The civil engineering curriculum prepares students to meet present and future challenges in the profession and develop insight into economic, physical, social, and political constraints affecting the engineering decision-making process.

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering requires at least 128 hours of course work distributed as follows:

General Education (43 Hours Minimum)

• First-Year Seminar 112 (3 hours)
• Fine Arts (3 hours)
• Humanities (9 hours)
• Social Science (6 hours)
• Health and Wellness (1 hour)
• Mathematics 221 (4 hours)
• Chemistry 118 and Physics 210 (8 hours)
• Civil Engineering 495 (3 hours)
• Foreign Language (6 hours or proficiency)

In addition, the University proficiency requirements for writing in English must be met (see University degree requirements).

To read more about the University General Education requirements, view the Academic Catalog.

Lower Division Required Courses (38 hours)

• Civil Engineering 101,183, 221, 224
• Engineering 212, 232
• Engineering Elective (EE 210, ENGR 230, ME 362, ENGR 123, ENGR 213, or CS 210)
• Mathematics 222, 323, 324
• Physics 211
• Science Elective 1 (BIOL 100, 107, 110, 112, 201, 225; ES 103, 360; GEOL 130)
• Science Elective 2 (ASTR 101, CHEM 240, COGS 111, NUER 125, PHYS 211, BIO 1XX, ES XXX, or GEO 1XX)

Upper Level Required Courses (29 hours)

• Engineering 366, 390
• Civil Engineering 338, 339, 340, 350, 374, 380, 438, 469, 497

All civil engineering seniors are required to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination as a requirement for graduation. Passing the FE exam is the first step in the process of becoming a licensed professional engineer (P.E.).

Electives (18 hours)

• Technical Electives- 9 hours* (CE 341, 342, 443, 449, 450, 468, 475, 498, 499; ME 432, 434, 446, 448, 463, 466; ENGR 409)