2014-2015 B.S. in Civil Engineering Curriculum

 

FRESHMAN YEAR

Units

1st Quarter

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A — Chemical Structure

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 — Civil Engineering and Infrastructure

2

English Composition 3 — English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

5

Mathematics 31A — Differential and Integral Calculus

4

2nd Quarter

 

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

7

Mathematics 31B — Integration and Infinite Series

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*

5

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 101 — Statics and Dynamics

4

Mathematics 32B — Calculus of Several Variables

4

Physics 1C — Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity

5

HSSEAS Ethics Course

4

2nd Quarter

 

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

4

Materials Science and Engineering 104 — Science of Engineering Materials

4

Mathematics 33A — Linear Algebra and Applications

4

3rd Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering M20 (Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB) or Computer Science 31 (Introduction to Computer Science I)

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 103 — Applied Numerical Computing and Modeling in Civil and Environmental Engineering

4

Mathematics 33B — Differential Equations

4

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 103 — Elementary Fluid Mechanics

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 150 — Introduction to Hydrology

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 153 — Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science

4

2nd Quarter

 

Chemical Engineering 102A (Thermodynamics I) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105A (Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics)

4

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 182A — Mathematics of Engineering

4

HSSEAS GE Elective*

4 or 5

Major Field Elective**

4

3rd Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 110 — Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers

4

Major Field Electives (2)**

8

Technical Breadth Course*

4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Major Field Electives (2)**

8

Technical Breadth Course*

4

2nd Quarter

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Major Field Electives (2)**

8

Technical Breadth Course*

4

3rd Quarter

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Major Field Electives (2)**

8

TOTAL

 

* Students should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approved lists in the categories of technical breadth and HSSEAS GE (see page 21 for details).
** Must include required courses for two of the major field areas listed on page 48.

187 or 188