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BSCE Requirements

The BSCE spreadsheet (MS Excel file) may be used to work with your advisor.

Click here for the Curriculum laid out in an 8-semester sequence (in PDF format).

Click here for a flowchart of the curriculum (in PDF format).

NOTE: For students working under the 2006-07 or 2007-08 catalogs if one of the following courses does not meet the Diversity Requirement then an additional course will need to be taken.
What is the Diversity Requirement, and how do I meet it?

Course / Area

Credits

ENGL 101, 102 English Composition 6
* Area I
Area I core course in one field
Area I core course in a second field
3
3
* Area II
COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Area II core course in a second field
3
3
Area I-II Depth Elective
Area I core course in a third field AND an elective depth course** chosen from anthropology, communications, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology, which either has an Area II core course as a prerequisite or is upper-division,**
        
- OR -
Area II core course in a third field AND an elective depth course** chosen from art, literature, humanities, music, philosophy, theatre arts, or a foreign language (other than English or the student's native language), which either has an Area I core course as a prerequisite or is upper-division.**
6
Area III requirements are automatically met by specific courses included in the major requirements below.
CE 210, 211 Engineering Surveying + Lab
CE 280 Civil Engineering Case Studies
CE 320, 321 Principles of Environmental Engineering + Lab
CE 341 Engineering Properties of Construction Materials Lab
CE 352 Structures I
CE 360, 361 Engineering Properties of Soils + Lab
CE 370 Transportation Engineering Fundamentals
CE 400 Engineering Practice
CE 450 Reinforced Concrete Design
CE 480 Senior Design Project
3
1
4
1
3
4
3
3
3
4
CHEM 111, 111L General Chemistry I + Lab
CHEM 112, 112L General Chemistry II+ Lab
4
5
ENGL 202 Technical Communication 3

ENGR 120 Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 210 Engineering Statics
ENGR 220 Engineering Dynamics
ENGR 240 Intro to Electric Circuits
ENGR 245 Intro to Material Science & Engineering OR
CE 340 Engineering Properties of Construction Materials
ENGR 320 Thermodynamics I
ENGR 330, 331 Fluid Mechanics + Lab
ENGR 350 Engineering Mechanics of Materials

3
3
3
3
3

3
4
3

MATH 170, 175 Calculus I, Calculus II
MATH 275 Multivariable & Vector Calculus
MATH 333 Differential Equations with Matrix Theory
8
4
4
PHYS 211, 211L Mechanics, Waves, and Heat + Lab
PHYS 212, 212L Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics + Lab
5
5
*Civil Engineering Design Elective 3
*Civil Engineering Technical Elective 3
*Technical Electives 6
Total 128

* All technical, design, and university core electives must be approved by the student’s advisor.
** Civil Engineering students who want to use ART 290 as an in-depth art course must take an art as a core course as a prerequisite for ART 290.

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