Question: I am interested in going into environmental engineering...I love science, but I'm not so crazy about math. What level of math is required for this career?
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by Maggie, Chicago
on March 30, 2012
Answer by Dr. Eugenia Kalnay
Dear Maggie:
I would say that different types of environmental engineering require different levels of math: for example, modeling (which is what I do) is usually heavy in math, whereas bio-environmental engineering is more intuitive and observationally based, and is mathematically much softer.
So, go for it! It would always be good to have a good calculus 1 foundation but not necessarily calculus 3.
Eugenia