You have the opportunity to take several electives within the Civil Engineering curriculum.  If you select your electives wisely you can greatly enhance your educational experience here. Some students decide to pursue a minor, while others decide to take a wide variety of classes. If you are pursuing a minor, you must visit the department housing the minor to complete all of the necessary paperwork.

Humanities Elective

Students must take one course from the following list:

• Arab & Islamic Studies
• Art History (except skills courses)
• Classical Studies
• Communication (except skills courses)
• English (Literature)
• History
• Honors Program (for eligible students only)
• Modern Languages (except courses in native language)
• Philosophy
• Theater (except skills courses)
• Theology (2000 and above)

Courses primarily emphasizing skills (such as acting, painting, sculpting, public speaking, etc.) are not acceptable.

Social Sciences Elective

Students must take one course from the following list:

• Economics
• Geography (selected courses only)
• Peace and Justice
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Women’s Studies (selected courses only)

Courses primarily emphasizing skills (such as acting, painting, sculpting, public speaking, etc.) are not acceptable.

Theology/Philosophy Elective

Students must take one course from the following list:

• Theology (2000 and above)
• Philosophy
• Peace and Justice
• ETH 2050 - Eth Trad & Contemp Life

Upper Theology Elective

Students must take one Theology (2000 and above).

Ethics Elective

Approved classes include EGR 2001, PHI 2121, PHI 2130, PHI 2550, HON 1380, ETH 2050, ETH 3650 and SBI ethics courses(s).

Technical Elective

Students in the Classes of 2011 and 2012 must take two courses, that are three or more credits, from the following list. Students in the Class of 2013 and beyond must take one course, that is three or more credits, from the following list:

• All Astronomy and Astrophysics (AST), Biology (BIO), Chemistry (CHM), and Mathematical Sciences (MAT) courses at the 2000 level or above except MAT 2930 - History of Mathematics
• All Physics (PHY) courses at the 2400 level or above, except PHY 2410 - University Physics: Mechanics
• All non-required Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) courses except

CEE 2100 - Egr Mechanics I-Statics
CEE 2103 - Mechanics of Solids
CEE 3500 - Fluid Mechanics
CEE 7001 - Business Basics for Engineers
CEE 7002 - Management for Engineers
CEE 7111 - Intro Hydraulics & Hydrology
• All Chemical Engineering (CHE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Mechanical Engineering (ME) courses except

ME 2100 - Statics
ME 3600 - Fluid Mechanics
ME 4050 - International Development
ME 4600 - Legal Problems in Engineering

• CSC 1051 - Algorithms & Data Struc I
• GEV 3550 - Natural Hazards
• GEV 3570 - Land Use Planning & Mgmt
• GEV 3580 - Natural Res and Conservation
• GEV 3750 - Remote Sensing
• GEV 3775 - Digital Image & Airphoto Inter
• GEV 4500 - Spec. Topics in Geo & Env – course content varies: applicability as technical elective assessed on case-by-case basis
• GEV 4700 - Geographic Information Systems
• MET 1221 - Severe & Hazardous Weather
• MET 1222 - Climate Change: Past & Present
• MET 2001 - Meteorology of the Planets
• NS 3100 - Navigation

Math/Science Elective

Students in the Class of 2013 and beyond must take one course from the following list:

Some classes may be 4 credits, approved classed include:

AP credit may not be used.

CEE Senior Electives

Students must take three courses from the following list :

CEE 4224 - Trans Facilities Design
CEE 4331 - Solid & Hazardous Waste
CEE 4412 - Advanced Structural Egr
CEE 4521 - Water Resources Egr Design
CEE 4801 - Foundation Design