BS Civil Engineering

Program Learning Outcomes

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional  responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Degree Requirements and Curriculum

In addition to the program requirements listed on this page, students must also satisfy requirements outlined in more detail in the Minimum Requirements for Graduation section of this catalog, including:

• 60 units of upper-division courses
• 2.0 GPA
• Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)
• U.S. Cultural Pluralism

No Major or Support courses may be selected as credit/no credit.

MAJOR COURSES
CE 111	Introduction to Civil Engineering	1
CE 112	Design Principles in Civil Engineering	2
CE 113	Computer Aided Drafting in Civil Engineering	2
Select one of the following two options: 1		5
CE 204 & CE 207	Mechanics of Materials I and Mechanics of Materials II
or CE 208	Mechanics of Materials
CE 222	Introductory Experiments in Transportation Engineering	1
CE 251	Programming Applications in Engineering	2
CE 259	Civil Engineering Materials	2
CE 321 & CE 322	Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering and Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering Laboratory	4
CE 336 & CE 337	Water Resources Engineering and Hydraulics Laboratory	5
CE 352	Structural Engineering	4
CE 355	Reinforced Concrete Design	4
CE/CM 371	Construction Management and Project Planning	4
CE 381 & CE 382	Geotechnical Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory	5
CE 465	Civil Engineering Professional Practice	1
CE 466 & CE 467	Senior Design Project I and Senior Design Project II	6
Technical Electives 2, 3, 4		24
In consultation with faculty advisor, select from CE 356, ENVE 325, CE/CM 436 and any 400-500 level CE and ENVE courses not required in Major Courses (a maximum of 4 units may be selected from the following list):
ARCE 305	Masonry Design
ARCE 372	Steel Structures Design Laboratory
BIO/NR/SS 421	Wetlands
BMED/CE/ME 404	Applied Finite Element Analysis
BRAE 345	Aerial Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
BRAE 447	Advanced Surveying with GIS Applications
BRAE 532	Water Wells and Pumps
CHEM 341	Environmental Chemistry: Water Pollution
CM 310	Construction Means and Methods
CM 334	Construction Law
CRP 420	Land Use Law
CRP 435	Transportation Theory
CRP/NR 404	Environmental Law
CRP/NR 408	Water Resource Law and Policy
ERSC 442	Applied Environmental Groundwater Hydrology
ERSC/GEOL 416	Field-Geology Methods
ERSC/GEOL 417	Geologic Mapping
GEOL 415	Structural Geology
IME 314	Engineering Economics
or IME 315	Financial Decision Making for Engineers
MATE 425	Corrosion Engineering
MATE 450	Fracture and Failure Analysis
MATH 344	Linear Analysis II
SS 423	Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry
SUPPORT COURSES
BIO 213 & BMED 213	Life Science for Engineers and Bioengineering Fundamentals (B2) 5	4
BRAE 239	Engineering Surveying	4
CHEM 124	General Chemistry for Physical Science and Engineering I (B1 & B3) 5	4
CHEM 125	General Chemistry for Physical Science and Engineering II	4
ENVE 331	Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering	4
GEOL 201	Physical Geology	3
MATE 210	Materials Engineering	3
MATE 215	Materials Laboratory I	1
MATH 141	Calculus I (B4) 5	4
MATH 142	Calculus II (B4) 5	4
MATH 143	Calculus III (Area B Electives) 5	4
MATH 241	Calculus IV	4
MATH 244	Linear Analysis I	4
ME 211	Engineering Statics	3
ME 212	Engineering Dynamics	3
ME 341	Fluid Mechanics I	3
PHYS 141	General Physics I (Area B Electives) 5	4
PHYS 142	General Physics II	4
PHYS 143	General Physics III	4
STAT 312	Statistical Methods for Engineers (Upper-Division B) 5	4
Approved Engineering Science Elective 2, 4, 6
Select from the following:		2-4
CM 280	Building Information Modeling
CSC 231	Programming for Engineering Students
CSC 234	C and Unix
EE 201	Electric Circuit Theory
IME 314	Engineering Economics
or IME 315	Financial Decision Making for Engineers
MATH 304	Vector Analysis
MATH 344	Linear Analysis II
ME 302	Thermodynamics I
GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)
(See GE program requirements below.)		44
FREE ELECTIVES
Free Electives		0
Total units		190-192

1	Transfer students take CE 208 in the Fall Quarter.
2	Consultation with advisor is recommended prior to selecting Technical or Approved Electives; bear in mind your selections may impact pursuit of post-baccalaureate studies and/or goals.
3	Additional guidelines for Technical Electives: More than 4 units of coursework outside CE/ENVE is only permitted in special/ unusual cases and requires written justification by the student, and approval by the Department Chair. No more than 4 combined units of CE 400, CE 500 and ENVE 400, ENVE 500 can count towards the degree. No more than 8 combined units of CE 470 / ENVE 470, CE 471 / ENVE 471, CE 570 / ENVE 570, CE 571 / ENVE 571 can be credited. Co-op, graduate seminar, senior project/design, and thesis courses are not permitted. Only one course can be credited for CE 459 / CE 556.
4	Degree credit will only be given to one of the following courses: IME 314 or IME 315.
5	Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement.
6	If a course is taken to meet the Approved Engineering Science Elective requirement, it cannot be double-counted as another Major or Support requirement.

General Education (GE) Requirements

• 72 units required, 28 of which are specified in Major and/or Support.
• If any of the remaining 44 units is used to satisfy a Major or Support requirement, additional units of Free Electives may be needed to complete the total units required for the degree.
• See the complete GE course listing.
• A grade of C- or better is required in one course in each of the following GE Areas: A1 (Oral Communication), A2 (Written Communication), A3 (Critical Thinking), and B4 (Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning). 

Area A	English Language Communication and Critical Thinking
A1	Oral Communication	4
A2	Written Communication	4
A3	Critical Thinking	4
Area B	Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
B1	Physical Science (4 units in Support) 1	0
B2	Life Science (4 units in Support) 1	0
B3	One lab taken with either a B1 or B2 course
B4	Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (8 units in Support) 1	0
Upper-Division B (4 units in Support) 1		0
Area B Electives (8 units in Support) 1		0
Area C	Arts and Humanities
Lower-division courses in Area C must come from three different subject prefixes.
C1	Arts: Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater	4
C2	Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English	4
Lower-Division C Elective - Select a course from either C1 or C2.		4
Upper-Division C		4
Area D	Social Sciences
D1	American Institutions (Title 5, Section 40404 Requirement)	4
Area D Elective - Select either a lower-division D2 or upper-division D course.		4
Area E	Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Lower-Division E		4
Area F	Ethnic Studies
F	Ethnic Studies	4
Total units		44

1	Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement.