Major in Construction Engineering

CSU recognizes the industry’s interest in developing a workforce pipeline of qualified construction engineers ready to make an immediate impact across the nation. CSU delivers a comprehensive ABET-accredited Construction Engineering program with robust course offerings that focus on the excellence required to make this program unique and exceptional.

The program achieves industry expectations and anticipated future needs by including focus areas aligned with strengths of CSU faculty experts: Heavy Civil/Infrastructure, Structures/Buildings, and Water/Environmental Facilities. The Construction Engineering degree also includes industry-informed curriculum in virtual design and construction and construction safety engineering.

The program includes an engaged industry advisory board with an active commitment to ensure the success of the program and students, and Enrichment Programming with Industry and Peer Mentorship.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

The Major in Construction Engineering program strives to provide students with the knowledge, training, and opportunity to achieve the primary educational objective of rewarding careers in construction or related fields, in addition to the expectation that these students, within five years of graduation, will:

1. Be successfully employed in engineering, science, technology, or related careers;
2. Assume management or leadership roles;
3. Engage in continual learning by pursuing advanced degrees or additional educational opportunities through coursework, professional conferences and training, and/or participation in professional societies;
4. Pursue professional registration or other appropriate certifications; and
5. Be active in civic engagement.

The outcomes that students are expected to have attained upon graduation with a B.S. in Construction Engineering are the ability to:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;
2. Design and conduct experiments;
3. Analyze and interpret data;
4. Design a sustainable system or component to meet desired performance specifications;
5. Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems;
6. Communicate and demonstrate professional and ethical responsibilities;
7. Communicate effectively through writing and drawing;
8. Communicate effectively through oral presentations;
9. Explain the impact of engineering on society;
10. Engage in life-long learning;
11. Explain contemporary issues in civil, environmental and architectural engineering;
12. Use modern construction engineering tools, skills; and
13. Explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy and leadership.

Effective Fall 2025

Technical Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
BC 351	Principles of Biochemistry	4
CHEM 245	Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 341	Modern Organic Chemistry I	3
CIVE 305	Intermediate AutoCAD	3
CIVE 330	Ecological Engineering	3
CIVE 405	Sustainable Civil/Environmental Engineering	3
CIVE 413	Environmental River Mechanics	3
CIVE 423	Groundwater Engineering	3
CIVE 437	Wastewater Treatment Facility Design	3
CIVE 439	Applications of Environmental Engr Concepts	3
CIVE 440	Nonpoint Source Pollution	3
CIVE 442	Air Quality Engineering	3
CIVE 455	Applications in Geotechnical Engineering	3
CIVE 458	Environmental Geotechnics	3
CIVE 502	Fluid Mechanics	3
CIVE 505	Structural Inspection, Management and Repair	3
CIVE 507	Transportation Engineering	3
CIVE 508	Bridge Engineering	3
CIVE 510	Applied Hydraulic System Design	3
CIVE 511	Coastal Engineering	3
CIVE 512	Irrigation Systems Design	3
CIVE 513	Morphodynamic Modeling	3
CIVE 514	Hydraulic Structures/Systems	3
CIVE 519	Irrigation Water Management	3
CIVE 520	Physical Hydrology	3
CIVE 521	Hydrometry	3
CIVE 524/WR 524	Modeling Watershed Hydrology	3
CIVE 525	Water Engineering International Development	3
CIVE 529	Environmental Organic Chemistry	3
CIVE 530	Environ Engr at the Water-Energy-Health Nexus	3
CIVE 531	Groundwater Hydrology	3
CIVE 533/BIOM 533	Biomolecular Tools for Engineers	3
CIVE 538	Aqueous Chemistry	3
CIVE 540/CBE 540	Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing	3
CIVE 541	Physical Chemical Water Treatment Processes	3
CIVE 542	Water Quality Modeling	3
CIVE 544	Water Resources Planning and Management	3
CIVE 547/STAT 547	Statistics for Environmental Monitoring	3
CIVE 549	Drainage and Wetland Engineering	3
CIVE 550	Foundation and Retaining Wall Engineering	3
CIVE 555	Mining Geotechnics	3
CIVE 556	Slope Stability, Seepage, and Earth Dams	3
CIVE 558	Containment Systems for Waste Disposal	3
CIVE 559	Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering	3
CIVE 560	Advanced Mechanics of Materials	3
CIVE 561	Advanced Steel Behavior and Design	3
CIVE 562	Fundamentals of Vibrations	3
CIVE 565	Finite Element Method	3
CIVE 566	Intermediate Structural Analysis	3
CIVE 567	Advanced Concrete Design	3
CIVE 568	Design of Masonry and Wood Structures	3
CIVE 571	Pipeline Engineering and Hydraulics	3
CIVE 572	Analysis of Urban Water Systems	3
CIVE 573	Urban Stormwater Management	3
CIVE 574	Civil Engineering Project Management	3
CIVE 575	Sustainable Water and Waste Management	3
CIVE 576	Engineering Applications of GIS and GPS	3
CIVE 578	Infrastructure and Utility Management	3
CON 370	Asphalt Pavement Materials and Construction	3
ENGR 550/MATH 550	Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering	3
ERHS 446	Environmental Toxicology	3
FIN 305	Fundamentals of Finance	3
GEOL 442	Applied Geophysics	4
GR 323/NR 323	Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation	3
LIFE 320	Ecology	3
MATH 332	Partial Differential Equations	3
MATH 369	Linear Algebra I	3
MGT 305	Fundamentals of Management	3
MIP 300	General Microbiology	3
MKT 305	Fundamentals of Marketing	3
NR 319	Introduction to Geospatial Science	4

Distinctive Requirements for Degree Program:

TO PREPARE FOR FIRST SEMESTER:  The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take calculus.