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Course Sequence and Example Tracks

The ESE academic calendar begins in Lehigh’s second summer session (early July.) Students complete two courses in the summer, four courses in the fall, and four courses in the spring.

The general course sequence is as follows:

COURSE TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
Summer
ESE 403: Energy and the Environment
3
ESE 405: Energy Systems Project Management
3
Summer Total
6
Fall
ESE 401: Energy Generation
3
ESE 460: Energy Systems Engineering Project
3
Technical Elective
3
Technical Elective
3
Fall Total
12
Spring
ESE 402: Transmission and Distribution / Smart Grid
3
Technical Elective / Project*
3
Technical Elective
3
Technical Elective
3
Spring Total
12


PROGRAM TOTAL
30
*Students whose ESE 404 project is determined to be a 6 credit course will use this slot to complete their project in the spring semester.



Example Tracks:

Student of this program design their own program through careful selection of technical electives. The following are examples of possible course selections, intended to show how students with various undergraduate backgrounds and career goals could select electives that support their interests. Please note that selection of technical electives requires careful planning to ensure that all prerequisites are satisfied. Be sure to work with the program director to appropriately select technical elective courses. 
  • Example Track #1
    Undergraduate background: Materials science and engineering
    Career interest: Generation systems
     
  • Example Track #2
    Undergraduate background: Electrical engineering/electronics
    Career interest: Management and distribution
     
  • Example Track #3
    Undergraduate background: Civil or mechanical engineering
    Career interest: Generation systems
     
  • Example Track #4
    Undergraduate background:Environmental engineering/chemistry
    Career interest: Energy and the environment
     
Example Track #1:
Undergraduate background: Materials science and engineering
Career interest: Generation systems
Applicable Technical Electives:

Engineering courses
(P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science) 

CHE 331 Separation Processes
CHE 350 Energy: Issues and Technology
CHE/CEE 373 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
CEE 377 Environmental Engineering Design
CEE 379 Environmental Case Studies
IE 382 Leadership Development
MAT 314 Metal Forming Processes
MAT 315 Physical Properties of Structural and Electronic Ceramics
MAT 344 Metal Machining Analysis
MAT 346 Physical Metallurgy of Welding
MAT 348 Materials Science for Electronic Applications
MAT 393 Physical Polymer Science
MAT 405 Mathematical Methods in Materials Science and Engineering
MAT 411 Modern Joining Methods
MAT 418 Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials
MAT 429 Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Ceramics
MAT 455 Materials for Nanotechnology
MAT 458 Materials Design
ME 360 Nuclear Reactor Engineering
ME 402 Advanced Manufacturing Science

Humanities/science courses
(College of Arts and Sciences) 

CHM 312 Fundamentals of Corrosion
ES 328 U.S. Politics and the Environment
ES /IR 339 Global Security and the Environment
ES 402 Scientific Foundations for Environmental Policy Design
ES 433 International Environmental Law & Policy
ES 438 Environmental Risks: Perception & Communication
IR 333 International Environmental Law and Policy
IR 344 International Politics of Oil
IR 440 International Environmental and Science Policy
PHY 348 Plasma Physics
PHY 362 Atomic and Molecular Structure
PHY 363 Physics of Solids
PHY 364 Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics
POLS 416 American Environmental Policy

Business/economics courses
(College of Business and Economics)
ECO 311 Environmental Economics
ECO 314 Energy Economics




Example Track #2:
Undergraduate background: Electrical engineering/electronics
Career interest: Management and distribution
Applicable Technical Electives:

Engineering courses
(P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science) 

CSE/EE 404 Computer Networks
CSE 443 Network Security
ECE 308 Physics of Models of Electronic Devices
ECE 316 Microcomputer System Design
ECE 343 Digital Signal Processing
ECE 401 Advanced Computer Architecture
ECE 402 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
ECE 420 Advanced Circuits & Systems
ECE 441 Fundamentals of Wireless Communications
ECE 451 Physics of Semiconductor Devices
ECE 464 Introduction to Cryptography and Network Security
IE 339 Stochastic Models and Applications
IE 358 Game Theory
IE 382 Leadership Development
IE 404 Simulation
IE 409 Time Series Analysis
IE 419 Sequencing and Scheduling
IE 426 Optimization Models and Applications
IE 447 Financial Optimization
IE 458 Topics in Game Theory

Humanities/science courses
(College of Arts and Sciences) 

ES 328 U.S. Politics and the Environment
ES /IR 339 Global Security and the Environment
ES 402 Scientific Foundations for Environmental Policy Design
ES 433 International Environmental Law & Policy
ES 438 Environmental Risks: Perception & Communication
IR 333 International Environmental Law and Policy
IR 344 International Politics of Oil
IR 440 International Environmental and Science Policy
POLS 416 American Environmental Policy

