Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering www.citadel.edu/CEE

Dr. William J. Davis, P.E. (AL)
Jeff.davis@citadel.edu

Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is to provide a nationally recognized student- centered learning environment for the development of principled leaders in the civil and environmental engineering community through a broad-based, rigorous curriculum, emphasizing theoretical and practical engineering concepts, strong professional values, and a disciplined work ethic.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recognizes the civil engineer as a people-serving professional who manages resources as well as technology. The civil engineer plans, designs, constructs, and maintains facilities essential to modern life in both the public and private sectors. Accordingly, the department strives to develop the skills of its engineering students in the management of resources-time, materials, money, and people. Consistent with the high aims of the civil engineering profession, the department seeks to ensure its academic program is underpinned by a broad base of ethical knowledge and behavior as well as modern leading-edge technology. The department accomplishes its mission by connecting students, faculty, and staff in a unique academic environment, achieving the intended development of the student through the enriched personal, professional, and educational growth of each individual.

Program Educational Objectives:

Civil Engineering program and Construction Engineering program educational objectives are for alumni, 3-5 years after graduation, to achieve success through:

1. Design and Construction: Service to society as practicing engineers, or like positions, by providing sustainable design and construction solutions, while holding paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
2. Principled Leadership: Contributions to the engineering profession, or like fields, as principled leaders through selfless service, inclusive collaboration, and ethical decision-making.
3. Sustainable Growth: Employment of effective strategies for professional development, self-directed learning, and career advancement.

Departmental Core Values

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has adopted the following core values:

Students are our Focus: We believe the education, development, empowerment, and welfare of our students are the primary focus of our efforts.

Civil Engineers as Principled Leaders: We believe the engineering profession requires the highest professional and ethical standards, which we seek to model, teach and prepare our students to embrace.

Collaborative Teaching and Learning Environment: We believe a collaborative collegial environment among our faculty, staff and students is critical in sustaining advancement in educational excellence.

Growth through Assessment: We believe data-driven inquiry and improvement will lead us to sustained advancement in educational excellence.

Program Requirements Two-Plus-Two Evening Studies

The Citadel offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree (BSCE). This program is offered in cooperation with South Carolina technical schools where the student completes the first two years of study. Students may also attend another accredited college or university. The junior and senior years of study are completed at The Citadel by attending evening classes.

Student Outcomes

At the time of graduation from the civil engineering program, a student should achieve an acceptable level of skills and knowledge in the following student outcomes:

1. Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. 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.
3. Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgements, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Program of Study

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s four-year program begins with courses that provide a foundation of knowledge and skill in the basic arts and sciences. Limited specialization in engineering starts during the sophomore year. In the junior and senior years, the time is devoted essentially to basic professional subjects. Throughout the four years, the program emphasizes the development of habits of orderly study, investigation, sound reasoning, problem-solving, and design, rather than the mere acquisition of factual information. It is stressed that an engineer is a professional, thoroughly grounded in engineering science and technology, but also aware of the social, economic, ethical, and ecological implications of professional activities. The civil engineering curriculum is accredited by ABET (www.ABET.org). Each year the curriculum is augmented by off-campus educators and engineers who lecture and moderate seminars in engineering specialties. Students’ sources of knowledge are broadened by participation in these seminars and the student chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Tau Beta Pi (TBP, honorary engineering society), the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).