Civil & Environmental Engineering - Undergraduate Program
Program Educational Objectives
The following Educational Objectives have been established:
Graduates will apply technical knowledge in complex engineering projects and obtain professional licensure.
Graduates will be professionally competent, evidenced by leadership, teamwork, management, and communication skills.
Graduates will engage in professional development, life-long learning, and service to their profession and society.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Ability to apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
- Ability to design and conduct experiment, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
- Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economics, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
- Ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.
- Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively through written, oral, and graphical media.
- Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, and societal contexts. Importance of engineering contribution in a global and societal context.
- Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
- Knowledge of contemporary issues.
- Ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Declaring of Major
Prior to declaring the major, a student is classified as a "pre-engineering" student. To be eligible to declare the Civil Engineering major, the student must complete at least 7 of the "key courses" and receive a minimum of "C-" in each course, and must have at least a 2.0 GPA, both in the key courses and overall. No key course may be repeated more than twice, and any remaining key courses must be completed by the end of the first year following the declaration.
Upon making the declaration and submitting the proper form, if approved, students become eligible to enroll in upper division engineering courses (i.e., those numbered 300 or above). The student will not be allowed to register for any College of Engineering upper division courses until the declaration has been approved.
For a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, students must have completed several courses, see the courses section for more details.
Major /Minor Requirements
For more information on the courses required for graduation in Civil Engineering, please see the courses online or consult the course catalog.