Graduation Requirement

Required (Special General Education, 23 credits)

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree does not adhere to the 44 credits of general education required by other programs. Rather it requires a special distribution of communication, humanities, and social science courses. Courses should be chosen to simultaneously satisfy the university cultural diversity requirement.

Required Communication Courses (7 credits)

ENG 101 Composition (4) and
SPEE 102 Public Speaking (3) or
SPEE 233 Public Speaking for Technical Professional (3) or
ENG 271 Technical Communication (4)

Required Humanities and Social Science Courses (minimum of 16 credits):

To satisfy this requirement, the courses selected must provide both breadth and depth, as described below. Only a select number of non-skill-building courses in the humanities and social sciences are acceptable. Courses may be chosen to satisfy the university cultural diversity requirement simultaneously with the program H/SS requirements. Each student should discuss the selection of courses to meet these requirements with his/her academic advisor early in their academic career. An updated list of acceptable courses is posted in the department office and on the web.

Specifically, the minimum requirements consist of:

1. at least 6 credits in the humanities area.
2. at least 9 credits in the social sciences, of which 3 must be either microeconomics or macroeconomics.
3. (a) and (b) must total at least 16 credits.
4. to provide the measure of depth to the course of the study, at least 3 credits at the 300-level or above must be included in the 16 credit requirement and must follow a course taken in the same subject area as a course at the 100- or 200-level.

Required for Major (Prerequisites, 62-63 credits)

Mathematics (16 credits):

MATH 121 Calculus I (4)
MATH 122 Calculus II (4)
MATH 223 Calculus III (4)
MATH 321 Differential Equations (4)

Basic Science (Min. 17 credits):

CHEM 201 General Chemistry I (5)
PHYS 221 General Physics I (4)
PHYS 222 + 232 General Physics II + Lab (4)
Science Elective from approved list (Min. 4)

Engineering Science (27 credits):

CIVE 101 Introduction to Engineering-Civil (2)
CIVE 145 Computer Graphics (2)
EE 230 Circuit Analysis I (3)
ME 206 Material Science (3)
ME/CIVE 212 Statics (3)
ME/CIVE 214 Dynamics (3)
ME 291 Engineering Analysis (3)
ME/CIVE 223 Mechanics of Materials (3)
ME 299 Thermal Analysis (2) or
ME 241 Thermodynamics (3)
ME/CIVE 321 Fluid Mechanics (3)

Required for Major (42-43 credits):

CIVE 201 Introduction to Problem Solving and Civil Design (2)
CIVE 271 Civil Engineering Measurements (2)
CIVE 340 Structural Mechanics (3)
CIVE 350 Hydraulics & Hydrology (4)
CIVE 360 Geotechnical Engineering (4)
CIVE 370 Transportation Engineering (4)
CIVE 401 Civil Engineering Design I (2)
CIVE 402 Civil Engineering Design II (3)
CIVE 435 Civil Engineering Experimentation I (2)
CIVE 436 Civil Engineering Experimentation II (2)
CIVE 446 Reinforced Concrete Design (3) or
CIVE 448 Steel Design (3)

CIVE electives (Min. 9 credits)
Technical electives from approved list (Min. 2 credits)

Required Minor: None.

Civil, Science and Technical Electives

A civil engineering student is required to choose a minimum of 16 credits in CIVE, science and technical electives: science elective (Min. 4 credits), technical electives (Min. 2 credits), and CIVE electives (Min. 9 credits). The science and technical electives are recommended to be taken after the student has identified his/her area of interest in consultation with his/her academic advisor. The science elective must be selected from the approved list (shown below) which would complement the student's area of interest in civil engineering. Technical electives must be selected from the approved list (shown below) which would enhance the student's experience in civil engineering.

Approved Science Electives

BIOL 105 General Biology I (4)
CHEM 202 General Chemistry II (5)
ENVR 101 Perspectives in Environmental Science (4)
GEOL 121 Physical Geology (4)

Approved Technical Electives All CIVE courses except required courses

Sample technical elective courses in CIVE:

CIVE 438 Properties of Concrete (3)
CIVE 446 Reinforced Concrete Design (3)
CIVE 448 Steel Design (3)
CIVE 450 Finite Element Analysis (3)
CIVE 452 Open Channel Flow (3)
CIVE 454 Hydraulic Structures (3)
CIVE 458 Stormwater Management (3)
CIVE 461 Fundamentals of Pavement Design (3)
CIVE 465 Foundation Design (3)
CIVE 470 Traffic Engineering (3)
CIVE 471 Highway Planning and Design (3)
CIVE 476 Planning and Design of Airports (3)
CIVE 481 Water and Wastewater Treatment, Collection, and Distribution (3)

All EE courses 300 levels and above and EE 250 (Engineering Economics)

Sample technical elective courses in EE:

EE 303 Introduction to Solid State Devices (3)
EE 304 Introduction to Solid State Devices Lab (1)
EE 350 Engineering Electromagnetics (4)
EE 439 Electronics for Non-Electrical Engineering Majors (4)
EE 450 Engineering Economics (2)
EE 482 Electromechanics (3)

All ME courses except required courses and dual listing courses with CIVE.

Sample technical electives in ME:

ME 324 Heat Transfer (3)
ME 329 Applied Thermodynamics (3)
ME 341 Linear Systems (3)
ME 417 Design of Machine Elements (3)
ME 421 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (3)
ME 423 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials (3)

BIO 270 Microbiology (4)
BLAW 450 Contracts, Sales & Prof. Responsibility (3)
BLAW 453 International Legal Environ. of Business (3)
BLAW 474 Environ. Regulation & Land Use (3)
BLAW 476 Construction and Design Law (3)
CHEM 305 Analytical Chemistry (4)
CHEM 407 Water Chemistry (3)
ENVR 440 Environmental Regulations (3)
ENVR 450 Environmental Pollution Control (3)
ENVR 460 Analysis of Pollutants (3)
GEOL 270 Structural Geology (4)
GEOL 351 Engineering Geology (2)
GEOL 450 Hydrogeology (3)