Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) program at Virginia Tech is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in civil engineering, preparing them for a wide range of career opportunities in the field.

Program Curriculum

The BSCE program requires a minimum of 128 semester credit hours, with a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 and a minimum in-major GPA of 2.0. The program curriculum includes:

• Degree Core Requirements:
  • CEE 2834: Civil Engineering Drawings and Virtual Modeling (3 credits)
  • CEE 2814: Geomatics (4 credits)
  • CEE 3814: Analytical Tools in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
  • Select two CEE Fundamental Electives (with Lab) (8 credits)
  • Select four CEE Fundamental Electives (12 credits)
• Major Requirements:
  • CHEM 1045: General Chemistry Laboratory (1 credit)
  • ESM 2104: Statics (3 credits)
  • ESM 2204: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (3 credits)
  • GEOS 2104: Elements of Geology (3 credits)
  • ISE 2014: Engineering Economy (2 credits)
  • MATH 2114: Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 credits)
  • MATH 2204: Introduction to Multivariable Calculus (3 credits)
  • MATH 2214: Introduction to Differential Equations (3 credits)
  • Select three CEE Advanced Electives (9 credits)
  • Select one CEE Advanced Elective (Design Project) (3 credits)
• Career Bridge Experience:
  • ENGE 3900: Bridge Experience (0 credits)
• Technical and Restricted Electives:
  • Select appropriate electives from the two lists shown (12 credits)
• Pathways to General Education:
  • Pathways courses can double count with any major requirements or elective requirements

CEE Electives

The CEE department requires 12 credits of Fundamental Electives, 8 credits of Fundamental Electives with lab, 9 credits of Advanced Electives, 3 additional credits of Advanced Electives (Design Project), and 12 credits of Technical and Restricted Electives.

Fundamental and Advanced Electives (32 credits)

Fundamental and Advanced Electives provide adequate breadth across the discipline and depth of knowledge in specialty areas of interest.

• Complete Fundamental courses in 6 of the 8 specialty areas, at least two of which must have a lab (20 credits)
• Complete one Advanced course in 3 of the 6 specialty areas in which Fundamental courses were selected (9 credits)
• Complete one additional Advanced course in a specialty area in which an Advanced course was selected (3 credits)
• Complete at least one Design Project course

Technical and Restricted Electives (12 credits)

A minimum of 6 credits of CEE-designated Technical Electives must be taken from the list of “Fundamental, Advanced, and Interdisciplinary Technical Electives."

Roadmap

The plan of study grid outlines the recommended course sequence for the BSCE program.

Satisfactory Progress Towards Degree

University Policy 6305 outlines university-wide minimum criteria to determine if students are making satisfactory progress towards the completion of their degrees.

Graduation Requirements

Each student must complete at least 128 semester credit hours with a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 and a minimum in-major GPA of 2.0.

Acceptable Substitutions

The following substitutions are acceptable:

• MATH 2405H Mathematics in a Computational Context may be substituted for MATH 2114 Introduction to Linear Algebra
• MATH 2405H Mathematics in a Computational Context + MATH 2406H Mathematics in a Computational Context may be substituted for MATH 2114 Introduction to Linear Algebra and MATH 2204 Introduction to Multivariable Calculus and MATH 2214 Introduction to Differential Equations
• ESM 2114 Statics & Structures or AOE 2014 Statics and Mechanics of Materials may be substituted for ESM 2104 Statics
• ME 3024 Engineering Design and Economics may be substituted for ISE 2014 Engineering Economy
• ESM 2114 Statics & Structures + AOE 2024 Thin-Walled Structures may be substituted for ESM 2104 Statics and ESM 2204 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
• AOE 2014 Statics and Mechanics of Materials + AOE 2024 Thin-Walled Structures may be substituted for ESM 2104 Statics and ESM 2204 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

Foreign Language Requirements

Students must have had 2 years of a foreign language in high school or one year at the college level (6 credit hours) of the same language. College-level credits used to meet this requirement do not count towards the degree.