Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

Lower Division Required Courses: Units

Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C and choice of Physics 9D, Chemistry 2C, Biological Science 1A or Geology 50-50L*: 19
Chemistry 2A-2B or 2AH-2BH: 10
Civil and Environmental Engineering 3: 3
(Civil and Environmental Engineering 3 is designed for freshman students and is not open to upper division students. Students who do not take this course will substitute 3 units of additional upper division civil engineering coursework as technical elective units.)
Engineering 17, 35, 45: 11
Civil and Environmental Engineering 10: 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering 19 or Engineering 6
or Computer Science 30: 4
University Writing Program 1 or English 3, or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or Native American Studies 5: 4
Communication 1 or 3: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 93
*Units in excess of the requirement from Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, or Geology courses may count toward the technical elective requirement. Please consult with the departmental staff adviser.

Upper Division Required Courses: Units

Engineering 102, 103, 104, 104L, 105, 106: 20
Applied Science Engineering 115: 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering 114: 4
One course from Applied Science Engineering 116, Civil and Environmental Engineering 153, Mathematics 118A, 121, or Statistics 108: 4
A minimum of four of the following group options (a minimum of two courses in each of the four areas and a minimum of 19 design units from group option selections, technical electives, and programming electives. Courses listed in more than one group may be counted only once. The design unit content of each course is noted on the Civil Engineering degree requirement advising sheet, available from the department, also shown in its entirety on the department’s undergraduate Web site.): 28*
Environment: Civil and Environmental Engineering 148A or 149and at least one from courses 140, 143, 148B, 150; Geotechnical: Civil and Environmental Engineering 171 and 171 Lab and at least one from courses 173, 175, 179; Structures: Civil and Environmental Engineering 135 and at least one from courses 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 139, 179; Transportation: Civil and Environmental Engineering 161 or 163 and at least one from courses 162, 165, 179; Water Resources: Civil and Environmental Engineering 141 and 141 Lab and at least one from courses 142, 144, 145, 146, 155
Technical electives: 18
Fourteen units must be selected from upper division engineering courses; of these units, seven units must be selected from Civil and Environmental Engineering courses other than Civil and Environmental Engineering 192 or 199. No more than four units of non=engineering technical elective credit may be used.
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 90
Minimum Units Required for Major: 183
*Units in excess of the 28 unit requirement may count toward the technical elective requirement. Please consult with the departmental staff adviser.

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT MINOR PROGRAM

Students are required to pre-apply to the minor program offered by Civil and Environmental Engineering. Full details regarding admission and completion of the minor are included in the Application Form available from the department website or the undergraduate advisor (2045 Engineering III).

Minor Program Requirements:

Prerequisite courses must be completed prior to enrollment in coursework taken for minor.

Required Courses: Units
Construction Engineering and Management: 24
Civil and Environmental Engineering 137, 143, 153: 12
Twelve units from Civil and Environmental Engineering 179, Agricultural and Resource Economics 112, 155, 157, 171A, 171B, Economics 134, 162, Psychology 156; may include one course from Agricultural and Resource Economics 18, Management 11A, 11B: 12

Minor advisors: J.T. Harvey, J. Darby, J. Lund

CIVIL ENGINEERING/MATERIALS SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Engineering Lower Division Required Courses: Units

Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C and choice of Physics 9D, Chemistry 2C, Biological Science 1A or Geology 50-50L* 19
Chemistry 2A-2B or 2AH-2BH: 10
Civil and Environmental Engineering 3: 3
(Civil and Environmental Engineering 3 is designed for freshman students and is not open to upper division students. Students who do not take this course will substitute 3 units of additional upper division civil engineering coursework as technical elective units.)
Engineering 17, 35, 45: 11
Civil and Environmental Engineering 10: 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering 19 or Engineering 6 or Computer Science 30: 4
University Writing Program 1 or English 3, or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or Native American Studies 5: 4
Communication 1 or 3: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 93
*Units in excess of the requirement from Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, or Geology courses may count toward the technical elective requirement. Please consult with the departmental staff adviser.

Upper Division Required Courses: Units

Engineering 100, 102, 103, 104, 104L, 105, 106: 23
Applied Science Engineering 115: 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering 114: 4
One course from Applied Science Engineering 116, Civil and Environmental Engineering 153, Mathematics 118A, 121, or Statistics 108: 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering 130, 135, 141, 141L,148A, 171, 171L: 21
Three courses from Civil and Environmental Engineering 132, 136, 143, 145, 148B, 150, 155, 162, 173 (and must include one of Civil and Environmental Engineering 136, 145, 148B, 150, 162, or 173): 11
Materials Science and Engineering 160, 162, 162L, 164, 174, and one course from Materials Science and Engineering 172, 180, 181, 182, 188A and 188B (these courses must be taken in consecutive quarters to fulfill one course requirement): 22
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 101
Minimum Units Required for Major: 194