masters in environmental engineering

Hi all. newbie here just trying not to get screwed by a degree mill. Yes I read a bunch of threads already. Great stuff!

To the point....

Is there an RA distance/online program in Environ Eng out there that's pretty good?

Here's the short story.

I recently got the "Big Orange Screw" from the University of TN where I work and have attended. I have 9 hours toward a masters in environmental engineering but they wont let me take any more classes without taking about 70 undergrad hours and "becomming an engineer first". My unergrad is a premed major. I have been doing envirn Eng for 10 years. I also have 21 grad hours in a different field from a different life which puts me at 30 hours without achieveing a degree which gives UT another reason not to let me take more classes.

I don't need to be a licensed engineer. I just want some mind expanding education and the M.S.

many thanks.

fred d.

 

The following have programs in enviromental "science" and environmental management, whihc should prove an easier fit.

Duke University (Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences)
Duquesne University
Oklahoma State University
Royal Roads University
Southern Methodist University
University of Denver
The University of Findlay
University of Maryland University College

 

Mike,

Thanks. a ton!

I forgot to mention I was reaserching Kenedy Western when I found this site. That poll thread was very informative. (This site is set up just like my cigar club....too cool.

fred d.

 

Mike,

I checked them all out. The University of Denver program is of interest. All the others are about finance and management and law and policy. I hate that crap.

http://www.du.edu/engineering/degreesGrad/index.html

If there are any more ideas anyone has, I'd appreciate it.

I will keep folks posted if I find out details from the U of Denver.

fred d.

 

Over on this side of the pond, there's Loughborough http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/education/distance_learning.php
or the environmental management programme at Imperial http://www.imperial.ac.uk/distancelearning/course/eb/em.htm

Angela

 

Then try:

Georgia Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Villanova University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Also see: http://aln.coe.ttu.edu/

 

now we are talking. Now to decide if I go to school or I save for my children to go to school!

just go this from Denver U.

Thanks for your inquiry. In many respects our program would be ideal for you -- except one: We only offer our classes on campus at this point in time. We are actively investigating distance education and want every assurance that we will deliver a quality experience before we roll out our program.
Let's stay in touch. If you're still in the market, maybe we can still meet your needs in the future...
Thanks --
Timber

 

From what I understand, UT has a graduate biosystems engineering technology major. If you entered this program, you could take engineering courses, without needing an undergraduate engineering degree.

If it's similar to the program I'm doing here at UF, then you can take ANY engineering courses you want.

 

edowave,

Of course I looked into that program (free for me as an employee) but I wasn't too interested in learning how to manage pig poop and chicken piss. The curriculum just didn't interest me.

thanks though,

fred d.

 

HA HA HA! I guess at UT they specialize. Seriously though I thought the same thing when I first heard about the program I'm in. At UF it's called Agricultural Operations Management. (We are actually in an debate over the curriculum and name of the program because they are so misleading.) Anyway, it wasn't until I spoke to one of the professors that I learned it is really more of an interdisciplinary program. I know of two other programs like this at Purdue and Cornell (all with completly different names). I assume at UT it's basically the same way.

For example, my reserach is on GIS for disaster management and group decision making. I deal with satellite remote sensing, photogrammetry, and GIS. I take coursework from the Environmental, Civil, and Computer engineering departments. The only requirement is that my final thesis be someway/somehow remotely something to do with agriculture or the environment. No big deal.

Another student in our program is studying aquaculture consulting, another one is studying bioterrorism, another one something totally different, etc. None of us have seen a chicken take a piss. We all basically design our own program.

I would sit down with the graduate advisor for the program and tell him/her what you want to do. That fact that you have already taken some courses and that you don't need an assitantship would make it even easier for them to let you do whatever you want. There still might be some ag related articulation classes you have to take, but it's a lot better than 70 hours of engineering pre-reqs!

I'd hate to see someone who can get a FREE master's just turn that away!

 

LOL! You sound like my wife! Even if I get any MS, my salary is topped out (I'm 100% soft money and set my salary based on contracts I win). A MS would be 50% insurance and 50% just for the learning and branching out a bit. Not bad reasons, but when I met with the various UT department heads, I just didn't get any tingly feelings.

I've got a lot of thinking to do and this board has really helped!

thanks,

fred d.