2020-2021 B.S. in Civil Engineering Curriculum

Freshman Year

1st Quarter

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A – Chemical Structure¹

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 – Civil Engineering and Infrastructure²

2

English Composition 3 – English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

5

Mathematics 31A – Differential and Integral Calculus¹

4

2nd Quarter

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L – Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory¹

7

Mathematics 31B – Integration and Infinite Series¹

4

Physics 1A – Mechanics¹

5

3rd Quarter

Mathematics 32A – Calculus of Several Variables¹

4

Physics 1B/4AL – Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields/Mechanics Laboratory¹

7

UCLA Samueli GE Elective³

5

Sophomore Year

1st Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering 91 (Statics) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101 (Statics and Strength of Materials)²

4

Mathematics 32B – Calculus of Several Variables¹

4

Physics 1C – Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity¹

5

UCLA Samueli Ethics Course

4

2nd Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering 102 – Dynamics of Particles and Bodies²

2

Civil and Environmental Engineering C104 (Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials) or Materials Science and Engineering 104 (Science of Engineering Materials)²

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 108 – Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids²

4

Mathematics 33A – Linear Algebra and Applications¹

4

3rd Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering M20 (Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB) or Computer Science 31 (Introduction to Computer Science I)²

4

Mathematics 33B (Differential Equations) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 82 (Mathematics of Engineering)¹

4

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 103 – Elementary Fluid Mechanics²

4

Junior Year

1st Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering 120 – Principles of Soil Mechanics²

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 135A – Elementary Structural Analysis²

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 150 – Introduction to Hydrology²

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 153 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science²

4

2nd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 102A (Thermodynamics I) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105A (Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics)²

4

Major Field Elective2,⁴

4

Natural Science Course¹

4

3rd Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering 103 – Applied Numerical Computing and Modeling in Civil and Environmental Engineering²

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering 110 – Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers²

4

Major Field Electives (2)^{2, 4}

8

Senior Year

1st Quarter

Civil and Environmental Engineering 190 – Professional Practice

2

Major Field Electives (2)^{2, 4}

8

Technical Breadth Course³

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective³

5

2nd Quarter

Major Field Electives (2)^{2, 4}

8

Technical Breadth Course³

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective³

5

3rd Quarter

Major Field Elective2,⁴

4

Technical Breadth Course³

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective³

5