Civil engineers play a vital role in human progress and well-being worldwide. Conceptualizing, innovating, designing, and building sustainable infrastructure and environments is fundamental in helping society progress. Modern challenges, including engineering a resilient and sustainable urban infrastructure; establishing clean water and a clean environment; and advancing technologies in computing, sensing, and human health, are all part of the development of society.
Civil engineers design and construct buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, and river systems. They also plan, design, construct, and manage highways, railroads, canals, and airports; regulate rivers and control floods; and design and build systems for water distribution and environmental protection.
With a broad range of applications, our civil engineering students have the opportunity to explore a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary tracks, including environmental and water systems, structural engineering, transportation engineering, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, construction management, civil infrastructure security, environmental health, and sustainable resource 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.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC) and Differences and Diversity (DD) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering courses. Students are responsible for satisfying these requirements with general electives.
Engineering
| 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 |
| or CIVE 3425 | Steel Structure Design | |
| 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 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Senior Design Project—Environmental | ||
| Senior Design Project—Structural | ||
| Senior Design Project—Transportation | ||
| Civil Engineering Technical Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 11-12 | |
| Concrete Structure Design | ||
| Steel Structure Design | ||
| Environmental Pollution Fate and Transport | ||
| Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad | ||
| Foundation Engineering and Design | ||
| Highway Design | ||
| Design for Sustainable Transportation: Netherlands | ||
| Construction Management | ||
| Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad | ||
| Timber and Masonry Structures: Technology and Design Abroad | ||
| Construction Project Control and Organization | ||
| Alternative Project Delivery Systems in Construction | ||
| Environmental Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking | ||
| Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | ||
| Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Coastal Dynamics and Design | ||
| Environmental Sampling and Analysis and Lab for CIVE 5300 | ||
| Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy | ||
| Transportation Systems: Analysis and Planning | ||
| Traffic Engineering and Sustainable Urban Street Design | ||
| Structural Systems | ||
| Structural Systems Modeling | ||
| Prestressed Concrete Design | ||
| Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design | ||
| Special Topics in Civil Engineering | ||
| Sustainable Design and Technologies in Construction | ||
| Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings | ||
| Building Performance Simulation | ||
| Information Systems for Integrated Project Delivery | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the engineering requirement: | 1 | |
| Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | ||
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 | ||
Supporting Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | ||
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| or ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development | ||
| GE 1000 | Introduction to the Study of Engineering | 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 | |
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 24SH of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. | 24 | |
Major GPA Requirement
2.000 minimum required in major (CIVE) courses
Program Requirement
134 total semester hours required
1 Students can substitute GE 1110 and GE 1111 for GE 1501 and 1502 in approved situations.
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | CIVE 2221 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | CIVE 2222 | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2260 | 4 | CIVE 2320 | 4 | CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | CIVE 2321 | 0 | General Elective | 4 | ||
| CIVE 2334 | 4 | CIVE 2331 or 2340 and 2341 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 or 1116 (SI, AD) | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | GE 3300 | 4 | ||||
| General Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | CIVE 2331 or 2340 and 2341 | 5 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CIVE 3464 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 3 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CIVE 4765, 4767, or 4768 (EI, CE, WI) | 5 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | CIVE 2221 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | CIVE 2222 | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2260 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | General Elective | 4 | ||
| CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| CIVE 2320 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2321 | 0 | ||||||
| CIVE 2334 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | CIVE 2340 | 4 | ||
| CIVE 2331 | 4 | CIVE 2341 | 1 | ||||
| ECON 1115 or 1116 (SI, AD) | 4 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||
| GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | CIVE 4765, 4767, or 4768 (EI, CE, WI) | 5 | ||||
| CIVE 3464 | 4 | Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| Science Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 135 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2221 | 4 | CIVE 2260 | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| CIVE 2222 | 0 | CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| CIVE 2334 | 4 | CIVE 2320 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 or 1116 (AD, SI) | 4 | CIVE 2321 | 0 | ||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
| GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | CIVE 2331 | 4 | CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CIVE 2340 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| CIVE 2341 | 1 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | CIVE 3464 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 3 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CIVE 4765, 4767, or 4768 (EI, CE, WI) | 5 | ||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
| General Elective | 4 | ||||||
| General Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2221 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| CIVE 2222 | 0 | ||||||
| CIVE 2260 | 4 | ||||||
| CIVE 2261 (AD) | 1 | ||||||
| CIVE 2334 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2320 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | CIVE 2340 | 4 |
| CIVE 2321 | 0 | CIVE 2341 | 1 | ||||
| CIVE 2331 | 4 | MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 or 1116 (AD, SI) | 4 | ||||||
| GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CIVE 2324 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 3 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CIVE 3464 | 4 | CIVE 4765, 4767, or 4768 (EI, CE, WI) | 5 | ||||
| Civil Project Elective (WI) | 4 | Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||
| Civil Tech. Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||