2023-2024 Course Catalog
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Code | Title | Credits |
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Degree Core Requirements | ||
CEE 2834 | Civil Engineering Drawings and Virtual Modeling (C-) | 3 |
CEE 2814 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements (C-) | 4 |
CEE 3814 | Analytical Tools in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 3 |
Select two CEE Fundamental Program Electives (with Lab) | 8 | |
Select four CEE Fundamental Program Electives | 12 | |
Subtotal | 30 | |
Major Requirements | ||
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory (C-) | 1 |
ESM 2104 | Statics (C-) | 3 |
MATH 2114 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 3 |
MATH 2204 | Introduction to Multivariable Calculus | 3 |
ESM 2204 | Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (C-) | 3 |
GEOS 2104 | Elements of Geology (C-) | 3 |
MATH 2214 | Introduction to Differential Equations | 3 |
ISE 2014 | Engineering Economy | 2 |
Select three CEE Advanced Program Electives | 9 | |
Select one CEE Advanced Program Elective (Design Project) | 3 | |
Restricted Electives | ||
Select two Restricted Eelctives from the list shown. | 6 | |
Technical Electives | ||
Select two Technical Electives from the list shown. | 6 | |
Subtotal | 45 | |
Pathways to General Education | ||
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
CEE 2804 | Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (1A) | 3 |
CEE 3304 | Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering (1A) | 4 |
CEE 4804 | Professional and Legal Issues in Civil Engineering (1A) | 3 |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 2 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 3 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
PHYS 2305 | Foundations of Physics | 4 |
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable (5F) | 4 |
MATH 1226 | Calculus of a Single Variable (5F ; C-) | 4 |
CEE 3804 | Computer Applications for Civil and Environmental Engineers (5A) | 3 |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
Select three hours in Pathway 6a | 3 | |
ENGE 1215 & ENGE 1216 | Foundations of Engineering and Foundations of Engineering (6D ; C-) | 4 |
or ENGE 1414 | Foundations of Engineering Practice | |
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
Pathways 7 should be double-counted with either a Pathways 2 or 3 course to avoid taking any additional credit hours. | ||
Subtotal | 53 | |
Total Credits | 128 |
The CEE department requires 12 credits of Fundamental Electives, 8 credits of Fundamental Electives with lab, 9 credits of Advanced Electives, 3 additional credits of Advanced Electives (Design Project), 6 credits of Technical Electives selected from Fundamental and Advanced electives, and 6 credits of Restricted Electives as follows.
Program electives consist of both "Fundamental and Advanced" courses arranged to provide adequate breadth across the discipline and depth of knowledge in specialty areas of interest. Interdisciplinary Technical Electives, Independent Study, and Undergraduate Research courses do not satisfy these requirements but may be taken to satisfy the 6 credit hours of technical electives.
Program electives are selected from the list below and must meet the following criteria.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Construction Engineering and Management | ||
CEE 3014 | Construction Management (Fundamental) | 3 |
CEE 4014 | Estimating, Production, and Cost Engineering 1 | 3 |
CEE 4024 | Construction Control Techniques | 3 |
CEE 4034 | Smart Sustainable Infrastructure | 3 |
CEE 4074 | Construction Engineering: Means and Methods | 3 |
Structural Engineering and Materials | ||
CEE 3404 | Introduction to Structural Engineering (Fundamental) | 3 |
CEE 3424 | Reinforced Concrete Structures I | 3 |
CEE 3434 | Design of Steel Structures I 1 | 4 |
CEE 4404 | Intermediate Structural Analysis | 3 |
CEE 4454 | Masonry Structural Design | 3 |
Environmental Engineering | ||
CEE 3104 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering (Fundamental) | 3 |
CEE 4104 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Design 1 | 3 |
CEE 4114 | Fundamentals of Public Health Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4134 | Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach | 3 |
CEE 4144 | Air Resources Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4174 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | 3 |
Materials | ||
CEE 3684 | Civil Engineering Materials (Fundamental) | 4 |
CEE 4610 | Mechanics of Composite Materials | 3 |
CEE 4614 | Concrete Materials | 3 |
CEE 4634 | Infrastructure Condition Assessment | 3 |
CEE 4664 | Pavement Design 1 | 3 |
Land Development | ||
CEE 3274 | Introduction to Land Development Design (Fundamental) | 3 |
CEE 4264 | Sustainable Land Development | 3 |
CEE 4274 | Land Development Design 1 | 3 |
CEE 4284 | Advanced Land Development Design | 3 |
Geotechnical Engineering | ||
CEE 3514 | Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (Fundamental) | 4 |
CEE 4514 | Methods in Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4534 | Earth Pressures and Foundation Structures | 3 |
