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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Program Educational Objectives
The Civil Engineering faculty has developed the following program educational objectives for undergraduates in the department. Graduates will:
- Have a strong understanding of basic engineering principles. This includes the ability to apply in practice the fundamentals of mathematics, computing, basic science, engineering science,and economics.
- Have a strong understanding of the fundamental principles, scope, and techniques of the major areas of civil
engineering. - Have an understanding of the relationship of the civil engineering profession to society, industry, government, and the
environment. - Have a strong committment to professionalism and ethics.
- Have the ability to be competitive for positions in the civil
engineering profession, to achieve professional registration, and to engage in life-long learning. - Have the ability to work productively in teams, developing solutions to engineering problems, employing creative
thinking, analysis, design, and evaluation. - Have the ability to communicate at a professional level using oral and written prose and engineering graphics.
Undergraduate Student Minimum Performance Policy
All Civil and Environmental Engineering students matriculating at WVU, including transfer students and second-degree students, must complete each tracking course with a grade of C or better, with the exception that one D among them is permitted. Tracking courses are identified as: Math 155, 156, 251, and 261; Chemistry 115; Physics 111; and MAE 241, 242, and 243. Any tracking course transferred from outside of WVU must be a C or better. All tracking courses must be completed collectively before taking any 300-level or higher civil engineering course. However, as an exception to the collective prerequisite requirement, environmental engineering (CE 347) and transportation engineering (CE 332) may be taken before completing all tracking courses. Second-degree students may petition for a waiver to the
collective prerequisite requirement for 300-level or higher civil engineering courses, but must meet individual course prerequisites. The
petition must include a plan for completing the tracking courses and be approved by the student's academic advisor and the Department Chairman. When a course is repeated, the last grade earned in that course will be used for determining compliance with this minimum performance policy.
To be eligible for graduation in civil engineering, a student must attain a grade-point average of 2.0 or better for all civil engineering courses attempted, except for those courses in which a grade of W or WU was received. If a course is repeated, only the last grade received is counted in computing the grade-point average, and the course credit hours are counted only once. This requirement assures that the student has demonstrated overall competence in the chosen major.
To complete the B.S. degree program in four years, a student must take approximately 15 to 17 credit hours per semester.
Proposed Course Schedule
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Total Credit Hours for the BSCE program: 132
Notes:
* GEC Elective and the Science Elective may be taken in
assignment shown or swapped.
** CE Core classes are: CE 332 Introduction to Transportation Engineering; CE 347 Environmental Engineering; CE 351
Introductory Soil Mechanics; and CE 361 Structural Analysis I.
† CE Design Electives - Any approved CE 400 level design course - see advisor for the approved list.
† † CE Open Electives - Includes most 3- or 4-credit hour courses at the CE 300 or CE 400 course level.
††† Engineering/math/science electives - Any of the CE 400 level courses or any course from the approved list - see advisor for the approved list.
†††† For these electives, see advisor for the approved list.
     
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