Civil Engineering, BS

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Curriculum

Required courses and recommended terms during which they should be taken:

Freshman Year

Fall

CHE 221 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering I Credit Hours: 2
SPE 111 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
WRI 121 - English Composition Credit Hours: 3
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^a

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Winter

CHE 222 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 102 - Introduction to Engineering II Credit Hours: 2
WRI 122 - Argumentative Writing Credit Hours: 3
Literature Elective Credit Hours: 3
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Spring

CE 203 - Engineering Graphics Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 201 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 4
MATH 251 - Differential Calculus Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^a

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall

CE 212 - Civil Engineering Materials Credit Hours: 4
GME 161 - Plane Surveying I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 252 - Integral Calculus Credit Hours: 4
PHY 221 - General Physics with Calculus Credit Hours: 4

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Winter

ENGR 211 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics Credit Hours: 4
GIS 134 - Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
MATH 254 - Vector Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
PHY 222 - General Physics with Calculus Credit Hours: 4

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Spring

CE 205 - Computational Methods Credit Hours: 2
ENGR 213 - Engineering Mechanics: Strength of Materials Credit Hours: 4
MATH 321 - Applied Differential Equations I Credit Hours: 4
WRI 227 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 3

Total: 13 Credit Hours

Junior Year

Fall

CE 311 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering Credit Hours: 5
CE 331 - Structural Analysis Credit Hours: 4
ENGR 318 - Engineering Mechanics: Fluids Credit Hours: 4
MATH 361 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 4

Total: 17 Credit Hours

Winter

CE 308 - Principles of Professional Practice Credit Hours: 4
CE 341 - Elementary Structural Design Credit Hours: 5
CE 351 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering Credit Hours: 4
CE 371 - Closed Conduit Design Credit Hours: 4

Total: 17 Credit Hours

Spring

CE 312 - Earth Pressures and Foundations Credit Hours: 3
CE 354 - Traffic Engineering Credit Hours: 3
CE 374 - Hydrology Credit Hours: 4
CE 442 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design Credit Hours: 4
or
CE 444 - Intermediate Steel Design Credit Hours: 4

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Senior Year

ANTH 335 - The Built Environment Credit Hours: 3
or
HIST 335 - The Engineering Profession Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 452 - Globalization Credit Hours: 3
CE 401 /COM 401 - Civil Engineering Project I Credit Hours: 5
CE 402 /SPE 321 Civil Engineering Project II Credit Hours: 7
CE 405 - Sustainability and Infrastructure Credit Hours: 3
Technical Electives Credit Hours: 15 ^b
Math/Science Elective Credit Hours: 3
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 42 Credit Hours

Total for a B.S. in Civil Engineering: 180 Credit Hours

^a No more than 3 credits of Humanities courses may be skill- or performance based.

^b Technical electives are generally 400- and 500-level CE courses. A maximum of 2 non-DE technical elective courses (specified below) may be applied to the BSCE degree.

Allowed Non-CE Technical Electives

ENV 314 - Environmental Management and Restoration 3

GME 351 - Construction and Engineering Surveying 3

GME 372 - Subdivision Planning and Platting 3

GME 425 - Remote Sensing 4

MATH 341 - Linear Algebra I 4

MATH 452 - Numerical Methods II 4

MATH 465 - Mathematical Statistics 4