Courses

In all programs, the student may choose graduate courses from either university. Course selection should be done in consultation with your Supervisor, Advisor, and/or Advisory Committee (PhD). All courses are of one semester and courses offered change yearly.

Carleton University students, please see the following pages for a list of environmental engineering courses offered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University (ENVE) and the University of Ottawa (ENVJ). 

University of Ottawa, students please see the following pages for a list of environmental engineering (EVG) courses and civil engineering (CVG) courses offered by the University of Ottawa.

For the most accurate course offerings and class schedule information, please consult Carleton University’s Public Class Schedule or the University of Ottawa’s Course Timetable.

The requirements for coursework are specified in terms of credits. Most courses at the graduate level are single-term courses consisting of three hours of lectures per week and are equivalent to 0.5 credits at Carleton University and three units at the University of Ottawa.

Graduate Courses

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 or 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 (EVG, CVG and CHG), 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.

Air Pollution
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVE 5101EVG 7101Air Pollution Control
ENVE 5105EVG 7105Atmospheric Aerosols
ENVE 5106EVG 7106Atmospheric Chemical Transport Modelling
ENVJ 5105CHG 8132Adsorption Separation Process
Water Resource Management, Groundwater Management, and Contaminant Transport
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
CIVJ 5502CVG 5112Computational Hydrodynamics
CIVJ 5503CVG 5160Sediment Transport
CIVJ 5504CVG 5162River Hydraulics
CIVJ 5605CVG 5124Coastal Engineering
ENVE 5301EVG 7301Contaminant Hydrogeology
ENVE 5303EVG 7303Multiphase Flow in Soils
ENVJ 5182EVG 5182Water Resources Management
ENVJ 5183EVG 5183Mixing and Transport in Water Bodies
ENVJ 5301EVG 5301Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
ERTH 5403GEO 5143Environmental Isotopes and Groundwater Geochemistry
ERTH 5407GEO 5147Aqueous Inorganic Geochemistry and Modelling
ERTH 5503GEO 5153Computer Techniques in the Earth Sciences
Management of Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste and Pollution Prevention
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
CIVJ 5109CVG 5314Geotechnical Hazards
ENVE 5201EVG 7201Geo-Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5204EVG 7134Resource Industry Waste Management
ENVE 5205EVG 7132Sludge Treatment Disposal
ENVJ 5903EVG 5331Sludge Utilization and Disposal
ENVJ 5906EVG 5133Solid Waste Management
ENVJ 5908EVG 5179Anaerobic Digestion
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVE 5004EVG 7144Advanced Wastewater Treatment
ENVE 5007EVG 7101Filtration and Membranes in Water Treatment
ENVJ 5001EVG 5001Biofilm Processes in Wastewater Treatment
ENVJ 5302EVG 5302Decentralized Wastewater Management
ENVJ 5502CHG 8192Membranes in Clean Processes
ENVJ 5900EVG 5130Wastewater Treatment Process Design
ENVJ 5901EVG 5132Unit Operations of Water Treatment
ENVJ 5902EVG 5138Advanced Water Treatment
ENVJ 5905EVG 5137Water and Wastewater Treatment Process Analysis
ENVJ 5907EVG 5134Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability and Climate Change
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVE 5200EVG 7200Climate Change and Engineering
ENVE 5206EVG 7206Energy and Resource Recovery from Waste
ENVJ 5212EVG 5212Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
ENVJ 5700CVG 5139Environmental Assessment of Civil Engineering Projects

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

Other Institute Courses
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVJ 5333EVG 5333Research Methodology
ENVJ 5504CVG 8194Membrane Liquid Separation Processes and Materials
ENVJ 5505CHG 8195Advanced Numerical Methods in Chemical and Biological Engineering
ENVJ 5507CHG 8196Interfacial Phenomena in Engineering
GEOG 5804Geographic Information Systems
Seminars, Directed Studies and Special Topics
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVE 5701EVG 7001Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5702EVG 7002Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5704EVG 7004Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5703EVG 7003Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5705EVG 7005Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVE 5800EVG 7305Master’s Seminar
ENVE 5906EVG 6108Directed Studies 1
ENVE 6906EVG 6109Directed Studies 2
ENVE 7800EVG 6300Ph.D. Seminar
ENVJ 6300EVG 6300Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVJ 6301EVG 6301Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
EVNJ 6302EVG 5302Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVJ 6303EVG 6303Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
ENVJ 6304EVG 6304Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
Projects and Theses
Carleton CodeuOttawa CodeCourse Name
ENVE 5900EVG 6001Environmental Engineering Project
ENVE 5909EVG 7999Master’s Thesis
ENVE 6909EVG 9999Ph.D. Thesis

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

Departmental Resources

For further information related to each program, including academic advising, please refer to the appropriate departmental page.

Carleton University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Ottawa

Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering