Here is what the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Environmental) qualification offered by Adelaide University covers and who it is designed for.
Environmental engineering embraces broad environmental concerns, including water quality and supply, indoor and outdoor air pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal, supply of safe drinking water, preserving sensitive wetlands, and prevention of pollution through product and process design and more.
In addition, environmental engineers must balance competing technical, social and legal issues concerning the use of environmental resources.
In the first year of study you will learn about engineering and its various fields. You then focus on your chosen major study from the second year; topics include mathematics, statistics, physics, computing, engineering science and communication, mechanics, and materials. From second year you also have the option to complete a double major combining two engineering disciplines. Available double major combinations include Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
In your third and fourth years of the major you will branch into more specialised areas including Water quality engineering, air and noise pollution control, solid and hazardous waste management, environmental engineering design, and site remediation.