Business/economics courses
(College of Business and Economics)

ECO 311 Environmental Economics
ECO 314 Energy Economics



Example Track #3:
Undergraduate background: Civil or mechanical engineering
Career interest: Generation systems
Applicable technical electives:

Engineering courses
(P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science) 

CEE 405 Analytical and Numerical Methods
CEE 408 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering
CEE 413 Mechanics and Behavior of Structural Members
CEE 443 Advanced Soil Mechanics I
CEE 445 Advanced Foundation Engineering
CEE 450 Advanced Structural Analysis I
CEE 458 Repair and Retrofit of Steel Structures
CEE 471 Water Treatment Facilities
CEE 472 Waste Water Treatment Facilities
IE 382 Leadership Development
MAT 314 Metal Forming Processes
MAT 344 Metal Machining Analysis
MAT 346 Physical Metallurgy of Welding
MAT 411 Modern Joining Methods
MAT 418 Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials
ME 360 Nuclear Reactor Engineering
ME 402 Advanced Manufacturing Science
ME 420 Advanced Thermodynamics
ME 423 Heat and Mass Transfer
ME 426 Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer
ME 430 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ME 431 Advanced Gas Dynamics
ME 444 Experimental Stress Analysis in Design
ME 446 Mechanical Reliability
MECH 413 Fracture Mechanics

Humanities/science courses
(College of Arts and Sciences) 

CHM 312 Fundamentals of Corrosion
EES 223 Structural Geology and Tectonics
EES 306 Geological Records of Environmental Change
EES 334 Geosphere Structure and Evolution
EES 341 Field Camp in Earth and Environmental Sciences
ES 328 U.S. Politics and the Environment
ES /IR 339 Global Security and the Environment
ES 402 Scientific Foundations for Environmental Policy Design
ES 433 International Environmental Law & Policy
ES 438 Environmental Risks: Perception & Communication
IR 333 International Environmental Law and Policy
IR 344 International Politics of Oil
IR 440 International Environmental and Science Policy
POLS 416 American Environmental Policy


Business/economics courses
(College of Business and Economics)

ECO 311 Environmental Economics
ECO 314 Energy Economics


Example Track #4:
Undergraduate background: Environmental engineering/chemistry
Career interest: Energy and the environment
Applicable technical electives:

Engineering courses
(P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science) 

CHE 331 Separation Processes
CHE 350 Energy: Issues and Technology
CHE/CEE 373 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
CEE 323 Environmental Groundwater Hydrology
CEE 345 Geo-Environmental Engineering
CEE 373 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
CEE 377 Environmental Engineering Design
CEE 379 Environmental Case Studies
CEE 427 Transport of Contaminants in Groundwater
CEE 443 Advanced Soil Mechanics I
CEE 470 Reaction Kinetics in Environmental Engineering
CEE 471 Water Treatment Facilities
CEE 472 Waste Water Treatment Facilities
CEE 473 Environmental Separation & Control
CEE 474 Aquatic Chemistry
CEE 477 Transport of Pollutants in Surface Waters
CEE 478 Toxic and Hazardous Wastes
IE 382 Leadership Development
MAT 314 Metal Forming Processes
MAT 344 Metal Machining Analysis
MAT 346 Physical Metallurgy of Welding
MAT 411 Modern Joining Methods
MAT 418 Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials
ME 360 Nuclear Reactor Engineering

Humanities/science courses
(College of Arts and Sciences) 

CHM 312 Fundamentals of Corrosion
EES 223 Structural Geology and Tectonics
EES 306 Geological Records of Environmental Change
EES 334 Geosphere Structure and Evolution
EES 341 Field Camp in Earth and Environmental Sciences
EES 358 Microbial Ecology
EES/ES 402 Scientific Foundations for Environmental Policy Design
EES 407 Seismology
EES 415 Paleoclimatology
EES 426 Tectonic Processes
EES 427 Orogenic Belts
EES 457 Advanced Remote Sensing of the Environment
EES 459 Reconstructing Environmental Change
ES 328 U.S. Politics and the Environment
ES/IR 333/433 International Environmental Law & Policy
ES /IR 339 Global Security and the Environment
ES 438 Environmental Risks: Perception & Communication
IR 344 International Politics of Oil
IR 440 International Environmental and Science Policy
POLS 416 American Environmental Policy

Business/economics courses
(College of Business and Economics)

ECO 311 Environmental Economics
ECO 314 Energy Economics
ECO 454 Economics of Environmental Management
ECO 456 Industrial Organization
ECO 480 Economics of Technological Change