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Undergraduate Degree Program in Civil Engineering, BSCE
Lower-division courses in civil engineering consist of a common core of basic courses in science, mathematics, and engineering required of most students within the College of Engineering. Civil engineering courses at the junior level introduce the subject matter of the civil engineering sub-disciplines, while the senior level courses add depth in elective areas. Design procedures are introduced in the first and second year of the program, are intensified in the third year required courses, and culminate in significant design experiences in technical elective courses in the fourth year. Transfer students must show a similar, progressive-design experience beginning at least with their junior level courses.

BSCE Curriculum Requirements
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Required course work includes the university requirements. See the General Requirements section of the UI Catalog (Regulation J-3).

  • CE 115 Introduction to Civil Engineering (2 cr)
  • CE 211 Engineering Measurements (3 cr)
  • CE 215 Civil Engineering Analysis and Design (2 cr)
  • CE 322 Hydraulics (3 cr)
  • CE 323 Hydraulics Laboratory (1 cr)
  • CE 325 Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering (3 cr)
  • CE 330 Intro to Envir Engineering (3 cr)
  • CE 342 Theory of Structures (3 cr)
  • CE 357 Properties of Construction Materials (3 cr)
  • CE 360 Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (4 cr)
  • CE 372 Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering (4 cr)
  • CE 431 Design of Water & Wastewater Systems I (3 cr)
  • CE 441 Reinforced Concrete Design or CE 444 Steel Design (3 cr)
  • CE 491 Senior Seminar (1 cr)
  • CE 493/4 Senior Design Project I & II (4 cr)
  • CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr)
  • ENGR 105 Engineering Graphics (2 cr)
  • ENGR 210 Engineering Statics (3 cr)
  • ENGR 220 Engineering Dynamics (3 cr)
  • ENGR 240 Intro to Electrical Circuits (3 cr)
  • ENGR 320 Therm & Heat Transfer (3 cr)
  • ENGR 335 Fluid Mechanics (3 cr)
  • ENGR 350 Mechanics of Materials (3 cr)
  • ENGR 360 Engineering Economy (2 cr)
  • ENGL 317 Technical Writing (3 cr)

    Two of the following (8-10 cr):
  • BIOL 112 Biological Principles
  • CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry II
  • CHEM 302/303 Principles of Physical Chemistry & Lab
  • GEOL 111/111L Physical Geology for Science Majors & Lab
  • MMBB 250 General Microbiology

  • MATH 170, 175, 275 Analytic Geometry & Calculus (11 cr)
  • MATH 310 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 cr)
  • PHYS 211 Engineering Physics I (3 cr)
  • STAT 301 Probability & Statistics (3 cr)

  • Humanities and social science electives, including AMST 301 or PHIL 103 and ECON 201 or 202 or 272 (14 cr)

  • Humanities/social science free elective (3 cr)

  • Technical electives (including at least 9 cr from CE 421, 422, 432, 441/444, 460, 473, 474, 475) (12 cr)

To ensure sufficient breadth, the technical electives must include at least 9 cr from CE 421, 422, 431, 432, 441/444, 460, 473, 474, 475. The technical electives taken for breadth must be in at least two disciplines (42x, 43x, 44x, 46x or 47x).

To graduate in this program, a minimum grade of C must be earned in all engineering, mathematics and science courses used to satisfy the curriculum.

Any student majoring in civil engineering may accumulate no more than 14 credits of D or F in UI mathematics, science or engineering courses that are used to satisfy graduation requirements. Included in this number are multiple repeats of a single class or single repeats in multiple classes and courses transferred from other institutions. A warning will be issued in writing to students who have accumulated 7 credits of D or F in UI mathematics, science or engineering classes used to satisfy curricular requirements.



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