2020-2021 Four Year Plan
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
2020-2021 Academic Catalog
Total Credits: 127-129
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First Year – Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| MATH 170 (FM) | Calculus I: Concepts and Applications | 4 |
| CMGT 120 | Introduction to Construction Management | 3 |
| UF 100 | Foundations of Intellectual Life | 3 |
| ENGL 101 (FW) | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
| ENGR 180 | Communication in Design Thinking | 3 |
| Semester Total | 16 |
First Year – Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| MATH 175 | Calculus II: Concepts and Applications | 4 |
| PHYS 211 (FN) | Physics I with Calculus | 4 |
| PHYS 211L (FN) | Physics I with Calculus Lab | 1 |
| ENGL 102 (FW) | Introduction to College Writing and Research | 3 |
| CE 286 | Introduction to AutoCAD for Civil Engineers | 2 |
| CE 280 | †Civil Engineering Case Studies | 2 |
| Semester Total | 16 |
Second Year – Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| CHEM 111 (FN) | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 111L (FN) | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 275 | †Multivariable and Vector Calculus | 4 |
| ENGR 210 | Engineering Statics | 3 |
| MATH 360 or MATH 361 | †Engineering Statistics or Probability and Statistics I | 3 3 |
| CMGT 210 | *Construction Surveying and Layout | 2 |
| CMGT 211 | *Construction Surveying and Layout Lab | 1 |
| Semester Total | 17 |
Second Year – Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| CHEM 112 | †General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 112L | General Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 333 | †Differential Equations with Matrix Theory | 4 |
| CE 350 | †Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| FS | Foundations of Social Sciences | 3 |
| UF 200 | Foundations of Ethics and Diversity | 3 |
| Semester Total | 14 |
Admission to Upper Division Requirements
†The following courses must be completed in order to apply for Admission to Upper Division : CE 280, CHEM 112, CE or ME 350, MATH 275, MATH 333, and MATH 360 or MATH 361
Check our website for minimum GPA required in these courses and other requirements to be successfully admitted.
Third Year – Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| CE 320 | *Principles of Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| CE 321 | *Principles of Environmental Engineering Lab | 1 |
| CE 352 | *Structures I | 3 |
| CE 340 | *Engineering Properties of Construction Matierials | 3 |
| CE 341 | *Construction Materials Lab | 1 |
| ENGR 220 | Engineering Dynamics | 3 |
| CE 284 or ENGR 205 | Civil Engineering Computational Methods or Technical Communications for Civil Engineers | 2 1 |
| Semester Total | 17 |
Third Year – Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| CE 370 | **Transportation Engineering Fundamentals | 3 |
| CE 330 | **Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| FC | Foundations of Oral Communication | 3 |
| CE 360 | **Engineering Properties of Soils | 3 |
| CE 361 | **Engineering Properties of Soils Lab | 1 |
| ENGR 240 | Electrical and Electronic Circuits | 3 |
| Semester Total | 16 |
Fourth Year – Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| CE 481 | Senior Design Project I | 1 |
| FA | Foundations of Art | 3 |
| FS | Foundations of Social Sciences | 3 |
| CE-DE | CE Design Elective | 3 |
| CE-TE | CE Technical Elective | 3 |
| SciE | Science Elective | 3-4 |
| Semester Total | 16-17 |
Fourth Year – Spring Semester
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| FH | Foundations of Humanities | 3-4 |
| CE-TE | CE Technical Elective | 3 |
| TechE | Technical Elective | 3 |
| CE 483 (FF) | Senior Design Project II | 3 |
| Semester Total | 12-13 |
*Offered FALL Semester Only
**Offered SPRING Semester Only
University Foundations Requirements
FA: Foundations of Arts
FC: Foundations of Oral Communication FF: Finishing Foundations
FH: Foundations of Humanities
FM: Foundations of Mathematics
FN: Foundations of Natural, Physical, and Applied Sciences FS: Foundations of Social Sciences
FW: Foundations of Writing