Our BS in Civil Engineering is an accredited and widely regarded degree program that is currently ranked #10 by the U.S. News & World Report.
By the end of your sophomore year, a Civil Engineering major is expected to have completed the Restricted Technical Electives found in the undergraduate course catalog and 12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World.
Curriculum
Transfer students, students with advanced placement credit, and students planning to study abroad will not follow the path of study below and will need to consult their advisor regarding these circumstances.
First year
Fall
Course
Units
12-100 Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World
12
21-120 Differential and Integral Calculus
10
33-141 Physics I for Engineering Students
12
99-10x Computing @ Carnegie Mellon
3
xx-xxx General Education Course
9
Total
46
Spring
Course
Units
xx-xxx Introduction to Engineering (other than CEE)
12
21-122 Integration and Approximation
10
33-142 Physics II for Engineering and Physics Students
12
09-101 Introduction to Experimental Chemistry
3
xx-xxx General Education Course
9
Total
46
Sophomore year
Fall
Course
Units
12-200 CEE Challenges: Design in a Changing World
9
12-212 Statics
9
12-233 CEE Infrastructure Systems in Action
2
21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions or 21-254 Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers
9
15-110 Principles of Computing
10
xx-xxx General Education Course
9
39-210 Experiential Learning I
0
Total
48
Spring
Course
Units
12-231 Solid Mechanics
9
12-234 Sensing and Data Acquisition for Engineering Systems
4
12-271 Computation and Data Science for Civil & Environmental Engineering
9
21-260 Differential Equations
9
36-220 Engineering Statistics and Quality Control
9
xx-xxx General Education Course
9
39-220 Experiential Learning II
0
Total
49
Junior year
Fall
Course
Units
12-301 CEE Projects: Integrating the Built, Natural and Information Environments
9
12-335 Soil Mechanics
9
12-355 Fluid Mechanics
9
12-356 Fluid Mechanics Lab
2
09-111 Nanolegos: Chemical Building Blocks or 09-105 Introduction to Modern Chemistry I
9
xx-xxx Elective 1
9
39-310 Experiential Learning III
0
Total
47
Spring
Course
Units
12-351 Environmental Engineering
9
27-357 Introduction to Materials Selection
6
12-371 Advanced Computing and Problem Solving in Civil and Environmental Engineering
9
12-333 Experimental & Sensing Systems Design and Computation for Infrastructure Systems
4
xx-xxx Elective 2
9
xx-xxx General Education Course
9
Total
46
Senior year
Fall
Course
Units
12-401 CEE Design: Imagine, Build, Test
12
12-411 Project Management for Engineering and Construction