CEE 4544 | Design of Earth Structures 1 | 3 |
CEE 4564 | Introduction to Coastal and Marine Geotechnics | 3 |
Water Resources Engineering | ||
CEE 3314 | Water Resources Engineering (Fundamental) | 4 |
CEE 4304 | Hydrology | 3 |
CEE 4314 | Groundwater Resources | 3 |
CEE 4324 | Open Channel Flow | 3 |
CEE 4334 | Hydraulic Structures 1 | 3 |
CEE 4344 | Water Resources Planning | 3 |
CEE 4384 | Coastal Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4394 | Urban Water Sustainability | 3 |
Transportation Engineering | ||
CEE 3604 | Introduction to Transportation Engineering (Fundamental) | 3 |
CEE 4604 | Traffic Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4624 | Planning Transportation Facilities | 3 |
CEE 4654 | Geometric Design of Highways 1 | 3 |
CEE 4674 | Airport Planning and Design | 3 |
CEE 4684 | Transportation Safety | 3 |
CEE 4694 | Freight Operations | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Technical Electives, Independent Study, Undergraduate Research | ||
CEE 4554 | Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery | 3 |
CEE 4824 | Introduction to Forensic Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4844 | Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practices | 3 |
CEE 4834 | Cyber-Physical and Remote Sensing Methods in Civil Engineering | 3 |
CEE 4974 | Independent Study | 1-19 |
CEE 4994 | Undergraduate Research | 1-19 |
5000-Level Advanced Electives | ||
Students in their senior year with a 3.00 or better GPA may enroll in 5000-level courses satisfying undergraduate degree requirements. See your academic advisor. |
Design Project courses.
Restricted electives (non CEE) can be satisfied in one of the following ways.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Programming | ||
CS 1044 | Introduction to Programming in C | 3 |
CS 1064 | Introduction to Programming in Python | 3 |
CS 1114 | Introduction to Software Design | 3 |
CS 2064 | Intermediate Programming in Python | 3 |
Public Policy and Planning | ||
SPIA 2244 | Sustainable Urbanization | 3 |
SPIA 2314 | Active Transportation for a Healthy, Sustainable Planet | 3 |
SPIA 2554 | Collaborative Policy-Making and Planning | 3 |
SPIA 3554 | Transdisciplinary Problem Solving for Social Issues | 3 |
SPIA 3704 | Urban Contention and Mobilization | 3 |
SPIA 4454 | Future of Cities | 3 |
SPIA 4464 | Data and the Art of Policy-Making and Planning | 3 |
UAP 3014 | Urban Policy and Planning | 3 |
UAP 3024 | Urban and Regional Analysis | 3 |
UAP 3224 | Policy Implementation | 3 |
Real Estate | ||
AAEC 4754 | 3 | |
UAP 2004 | Principles of Real Estate | 3 |
Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change | ||
AAEC 3314 | Environmental Law | 3 |
BSE 3324 | Small Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
CEM 3074 | Global Design and Construction for Sustainable Development | 3 |
FREC 2124 | Forests, Society & Climate | 3 |
FREC 4464 | Water Resources Policy and Economics | 3 |
FREC 4784 | Wetland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry | 3 |
ENGR 3124 | Introduction to Green Engineering | 3 |
ENGR 4134 | Environmental Life Cycle Assessment | 3 |
MINE 2114 | Energy and Raw Materials: Geopolitics and Sustainable Development | 3 |
SBIO 2504 | Circular Economy Analytics for Sustainable Systems | 3 |
UAP 3354 | Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning | 3 |
UAP 4374 | Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy | 3 |
Engineering Mechanics and Materials | ||
ESM 3054 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials | 3 |
ESM 2304 | Dynamics | 3 |
AOE 4054 | Stability of Structures | 3 |
MSE 2034 | Elements of Materials Engineering | 3 |
MSE 4304 | Metals and Alloys | 3 |
SBIO 2124 | Structure and Properties of Sustainable Biomaterials | 3 |
SBIO 3324 | Green Building Systems | 3 |
SBIO 4314 | Design of Wood Structures | 3 |
SBIO 4714 | Performance of Sustainable Biomaterials in Buildings | 3 |
ISE 3204 | Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
Statistics and Match | ||
MATH 3414 | Numerical Methods | 3 |
MATH 4564 | Operational Methods for Engineers | 3 |
STAT 4604 | Statistical Methods for Engineers | 3 |
Science | ||
BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry | 3 |
PHYS 2306 | Foundations of Physics | 4 |
GEOS 3014 | Environmental Geosciences | 3 |
GEOS 3304 | Geomorphology | 3 |
GEOS 4634 | Environmental Geochemistry | 3 |
GEOS 4824 | Engineering Geology | 3 |
Geographic Information Science | ||
GEOG 2084 | Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
Business, Management, and Economics | ||
AAEC 2104 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 |
AAEC 3324 | Environment and Sustainable Development Economics | 3 |
ECON 2005 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
ECON 2006 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
ISE 4304 | Global Issues in Industrial Management | 3 |
The required 6 credits of restricted electives may be satisfied by completing one of the minors listed below. Minor electives chosen must include 6 credit hours of non CEE courses that do not also satisfy your degree requirements.
