Undergraduate Degree

The civil engineering major is designed to provide graduates with a broad understanding of the physical factors involved in the planning, design, and operation of public and private facilities. The bachelor’s degree program in civil engineering is oriented to the application of engineering principles to several areas of specialization, including transportation, structures, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, and pavements and materials.

The Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
 

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering

1. The University requirements for bachelor's degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 128 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
   
   The University's Tier II writing requirement for the Civil Engineering major is met by completing Civil Engineering 321 and 341. Those courses are referenced in item 3. a. below.
   
   Students who are enrolled in the College of Engineering may complete the alternative track to Integrative Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences that is described in item 1. under the heading Graduation Requirements for All Majors in the College statement.  Certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be used to satisfy the alternative track.
2. The requirements of the College of Engineering for the Bachelor of Science degree.
   
   The credits earned in certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be counted toward College requirements as appropriate.
3. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	All of the following courses (46 credits):
   	CE	221	Statics						3
   	CE	271	Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering						3
   	CE	273	Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements						2
   	CE	274	Graphics for Civil and Environmental Engineers						1
   	CE	275	GIS for Civil and Environmental Engineers						1
   	CE	305	Introduction to Structural Analysis						3
   	CE	312	Soil Mechanics						4
   	CE	321	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics						4
   	CE	337	Civil Engineering Materials						4
   	CE	341	Transportation Engineering						3
   	CE	361	Computational Methods in Civil Engineering						3
   	CE	371	Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems						3
   	CE	372	Risk Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering						3
   	CE	495	Senior Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering						4
   	CE	496	Review for the CE and ENE Fundamentals of Engineering Exams						1
   	CEM	161	Chemistry Laboratory I						1
   	ME	222	Mechanics of Deformable Solids						3
   b.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	GLG	201	Introduction to Earth ad Planetary Sciences						4
   	GLG	203	Geology of the Great Lakes Region						3
   c.	Design-intensive Electives. Complete 12 or 13 credits of electives from the list below in at least four different areas (environmental, geotechnical, pavements, structures, transportation, and water resources).
   	Environmental
   	ENE	483	Water and Wastewater Engineering						4
   	ENE	489	Air Pollution: Science and Engineering						3
   	Geotechnical
   	CE	418	Geotechnical Engineering						3
   	CE	485	Landfill Design						3
   	Pavements
   	CE	431	Design and Analysis for New and Rehabilitated Pavements						4
   	Structures
   	CE	405	Design of Steel Structures						3
   	CE	406	Design of Concrete Structures						3
   	Transportation
   	CE	444	Principles of Traffic Engineering						3
   	CE	449	Highway Design						3
   	Water Resources
   	ENE	421	Engineering Hydrology						3
   	ENE	422	Applied Hydraulics						3
   d.	Technical Electives. Complete 6 additional credits in courses not used to fulfill areas above or from the following:
   	CE	400	Structural Mechanics						3
   	CE	407	Materials Engineering: Properties, Selection and Processing						3
   	CE	432	Pavement Rehabilitation						3
   	CE	448	Transportation Planning						3
   	CE	471	Construction Engineering – Equipment, Methods and Planning						3
   	CE	473	Smart and Sustainable Building Design and Operations						3
   	ENE	380	Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science						3
   	ENE	381	Environmental Chemistry						3
   	ENE	472	Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Technologies						3
   	ENE	487	Microbiology for Environmental Science and Engineering						3