CEE Undergraduate Program Mission and Objectives

I. Mission

Our Departmental Mission is to educate students in the principles and methods essential to the practice and advancement of civil and environmental engineering. Our students are prepared to apply and continually cultivate knowledge that will enable them to become successful practitioners, innovators and leaders in serving the needs of a complex society.

II. Program Objectives

The Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science degree program educational objectives are:

(1) Provide our students with an education in the fundamental principles and scientific methods essential to contemporary civil and environmental engineering.

(2) Provide our students the opportunity to study broad topics of civil and environmental engineering.

(3) Develop our students to be proficient in four areas of civil and environmental engineering.

(4) Provide our students the opportunity to study advanced topics in one or more areas of civil and environmental engineering.

(5) Provide broad career opportunities for our students by integrating planning, economics and finance, probability and statistics, management and organizational structure in the curriculum.

(6) Provide opportunities for our students to develop and exhibit team building, leadership, and continued education/learning skills.

(7) Provide opportunities for our students to develop and use communication skills.

(8) Develop opportunities, both inside and outside of the classroom, for understanding professional practice issues which include ethical responsibilities, political , international, historical , cultural, societal and diversity issues.