Mar 10, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.)

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Program: B.S.C.E.
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science

Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building 321 ~ 260-481-6965

Civil engineers design, construct, manage, and improve the built environment that is all around us. Purdue University Fort Wayne offers a four-year civil engineering undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.

The program is designed to give students a broad exposure to all areas of engineering; to develop a sound understanding of the science that underlies civil engineering; and to foster students’ creativity and professional skills through design and project work.

Our students, while drawn from diverse backgrounds, are able and committed to learning. Purdue University Fort Wayne delivers an exceptional educational experience to engineering students, encouraging collaboration and teamwork throughout the curriculum. In addition to coursework, the department supports and encourage student participation in undergraduate research, co-op and internships, and several active student organizations.

In its recently (2022) released rankings of the best colleges and universities in the United States, U.S. News & World Report deemed the engineering programs at Purdue Fort Wayne to be among the best in the country.

Educational Objectives:

As a framework for the continuous improvement policy, the Civil Engineering program has adopted a set of program educational objectives that describe the anticipated accomplishments of our graduates within a few years after graduation.

The Civil Engineering program educational objectives are to produce graduates who:

Advance professionally to roles of greater Civil Engineering technical responsibilities, and/or by transitioning into leadership position in business, government, and/or education.
Participate in life-long learning through the successful completion of advanced degree(s), continuing education, and/or engineering certification(s)/licensure or other professional development.
Demonstrate a commitment to community by applying technical skills and knowledge to support various service activities.

Student Learning Outcomes:

The graduates from the Civil Engineering Program will demonstrate that they have:

The ability to identify, formulate, solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
The ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
The ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
The ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
The ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
The ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Accreditation:

The Civil Engineering (BSCE) program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Criteria.

Program Delivery:

The B.S.C.E. program is delivered primarily through on-campus courses; however, some of the required General Education courses are available as hybrid and/or on-line courses and those can be used to satisfy the program requirements.

Declaring this Major:

Students interested in declaring Civil Engineering as their major may do so in one of two ways:

On their application when they first apply to Purdue Fort Wayne
After meeting with a CE faculty advisor, who will determine that the student has the required math background to begin our program

General Requirements:

Program Requirements:

Civil Engineering 4-Yr Plan:

In order to start in the Civil Engineering program, a student must meet the following criteria:

Math Placement at or above MA 15400

General Education Requirements

A student must earn a grade of C- or better in each course used to satisfy the Purdue Fort Wayne general education requirements. A student must also have a GPA of at least 2.0 in all general education courses. Students in the civil engineering program will satisfy the Purdue Fort Wayne General Education Requirements in the following manner:

Category

Competency

Course

Credit Hours

ENGL 13100 Elementary Composition

COM 11400 Fundamentals of Speech

MA 16500 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I

MA 16600 Analytical Geometry and Calculus II

CHM 11500 General Chemistry I

PHYS 15200 Mechanics

CE 36500 Environmental Engineering

Select one course from list of approved courses, all Competency 5 outcomes must be met

ANTH 10501 - Culture and Society

ANTH 20002 - Language and Culture

ANTH 20003 - Intro to Prehistoric Archaeology

ANTH 44500 - Medical Anthropology

ANTH 47000 - Psychological Anthropology

CDFS 25500 - Intro to Couple & Family Relationships

COM 21200 - Study of Interpersonal Comm.

*COM 25000 - Mass Communication and Society

COM 30300 - Intercultural Communication

CRIM 10100 - The American Criminal Justice System

ECON 10101 - Survey of Economic Issues & Problems

ECON 12100 - Economics for the Citizen

*ECON 20000 - Fundamentals of Economics

EDU 34001 - Education and American Culture

GERN 23100 - Introduction to Gerontology

*IET 10500 - Industrial Management

LING 10300 - Intro to the Study of Language

OLS 25200 - Human Relations in Organizations

*OLS 26800 - Elements of Law

*POL 10001 - American Political Controversies

POL 10101 - Introduction to Political Science

POL 10300 - Introduction to American Politics

POL 10700 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

POL 10900 - Introduction to International Relations

POL 21200 - Making Democracy Work

POL 21300 - Introduction to Public Policy

POL 25200 - Sports and Public Policy

POL 30101 - Political Parties and Interest Groups

POL 31900 - The United States Congress

*PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology

PSY 23500 - Child Psychology

PSY 24000 - Introduction to Social Psychology

PSY 33500 - Stereotyping and Prejudice

PSY 35000 - Abnormal Psychology

PSY 36900 - Development Across the Lifespan

*SOC 16101 - Principles of Sociology

SOC 16300 - Social Problems

SOC 31701 - Social Stratification

SOC 32501 - Criminology

SOC 36000 - Topics in Social Policy

WOST 21000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies

Select one course from list of approved courses, all Competency 6 outcomes must be met

