Environmental Engineering Major

For the Class of 2029

The plan provided below (applicable to students matriculating in Fall 2025) outlines a typical, semester-by-semester path to graduation. Students who have already matriculated should consult the CEE Undergraduate Handbook as degree requirements can differ by matriculation date. Courses in the table are required unless noted otherwise. Shifting courses to a different semester should be done with caution and preplanning due, in part, to pre-requisites and co-requisites.

Important Note

Course numbers in bold (e.g., CEE 132L) are typically only offered once a year, during the semester shown.

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Important Notes

• #1 AP credit for MATH 21 may be used to satisfy the MATH 111L requirement.
• #2 AP credit for MATH 22 may be used to satisfy the MATH 112L requirement. If AP credit for 21 but not 22 then take MATH 122L in first-year Fall.
• #3 CHEM 101DL. AP credit (i.e., CHEM 20 or 21) may be used to satisfy this requirement.
• #4 At least one (1) physics course must be taken post-matriculation to satisfy the Physics requirement in the Engineering curriculum.  Students receiving AP credits for PHYSICS 25 and 26 must: a) take a Duke PHYSICS course at or above PHYSICS 153L; b) decline the AP credit for PHYSICS 26 and take PHYSICS 152L; or c) decline both AP credits and take both PHYSICS 151L and 152L.
• #6 CEE 132L may be replaced CEE 205 (0.5 unit) AND an upper-level CEE course (1.0 unit); if not taken in the first or second year then it must be replaced. An upper-level CEE course is a CEE course at the 300-, 400-, 500- or 600-level.
• #8 WRITING 120 must be taken in the First Year; It is expected that Pratt students take this course in the Spring.
• #9 Although MATH 353 may be taken concurrently it is recommended that MATH 353 be completed prior to taking Fluid Mechanics, CEE 301L.

5 Liberal Arts (LA)

All majors in Pratt are required to complete a minimum of 5 full-credit (1.0 unit) courses from a set of categories that includes:

• Creating & Engaging with Art (CE),
• Humanistic Inquiry (HI),
• Interpreting Institutions, Justice & Power (IJ),
• Social & Behavioral Analysis (SB), and
• Language (LG).

More specifically:

1. Students must take five courses that each carry at least one code of CE, HI, IJ, SB, or LG and that do not otherwise count towards the requirements of their Pratt major(s).
2. Students must complete courses that cumulatively cover at least four of the five codes (CE, HI, IJ, SB, LG).
3. A Century Course that has two different codes may cover both of those codes, but still only counts as one of the five required courses.
4. All courses taken to fulfill the Liberal Arts requirement (courses or codes) must be satisfied by taking courses post-matriculation.
5. Any course taken to satisfy the Liberal Arts requirement must be taken on a graded basis, unless the course is only offered on a selective Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading basis. For courses only offered on an S/U grading basis, up to two such S/U-only courses may contribute (course and/or code) to the Liberal Arts requirement

1 Natural Science Elective (NS)

This must be a biology course; this requirement is satisfied by taking one of the following courses:

1 Earth Science Elective

This requirement is satisfied by taking one of the following courses:

2 Upper-Level Environmental Electives

This requirement is satisfied by taking two (2) of the following courses:

2 Unrestricted Electives

These electives are unrestricted, with the exception that at most 1.0 units of physical education activity and at most 1.0 units of music activity can be used to meet BSE requirements.

Important Note

House courses cannot be used.

Optional Electives

Students may exceed the minimum of 34 units required for the BSE degree. This may be accomplished via AP credits, overloading, and/or summer courses either at Duke or elsewhere.

• Class of 2028 (Matriculation Fall 2024)
• Class of 2025-2027 (Matriculation Fall 2021-2023)