Bachelor of Science CIVIL ENGINEERING
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department of civil and environmental engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering produces graduates who can design and maintain sustainable built and natural environments in society. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers two closely- related undergraduate programs: the B.S. Civil Engineering and the B.S. Environmental Engineering. Civil engineers focus more on the built environment (buildings, roads, bridges, tunnels, reservoirs and water treatment facilities). Nationally, there are more Civil Engineers currently employed than in any other engineering profession. program scope degree 100% 100% 20% a Civil Engineering of graduates were of civil engineering majors 2014-24 projected Bachelor’s either employed or passed the Fundamentals job market in graduate school of Engineering pre-licensing growth§ a Civil and Environmental (2015-16)* exam (national average Engineering + is 69%) Master’s and PhD
emphasis areas student organizations + Structural Engineering • American Society of Civil Engineers + Geotechnical Engineering • Association of General Contractors + Water Resources Engineering + Engineering Surveying sample coursework + Construction Engineering
Design of Steel Surveying for Engineers Foundation combined degree program Structures and Infrastructure Design Engineering l Students can earn a Master Design of Reinforced Water & Wastewater Hydrology and Water of Science in as little as one Concrete Structures Treatment Processes Resources Engineering additional year of study when they begin work Introduction to Civil Engineering Intro to Civil during their bachelor’s Construction Engineering Materials Infrastructure studies.
*Information is from the 2015-16 Mines Career Center Outcomes Survey; +NCEES - Spring 2017; §BLS.gov CIVIL ENGINEERING CAREERS
Civil Engineering is incredibly broad and diverse; there are more licensed civil engineers than in any other field of engineering. Some alumni enjoy careers as traditional civil engineers― generalists that design the site topography, drainage and landscape. Others specialize in one of the areas highlighted below, or in other areas of civil engineering such as transportation or coastal engineering. The curriculum permits students to engage with the six fields detailed below and ultimately pursue a career that is perfectly aligned to their passion and skillset.
Seniors can earn course credit by participating in the ASCE Concrete Canoe competition (pictured), the ASCE Steel Bridge competition, and a number of other challenging and fulfilling engineering design projects.
structural engineering water resources geotechnical engineering
Structural engineers analyze and Water resource engineers assess Geotechnical engineers are design buildings, bridges, towers, water supply in lakes, rivers, streams responsible for using experimental tunnels and more. They identify and underground in order to provide and computational methods to assess loads on a structure and then design for human use while minimizing the complex nature of soils and rocks steel, concrete, timber or masonry impact to ecological systems. In this that underlie a construction site. structures that can safely resist career track, engineers design water They are responsible for the overall those loads. They also maintain and infrastructure such as dams, foundation design of structures rehabilitate existing levees and canals. like buildings, bridges, infrastructure. tunnels and more.
engineering surveying environmental engineering construction engineering Land surveying makes use of Environmental engineers balance Construction engineers possess the electronic distance measurement human needs ― such as clean skills to bring digital designs into technology and GPS to establish the drinking water and energy the physical world. Construction boundaries of a site and trace linear production ― with environmental engineers master scheduling, infrastructure routes such as roads and ecological stewardship. These management and logistics to and railways. All civil majors at Mines engineers are experts in air, water complete projects on time and learn how to survey in the field, and and soil, and protect these under budget. They are experts in then apply that knowledge resources from the navigating the fast-paced in the digital domain. effects of industry. and unpredictable world of construction projects.
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