BSCE Requirements
NOTE: 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?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).
Starting in the Fall of 2010 there was a change in the Senior Design course.
CE 480 was replaced by the combination of CE 481 in the fall and CE 483 in the spring as shown below
| 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 Area I core course in any field |
3 3 3 |
| * Area II | |
| COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication Area II core course in a second field Area II core course in any field |
3 3 3 |
| 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 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 481 Senior Design Project I CE 483 Senior Design Project II |
3 2 4 1 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 |
| CHEM 111, 111L General Chemistry I + Lab CHEM 112, 112L General Chemistry II+ Lab |
4 4 |
| CMGT 240 Introduction to the Management of Construction | 3 |
| 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 |
| *Science Elective | 3 – 4 |
| *Technical Elective | 3 |
| Total | 131-132 |
* All technical, science, design, and university core electives must be approved by the student’s advisor.