Students must pass all required courses and both the in-major and overall GPA must be at least 2.0 for graduation. The in-major GPA consists of all courses taken under the CEE designation.
Displayed course offerings are subject to sufficient resources. Courses are taught in the term in which they appear on the checksheet. CEE Fundamentals courses are typically taught each fall and spring term, whereas CEE Advanced courses may not be offered each academic term. Consult the CEE course listing and your departmental advisor for updates.
Please see enge.vt.edu/em
Students must have had 2 years of a foreign language in high school or one year at the college level (6 credit hours) of the same language. College-level credits used to meet this requirement do not count towards the degree.
Consult: https://www.pathways.prov.vt.edu/ for courses. Pathways courses must be completed prior to graduation.
University Policy 91 outlines university-wide minimum criteria to determine if students are making satisfactory progress towards the completion of their degrees. The CEE Department fully supports this policy. Specific expectations for satisfactory progress for Civil Engineering majors are as follows:
First Year | ||
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Fall Semester | Credits | |
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry (C-) | 3 |
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory (C-) | 1 |
ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable (C-) | 4 |
ENGE 1215 | Foundations of Engineering | 2 |
Pathways | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Spring Semester | ||
ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
MATH 1226 | Calculus of a Single Variable (C-) | 4 |
PHYS 2305 | Foundations of Physics (C-) | 4 |
ENGE 1216 | Foundations of Engineering (C-) | 2 |
Pathways | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
ESM 2104 | Statics (C-) | 3 |
MATH 2114 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 3 |
MATH 2204 | Introduction to Multivariable Calculus | 3 |
CEE 2834 | Civil Engineering Drawings and Virtual Modeling (C-) | 3 |
CEE 2804 | Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (C-) | 3 |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring Semester | ||
ESM 2204 | Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (C-) | 3 |
GEOS 2104 | Elements of Geology (C-) | 3 |
CEE 3804 | Computer Applications for Civil and Environmental Engineers (C-) | 3 |
MATH 2214 | Introduction to Differential Equations | 3 |
CEE 2814 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements (C-) | 4 |
Credits | 16 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
CEE 3304 | Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering | 4 |
ISE 2014 | Engineering Economy | 2 |
CEE Fundamental Program Elective (with Lab) | 4 | |
CEE Fundamental Program Elective | 3 | |
Pathways | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Spring Semester | ||
CEE 3814 | Analytical Tools in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 3 |
CEE Fundamental Program Elective (with Lab) | 4 | |
CEE Fundamental Program Elective | 3 | |
CEE Fundamental Program Elective | 3 | |
CEE 4804 | Professional and Legal Issues in Civil Engineering | 3 |
Credits | 16 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
CEE Fundamental Program Elective | 3 | |
CEE Advanced Program Elective | 3 | |
CEE Advanced Program Elective | 3 | |
Technical Elective | 3 | |
Restricted Electives | 3 | |
Pathways | 3 | |
Credits | 18 | |
Spring Semester | ||
CEE Advanced Program Elective (Design Project) | 3 | |
CEE Advanced Program Elective | 3 | |
Technical Elective | 3 | |
Restricted Elective | 3 | |
Pathways | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Total Credits | 128 |
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