Nov 26, 2024

USC Catalogue 2018-2019

USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Civil Engineering (BS)

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The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Additionally, there are three possible areas of emphases within this civil engineering program major. These are building science, environmental engineering and structural engineering. An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the primary major name on the transcript.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

The requirement for the degree is 133 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 205 , CE 225 , CE 309 and CE 235 . 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: 3, 4 (3 Units Required)

General Education

General Education Units: 24

Pre-Major Requirements

Chemistry Requirement

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

Math Requirement

MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 **
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

Other Requirements

GEOL 305L Introduction to Engineering Geology Units: 4

Major Requirements

Total units: 58

Major Electives

Elective Civil Engineering Units: 6
Design Kernel Civil Engineering Design Kernel Course Units: 6^***

Total units: 133

**Satisfies General Education requirement.

***Design kernel courses must be selected from the following list of design courses: CE 457 , CE 465 , CE 466 , CE 476 , CE 478 , CE 482 , CE 484 and CE 485 .

Tracks

In addition to the core courses, students are required to select one of the following tracks: General, Construction or Water Resources.

General Track

Choose one of the following: CE 480 as the capstone course and CE 482 as a required design kernel course; or CE 465 as the capstone course and CE 466 or CE 476 as a required design kernel course.

The civil engineering electives may be chosen freely.

Construction Track

Select CE 480 as the capstone course and CE 482 as a required design kernel course. Replace CE 453 with CE 460 . The other civil engineering electives must be chosen from the following list: CE 461 , CE 462 , CE 469 , CE 470 and ARCH 419 .

Water Resources Track

Select CE 465 as the capstone course and select one of the following as a required design kernel course: CE 466 or CE 476 . Six units of electives must be selected from the following list: CE 466 , CE 476 and CE 490 .

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.