Civil Engineering - Undergraduate Program
Program Educational Objectives
Career Focus - Graduates will have the ability to practice in the civil engineering field with a broad background and understanding of a multidisciplinary approach to engineering at state, national, and international levels. Consideration will be given to engineering as a business and its impact on the present and future societal issues.
Engineering Principles and Practices - Graduates will be able to apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify civil engineering problems and design and implement engineering solutions for structural, geotechnical, roadway (transportation), water resource and environmental engineering problems.
Professional Skills - Graduates will be able to function as leaders or members of teams with appropriate communication skills (oral, written, and graphical) and an understanding of legal and ethical issues.
Professional Activities - Graduates will have an appreciation for and the qualifications to pursue advanced studies and an understanding of the need for life-long learning and licensing as part of their professional practice and development.
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.
- Familiarity with, and the ability to succeed as an engineer in state, regional, national, and international industries and agencies.
- Ability to enter and succeed in an advanced degree program.
- Proficiency in structural, geotechnical, environmental, transportation, and water resources engineering.
- Understanding of professional practice issues such as: procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to construct a project, the importance of professional licensure and continuing education, and/or other professional practice issues.
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 10 of the 13 "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.