CIVE 3435 — Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonTraditional
Provides a systematic approach to analyzing the fate and transport of pollutants within natural systems. Equilibrium modeling and reactive transport modeling are used to assess the predominant processes that control the movement and persistence of pollutants in water, soil, and air. Topics include mass transfer across multiple phases; physical, chemical, and biological transformations of substances; transport processes (diffusion, dispersion, advection, interphase mass transport); eutrophication of lakes; conventional pollutants in rivers and estuaries; groundwater contamination; and atmospheric deposition.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 90% | 2.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 42% | 26.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 45% | 11.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 20 | 40 | 50% | 20.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 85% | 3.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 30 | 40 | 75% | 10.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 39% · T 0% · W 39% · Th 39% · F 35%
Common patterns: MWR (39% of sections), F (35% of sections), S (27% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Loretta Fernandez (61% of students) · reviews
- Yang Zhang (39% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Yang Zhang (57% of students) · reviews
- Loretta Fernandez (43% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (CIVE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CIVE courses · Plan it at numap.app