Civil Engineering Degree
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
Requirements (48 units)
Core courses (26 units)1
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| 4 mathematics courses | |
| 4 units of basic science: 2 | |
| General Physics | |
| Fundamentals of Chemistry I | |
or CHEM 151-0 | General Chemistry I |
or CHEM 171-0 | Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry |
1 unit in biological sciences, or | |
| Earth in the Anthropocene | |
or EARTH 214-0 | Physical Earth Science |
or EARTH 215-0 | Physics of the Earth's Interior |
1 additional unit in biological sciences (200-level or higher), chemistry, or physics, or | |
| EARTH 214-0 | Physical Earth Science |
| or EARTH 215-0 | Physics of the Earth's Interior |
| or CIV_ENV 203-0 | Earth in the Anthropocene |
1 unit of unrestricted electives is from Chemistry lab, PHYSICS 136-2, and CIV_ENV 301-1 | |
| 3 engineering foundations courses | |
| 3 design, communications, and innovation courses | |
| 7 social sciences/humanities courses | |
| 5 unrestricted electives | |
Major Program (22 units)3
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| 8 civil engineering foundations courses | |
| CIV_ENV 202-0 | Biological and Ecological Principles |
| or CIV_ENV 220-0 | Structural Art |
| CIV_ENV 216-0 | Mechanics of Materials I |
| CIV_ENV 304-0 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis |
| GEN_ENG 211-0 | Engineering Physics - Statics |
| GEN_ENG 212-0 | Engineering Physics - Dynamics |
| GEN_ENG 251-0 | Applied Ordinary Differential Equations |
| MECH_ENG 222-0 | Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics - I |
| or BMD_ENG 250-0 | Thermodynamics |
| or CHEM_ENG 211-0 | Thermodynamics |
| MECH_ENG 241-0 | Fluid Mechanics I |
| 4 civil engineering breadth courses | |
| CIV_ENV 221-0 | Theory of Structures I |
| CIV_ENV 250-0 | Earth Surface Engineering |
| CIV_ENV 260-0 | Environmental Systems and Processes |
| CIV_ENV 371-0 | Introduction to Transportation Planning and Analysis |
| or CIV_ENV 376-0 | Transportation System Operations |
| 4 courses chosen from the focus areas below 4,5 | |
Architectural Engineering & Design | |
Environmental | |
Geotechnics | |
Management | |
Structures | |
Transportation | |
| 3 design courses (2 capstone design courses are 0.5 units each) | |
| CIV_ENV 201-0 | Cornerstone Design |
| CIV_ENV 382-1 & CIV_ENV 382-2 | Capstone Design I and Capstone Design II |
| 4 technical elective courses 6 | |
300 level or higher in mathematics, science, engineering, or another area supporting the area of specialization | |
| 1 professional development course (0.34 units) 7 | |
| CIV_ENV 301-1 | Cornerstone Design Lab |
- 1
See general requirements for details.
- 2
PHYSICS 125-2 General Physics for ISP or PHYSICS 140-2 Fundamentals of Physics may be substituted for PHYSICS 135-2 General Physics. Associated lab is PHYSICS 126-2 Physics for ISP Laboratory or PHYSICS 136-2 General Physics Laboratory.
- 3
At least 17 out of the 22 units in the major program must be CIV_ENV courses with 100% engineering topic; GEN_ENG 220-1 Analy/Comp Graph and GEN_ENG 220-2 Analy/Comp Graph II are the only courses with P/N grading approved for the major program .
- 4
Must select from an approved list available in Undergraduate CIV_ENV Handbook; must choose at least 2 design courses3 from 2 focus areas.
- 5
Design is defined as courses taught by licensed Professional Engineer or equivalent as defined by ABET and use appropriate codes and/or standards.
- 6
GEN_ENG 220-1 Analy/Comp Graph and GEN_ENG 220-2 Analy/Comp Graph II may count toward this requirement; only 1 unit of CIV_ENV 399-0 Projects may be counted; no 399 from another department is accepted. Choose from an approved list available in Undergraduate CIV_ENV Handbook.
- 7
0.34 units may count towards unrestricted electives.