Maximize knowledge, minimize impact to our planet with a specialization in environmental engineering
Become well-versed in complex physical, chemical, and biological cycles and processes and learn to design systems that mitigate society’s carbon footprint through a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a specialization in environmental engineering from Mercer University.
When you pursue your environmental engineering specialization, you will learn how to minimize environmental impacts by studying water and waste treatment, air pollution control, solid waste systems, public health, atmospheric chemistry, and bioremediation.
Your courses will provide you with hands-on experiences to grow a meaningful career in environmental engineering or continue your education in graduate school.
Enhance your environmental engineering specialization with a related minor
As you complete the environmental engineering specialization requirements, broaden your industry knowledge and increase your value with a minor.
Two options to expand your environmental engineering education include:
- The Engineering for Development minor, or E4D, will prepare you to design and implement sustainable solutions to help people and the environment.
- The Human-Centered Information Design and Technology minor will help you determine how to evaluate your audience and tailor your messaging accordingly—no matter how technical or complex the information may be.
Your Mercer environmental engineering specialization experience
From the lab to the field, you will experience hands-on learning opportunities while pursuing your environmental engineering specialization.
Through your environmental engineering courses you will experiment and design projects to identify, analyze, and test an environmental process or prototype.
You can also explore other avenues to maximize your environmental engineering specialization such as conducting undergraduate research, running literature searches, joining faculty-led research projects, and pursuing summer internships.
Explore environmental engineering courses
You will study sciences, math, and engineering fundamentals and build on this foundation so you can learn to apply engineering analysis and design to environmental systems.
In addition to the foundational courses you will take for your specialization in environmental engineering, you will also study engineering hydraulics, groundwater hydrology, surface hydrology, and more.
Some of the environmental engineering courses you may take include:
- Engineering Hydrology
- Environmental Toxicology
- Green Engineering
Explore course descriptions and program requirements for environmental engineering.
Learn from experienced faculty
At Mercer, you will benefit from guidance and personalized support from our expert faculty and mentors.
As you complete your specialization in environmental engineering requirements, you will learn from environmental and civil engineers with various engineering degrees.
Your professors are also active researchers who specialize in a variety of areas, including biofiltration, global water, sanitation and hygiene, oxidation of organics, particulate air quality monitoring, and many others.
Not only can your professors help you explore these areas, but they will also show you how to apply what you learn.
Meet our environmental engineering specialization professors.
Careers and graduate study options for specializing in environmental engineering
Mercer’s specialization in environmental engineering will help you develop the necessary skills and credentials to pursue industry roles or graduate school education.
Many types of engineering specializations—including environmental engineering—can position you to pursue a career in various settings, including federal, state, and local government, or architectural or construction firms.
A specialization in environmental engineering can show you how to apply fundamental engineering expertise to environmental systems to solve real-world problems.
Career data is sourced from Lightcast and O*NET and may include both bachelor’s and master’s degree outcomes. For more detailed data, visit onetonline.org. Current students and alumni can access additional data and resources through Mercer’s Center for Career and Professional Development.
Mercer graduates who completed this program work for environmental consulting firms, large industries, and governmental agencies and authorities, including:
- Black & Veatch
- Earth Tech
- Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Hodges, Harbin, Newberry & Tribble, Inc. (HHNT)
- Mercer Engineering Research Center
- Stantec
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Other alumni have continued their education through graduate engineering programs and law school.
Mercer students who pursue a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a specialization in environmental engineering may be eligible for the 4+1 Integrated Degree Program. Eligible students can choose their master’s specialization in their junior year and receive a 50 percent graduate tuition benefit during their fifth year of study to earn their bachelor’s and master’s degrees more quickly and affordably.
Mercer offers several graduate engineering degrees, including:
Mercer’s environmental engineering professors are engaging and knowledgeable, and their wide range of expertise has allowed me to fully experience the broad field of environmental engineering. Their investment in me as a student and researcher has given me endless opportunities, like participating in a National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates, and being named a Hollings Scholar, Goldwater Scholar, Stamps Scholar, and Udall Honorable Mention.
Find your purpose with Mercer
Take the next step toward earning your specialization in environmental engineering and apply today.
Professional licensure
All of Mercer’s programs that lead to licensure are designed to meet the educational requirements of regulatory authorities in the State of Georgia. If you intend to seek licensure or certification outside of Georgia, please review Mercer’s professional licensure disclosure for more information.