Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Civil Engineering Major, B.S.C.E. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Civil Engineering Major, B.S.C.E.

Civil engineers design and build the infrastructure around us, including bridges, buildings, roads and dams. They protect public health by producing and distributing safe drinking water to our homes and treating and disposing of the wastes we generate. As an engineering student with a civil emphasis, you will take courses that cover the full spectrum of subfields in civil engineering, including structural, water resources, environmental, construction materials, transportation and surveying, construction estimating and management, and geotechnical. These courses will give you an opportunity for significant breadth and depth in the field. You will become an expert problem solver uniquely qualified to solve complex problems in these areas. USI’s civil engineering faculty all hold both a PhD and a professional engineering license (P.E.) in a civil engineering specialty. As a result, you will experience an applied perspective in the classroom with a focus on innovative real-world design problems. Many of USI’s elective courses include laboratory components that complement coursework with “hands-on” activities. Using well-equipped laboratory facilities, you will produce drinking water from Ohio River water and conduct the same soil and material tests that practicing civil engineers routinely conduct.

The bachelor of science in engineering (BSE) is an ABET accredited degree. Upon graduation, you will have completed the first step toward becoming a licensed professional engineer. Passing the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam is the next step toward licensure. USI’s graduates with a civil emphasis routinely exceed the national average passing rate for this exam and are highly sought after in the job market. You will be qualified for a diverse array of civil engineering career paths, including opportunities in the private sector as a consulting engineer and in the public sector as a government employee.

Curriculum for Civil Engineering (127 credits)

Courses found in Core 39 (27 credits)

Foundations

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking

USI Core 39: Foundations-Communication


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ENG 101 - Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self

USI Core 39: Foundations-Rhetoric and Composition I


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ENG 201 - Rhetoric and Composition II: Literacy and the World

USI Core 39: Foundations-Rhetoric and Composition II


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
MATH 230 - Calculus I

USI Core 39: Foundations-Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 4
KIN 192 - Concepts in Wellness and Fitness

USI Core 39: Foundations-Physical Activity and Wellness


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience

USI Core 39: Foundations-First Year Experience


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 1

Ways of Knowing

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ENGR 305 - Engineering Statistics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
  • Two courses (6 credit hours) must be selected from two of the following categories: Creative and Aesthetic Expression, Historical Inquiry, World Languages and Culture, or Social Inquiry. One of the courses or the World Languages and Culture (BS) elective must satisfy the Core 39 Embedded Experience-Global requirement.
  • Required Science Courses (14 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CHEM 261 - General Chemistry I

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 4
    PHYS 205 - Intermediate Physics I

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 5
    PHYS 205L - Intermediate Physics I Laboratory
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 0
    PHYS 206 - Intermediate Physics II

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 5
    PHYS 206L - Intermediate Physics II Laboratory
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 0

    Economics Elective (3 credits)

    Select one of the following:

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    ECON 208 - Principles of Microeconomics

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    OR

    ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    USI Core 39: Social Science-BS


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Other Required Math Courses (11 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    MATH 235 - Calculus II
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 4
    MATH 335 - Calculus III
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 4
    MATH 366 - Differential Equations
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Required Science Elective (4 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    GEOL 151 - Geology of America’s National Parks

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 4
    GEOL 161 - Introduction to Geology

    USI Core 39: Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 4
    GEOL 465 - Introduction to GIS
    Term(s) Offered: On demand
    Credits: 3

    NOTE: If a student takes GEOL 465 to satisfy this elective, an additional credit hour must be taken from ENGR299, ENGR499, or an approved software elective.

    Required Engineering Courses (33 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    ENGR 107 - Fundamentals of Engineering
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 108 - Systems Engineering and Freshman Design
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 2
    ENGR 121 - Drafting & Annotation
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1
    ENGR 235 - Statics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 275 - Dynamics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 291 - Experimental Design and Technical Writing

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 2
    ENGR 305 - Engineering Statistics

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 335 - Engineering Economics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 355 - Strength of Materials
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 4
    ENGR 375 - Fluid Mechanics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 417 - Project Management
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 491 - Senior Design

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3

    Required Civil Engineering Courses (15 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CE 301 - Construction Estimating
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 2
    CE 324 - Construction Materials
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 2
    CE 361 - Structural Analysis
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CE 381 - Soil Mechanics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CE 451 - Water Resources and Hydrologic Design
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 4
    CE 471 - Civil Engineering Design and Planning
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1

    Engineering Electives (6 credits)

    Six hours of engineering electives are required.  Select from the following courses:

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    ENGR 265 - Energy Systems and Sustainable Design
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 299 - Co-op Experience
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1
    ENGR 482 - Engineering Organization and Management
    Term(s) Offered: Summer
    Credits: 3
    ENGR 499 - Independent Study/Research
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1-3
    ME 225 - Thermodynamics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    ME 364 - Materials Science
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    ECE 255 - Electric Circuits
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 4

    Civil Engineering Electives (12 credits)

    Select four courses from the following list:

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CE 221 - Surveying
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CE 323 - Transportation Engineering
    Term(s) Offered: Spring (odd-numbered years)
    Credits: 3
    CE 441 - Environmental Engineering
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CE 461 - Reinforced Concrete Design
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CE 462 - Steel Design
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CE 481 - Geotechnical Engineering Design
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3

    Software Electives (2 credits)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed

    Select two courses from the following list:

    ME 121 - Solid Modeling
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1
    ENGR 237 - Survey of Computational Methods in Engineering
    Term(s) Offered: Summer
    Credits: 1
    ECE 217 - Fundamentals of Computer Programming
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 1
    ENGR 127 - Problem Solving with Mathematica
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 1
    Notes: