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 structral or environmental.

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:

Required Courses: (10 Credit Hours)

CIVL 202 - Statics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 203 - Dynamics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 304 - Mechanics of Materials Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 307 - Materials Laboratory Credit Hours: 1

Civil and Environmental Engineering Fields of Emphasis

Structures: (12 Credit Hours)

CIVL 309 - Structural Analysis Credit Hours: 4
CIVL 314 - Engineering Economy Credit Hours: 2
CIVL 404 - Reinforced Concrete Design Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 406 - Steel Design Credit Hours: 3

OR

Environmental: (13 Credit Hours)

CIVL 320 - Fluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 321 - Hydrology and Hydraulics Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 322 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 408 - Water and Wastewater Systems Credit Hours: 3
CIVL 418 - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Credit Hours: 1

Plan of Study:

Prerequisites and corequisites for each of the above courses must be met as presented in the course descriptions.

Total Credit Hours Required:

22 for Structures or 23 for Environmental at least 9 of which must be completed at The Citadel.