B.S. in Civil Engineering Curriculum

 

FRESHMAN YEAR

   Units

1st Quarter

 

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A -- Chemical Structure

4

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 -- Introduction to Civil Engineering

2

 

English Composition 3 -- English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

5

 

Mathematics 31A -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry

4

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L -- Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory

7

 

Mathematics 31B -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry

4

 

Physics 1A -- Mechanics

5

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

Mathematics 32A -- Calculus of Several Variables

4

 

Physics 1B -- Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields

5

 

Physics 4AL -- Mechanics Laboratory

2

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

 

1st Quarter

 

 

Materials Science and Engineering 14 -- Science of Engineering Materials

4

 

Mathematics 32B -- Calculus of Several Variables

4

 

Physics 1C -- Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity

5

 

Physics 4BL -- Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory

2

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 15 -- Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers

4

 

Mathematics 33A -- Linear Algebra and Applications

4

 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102 -- Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies

4

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 108 -- Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids

4

 

Mathematics 33B -- Infinite Series and Differential Equations

4

 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 103 -- Elementary Fluid Mechanics

4

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4

 

JUNIOR YEAR

 

 

1st Quarter

 

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 120 -- Principles of Soil Mechanics

4

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 135A -- Elementary Structural Analysis

4

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 153 -- Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science

4

 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M105A -- Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics

4

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 121 -- Design of Foundations and Earth Structures

4

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 130 -- Elementary Structural Mechanics

4

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 151 -- Introduction to Water Resources Engineering

4

 

Electrical Engineering 100 -- Electrical and Electronic Circuits

4

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

Electrical Engineering 103 -- Applied Numerical Computing

4

 

Engineering Mathematics Elective

4

 

Major Field Electives (2)†

8

 

SENIOR YEAR

 

 

1st Quarter

 

 

HSSEAS GE Electives (2)*

8

 

Major Field Electives (2)†

8

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4

 

Major Field Electives (2)†

8

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4

 

Major Field Electives (2)†

8

 

TOTAL

181

 

*See page 22 for details.

†At least one major field elective must include a major design project (selected from Civil and Environmental Engineering 135L, 144, 147, 157A, 157B, 157C), and at least 8 units of laboratory are required.