*AD 10101 - Art Appreciation

AD 11100 - History of Art I: Prehistoric to Medieval

AD 11201 - History of Art II

COM 21000 - Debating Public Issues

COM 24800 - Intro to Media Criticism and Analysis

ENGL 10101 - Western World Masterpieces I

ENGL 10201 - Western World Masterpieces II

ENGL 20201 - Literary Interpretation

ENGL 25001 - American Literature Before 1865

ENGL 25100 - American Literature Since 1865

FOLK 11100 - Introduction to World Folk Music

FVS 10100 - Introduction to Film

GER 37100 - Special Topics in Germanic Studies

*HIST 10501 - American History I

HIST 10601 - American History II

HIST 11300 - History of Western Civilization I

HIST 11400 - History of Western Civilization II

HIST 22500 - Special Topics in History

*HIST 23200 - The World in the 20th Century

MUSC 10101 - Music for the Listener

MUSC 10500 - Traditions in World Music

MUSC 20103 - History of Rock and Roll Music

*PHIL 11000 - Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 11009 - Introduction to Philosophical Topics

*PHIL 11100 - Ethics

PHIL 11101 - Contemporary Moral Problems

PHIL 24000 - Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 30100 - History of Ancient Philosophy

PHIL 30200 - History of Medieval Philosophy

PHIL 30300 - History of Modern Philosophy

PHIL 30400 - 19th Century Philosophy

PHIL 30500 - Philosophical Theories of Feminism

PHIL 31200 - Medical Ethics

PHIL 32700 - Environmental Ethics

PHIL 32800 - Ethics and Animals

REL 23000 - Religions of the East

REL 23100 - Religions of the West

REL 30100 - Islam

SPAN 27500 - Hispanic Culture and Conversation

THTR 20100 - Theatre Appreciation

WOST 22500 - Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture

Select one course from list of approved courses

AD 10801 - Introduction to Drawing for Non-majors

AD 13300 - Metalsmithing for Non-majors

AD 16500 - Ceramics for Non-majors

AD 23900 - Painting for Non-majors

ARET 12300 - Digital Graphics for Built Environment I

*ARET 21000 - Architecture and Urban Form

ARET 22300 - Digital Graph. for Built Environment II

ARET 22500 - Creative House Design

ARET 31000 - Architecture & Urban Form in the Modern World

BUS 10001 - Principals of Business Administration

COM 21001 - Visual Communication

CS 11200 - Survey of Computer Science

DANC 39000 - Introduction to Dance

*EAPS 30000 - Environmental and Urban Geology

*EAPS 30500 - Geologic Fund in Earth Science

*ENGL 10302 - Introductory Creative Writing

*ENGL 20301 - Creative Writing

ENGL 20302 - Fiction

FR 11100 - Elementary French I

FR 11201- Elementary French II

*GEOG 31500 - Environmental Conservation

GER 11100 - Elementary German I

GER 11201 - Elementary German II

INTL 20000 - Intro International Studies

INTD 33000 - Culture & Design

MUSC 14000 - Introduction to Music Expression

MUSC 15300 - Introduction to Musical Therapy

NELC 10000 - Elementary Arabic I

NELC 15000 - Elementary Arabic II

NUTR 40300 - Advanced Nutrition: Farm to Fork

OLS 45400 - Gender and Diversity in Management

PACS 20000 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

*PHIL 12000 - Critical Thinking

*PHIL 15000 - Principles of Logic

PHIL 27500 - The Philosophy of Art

PHIL 32600 - Business Ethics

PHIL 35100 - Philosophy of Science

PHIL 35200 - History & Philosophy of Science

PHIL 43500 - Philosophy of Mind

PHIL 46500 - Philosophy of Language

PHYS 13600 - Chaos and Fractals

POL 27500 - Politics and Film

POL 30701 - Indiana State Government and Politics

POL 28500 - Science and Politics

REL 11200 - Religion and Culture

REL 30000 - Religions of the Ancient World

SOC 10900 - Community and the Built Environment

SOC 20900 - Community and the Built Environment

SOC 31401 - Social Aspects of Health and Medicine

SPAN 11101 - Elementary Spanish I

SPAN 11201 - Elementary Spanish II

SPAN 11300 - Accelerated First Year Spanish

THTR 13400 - Fundamentals of Performance

THTR 32510 - History of Modern Drama

**PHYS 25100 is not accepted as a B7 General Elective Course**

Senior Design I (CE 48700)

Total Credit Hours =

These courses satisfy all outcomes for the respective competencies.

