Civil Engineering

Program Overview

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Program Overview & Highlights

• Honours 4-year program
• Co-op Available
• BASc

Our civil engineering degree provides a solid background in the three main areas where civil engineers work: structural design, water infrastructure, and transportation systems. Students have access to modern high-tech civil areas, that include smart buildings, transportation engineering, modern construction techniques like 3D printing and modular techniques.

80+ Research Labs and Centres

21+ Engineering Student Clubs

Learn More About Our Program

450+

Engineering students co-op placements in Canada and worldwide

$2.18M

In undergraduate scholarships offered yearly

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Chemistry/SCH4U, Physics/SPH4U. English/ENG4U
• Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
• Minimum Average: 74% (74% average of all required science and math courses except Biology/SBI4U)
• Mean Average: 86%

Career Tracks

• Structural Engineer
• Geotechnical Engineer
• Transportation Engineer
• Civil Engineer
• Quality Assurance Supervisor
• Operations Director

Related Programs

• Engineering Technology
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

If you did not take Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) in high school, please identify yourself to the WINONE Office for First-Year Engineering by sending an email to . After review, you will likely be enrolled in alternate math courses.

Required Course Notes

• Students entering all four-year undergraduate engineering programs will be automatically enrolled for the following five required courses:
  • GENG 1101
  • GENG 1102
  • MATH 1270
  • MATH 1720
  • PHYS 1400

Required Courses

GENG 1101: Engineering I

Overview of the engineering profession: fields, career development, sustainability, health and safety, relation to society, business and entrepreneurship, ethics, equity, and Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation process. Academic integrity, strategies for university success, academic regulations, engineering-related extracurricular activities. Effective oral and written technical communication: informative and persuasive presentations; resumes and job search communications; technical writing and formatting; information gathering and analysis; research documentation and referencing; the use of visual tools such as graphs, figures, and tables; e-portfolios; and technical reports. (Open only to Engineering students.) (3 lecture hours and 1.5 tutorial hours weekly)

GENG 1102: Engineering Graphics

Visualization techniques, graphical communication using sketching, descriptive geometry, and computer- aided design (CAD) for orthographic projection, pictorial drawings, dimensioning, section views, and auxiliary views. Reading engineering drawings. Engineering graphics e-portfolio and CAD project to develop visualization skills and task completion skills. (Open only to Engineering students.) (4.5 hours weekly.)

MATH 1270: Linear Algebra (Engineering)

This course will cover linear systems, linear transformations, matrix algebra, determinants, vectors in Rn, dot product, orthogonalization, diagonalization, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, in the context of and with an emphasis on a broad range of applications in Science and Engineering. (Prerequisite: MATH-1280 or both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U)) (Antirequisite: MATH-1250, or MATH-1260.) (3 lectures hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

First semester in a four-semester sequence in calculus-based introductory physics with an emphasis on mechanics. (Prerequisites: Grade 12“U” Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus or equivalent. Recommended co-requisite: MATH-1720.) (3 lecture hours per week, 3 laboratory hours per week.) Open to students in Engineering, Human Kinetics, Forensic Science, Bachelor of Arts and Science, and all programs within in the Faculty of Science; exceptions only with the permission of the Head or designate. (Antirequisites: PHYS-1300, PHYS-1305.)