Undergraduate Program
The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics offers undergraduate programs in civil engineering and engineering mechanics. Both are intended to prepare students with firm technical bases while nurturing decision-making and leadership potential.
The civil engineering program is designed to enable the student, upon completion of the B.S. degree program, to enter the profession—for example, in industry, on a construction project, in a consulting engineering office, through a government agency—or to begin graduate study, or both. The program is fully accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and provides a broad traditional civil engineering background that focuses on basic theory and design. Technical electives can be selected to obtain a strong technical base in a particular field of civil engineering or other engineering disciplines.
The engineering mechanics program provides a strong analytical background in mechanics for students planning to continue on to graduate school and to pursue research. Admission to the engineering mechanics program requires a grade point average of B or better and maintenance of performance while in the program.
Program Objectives
In developing and continually updating our program to achieve the stated
mission of the Department, we seek to achieve the following objectives:
- To provide a firm foundation in the basic math, science, and engineering sciences that underlie all technological development so our graduates will be well equipped to adapt to changing technology in the profession.
- To provide the broad and fundamental technical base needed by graduates who will enter the profession through the increasingly common path of a specialized M.S., but also provide suitable preparation to those who choose to enter the professional workforce with a B.S. to develop specialized expertise by way of apprenticeship.
- To provide the breadth and choices in our programs that can accommodate and foster not only students with differing technical objectives, but also those who will use their technical back- ground to follow other career paths.
- To provide a basis for effective writing and communication as well as a background to foster awareness of societal issues.
Engineering Mechanics
The prerequisites for this program are the courses listed in the First Year– Sophomore Program, or their equivalents, with the provision that ENME E3105: Mechanics be taken in the sophomore year and that the student have obtained a grade of B or better.
Civil Engineering
The prerequisites for this program are the courses listed in the First Year– Sophomore Program or their equivalents. The civil engineering program offers four areas of concentration: civil engineering and construction management, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and water resources/ environmental engineering. An optional minor can be selected in architecture, education, economics, and any of the engineering departments in the School. In the junior and senior years, 18 credits of technical electives are allocated.
The department offers a first-year design course, CIEN E1201: Design of buildings, bridges, and spacecraft, which all students are required to take in the spring semester of the first year or later. An equivalent course could be substituted for E1201.