* Courses in bold have been recommended by the Civil Engineering Industrial Advisory Council

Major and Supporting Courses Required for the B.S.C.E.

ENGR 12700 - Engineering Fundamentals I Cr. 4.
ENGR 12800 - Engineering Fundamentals II Cr. 4.
MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus Cr. 4.
MA 35100 - Elementary Linear Algebra Cr. 3.
MA 36300 - Differential Equations Cr. 3.
PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity, And Optics Cr. 5.
STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods Cr. 3.

Core and Concentration Courses Required for the B.S.C.E.

CE 21000 - Introduction To Geomatics Cr. 3.
CE 25000 - Statics Cr. 3.
CE 25100 - Dynamics Cr. 3.
CE 25200 - Strength Of Materials Cr. 3.
CE 31500 - Civil Engineering Materials Cr. 3.
CE 31600 - Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Cr. 1.
CE 31800 - Fluid Mechanics Cr. 3.
CE 31900 - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Cr. 1.
CE 33000 - Construction Management Cr. 3.
CE 34500 - Transportation Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 36500 - Environmental Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 36600 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory Cr. 1.
CE 37500 - Structural Analysis Cr. 3.
CE 38000 - Soil Mechanics Cr. 3.
CE 38100 - Soil Mechanics Laboratory Cr. 1.
CE 40100 - Civil Engineering Profession And Practice Cr. 1.
CE 41800 - Hydraulics Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 47800 - Design Of Concrete Structures Cr. 3.
CE 48100 - Foundation Engineering Cr. 3.

Technical Elective Courses Credits: 12

Students must select 12 credit hours from the following sections. Students may choose from different areas.

A maximum of one elective can be taken from non-civil engineering courses.

Other courses may be approved with the consent of the advisor with consultation with the civil engineering curriculum committee. New courses approved and added to the curriculum in future Catalogs may satisfy Technical Elective requirements.

Civil Engineering Technical Elective Courses

CE 44800 - Geotechnical Investigations And Site Characterization Cr. 3.
CE 45000 - Transportation Policy And Planning Cr. 3.
CE 45100 - Traffic Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 46500 - Water And Wastewater Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 47500 - Design Of Steel Structures Cr. 3.
CE 48000 - Finite Element Analysis Cr. 3.
CE 48400 - Research In Civil Engineering Cr. 3.
CE 48800 - Civil Engineering Design Project II Cr. 3.
CE 49000 - Selected Topics In Civil Engineering Cr. 1-6.

Non-Civil Engineering Technical Elective Courses

CHM 11600 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
CHM 24100 - Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Cr. 4.
CHM 26100 - Organic Chemistry I Cr. 3.
CET 20900 - Land Surveying And Subdivision Cr. 3.
ME 20000 - Thermodynamics I Cr. 3.
ME 47100 - Vibration Analysis Cr. 3.
BUS 30102 - Operations Management Cr. 3.
BUS 30200 - Managing And Behavior In Organizations Cr. 3.
SE 52000 - Engineering Economics Cr. 3.
STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis Cr. 3.

GPA Requirement

The required courses (ENGR and CE) and technical elective courses must have a combined minimum GPA of 2.0.

Total Credits: 120

Student Responsibility

You are responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all graduation requirements specified for each selected program. Thus, it is essential that you develop a thorough understanding of the required courses, academic policies, and procedures governing your academic career. If you cannot complete all program requirements by your stated graduation date but fail to remove those from your plan of study, the Registrar’s Office in consultation with your academic advisor will remove unmet pursuits from your plan of study. Changing curricular records during the graduation term of application may affect state or federal financial aid awards. All requests for exceptions to specific requirements must be made in writing and may be granted only by written approval from the appropriate chair or dean.