2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
Civil engineering is the oldest and most diverse branch of engineering and includes the design and construction of bridges, buildings, dams, waterways, coastal protection works, airports, pipelines, space launching facilities, railroads, highways, sanitary systems, ocean structures and facilities, foundations, harbors, waterworks and many other systems and structures upon which modern civilization depends. In its broadest sense, the civil engineer adapts the physical features of the earth to the needs of society. Approximately one out of four engineers is engaged in civil engineering.
The basic program provides the minimum education for practice. Beyond the bachelor's degree, advanced degrees are available in geomatics, transportation, hydraulics, structural engineering, soil mechanics, foundations, construction, public works and civil engineering materials.
The department strives to build upon a leading program of exceptional teaching, innovative research and dedicated service by maintaining a strong curriculum, a highly qualified and committed faculty, outstanding facilities and essential funding.
To develop civil engineering professionals with proficiency in the fundamentals of science and engineering; to develop an understanding of the planning, design, construction and operation of civil engineering projects; to develop enhanced communication skills; and to develop an appreciation of professionalism and ethics in the practice of engineering.
The program and curriculum permit a graduate to enter practice and commence life-long learning through professional activities or to continue his/her preparation through graduate studies. An early engineering identity is established through a freshman engineering lab and participation in the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
A minimum grade of C is required for all courses marked with an asterisk (*). A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for all civil engineering courses. Before graduating, all BSCE students must take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
Construction Engineering
General Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
* Completed with a grade of C or better.
* Completed with a grade of C or better
* Completed with a grade of C or better
* Completed with a grade of C or better
* Completed with a grade of C or better
* Completed with a grade of C or better.
| Civil Engineering |
| College: Engineering |
| Degree: Bachelor of Science |
| Hours for the Degree: 131 |
| Specializations: Construction Engineering, GeoTechnical Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, General Civil Engineering |
| Minor: No |
| Combined-Degree Program: Yes |
| Website: www.ce.ufl.edu |
Civil engineering is the oldest and most diverse branch of engineering and includes the design and construction of bridges, buildings, dams, waterways, coastal protection works, airports, pipelines, space launching facilities, railroads, highways, sanitary systems, ocean structures and facilities, foundations, harbors, waterworks and many other systems and structures upon which modern civilization depends. In its broadest sense, the civil engineer adapts the physical features of the earth to the needs of society. Approximately one out of four engineers is engaged in civil engineering.
The basic program provides the minimum education for practice. Beyond the bachelor's degree, advanced degrees are available in geomatics, transportation, hydraulics, structural engineering, soil mechanics, foundations, construction, public works and civil engineering materials.
Mission
The department strives to build upon a leading program of exceptional teaching, innovative research and dedicated service by maintaining a strong curriculum, a highly qualified and committed faculty, outstanding facilities and essential funding.
Goals
To develop civil engineering professionals with proficiency in the fundamentals of science and engineering; to develop an understanding of the planning, design, construction and operation of civil engineering projects; to develop enhanced communication skills; and to develop an appreciation of professionalism and ethics in the practice of engineering.
Educational Objectives
- To provide a broad General Education that enhances communication skills and encourages all-around development, individually and as productive members of society
- To ensure a thorough preparation in the fundamentals of science and engineering
- To provide a foundation in the planning, design, construction and operation of civil engineering projects, and
- To contribute to the state, the nation and the profession through programs in teaching, research and service.
The program and curriculum permit a graduate to enter practice and commence life-long learning through professional activities or to continue his/her preparation through graduate studies. An early engineering identity is established through a freshman engineering lab and participation in the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Department Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required for all courses marked with an asterisk (*). A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for all civil engineering courses. Before graduating, all BSCE students must take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
Critical Tracking Requirements
Semester 1:
- 2.0 UF GPA required for semesters 1-5
- 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking course work for semesters 1-5
- Complete 1 of 8 tracking courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts (CHM 2045, CHM 2046, MAC 2311, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, PHY 2048, PHY 2049)
Semester 2:
- Complete 1 additional course with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 3:
- Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 4:
- Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C within two attempts
Semester 5:
- Complete all 8 critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C in each course within two attempts
To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which will be bold.
Suggested semester-by-semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| If you do not place out of ENC 1101, take it in the fall. | |
| MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 (GE–M) * | 4 |
| CHM 2045 General Chemistry 1 (GE–P) * | 3 |
| CHM 2045L General Chemistry Laboratory (GE–P) | 1 |
| Humanities (GE–H) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE–S) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| MAC 2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 (GE–M) * | 4 |
| CHM 2046 General Chemistry 2 (GE–P) * | 3 |
| PHY 2048 Physics with Calculus 1 (GE–P) * | 3 |
| PHY 2048L Laboratory for PHY 2048 (GE–P) | 1 |
| ENC 2210 Technical Writing (GE–C) * or ENC 3254 Professional Writing in the Discipline (GE–C) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 (GE–M) * | 4 |
| PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2 (GE–P) * | 3 |
| PHY 2049L Laboratory for PHY 2049 (GE–P) | 1 |
| Humanities (GE–H) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE–S) | 3 |
| CGN 2002 Introduction to Civil Engineering | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| MAP 2302 Elementary Differential Equations (GE–M) * | 3 |
| EGM 2511 Engineering Mechanics – Statics * | 3 |
| EML 3007 Elements of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer or EML 3100 Thermodynamics | 3 |
| STA 3032 Engineering Statistics | 3 |
| Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Construction Engineering
General Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| CGN 2328 Technical Drawing and Visualization | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis * | 3 |
| CEG 4011 Retaining Wall and Embankment Design * | 4 |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CES 4702 Analysis and Design in Reinforced Concrete | 4 |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| TTE 4811 Physical Design of Transportation Elements | 3 |
| CEG 4111 Foundation Engineering Design | 3 |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| Construction elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CES 4034 Civil Engineering Estimating | 3 |
| CCE 4810 Construction Engineering Design | 3 |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| Total | 13 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better.
