AGRO 615. Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands. (3-0). Credit 3. Theoretical and practical aspects of reclamation of lands disturbed during mining of lignite, uranium, phosphorous, oil shale and other minerals and disturbances due to industrial activities; emphasis on physical and chemical characteristics of disturbed materials and their impact on establishment of permanent vegetation.

AGRO 650 Mode of Action and Environmental Fate of Herbicides. (2-3). Credit 3. Relationships between physical-chemical characteristics of herbicides and their biological activity, selectivity, environmental fate in soil, water, and plants. Laboratory includes practical applications of gas and liquid chromatography, liquid scintillation counting and plant bioassays.

BAEN 669 Water Quality Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Nonpoint source pollution processes including transport and mechanisms and contaminant fate; design of best management practices for abating nonpoint source pollution.

CVEN 604 Environmental Analysis of Treatment Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Theory and processes used to treat water, wastewater and hazardous wastes; applications of theory to design and operation of treatment systems, including biological treatment, absorption, coagulation, filtration and precipitation.

CVEN 609 Environmental Control of Oil and Hazardous Materials Spills. (2-3). Credit 3. Oil and hazardous material (OHM) spills in the engineering design process; evaluation of OHM properties and their behavior and impacts to environmental systems; prevention programs and documents; technology for spill containment and removal; contingency planning cycle including administrative site-specific plans and resource acquisition; response organization; restoration and documentation.

CVEN 682 Environmental Remediation of Contaminated Sites. (3-0). Credit 3. Aspects of characterization and design of plans for remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous wastes; review of federal and state regulations; risk assessment; remedial technology screening and design of remedial plans.

GEOL 621 Contaminant Hydrology. (3-0). Credit 3. Physical concepts of mass transport; dispersion; diffusion; advection; geochemical processes including surface reaction; hydrolysis; biodegradation; aspects of modeling; process and parameter; and remediation.

GEOL 641 Environmental Geochemistry. (3-0). Credit 3. Geochemical processes affecting the fate and transportation of inorganic and organic pollutants in terrestrial systems; equilibrium and kinetic modeling.