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Civil Engineering Major (BSE)

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 404*, CEE 406, CEE 407, CEE 451, CEE 452*, CEE 454, CEE 455*.
  • Geotechnical Engineering — CEE 410, CEE 432, CEE 434, CEE 435*, CEE 436.
  • Structural and Materials Engineering — CEE 410, CEE 444*, CEE 476, CEE 477*, CEE 478, CEE 482*.
  • Transportation Engineering — CEE 410, CEE 461, CEE 462, CEE 463, CEE 464, CEE 466*, CEE 467, CEE 470, CEE 471.
  • Construction Engineering — CEE 409, CEE 433, CEE 472, CEE 473, CEE 481.

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:

  • Serve in leadership positions and multidisciplinary teams that create a climate of innovation to address evolving engineering challenges.
  • Continue life-long learning for professional growth leading to certifications, professional licenses, and advanced academic degrees.
  • Develop engineering solutions to improve quality of life and enhance economic development of 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 9 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.

Civil Engineering Curriculum Pre-Major Courses - Credits: 27

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.
  10. CEE 370  , CEE 498  are milestone courses for Civil Engineering B.S.