Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science
The Civil Engineering Program prepares graduates for local, regional or world-wide employment in the engineering profession or placement in a graduate school. The program affords students opportunities to meet and interact with practicing engineers, businesses and government agencies; to participate in professional engineering organizations and in research. The faculty endeavor to be accessible, maintain state of the art instruction and facilities, and to provide liberal access to laboratories and academic support.
Core Curriculum – 42 Hours
The Core Curriculum serves as a broad foundation for the undergraduate degree. All candidates for a bachelor’s degree must achieve core student learning outcomes, including communication, critical thinking, empirical and quantitative skills, teamwork, personal responsibility and social responsibility, by completing courses within each category or component area of the Core Curriculum as outlined below.
The University has approved specific courses that satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements. Approved courses can be found on the Core Curriculum Page. Students seeking the most efficient way to complete the core curriculum and major or minor requirements are advised to take approved courses that can fulfill both requirements. Although core curriculum courses can also be used to fulfill major or minor requirements, earned credits hours are only applied once. The courses listed below fulfill core curriculum and major requirements. Students who have completed a core curriculum category with courses other than those listed below will still be required to take the listed course(s) to meet major requirements.
020 Mathematics - 3 hours
MATH 2413 is given three credit hours for the lecture component
030 Life and Physical Science - 6 hours
| PHYS 2425 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers I | 4 |
| PHYS 2426 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers II | 4 |
040 Language, Philosophy, and Culture - 3 hours
090 Integrative and Experiential Learning - 6 hours
Complete an additional 3 hours from Integrative and Experiential Learning section of the approved core curriculum except
PHIL 2326 and complete the required courses below.
| PHYS 2425 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers I | 4 |
| PHYS 2426 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers II | 4 |
| CHEM 1109 | Chemistry for Engineers Lab | 1 |
Major Requirements - 87 hours
Required courses - 70 hours
Civil Engineering Core:
Prescribed Electives - 6 hours
Choose any two of these 4000-level courses, or one 4000-level and one of the 3000-level courses below:
In lieu of one CIVE course above, the student may enroll in CIVE 3100 up to three times for a total of three credits. To receive elective credit for CIVE 3100, the student must complete 3 terms/enrollments performing research and/or a part-time internship in the same area as approved by the department through the enrollment approval process
Support Courses - 12 hours
Basic Science - 7 hours
Required
Choose one:
Mathematics – 5 hours
MATH 2413 is given one credit hour for the lecture component.
Total Credit Hours: 42
Total Credit Hours: 130
Major Progression Requirements
Progression requirements required for this program.
Students must receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in all courses that are prerequisites for Civil Engineering courses.
Major Graduation Requirements
Specific graduation requirements required for this program beyond university bachelor’s degree requirements.
- Students must receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in all CIVE courses.
- A minimum overall institutional GPA of 2.4 is required to take CIVE 4391 CE Senior Fundamentals and CIVE 4392 CE Senior Project; therefore, a minimum GPA of 2.4 is necessary for graduation.