The following topics make up a typical curriculum in environmental engineering:
#Mass and Energy transfer
#Environmental chemistry
##Inorganic chemistry
##Organic Chemistry
##Nuclear Chemistry
#Growth models
##Resource consumption
##Population growth
##Economic growth
#Risk assessment
##Hazard identification
##Dose-response Assessment
##Exposure assessment
## Risk characterization
## Comparative risk analysis
#Water pollution
##Water resources and pollutants
##Oxygen demand
## Pollutant transport
##Water and waste water treatment
#Air pollution
## Industry, transportation, commercial and residential emissions
## Criteria and toxic air pollutants
## Pollution modelling (e.g. Atmospheric dispersion modeling)
##Pollution control
## Air pollution and meteorology
#Global change
##Greenhouse effect and global temperature
##Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycle
##IPCC emissions scenarios
## Oceanic changes (ocean acidification, other effects of global warming on oceans) and changes in the stratosphere (see Physical impacts of climate change)
#Solid waste management and resource recovery
##Life cycle assessment
##Source reduction
##Collection and transfer operations
##Recycling
##Waste-to-energy conversion
##Landfill