Construction Engineering Electives
| SUR 4463 Subdivision Design | 3 |
| CEG 4104 Retaining Wall and Embankment Design | 3 |
| CWR 4306 Urban Stormwater Systems Design | 3 |
| CES 4141 Stress Analysis | 3 |
| CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design | 3 |
| CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Designs | 3 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis * | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics * | 4 |
| SUR 2322C Project Development and Visualization | 3 |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| CES 3741 Introduction to Structural Design | 4 |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CGN 4600 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| TTE 4811 Physical Design of Transportation Elements | 3 |
| CCE 4810 Construction Engineering Design or CWR 4306 Urban Stormwater Systems Design or SUR 4463 Subdivision Design or TTE 4824 Transportation Facility Design | 3 |
| General CE elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better
General Civil Engineering Electives
| CEG 4111 Foundation Engineering Design | 3 |
| CEG 4104 Retaining Wall and Embankment Design | 3 |
| CES 4141 Stress Analysis | 3 |
| CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design | 3 |
| CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design | 3 |
| CES 4034 Civil Engineering Estimating | 3 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis * | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics * | 4 |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| CGN 2328 Technical Drawing and Visualization | 3 |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CES 4702 Analysis and Design in Reinforced Concrete | 4 |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| CEG 4111 Foundation Engineering Design | 3 |
| GLY 2026C Geology for Engineers or GLY 2030 Environ and Engineering Geology or GLY 4155 Geology of Florida | 3 |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| Geotechnical elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CES 4104 Retaining Wall and Embankment Design | 3 |
| CGN 4910 Structures-Geotechnical-Construction Comprehensive System Design | 3 |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| Total | 13 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better
Geotechnical Engineering Electives
| CES 4141 Stress Analysis | 3 |
| CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design | 3 |
| CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design | 3 |
| CES 4034 Civil Engineering Estimating | 3 |
| CCE 4810 Construction Engineering Design | 3 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis * | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| CGN 2328 Technical Drawing and Visualization | 3 |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| CWR 4111 Engineering Hydrology or ENV 4501 Environmental Hydrology 1 | 3 |
| CES 4702 Analysis and Design in Reinforced Concrete | 4 |
| CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics * | 4 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| ENV 4506 Environmental Hydrology 2 | 3 |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CWR 4114 Surface Hydrology or CWR 4120 Groundwater | 3 |
| CWR 4306 Urban Stormwater Systems Design or SUR 4463 Subdivision Design or TTE 4824 Transportation Facility Design | 3 |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| Water resources elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better
Hydrology and Water Resources Electives
| CGN 4600 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices | 3 |
| SUR 3393 Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| CWR 5235 Open Channel Hydraulics | 3 |
| OCP Coastal Processes | 3 |
| OCP 6165 Ocean Waves | 3 |
| GLY 5827 Groundwater Geology | 3 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics * | 4 |
| CGN 2328 Technical Drawing and Visualization | 3 |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| CES 4702 Analysis and Design in Reinforced Concrete | 4 |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| CES 4141 Stress Analysis | 3 |
| CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design | 3 |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| Structures elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design | 3 |
| CGN 4910 Structures-Geotechnical-Construction Comprehensive System Design | 3 |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| Total | 13 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better
Structural Engineering Electives
| CEG 4111 Foundation Engineering Design | 3 |
| CEG 4104 Retaining Wall and Embankment Design | 3 |
| CES 4034 Civil Engineering Estimating | 3 |
| CCE 4810 Construction Engineering Design | 3 |
| CES 5325 Design of Highway Bridges | 3 |
| CES 5715 Prestressed Concrete | 3 |
| CES 5726 Design of Concrete Systems | 3 |
| CES 5801 Design and Construction in Timber | 3 |
| CES 5835 Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures | 3 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Elements of Dynamics * | 2 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials * | 3 |
| CGN 3421 Computer Methods in Civil Engineering | 4 |
| CGN 3710 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Civil Engineering | 3 |
| CGN 4101 Civil Engineering Cost Analysis * | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| SUR 2101C Geomatics * | 3 |
| CEG 4011 Soil Mechanics * | 4 |
| SUR 2322C Project Development and Visualization | 3 |
| CGN 3501C Civil Engineering Materials * | 4 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| TTE 4004 Transportation Engineering | 3 |
| CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CCE 4204 Construction Equipment, Methods and Management | 4 |
| CWR 3201 Hydrodynamics * | 4 |
| Total | 14 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| TTE 4201 Traffic Engineering | 3 |
| SUR 4201 Route Geometrics | 3 |
| CWR 4202 Hydraulics * | 3 |
| CES 3102 Mechanics of Engineering Structures * | 4 |
| Transportation elective (see list below) | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Semester 9 | Credits |
| TTE 4250 Introduction to Traffic Control | 3 |
| TTE 4824 Transportation Facility Design | 3 |
| EGN 4034 Professional Ethics | 1 |
| ENV 4514C Water and Wastewater Treatment | 3 |
| CES 3741 Introduction to Structural Design | 4 |
| Total | 14 |
* Completed with a grade of C or better.
Transportation Engineering Electives
| TTE 4811 Physical Design of Transportation Elements | 3 |
| SUR 3393 Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| SUR 4463 Subdivision Design | 3 |
| CGN 4600 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices | 3 |