Overview
Civil engineering is a fantastic career with strong job prospects, currently ranked #6 in demand. Civil engineers play a vital role in shaping the world around us, designing and maintaining infrastructure that keeps society running. With growing needs for sustainable development, urban expansion, and climate-resilient structures, civil engineers are essential to the future. It’s a rewarding field that offers stability, innovation, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on communities.
The civil engineering program provides instruction in the basic sciences and in engineering analysis and design. Areas of interest within civil engineering include environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, highway and transportation engineering, construction management, hydraulics and hydrology, ocean engineering, and structural analysis and design.
The BS degree in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
General Requirements for Second Baccalaureate Degree:
- Completion of a minimum of 30-semester units in residence beyond the requirements of the first degree. The student must complete 30 semester units in residence, which must include at least 24 units in upper division courses, at least 12 units in the second academic major, and 9 units in General Education if applicable;
- General Education and other University requirements as appropriate:
- In the case of a post-baccalaureate student pursuing a second baccalaureate degree, the General Education requirements and the GWAR shall be satisfied if the student previously earned a baccalaureate or higher degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association or if the student completed equivalent academic preparation, as determined by the Admissions Office and Undergraduate Studies.
- A student who completes a baccalaureate degree from other than a regionally accredited institution will be required to complete the following requirements if equivalent academic preparation was not completed as part of the first degree as determined by the appropriate campus authority:
- Breadth requirements for Executive Order 1100 with a minimum of 12 semester units in each of three areas (including 3 upper division units in each): natural sciences and math, humanities, and social sciences. Course-by-course articulation or comparability will not be required. Sub-blocks (B1, B2, B3) will not be considered; i.e., the GE block as a whole will be evaluated.
- Statutory requirements, i.e., U.S. history and California state and local government.
Requirements for Second Bachelor's Students
The total number of units required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering FOR SECOND BACHELOR'S STUDENTS is 101 units.
Lower Division Core Courses (41 units)
CE 1900 - Introduction to Computer-Aided Design for Civil Engineers[1]
CE 2900 - Fundamentals of Civil Engineering Design [2]
CE 2010 - Statics (also listed as ME 2010) [3]
CE 2020 - Plane Surveying [2]
CE 2050 - Strength of Materials I (also listed as ME 2050) [3]
CE 2120 - Matrix Algebra and Statistics for Engineers [3]
CE 2800 - Numerical Methods for Engineers I (also listed as ME 2800) [1]
CE 2840 - Environmental Engineering I [1]
CHEM 1040 - General Chemistry for Engineers [4]
ENGL 2030 - Introduction to Technical Writing [3]
MATH 2110 - Calculus I [4]
MATH 2120 - Calculus II [4]
MATH 2130 - Calculus III [3]
MATH 2150 - Differential Equations [3]
PHYS 2100 - General Physics I: Mechanics [4]
Natural Science Special Requirement (3 units)
Select ONE course from the list below.
BIOL 1010 - General Biology [3]
GEOL 1500 - Earth Revealed [3]
GEOL 1550 - Oceanography [3]
GEOL 1580 - Natural Disasters [3]
MICR 1010 - Introduction to Microbiology [3]
Upper Division Core Courses (47 units)
CE 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as EE 3000, ME 3000) [3]
CE 3030 - Fluid Mechanics I (also listed as ME 3030) [3]
CE 3060 - Communication for Civil Engineers [2]
CE 3120 - Strength of Materials Laboratory I (also listed as ME 3120) [1]
CE 3140 - Hydraulics Laboratory I [1]
CE 3200 - Dynamics for Civil Engineers [3]
CE 3220 - Statistics and Data Analysis for Engineers [2]
CE 3600 - Structural Mechanics I [3]
CE 3610 - Introduction to Structural Design [3]
CE 3650 - Fundamentals of Construction Management [3]
CE 3660 - Geotechnical Engineering I [3]
CE 3680 - Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory [1]
CE 3700 - Transportation Engineering [3]
CE 3740 - Civil Engineering Materials [3]
CE 3800 - Numerical Methods for Engineers II (also listed as ME 3800) [2]
CE 3840 - Environmental Engineering II [3]
CE 3860 - Water Resources Engineering [3]
CE 4970 - Civil Engineering Design Project II [2]
ENGR 3010 - Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering [3]
Electives (10 units - at least one Design Elective and one Lab Elective)
Design Electives (3-9 units)
CE 4610 - Design of Steel Structures [3]
CE 4620 - Reinforced Concrete Design I [3]
CE 4630 - Timber and Masonry Design [3]
CE 4650 - Seismic Design [3]
CE 4670 - Geotechnical Engineering Design I [3]
CE 4710 - Highway Engineering [3]
CE 4720 - Highway and Airport Pavement Design [3]
CE 4840 - Environmental Engineering Design [3]
Lecture Electives (0-6 units)
CE 4020 - Strength of Materials II [3]
CE 4540 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering [1-3]
CE 4560 - Construction Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control [3]
CE 4570 - Construction Cost Estimation & Financial Management [3]
CE 4600 - Structural Mechanics II [3]
CE 4740 - Traffic Engineering [3]
CE 4750 - Advanced Geomatics [3]
CE 4790 - Groundwater Contamination and Remediation [3]
CE 4800 - Environmental Modeling [3]
Laboratory Electives (1-3 units)
CE 3720 - Asphaltic Materials Laboratory [1]
CE 3810 - Computer Aided Design Laboratory [1]
CE 3820 - Computer Aided Structural Analysis, Design and Experimentation Laboratory [1]
CE 4140 - Hydraulics Laboratory II [1]
CE 4540L - Special Topics in Civil Engineering [1]
CE 4730 - Pavement Design Laboratory [1]
CE 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study [1-3]