Civil engineers plan, design, supervise construction, manage, and maintain facilities that are familiar to most people. They are involved with infrastructure and environmental projects such as bridges, dams, highways, water and waste-water treatment plants, airports, and flood control systems. Civil engineers increasingly use new technologies such as Geographical Information/Positioning Systems, advanced materials, remote sensing and monitoring in their projects.

Courses include engineering materials, fluid mechanics, structural design, infrastructure engineering and construction management, finite element method, application of geographic information systems, economics, transportation planning, environmental analysis and design, hydrology, and technology and society.

Degree option:

Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering (Environmental Option) - 4 years

Interesting courses

• Engineering materials
• Fluid mechanics
• Structural design
• Infrastructure engineering
• Finite element method
• Application of geographic information systems
• Transportation planning
• Watershed processes
• Hazardous waste
• Geotechnical engineering

Co-op options

Co-op opportunities are available to Civil Engineering students.

Professional opportunities

Civil engineers work as consultants, for government agencies, construction firms, and oil and gas companies, among others. There are opportunities for international development and community work, and civil engineers find long-term employment in stable industries at the forefront of innovative applications of advanced technology.