Courses
Courses
Undergraduate
| Course Description | Credits | Term | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 SPECIAL TOPICS: ST/ INTRO ENVIRO SENSING | 3 | Spring | ||
| BEE 221 Ecological Engineering Fundamentals |
Introduction to the concepts and practice of ecological engineering including characteristics, classification, and modeling of ecosystems; ecosystem protection; and sustainable uses of ecosystems, including treatment wetlands, land treatment systems, and ecologically sensitive stormwater management, to meet the needs of human societies. PREREQS: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor |
3 | Winter | Annually |
| BEE 222 Ecological Engineering Computation |
Programming methods relevant to ecological engineering, including hardware/software integration. PREREQS: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. |
2 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 311 Ecological Fluid Mechanics |
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid motion, conservation of mass, momentum and energy for incompressible fluids, dimensional analysis, ecological engineering applications. Lec/rec. PREREQS: PH 212 and MTH 254 and ENGR 211 |
4 | Fall | Annually |
| BEE 312 Ecohydraulics |
Theory and design of hydraulic systems for ecological engineering applications. Lec/rec. PREREQS: BEE 311 or CE 311 or CHE 331 or CHE 331H |
4 | Winter | Annually |
| BEE 313 Ecohydrology |
Provides quantitative description of fundamental hydrologic processes and the hydrologic cycle, the interactions of water between atmosphere, soils, and plants, and models for estimating the generation and transport of water in the environment. Lec/rec. PREREQS: BEE 312 |
4 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 320 Biosystems Analysis and Modeling |
An introduction to simulation modeling and analysis of a variety of biological and ecological systems. Systems approaches to describing ecological systems. PREREQS: MTH 256 and BEE 222 or consent of instructor. |
4 | Fall | Annually |
| BEE 322 EcoE Thermodynamics/Transfer Processes |
A study of the transport processes of fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer applied to biological organisms and ecological systems. PREREQS: BEE 320 |
4 | Winter | Annually |
| BEE 361 Ecological Engineering Laboratory |
Introduction to modern measurement methods for ecological applications, includes sensors and systems for measuring soil, water and atmospheric properties. Lec/lab. PREREQS: BEE 312 |
3 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 411 Global Environmental Change: Using Data to Inform Design (ECampus) |
Empowers students interested in global change research to focus on the interactions between changes in human land use and climate. Using an innovative online data and mapping tool called Data Basin, students will explore topics accessing the highest quality datasets available in an all-in-one platform. PREREQ: FE 257 |
3 | ||
| BEE 433 Irrigation System Design |
Principles of soil physics and plant water use applied to irrigation system design. Design of gravity, pressurized, and trickle irrigation systems, improving on-farm water management, performance characteristics of pumps and other irrigation equipment. Lec/lab. Offered alternate years. PREREQ: BEE 312 or CE 313. |
4 | Winter | Biannually (Odd Years) |
| BEE 439 Irrigation Principles and Practice (eCampus) |
Survey of irrigation systems, system configurations, factors that influence irrigation efficiency, crop water requirements, energy requirements, pumps, irrigation scheduling. For non-engineers. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: MTH 111. NOTE: Only offered at the La Grande campus |
4 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 446 River Engineering |
Multipurpose river use; natural physical processes in alluvial rivers; channel modification practices; river structures; design practices; impact of river modification; problem analysis; and impact minimization. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: BEE 312 or CE 313 |
4 | Spring | Biannually (Odd Years) |
| BEE 458 Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment and Control |
Problem solving in nonpoint source pollution. Methods for evaluating the extent, rate, timing, and fate of Non-Point Source (NPS) pollutants in agricultural and urban environments. PREREQS: BEE 313 or CE 412. |
3 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 468 Bioremediation Engineering |
Examines strategies for using a variety of biological processes for treating municipal, agricultural and industrial contaminants. This course is offered as both a Hybrid and Ecampus course in alternating years. PREREQS: BEE 221 or ENVE 322 |
4 | Winter | Annually |
Graduate
| Course Description | Credits | Term | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEE 507 Seminar Series |
Section 1: Graduate Student Orientation Seminar to acquaint new graduate students with graduate school and departmental requirements, policies and expectations, and departmental research programs. Section 2: Graduate Research Publication Seminar to expose students to requirements for successful proposals and publication of research results. Section 3: Oral Presentation Improvement--A highly participatory educational effort designed to improve performance in presenting research reports, technical papers and in responding to oral examination questions. |
1 | Winter | Annually |
| BEE 511 Global Environmental Change: Using Data to Inform Design (ECampus) |
Empowers students interested in global change research to focus on the interactions between changes in human land use and climate. Using an innovative online data and mapping tool called Data Basin, students will explore topics accessing the highest quality datasets available in an all-in-one platform. |
3 | Annually | |
| BEE 512 Physical Hydrology |
Principles of hydrologic processes and the integration of these processes into the hydrologic cycle. Topics include atmospheric processes, precipitation and runoff, storm response in streamflow on a watershed scale, and major concepts in groundwater systems. PREREQS: One year of calculus. |
3 | Fall | Annually |
| BEE 529 Biosystems Modeling Techniques |
Development of mathematical models of biological and ecological systems; linear and nonlinear systems analysis; stochastic modeling and random processes; model solution and analysis techniques. |
3 | Winter | Annually |
| BEE 533 Irrigation System Design |
Principles of soil physics and plant water use applied to irrigation system design. Design of gravity, pressurized, and trickle irrigation systems, improving on-farm water management, performance characteristics of pumps and other irrigation equipment. Lec/lab. Offered alternate years. |
4 | Winter | Biannually (Odd Years) |
| BEE 542 Vadose Zone Transport |
Introduction to the physical and hydraulic properties involved in flow from the soil surface to groundwater. Classical infiltration equations will be derived and presented with exact and approximate solutions. Attention is focused on application to pollutant transport and recent advances in non-ideal flow. Recommended prereq: MTH 254 |
4 | Fall | Annually |
| BEE 545 Sediment Transport |
Principles of sediment erosion, transportation and deposition in rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries; measurement, analysis, and computational techniques. Offered alternate years. Recommended Prereq: CE 313 Crosslisted with FE 545 |
4 | Winter | Biannually |
| BEE 546 River Engineering |
Multipurpose river use; natural physical processes in alluvial rivers; channel modification practices; river structures; design practices; impact of river modification; problem analysis; and impact minimization. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: BEE 312 or CE 313 |
4 | Spring | Biannually (Odd Years) |
| BEE 549 Regional Hydrologic Modeling |
Challenges in regional-scale water resource analysis and management with emphasis on application to production agriculture. Application of geostatistical techniques to spatially variable systems and remote sensing to large-scale water resource systems. Development of soil-water-atmosphere-plant models. Analysis of evapotranspiration estimating methods. Offered alternate years. |
3 | Winter | Biannually |
| BEE 558 Nonpoint Source Pollution |
Problem solving in nonpoint source pollution. Methods for evaluating the extent, rate, timing, and fate of Non-Point Source (NPS) pollutants in agricultural and urban environments. |
3 | Spring | Annually |
| BEE 568 Bioremediation Engineering |
Examines strategies for using a variety of biological processes for treating municipal, agricultural and industrial contaminants. This course is a Hybrid. PREREQS: Graduate level standing. |
4 | Winter | Annually |