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The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for the professional practice of civil engineering, and for graduate study in the field. Graduates are also prepared to maintain their state-of-the-art competency in the field throughout their careers. The curriculum provides graduates with an understanding of engineering principles and current engineering techniques; education in environmental, geotechnical, structural, and transportation engineering and an understanding of the interrelationship of these areas in the practice of civil engineering; an understanding of the civil engineer’s responsibility to society for public health, safety, and a high-quality environment; and an understanding of civil engineers’ personal responsibility to participate in and contribute to civil engineering professional and community activities throughout their careers.

In the first three semesters, students take several courses in mathematics and the basic sciences and engineering, which prepare them for subsequent classes in which fundamental engineering principles are learned. These principles are then applied to the design of civil and environmental engineering facilities starting in the sophomore year. All students are required to take the equivalent of at least 16 credit hours of design to qualify for graduation. The design experience culminates in the senior year with a Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Project course in which design fundamentals learned in earlier courses are integrated into a design project. Oral and written communication skills and engineering ethics are integrated throughout the curriculum.

Admission to the Major
College of Engineering students may be admitted to the Civil Engineering major if they are maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or better and grades of C or better in the following courses: MATH 131, ENGIN 111 (or equivalent), CHEM 111 and ENGLWRIT 112.

Requirements

No course taken on a pass/fail basis may be applied to General Education, major or PR-ENGIN requirements.

Freshmen
ENGIN 111 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
121 CEE Measurements
CHEM 111/112 General Chemistry for Science and Engineering Majors
MATH 131/132 Calculus I, II
ENGLWRIT 112 College Writing
PHYSICS 151 General Physics I

Sophomores
240 Statics
241 Strength of Materials I
241A Strength of Materials Lab
250 Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Energy Systems
260 Probability and Statistics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
270 Systems Analysis and Economics for Civil Engineers
ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics
or
ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics
PHYSICS 152 General Physics II
MATH 233 Multivariable Calculus
MATH 331 Differential Equations

Juniors
310 Transportation Systems
320 Soil Mechanics
331 Structural Analysis
357 Elementary Fluid Mechanics
370 Environmental Engineering Principles
433 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures or
434 Design of Steel Structures
ENGIN 351 Writing in Engineering

Seniors
486 CE-ENGIN Design Project
CE-ENGIN Senior Electives (5)
Additional Elective (1)
Biological Sciences Elective

The undergraduate program in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET).