Program Overview
Civil Infrastructure Engineering Program
The Civil Infrastructure Engineering Program is designed to graduate civil engineers responsible for the life-cycle of the system they create, with the ability to optimize the total system performance of large-scale public works projects. This includes considering social and environmental impacts, as well as addressing critical issues of infrastructure behavior, deterioration science, and structural rehabilitation.
Program Description
Civil engineering today is concerned with the deterioration of the nation's roads, bridges, water and power distribution systems, storm and sanitary sewers, and other public infrastructure. The program aims to provide a thorough foundation in the basic tenets of civil engineering and technologies, with three fields of specialization: Transportation Engineering, Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, and Water Engineering.
Career Prospects
Graduates of this program have a variety of opportunities to work in government authorities, consulting firms, civil engineering contractors, water and sanitation utility companies, environmental engineering organizations, and coastal engineering. They can also work in fields related to surveying engineering, sanitary environment, transportation engineering, and water-related engineering projects.
Program Objectives
In addition to the competences for all Engineering Programs, the Civil Infrastructure Engineering Program graduate must be able to:
- Select appropriate and sustainable technologies for construction of buildings, infrastructures, and water structures
- Achieve an optimum design of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures, Foundations, and Earth Retaining Structures
- Plan and manage construction processes, addressing construction defects, instability, and quality issues, and maintaining safety measures
- Deal with biddings, contracts, and financial issues, including project insurance and guarantees, and assess environmental impacts of civil engineering projects
- Use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems
Concentrations
The program offers three concentrations:
- Transportation Engineering: concerned with moving people and goods efficiently, safely, and in a manner conducive to a vibrant community
- Geomatics and Environmental Engineering: involves surveying, remote sensing, water and wastewater networks, and treatment facilities, as well as environmental pollution and solid waste management
- Water Engineering: concerned with the collection and management of water, including prediction and management of water quality and quantity, and design of pipelines, water supply networks, and drainage facilities
Courses
The program requires the completion of a set of courses, including:
- University Requirements Courses
- Faculty Requirements Courses
- Program Core Courses, such as:
- Structural Mechanics
- Strength of Materials
- Structural Analysis
- Concrete Structures Design
- Steel Structures Design
- Surveying
- Fluid Mechanics
- Hydraulics
- Irrigation and Drainage
- Principles of Water Resources Engineering
- Concentration Elective Courses, such as:
- Transportation Engineering
- Geomatics and Environmental Engineering
- Water Engineering
Program Study Plan
The program study plan is designed to be completed in 10 semesters, with a total of 170 credits. The plan includes a combination of core courses, concentration elective courses, and university requirements courses.
Program Requirements
To graduate from the program, students must complete all required courses, with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0. They must also complete a graduation project and a senior seminar.