Civil Engineering B.S.
Mission
The faculty and staff provide the opportunity for civil engineering students to develop state-of-the-art engineering knowledge and skills through student-centered education and research. Teamwork, professionalism and the importance of life-long learning are hallmarks of our program. Students and faculty provide outreach through innovative civil engineering solutions to significant regional, national, and global issues.
Vision
The department will be a leader in civil engineering education through the integration of design in the curriculum. Upon graduation, our students will be able to excel in the global civil and environmental engineering community. We will be a recognized center for innovative civil engineering research and expertise that meets the needs of industry, government, and society.
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become engineering leaders and assume responsibility for multidisciplinary engineering design; project construction, and asset management; and ethical decision making in professional practice.
- Graduates continue to grow intellectually and professionally through participation in professional society activities, continuing engineering education, graduate studies, and/or self-study during their professional career.
- Graduates demonstrate effective oral, written, and graphical communication skills to meet increasing professional demands.
- Graduates become licensed professional engineers.
Student Outcomes
Graduates can:
- Apply knowledge of traditional mathematics, science, and engineering skills, and use modern engineering tools to solve problems.
- Design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data in more than one civil engineering sub-discipline.
- Design systems, components, and processes and recognize the strengths and areas for possible improvement of their creative designs within realistic constraints such as economic, political, social, constructability, sustainability, public health and safety, environmental, and ethical.
- Work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary design team.
- Identify, formulate, solve, and evaluate engineering design problems using engineering models in the disciplines of structural engineering, transportation engineering, hydrology, construction management, and/or environmental engineering.
- Analyze a situation and make appropriate professional and ethical decisions.
- Demonstrate effective oral, written, and graphical communication skills.
- Demonstrate a commitment to learning and continued professional development outside the classroom, incorporate contemporary issues and historical perspectives during problem solving, and determine the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
- Explain professional practice attitudes, leadership principles and attitudes, management concepts and processes, and concepts of business, public policy, and public administration.
Graduation Requirements
During a civil engineering student’s first semester at The University of Texas at Tyler, a civil engineering faculty member is assigned as the student’s academic advisor to work with the student in planning a program of study to complete degree requirements. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor throughout the semester and are required to meet with their advisor prior to registering for the next semester or summer session.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree, a student must
- complete the general baccalaureate degree requirements for the university;
- earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses used to meet the degree requirements;
- achieve satisfactory performance on the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination. A senior may take the FE exam within one year of completing the BSCE curriculum. The FE exam may be taken more than once, and seniors will be encouraged to take the exam at the earliest opportunity; and
- complete the Civil Engineering curriculum requirements specified in the following sections.
Degree Requirements
Total Semester Credit Hours=128
Freshman Year
First Semester (16 hrs.)
| ENGR 1201 | Introduction to Engineering [TCCN: ENGR 1201] | |
| ENGL 1301 | College Composition I [TCCN: ENGL 1301] | |
| MATH 2413 | Calculus I [TCCN: MATH 2413] | |
| CHEM 1311 | General Chemistry I [TCCN: CHEM 1311] | |
| CHEM 1111 | General Chemistry I Laboratory [TCCN: CHEM 1111] | |
| POLS 2306 | Introductory Texas Politics [TCCN: GOVT 2306] | |
Second Semester (16 hrs.)
| ENGR 1204 | Engineering Graphics I [TCCN: ENGR 1204] | |
| MATH 2414 | Calculus II [TCCN: MATH 2414] | |
| PHYS 2325 | University Physics I [TCCN: PHYS 2325] | |
| PHYS 2125 | University Physics I Laboratory [TCCN: PHYS 2125] | |
| SPCM 1315 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication [TCCN: SPCH 1315] | |
| ENGL 1302 | College Composition II [TCCN: ENGL 1302] | |
Sophomore Year
First Semester (17 hrs.)
| POLS 2305 | Introductory American Government [TCCN: GOVT 2305] | |
| HIST 1301 | United States History I [TCCN: HIST 1301] | |
| ENGR 2301 | Engineering Mechanics: Statics [TCCN: ENGR 2301] | |
| PHYS 2326 | University Physics II [TCCN: PHYS 2326] | |
| and | |
| PHYS 2126 | University Physics II Laboratory [TCCN: PHYS 2126] | |
| or | |
| CHEM 1312 | General Chemistry II [TCCN: CHEM 1312] | |
| and | |
| CHEM 1112 | General Chemistry II Laboratory [TCCN: CHEM 1112] | |
NOTE
Enrolling in PHYS 2326 requires enrollment in PHYS 2126.
