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Civil Engineering Major (BSE)


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Civil Engineering Major- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE)

The Civil Engineering curriculum covers five technical areas of Civil Engineering. The areas, and the required course work in each respective area, are:

  • Environmental/Water Resources Engineering — CEE 250, CEE 367, CEE 413, CEE 450.
  • Geotechnical Engineering — CEE 334, CEE 346.
  • Structural and Materials Engineering — CEE 346, CEE 370, CEE 381, CEE 480.
  • Transportation Engineering — CEE 346, CEE 362.
  • Construction Engineering — CEE 340.

See the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering web page at www.unlv.edu/engineering for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. See advising information at the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Advising Center at www.engineering.unlv.edu/advising.  Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plans for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/bse-civil-engineering.

 Accreditation

Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Program - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology www.abet.org

Program Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of the Civil Engineering undergraduate degree program are:

  • Graduates will meet the expectations of employers of civil engineers
  • Qualified graduates will be capable of pursuing advanced study
  • Graduates will pursue leadership positions in their profession and/or communities

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics

  2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors

  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences

  4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

  5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives

  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions

  7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

University Graduation Requirements

Please see Graduation Policies for complete information

Civil Engineering Degree Requirements - Total: 122-134 Credits


General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 27-39 Credits


First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3


 (See note 8 below)

 

English Composition - Credits: 6


Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3


 (see note 2 and note 9 below)

Constitutions - Credits: 4-6


          (see note 2 below)

 

Mathematics - Fulfilled by Pre-Major Requirements


Distribution Requirements - Credits:15


Please see Distribution Requirement  for more information.

(see note 3 below)

Multicultural and International (0-6 credits)


(see note 2 below)

Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required

These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements.  A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. Students are encouraged to use “double dipper” courses with their fine arts and social science requirements. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: https://www.unlv.edu/provost/multicultural-requirements​.

Major Requirements - BS in Civil Engineering - Subtotal: 68 Credits


Other Required Courses (can be taken as Pre-Major or Advanced Standing) - Credits: 14


Advanced Standing - Credits: 54


Total Credits: 122-134


Notes


  1. Must take as a Civil Engineering Pre-Major.
  2. Can be taken as a Civil Engineering Pre-Major or in Advanced Standing.
  3. UNLV requires six credits of humanities, three credits of fine arts and six credits of social science for College of Engineering students. Six of these 15 credits must be taken before the student can achieve Advanced Standing status. Of the remaining 9 credits, CEE 307  must be taken after achieving Advanced Standing. The remaining six credits may be taken either as pre-program or advanced standing.
  4.   may not replace a required course in the curriculum, may not count for more than three elective credits toward the degree, and may not be used for work experience.
  5. Civil engineering elective courses are required in at least two technical areas with a minimum of two courses in one area.   should be taken as one of the technical electives if a student elects the structural technical area.
  6. Three credits of Cooperative Training (  ,   , and   may be used in place of one three-credit civil engineering elective. No more than one of these credits may be  .
  7. To earn required credits for graduation, transfer students lacking laboratory credit for any CEE laboratory course (  ,  ,   or  ), must, for each lab course in which they lack credit, register simultaneously for both the corresponding zero-credit laboratory course and for a one-credit   independent study course.
  8. EGG 101  in combination with EGG 202 , preferred for First-Year Seminar.
  9.    will simultaneously satisfy both a humanities requirement and the Second Year Seminar requirement for students obtaining a degree from the College of Engineering that requires more than 120 credits.

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