Course descriptions may be found in the departmental sections of the calendars concerned. Course codes in parentheses are for University of Ottawa (CHG and CVG), and those that begin with the prefix "ENVE" or "CIVE" are offered at Carleton. Only a selection of courses is given in a particular academic year.

Full course descriptions for courses offered at Carleton can be found in the relevant courses section of this calendar.

To fulfill the requirements beyond the 1.5 credits of area courses, students may choose from the following:

Special Topics courses in Civil or Chemical Engineering will count as Institute courses only if approved by the program's Associate Chair (graduate affairs), in consultation with the Institute's Director or Associate Director. 

Non-Institute Courses

Students may also, subject to approval, select courses from the graduate programs in Civil, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, as well as in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences, Geography and Public Policy and Administration at both universities. Courses taken outside the Institute will not count towards the degree requirements unless approved by the adviser or the advisory committee and the program's Associate Chair (graduate affairs). In all programs, at least one half of the course work must be taken from the Institute.

Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca

Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca