Civil Engineering: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Civil Engineering in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 14 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 2400 Calculus I (4 cr)
• ENVE 2000 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 16 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 2500 Calculus II (4 cr)
• CE 2100 Statics (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 15 credits

• MATH 2600 Linear Algebra (3 cr)
• CE 2300 Surveying (3 cr)
• CE 2500 Mechanics of Materials (3 cr)
• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 16 credits

• ENVE 2500 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology (4 cr)
• CE 3100 Structural Analysis (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 14 credits

• ENVE 3100 Water and Wastewater Treatment (4 cr)
• CE 3300 Geotechnical Engineering (4 cr)
• ENVE 3300 Air Pollution Engineering (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 14 credits

• CE 3500 Hydraulics and Hydrology (3 cr)
• ENVE 3500 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• CE 3700 Transportation Engineering (3 cr)
• ENVE 3700 Hydrology and Hydraulic Design (3 cr)
• CE 3900 Reinforced Concrete Design (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• ENVE 4100 Environmental Systems Modeling (3 cr)
• CE 4900 Senior Design (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)