Program Overview

Curriculum and General Course Information

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Curriculum Requirements

Curriculum requirements are based on the students' catalog term. A student can identify their catalog term either through myPurdue or myPurduePlan.

Course Details

The following curriculum maps are for general use in exploring majors. Students should refer to specific department webpages and advisors for detailed information and course planning.

• Course prerequisite chain
  • Immediate prerequisite(s) (or concurrent registration allowed if listed in the same semester)
  • Concurrent registration required
  • Postrequisite course sequence

Course Schedule

Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior
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Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring

• Intro-1 (2-4)
• Intro to Engineering Calculus-1 (4-5)
• Calculus I Chemistry (4-6)
• Chemistry Communication-1 (3-4)
• Written Communication | - Intro-2 (2-4)
• Intro to Engineering II Calculus-2 (4-5)
• Calculus II Physics (4)
• Physics ENGR/Selective (3-4)
• First-Year Engineering Selective Communication-2 (3-4)
• Oral Communication | - MA26100 (4)
  • Multivariate Calculus
    Credit Hours: 4.00. Planes, lines, and curves in three dimensions. Differential calculus of several variables; multiple integrals. Introduction to vector calculus. Not open to students with credit in MA 27100.
• PHYS24100 (3)
  • Electricity Optics
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter. Electromagnetic waves, geometrical and physical optics.
• CE29700 (3)
  • Basic Mech I Statics
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Statics of particles. Rigid bodies: equivalent systems of forces, equilibrium. Centroids and centers of gravity. Static analysis of trusses, frames, and machines. Friction. Area moments of inertia.
• CE20300 (4)
  • Princ & Pract Geomtics
    Credit Hours: 4.00. This course provides a broad overview of geomatics engineering including fundamental principles required for practical geomatics applications.
• CM16400 (2)
  • Graphics For Civ Engr & Const
    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course introduces the fundamentals of construction engineering graphics and computer-aided documentation, focusing on their application in civil engineering and construction-related professions.
• CE29202 (2)
  • Contemporary Issues In CE
    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course provides a forum on issues in the civil engineering profession in a contemporary context.

Junior and Senior Courses

• MA26500 (3)
  • Linear Algebra
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to linear algebra. Systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of matrices, applications.
• CE21101 (3)
  • Thermal & Energy Sciences
    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course includes applications of thermal science and energy fundamentals to civil engineering topics.
• CE27000 (4)
  • Intro Strctrl Mchncs
    Credit Hours: 4.00. Loads; structural forms; analysis of axially loaded members, flexural members, torsional members; combined loading conditions; buckling.
• CE 29800 (3)
  • Basic Mech II Dynamics
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Kinematics of particles. Kinetics of particles and systems of particles. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Mass moments of inertia. Kinetics of rigid bodies. Mechanical vibrations.
• GE (3)
  • General Education
• MA26600 (3)
  • Ordinary Differ Equatn
    Credit Hours: 3.00. First order equations, second and n'th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations.
• CE33500 (4)
  • Civil Engineering Materials
    Credit Hours: 4.00. An introduction to the relationships between fundamental structure of materials and their properties presented through a combination of materials science and engineering approaches.
• CE34000 (3)
  • Hydraulics
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Fluid properties; hydrostatics; kinematics and dynamics of fluid flows; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; flows in pipes and open channels.
• CE34300 (1)
  • Elem Hydraulics Lab
    Credit Hours: 1.00. The laboratory covers basic concepts in analysis of experimental data and methods in hydraulic measurements.
• TE (3)
  • Technical Elective
• GE (3)
  • General Education
• STAT 51100 (3)
  • Statistical Methods
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; sampling distributions; inference, testing hypotheses, and estimation; normal, binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric distributions; one-way analysis of variance; contingency tables; regression.
• CE39800 (3)
  • Intro CE Systems Dsgn
    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to engineering economy and systems analysis.
• CE39201 (2)
  • Technical Communication In CE
    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will build upon the technical communication components of CE 29202, adding instruction in oral communication, projects, and working in teams.
• TE (3)
  • Technical Elective
• Elective/Science (3)
  • Basic Science Selective
• TE (3)
  • Technical Elective
• GE (3)
  • General Education
• CE49800 (3)
  • C E Design Project
    Credit Hours: 3.00. Planning, design, and analysis of a civil project; an integrated and realistic group project involves as much as possible all major aspects of the civil engineering profession.

Credits

13-19 credits | 16-21 credits | 18 credits | 16 credits | 17 credits | 17 credits | 18 credits | 15 credits