Preparing for the Major

Exploring Civil Engineering as a Major

Undergraduates may explore their interest in Civil Engineering prior to declaring the major by enrolling in certain introductory courses, which will count toward the major requirements should they ultimately declare the major.

A maximum of 2 intro-sem courses may be counted as engineering electives towards the Civil Engineering degree, and they must come from the engineering electives list. The following elective courses are accessible to frosh and sophomores, and can count towards the major:

• CEE 41Q: Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts 

• CEE 63: Weather and Storms

• CEE 64: Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science & Solutions

• CEE 83: Seismic Design Workshop

• CEE 107A: Understanding Energy or CEE107S

• CEE 120A: Building Modeling for Design and Construction

• CEE 162F: Coastal Processes

Additionally, the following introductory Civil Engineering courses are required for all declared majors, and are accessible early to frosh and sophomores:

• ENGR 14: Introduction to Solid Mechanics (prereq: PHYSICS 41)

• ENGR 90: Environmental Science & Technology (equivalent course: CEE 70)

• CEE 100: Managing Sustainable Building Projects (fulfills WIM)