Civil Engineering (BS)

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The minimum unit requirement for the degree is 130 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all courses taken at USC as well as all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. In addition, a minimum grade of C must be earned in each of the following courses: CE 215 , CE 225 and CE 309 . See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees .

Composition/Writing Requirement

WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches Units: 4
WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 4

General Education

General Education Units: 20

Pre-Major Requirements

Chemistry Requirement

CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 * or
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 *

Math Requirement

MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 * or
MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 * or
MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I Units: 4

Physics Requirement

Biology Requirement

Each of the following courses will satisfy both the BS CE basic science requirement and the General Education GE-D requirement. Choose one from this list:

BISC 104Lgx How the Body Works Units: 4 *
BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution Units: 4 *
BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution Units: 4 *
BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology Units: 4 *
BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology Units: 4 *
BISC 230Lgx The Biology of the Brain Units: 4 *
HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport Units: 4 *

Major Requirements

Engineering

ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2

Civil Engineering

CE 106 Introduction to Civil Engineering Units: 2
CE 107L Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics Units: 2
CE 108 Programming for Civil and Environmental Engineers Units: 2
CE 119 Statistical Data Analysis in Engineering Units: 2
CE 215 Statics and Dynamics Units: 4
CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies Units: 4
CE 309 Fluid Mechanics Units: 4
CE 330 Computational Methods in Engineering Units: 2
CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
CE 358L Elementary Theory of Structures Units: 4
CE 408 Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering Units: 2
CE 451 Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Units: 4
CE 453 Water Quality Science and Engineering Units: 4
CE 456 Structural Design I Units: 4
CE 467L Geotechnical Engineering Units: 4
CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
CE 483 Engineering Economics in Civil Engineering Units: 2

Civil Engineering Elective

The civil engineering electives (2 units) may be chosen from the following:

CE 412 Construction Contracts and Law Units: 2
CE 430 Sustainable Transportation Units: 2
CE 460 Construction Engineering Units: 4
CE 461 Construction Estimating Units: 4
CE 462 Construction Methods and Equipment Units: 2
CE 469 Sustainable Design and Construction Units: 2
CE 470 Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization and Simulation for Management Units: 4

Design Courses

Choose two design courses (8 units) from the following list:

CE 450 Coastal Engineering and Design Units: 4
CE 457 Structural Design II Units: 4
CE 465 Water Supply and Sewerage System Design Units: 4
CE 476 Design of Hydraulic Systems Units: 4
CE 482 Subsurface Foundation Design Units: 4
CE 485 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design Units: 4

Advanced Computing

Students who must take MATH 125g Calculus I will be waived from the required Advanced Computing course. Select one course from the following list:

CE 423 Principles of Autonomy in Civil Engineering Units: 4
Or
ENE 440 Machine Learning for Climate Change and Sustainability Units: 4

Capstone Course

CE 480 Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Units: 4

Total minimum units: 130

*Satisfies General Education requirement.

All curricula leading to a degree must be approved by the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; please note this includes transfer credit and units for courses waived for subject credit only, which have been approved through the Degree Progress department.