Enrolling in CHEM 1312 requires enrollment in CHEM 1112.
Second Semester (18 hrs.)
| ENGR 2302 | Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics [TCCN: ENGR 2302] | |
| CENG 3306 | Mechanics of Materials | |
| ECON 2301 | Principles of Macroeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2301] | |
| or | |
| ECON 2302 | Principles of Microeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2302] | |
| MATH 3305 | Ordinary Differential Equations | |
| HIST 1303 | History of Technology and Innovation in U.S Society since 1865 | |
| PHIL 2306 | Introduction to Ethics [TCCN: PHIL 2306] | |
Junior Year
First Semester (16 hrs.)
| CENG 3434 | Civil Engineering Materials, Codes, and Specifications | |
| CENG 3310 | Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics | |
| MATH 3351 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | |
| CENG 4339 | Civil Engineering Construction Management | |
| Additional Science Elective | |
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
| CENG 3361 | Applied Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulic Design | |
| CENG 3351 | Transportation Engineering Systems | |
| CENG 3371 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | |
| CENG 3336 | Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design | |
| CENG 3325 | Structural Analysis | |
Senior Year
First Semester (15 hrs.)
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
| CENG 4315 | Senior Design II | |
| CENG 4341 | Civil Engineers and Leadership, Public Policy, Business Practices, and Asset Management | |
| Creative Arts (3 hrs.) | |
| CENG Approved Technical Electives (6 hrs.) | |
Five-year BSCE/MSCE (4+1) Program
Undergraduate students in Civil Engineering may chose this program to complete their master’s degree in one additional year. Students may chose thesis or project under this program and they are required to take 6 credits of graduate-level courses (electives) in their senior year. Students interested in this program must obtain department approval to enroll in this program. Students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 will be provisionally admitted to this program in the fall semester of their senior year, and will receive full admission to the graduate program after they complete all BSCE graduation requirements. Students must obtain an average “B” grade in all the graduate-level courses taken during their senior year.
Civil Engineering Completion Curriculum
Students who have earned the Texas Associate of Science in Engineering Science degree from an ANSAC/ABET accredited program at a participating community college with an overall GPA of at least 2.50/4.00 and with no grade lower than a “C” are eligible to pursue the Civil Engineering Completion Program to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. This pathway enables a student to begin their engineering degree at a participating community college and complete the degree at UT Tyler.
Course Requirements for Completion Curriculum
Junior Year
First Semester (18 hrs.)
| CENG 3310 | Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics | |
| HIST 1302 | United States History II [TCCN: HIST 1302] | |
| MATH 3351 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | |
| CENG 3306 | Mechanics of Materials | |
| CENG 4339 | Civil Engineering Construction Management | |
| Additional Science Elective | |
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
| CENG 3361 | Applied Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulic Design | |
| CENG 3351 | Transportation Engineering Systems | |
| CENG 3371 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | |
| CENG 3336 | Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design | |
| CENG 3325 | Structural Analysis | |
Senior Year
First Semester (16 hrs.)
Students are required to complete either three Design courses (CENG 4315, CENG 4371, and CENG 4381) or two of the above Design courses and one technical elective. Includes CENG 2336 as an Approved Elective.
Second Semester (18 hrs.)
| CENG 4315 | Senior Design II | |
| CENG 4341 | Civil Engineers and Leadership, Public Policy, Business Practices, and Asset Management | |
| POLS 2305 | Introductory American Government [TCCN: GOVT 2305] | |
| PHIL 2306 | Introduction to Ethics [TCCN: PHIL 2306] | |
| CENG Approved Technical Electives (6 hrs.) | |