Civil engineering and architecture are two important disciplines that deal with the process of creating the built environment to satisfy societal needs. Both professions have critical functions that are essential in the development of society in terms of planning cities and designing more resilient infrastructure and rely on one another to accomplish it. The combination of these two professions creates great synergy as architects focus more on the functional and human aspects of development, while civil engineers concentrate on the structural elements of the design, ensuring durable structures that perform under normal and extreme loads.
Students successfully completing the program receive a rigorous engineering training education, enabling a high level of engineering knowledge as well as exposure to a broad range of architectural topics and design experiences.
Students also have the opportunity to undertake a co-op experience consistent with the policies and opportunities offered within the College of Engineering.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
For this combined major, Nupath requirements are satisfied in several courses across the program and by required courses in the combined major.
Engineering Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Engineering | ||
| CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222 | Statics and Solid Mechanics and Recitation for CIVE 2221 | 4 |
| CIVE 2260 and CIVE 2261 | Materials for the Built Environment and Lab for CIVE 2260 | 5 |
| CIVE 2320 and CIVE 2321 | Structural Analysis and Recitation for CIVE 2320 | 4 |
| CIVE 2324 | Concrete Structure Design | 4 |
| CIVE 2331 | Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics | 4 |
| CIVE 2334 | Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability | 4 |
| CIVE 2340 and CIVE 2341 | Geotechnical Engineering and Lab for CIVE 2340 | 5 |
| GE 3300 | Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability | 4 |
| Civil Engineering Project Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Water Treatment Systems Design and Lab for CIVE 4534 | ||
| Foundation Engineering and Design | ||
| Highway Design | ||
| Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design | ||
| Senior Design Project | ||
| CIVE 4767 | Senior Design Project—Structural | 5 |
| Civil Engineering Technical Electives | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Steel Structure Design | ||
| Structural Systems Modeling | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the engineering requirement: | 1 | |
| Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Architecture Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 1110 | Fundamental Architectural Representation | 4 |
| ARCH 1120 | Fundamental Architectural Design | 6 |
| ARCH 1310 and ARCH 1311 | Buildings and Cities, A Global History and Recitation for ARCH 1310 | 4 |
| ARCH 2130 | Site, Space, and Program | 6 |
| ARCH 2140 | Urban Institutions | 6 |
| ARCH 2340 and ARCH 2341 | Modern Architecture and Recitation for ARCH 2340 | 4 |
| ARCH 3210 and ARCH 3211 | Environmental Systems and Recitation for ARCH 3210 | 4 |
| Architectural Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Advanced Topics in Architectural History | ||
| Architecture Topics Abroad: Theory | ||
| Architecture Topics Abroad: Drawing | ||
| Advanced Architectural Communication | ||
| Urban and Architectural History Abroad | ||
| Option Studio | ||
| Integrated Building Systems | ||
| Design Tactics and Operations | ||
Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science
Complete all Mathematics/Science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Mathematics/Science | ||
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 | General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151 | 4 |
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2321 | Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2341 | Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering | 4 |
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | ||
| Physics 1 and Lab for PHYS 1161 and Recitation for PHYS 1161 | ||
| Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | ||
| General Biology 1 for Engineers and Lab for BIOL 1115 | ||
| Microbes and Society | ||
| Biology and Society | ||
| Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 and Recitation for CHEM 2311 | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
| Foundations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Lab for EEMB 1101 | ||
| Introduction to Marine Biology | ||
| Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | ||
| Oceans and Coasts | ||
| Dynamic Earth | ||
| Earth's Changing Cycles | ||
| Sustainable Development | ||
| Global Oceanic Change | ||
| Water Resources | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Geologic Field Seminar | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Astronomy | ||
| Introduction to Network Science: From the Human Cell to Facebook | ||
| Energy, Environment, and Society | ||
| Physics for Engineering 2 and Lab for PHYS 1155 | ||
| Medical Physics | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 3 | |
| Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development | ||
| GE 1000 | First-Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENCP 2000 | Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education | 1 |
| ENCP 3000 | Professional Issues in Engineering | 1 |
| Additional Required Courses | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Writing Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Integrative Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course is already required above and also fulfills the integrative requirement. | ||
| Senior Design Project—Structural | ||
Engineering GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all Engineering courses
Architecture GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all Architecture courses
Program Requirements
141 total semester hours required
1 Students can substitute Engineering Design (GE 1110) and Engineering Problem Solving and Computation (GE 1111) for Cornerstone of Engineering 1 (GE 1501) and Cornerstone of Engineering 2 (GE 1502) in approved situations.
Note:
- Students who wish to be considered for the two-year Master of Architecture Program at Northeastern should take Advanced Architectural Communication (ARCH 3450) as an elective and should not take Option Studio (ARCH 5115) or Integrated Building Systems (ARCH 5220) as architectural electives.
- Students who wish to be considered for the two-year Master of Architecture Program at Northeastern must have satisfied the Structural Systems (ARCH 5230) requirement. This requirement is achieved in this combined major by taking the following three courses, as follows:
Four Years, 1 Co-op in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | ARCH 1110 (EI) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | ARCH 1120 (ND, EI) | 6 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||
| GE 1000 | 1 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||
| GE 1501 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARCH 1310 (IC, DD) | 4 | ARCH 2340 (IC, SI, WI) | 4 | CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | |
| ARCH 1311 | 0 | ARCH 2341 | 0 | GE 3300 | 4 | ||
| ARCH 2130 | 6 | CIVE 2260 | 4 | ||||
| CIVE 2221 | 4 | CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| CIVE 2222 | 0 | CIVE 2320 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | CIVE 2321 | 0 | ||||
| CIVE 2334 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ARCH 2140 | 6 | Vacation | Vacation | |||
| ARCH 3210 (ND, AD) | 4 | ||||||
| ARCH 3211 | 0 | ||||||
| CIVE 2331 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2340 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2341 | 1 | ||||||
| 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CIVE 3464 | 4 | CIVE 4767 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | Architectural Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Architectural Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | Science Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Technical Elective (CIVE 3425 or CIVE 5522) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||
Five Years, 3 Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | ARCH 1110 (EI) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | ARCH 1120 (ND, EI) | 6 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||
| GE 1000 | 1 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||
| GE 1501 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARCH 1310 (IC, DD) | 4 | CIVE 2260 | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | ||
| ARCH 1311 | 0 | CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| ARCH 2130 | 6 | CIVE 2320 | 4 | ||||
| CIVE 2221 | 4 | CIVE 2321 | 0 | ||||
| CIVE 2222 | 0 | CIVE 2334 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
| GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ARCH 2340 (IC, SI, WI) | 4 | CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ARCH 2341 | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||
| CIVE 2331 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2340 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2341 | 1 | ||||||
| Civil Technical Elective (CIVE 3425 or CIVE 5522) | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ARCH 2140 | 6 | Vacation | Co-op | |||
| ARCH 3210 (ND, AD) | 4 | ||||||
| ARCH 3211 | 0 | ||||||
| CIVE 3464 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | CIVE 4767 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | |||||
| Architectural Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Architectural Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||