Applicants with a Non-Engineering Undergraduate Degree

Students who are admitted into the graduate program but who do not have an undergraduate degree in engineering must take required undergraduate coursework to bring their engineering background to an acceptable level. These courses must be taken as early as possible in the student's program of graduate study and are to be taken for a letter grade.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering requires, as a minimum, the following courses or their equivalent in addition to those normally required for a graduate program:

• Calculus through M 261, Calculus for Physical Scientists III (4 credits)
• PH 141, 142, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (5) and II (5)
• C 111, 112, General Chemistry I (4), General Chemistry Lab I (1)
• CE 260, 261, Engineering Mechanics-Statics (3), Dynamics (3)
• CE 300, Fluid Mechanics (4)
• CE 360, Mechanics of Solids (3)
• M 340, Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (4)
• Six or more credits in upper-division CE 3xx or CE 4xx courses; generally the required undergraduate courses most related to the intended graduate program and/or used as prerequisites for the student's graduate classes. The number of upper-division credits required varies with the graduate program area.
• Completion of courses listed as prerequisites for the courses listed above is also generally required.
• Courses required of our undergraduates (including CE 401, 466 and 467) may not be used for graduate credit according to Department of Civil Engineering policy.

A plan for completing the background courses is to be prepared by the student and their adviser, then submitted to the department for approval by the start of the registration period for the student's second semester. Courses taken to fulfill these requirements must be taken for credit and listed on the student's program of study (GS-6) as background courses. An overall GPA of 3.0, considering all grades for repeated courses, must be maintained in these courses.

The above requirements are in addition to those normally required for a graduate degree. Students with a degree in engineering technology are encouraged to obtain a B.S. in civil engineering before entering the graduate program.