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.
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.
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, 171L21
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