Program Overview

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering is an accredited and widely regarded degree program that is currently ranked #10 by the U.S. News & World Report.

Curriculum

By the end of the sophomore year, a Civil Engineering major is expected to have completed the Restricted Technical Electives found in the undergraduate course catalog and 12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World.

First Year

Fall

• 12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World | 12 units
• 21-120 Differential and Integral Calculus | 10 units
• 33-141 Physics I for Engineering Students | 12 units
• 99-10x Core@CMU | 3 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units Total | 46 units

Spring

• xx-xxx Introduction to Engineering (other than CEE) | 12 units
• 21-122 Integration and Approximation | 10 units
• 33-142 Physics II for Engineering and Physics Students | 12 units
• 09-101 Introduction to Experimental Chemistry | 3 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units Total | 46 units

Sophomore Year

Fall

• 12-200 CEE Challenges: Design in a Changing World | 9 units
• 12-212 Statics | 9 units
• 12-233 CEE Infrastructure Systems in Action | 2 units
• 21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions or 21-254 Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers | 9 units
• 15-110 Principles of Computing | 10 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units
• 39-210 Experiential Learning I | 0 units Total | 48 units

Spring

• 12-231 Solid Mechanics | 9 units
• 12-234 Sensing and Data Acquisition for Engineering Systems | 4 units
• 12-271 Computation and Data Science for Civil & Environmental Engineering | 9 units
• 21-260 Differential Equations | 9 units
• 09-111 Nanolegos: Chemical Building Blocks or 09-105 Introduction to Modern Chemistry I | 9 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units
• 39-220 Experiential Learning II | 0 units Total | 49 units

Junior Year

Fall

• 12-301 CEE Projects: Integrating the Built, Natural and Information Environments | 9 units
• 12-351 Environmental Engineering | 9 units
• 12-355 Fluid Mechanics | 9 units
• 12-356 Fluid Mechanics Lab | 2 units
• 36-220 Engineering Statistics and Quality Control | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 1 | 9 units
• 39-310 Experiential Learning III | 0 units Total | 47 units

Spring

• 12-335 Soil Mechanics | 9 units
• 27-357 Introduction to Materials Selection | 6 units
• 12-371 Advanced Computing and Problem Solving in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 9 units
• 12-333 Experimental & Sensing Systems Design and Computation for Infrastructure Systems | 4 units
• xx-xxx Elective 2 | 9 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units Total | 46 units

Senior Year

Fall

• 12-401 CEE Design: Imagine, Build, Test | 12 units
• 12-411 Project Management for Engineering and Construction | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 3 | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 4 | 9 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units Total | 48 units

Spring

• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units
• xx-xxx General Education Course | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 5 | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 6 | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 7 | 9 units
• xx-xxx Elective 8 | 9 units Total | 54 units