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Team work, collaboration and written communication are critical skills employers seek. Your instructor is not your only resource to developing these skills while you are here at HSU. There many resources both within the ERE department and throughout HSU that will help you succeed in your classes and excel in the job market.

Engineering 115 students measure various forms of solar radiation (left), while engineering 351 students record the biological oxygen demand of local streams (right)
Are you new to college? Want some hints on how to get good grades? A former ERE students explains how to be successful in ERE program.
Need help in a class? Get three classmates together and you can get help for free!
Many courses share common equipment, learn how to use it prior to lab.
Technical writing is one of the most important skills you will learn in the ERE department. Your instructors will expect you to know the information in this section.
Have a research topic, but don't know where to start? The HSU librarians have put together several resources specific to environmental resources engineering.
While at HSU there are many tasks that you will need to master, such as registering for classes, finding a professor's office, requesting a key card for access to the Engineering building, obtaining a summer internship, or just getting your email to work. This section highlights where you can find that information on the HSU website and more.
Find common forms and document that are useful for success in the program.
Find maps of ERE related buildings and professor's offices.
Requests for summer access to Science-D and the Engineering computer labs during the summer months must be approved by an Engineering faculty member (e-mail your request and reasons for needing access to any ERE faculty member or to the eileen [dot] cashman [at] humboldt [dot] edu (ERE Department Chair)). At the beginning of fall semester, an electronic form for key card requests will again be available to all ERE majors.
So environmental resources engineering sounds interesting, but you are still not sure if HSU is right for you? Explore what HSU has to offer to both freshman and transfer students.
Environmental Resources Engineering
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