Civil, Environmental, and Biological Engineering

  Environmental issues have grown in importance to the extent that they now assume a global scale and are among the most pressing problems the world's wisdom is now called upon to solve.  Environmental issues include problems involving resources and energy, but they also include challenges such as expanding biological resources, the pursuit of a comfortable lifestyle, and effective utilization of the land and sea to accommodate industrial development and continuing urbanization.  Also, there is a need to develop a comfortable yet sustainable living environment in harmony with the nature.

  Three courses of study are offered within the Civil, Environmental, and Biological Engineering Major.

  The Civil, Environmental, and Biological Engineering Major is an effort of create a new interdisciplinary field incorporating the viewpoints of ecology, construction engineering, and social systems, with "the environment" as the unifying theme, and with the overall goal of solving environment problems.  In order to enable students to gain an overview of the extremely broad field of knowledge covered by the Civil, Environmental, and Biological Engineering Major, common courses such as the Social Development and Social Systems have been established within the major. Also, by talking subjects such as Global Environment, which is a common course within the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, students can gain an understanding of the basic concepts underlying efforts to solve environmental problems.