Courses
Graduate students in LAR typically take the following core classes:
- CE 515 Environmental Measurements - Theory and laboratory measurement techniques used in analyzing environmental quality parameters.
- CE 571 Introduction to Meteorology – Introduction to meteorology, the atmospheric processes, weather, air pollution, and environmental topics.
- CE 588 Atmospheric Micrometeorology and Air quality modeling - Theory and practice of air quality modeling with an emphasis on principles of atmospheric pollutant dispersion and regulatory air quality models.
- CE 589 Atmospheric Chemistry - Processes of removal of pollutants from the atmosphere; radical chain reactions, particle formation, model calculations.
- CE 508 Air Pollution Control Technology - Measurement and control of air pollution; engineering design calculations; equipment and process.
- CE 590 Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere - Concepts of radiative transfer and molecular spectra in the troposphere and stratosphere with applications to trace gas measurements.
- CE 540 Advanced instrumentation - Theory and methods of analysis of water and air for contaminants using electro-metic, spectrophotometric, and chromatographic techniques.
Students interested in the Atmospheric Policy
Trajectory (APT sequence)
- ESRP 550 Systems Modeling – Introduction to the use of system dynamics models to understand and manage environmental systems.
- CE 543 – Science and Public Policy Seminar Series
More information can be found here: CEE Graduate Program.