<p>Hi..
Does Vanderbilt offer an Environmental Engineering major?
From the website, I can't really distinguish between their Civil Engineering & Environmental Engineering programs..</p>
<p>Also, another general question: What's the difference between B.E.(Bachelor of Engineering) and B.S.(Bachelor of Science)?</p>
<p>There isn’t an “environmental engineering” major. There’s just Civil Engineering, though the courses can be customized to focus on the environment. As you can tell by the name of the department, the environment is critical to the curriculum either way. </p>
<p>I could be wrong but this is pretty much the standard. There are probably more environmental engineering programs nowadays, but the typical approach to environmental engineering is to just get a BE in Civil, a broader major, as environmental is just a branch of civil engineering, as I understand it. Both require the same foundation, environmental is just a little more focused.</p>
<p>As for BS vs BE, its basically irrelevant. Schools name the degree whatever they want. You can try to do a little more research on google but I’m pretty sure that’s the consensus. You may hear that a BS is more theoretical and a BE is more practical, but that’s nonsense–schools just offer an engineering degree progam and pick a name for it, there’s no standard curriculum they must have to qualify for one name or the other… so it just doesn’t matter.</p>