Civil and Environmental Engineering Minor

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Objective:

Provide students from STEM departments the opportunity to obtain a minor in a civil engineering technical discipline, including structural or environmental. The minor in Civil Engineering will provide students with practical knowledge; quantitative and scientific aptitudes and basic level of competence in structural or environmental engineering.

Competencies, Knowledge, or Skills to be Achieved:

A student who completes this minor will have the opportunity to develop a basic competency in civil engineering, apply basic engineering principles to another field, stimulate creative thinking, and develop problem solving skills. Through the elective field of emphasis, the student will achieve additional knowledge or skill in either structures or environmental.

Structure of the Minor:

Environmental Engineering Emphasis

Core Courses: (12 Credit Hours)

CIVL 202 - Statics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 320 - Fluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 322 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 408 - Water and Wastewater Systems Credit Hours: 3

Additional Course Options (Select 3+ credit hours):

CIVL 321 - Hydrology and Hydraulics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 418 - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
CIVL 419 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
CHEM 302 - Instrumental Methods Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 220 - Scientific Communication Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 292 - Leadership for Environmental Sustainability Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 343 - Applied Climatology Credit Hours: 3

Structural Engineering Emphasis

Core Courses: (10 Credit Hours)

CIVL 202 - Statics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 304 - Mechanics of Materials Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 309 - Structural Analysis Credit Hours: 4

Additional Course Options (Select 5+ credit hours):

CIVL 307 - Materials Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
CIVL 404 - Reinforced Concrete Design Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 406 - Steel Design Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 409 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 410 - Geotechnical Engineering II Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 600+ Graduate-level Structural Engineering Course (with instructor permission)

Plan of Study:

Students should complete the “Core Courses” in their selected emphasis area and then select from the list of “Additional Course Options” until the 15 minimum credit hour requirement is met.
Students must meet all the pre/corequisites as presented in the course descriptions.
Course substitutions may be accepted on the basis of course content by the Civil Department Head.
At least 9 credit hours of the minor must be completed at The Citadel and 12 credit hours may not count toward the student’s academic major.