COLLEGE of ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Professor Kenneth R. White*, department head
Professor J. Phillip King*, associate department head
Professors Hanson#*, Idriss*, Jacquez*, Khandan#, McCarthy*#, Samani*#, White*, Associate Professors Jauregui*, King*, Newtson* ; Assistant Professors Bandini, Bawazir, Zhang; College Professor Madrid*; Adjunct Professor Hernandez*##
(575) 646-3801
*Registered Professional Engineer (NM)
# Registered Professional Engineer (State other than NM)
##Registered Land Surveyor (State other than NM)
DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
OPTIONS:
- Structures
- Environmental
- Geotechnical
- Water Resources
MINOR: Agricultural Engineering
DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
The curricula in civil engineering is designed to provide a broad background and is so arranged that students may specialize in one or more of the options listed above or work in one or more areas of civil engineering in the senior year. Students may elect to obtain more than one option in civil engineering.
Requirements
In addition to the university requirements for graduation, a student must have a 2.0 grade-point average in all departmental courses and pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination prior to graduation.
The mission of the Civil Engineering Department is to offer a high quality and accredited degree that prepares our graduates for professional licensure leading to successful civil engineering careers in industry and government or for success at the graduate level. Toward this end, the Civil Engineering Department will recruit and maintain a diverse, highly skilled faculty that will consistently produce high-end teaching, research, and professional service.
Civil Engineering Program Educational Objectives
In support of the mission, the Civil Engineering Department adopts the following program educational objectives:
- Prepare our graduates to achieve professional engineering licensure and productivity in a design office setting.
- Prepare our graduates to be future leaders as public employees and private consultants in civil engineering fields.
- Have 25% of our graduates pursue and complete a graduate level degree.
- Maintain and further develop a high quality accredited civil engineering program that is competitive with comparable programs in the southwest and throughout the nation.
In addition, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, in conjunction with the American Society of Civil Engineers, requires that baccalaureate degree graduates in civil engineering will be able to:
- demonstrate proficiency in mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus based physics and general chemistry;
- demonstrate proficiency in a minimum of four recognized major civil engineering areas;
- demonstrate the ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one of the recognized major civil engineering areas;
- demonstrate the ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experience integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum; and
- demonstrate an understanding of professional practice issues such as procurement of work; bidding versus quality-based selection processes; how the design professional and the construction professions interact to construct a project; the importance of professional licensure and continuing education; and/or other professional practice areas.
The ABET Criteria, in conjunction with the American Society of Civil Engineers also requires that civil engineering curriculums include in-depth instruction allowing students to accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical, computational and experimental practices. They also require that faculty teaching in civil engineering departments show evidence of understanding professional practice and maintain currency in their respective professional areas. Program faculty must have responsibility and sufficient authority to define, revise, implement, and achieve program objectives.
REQUIREMENTS (136 credits)
The General Education Common Core requires 37 credits in 5 different categories, as outlined earlier in the catalog.
Area I: Communications (10 credits)
| ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition | 4 |
| ENGL 218G, Technical and Scientific | 3 |
| COMM 265G, Principles of Human Communication | 3 |
| Other courses listed will be accepted but these are recommended. |
Area II: Mathematics (4 credits)
| MATH 191G, Calculus and Analytical Geometry | 3 |
Area III: Science with laboratory (Select 8 credits)
| CHEM 111G, General Chemistry I | 4 |
| GEOL 111, Survey of Geology | 4 |
Area IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences (Select 6-9 credits)
| Students may select any combination shown. |
Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (Select 6-9 credits)
| Students may select any combination shown. |
Freshman Year (33 credits)
| C E 151, Introduction to Civil Engineering | 3 |
| General Education Common Core | 16 |
| MATH 192G/192GL, Calculus and Analytic Geometry II and Lab | 4 |
| DRFT 109, Computer Drafting | 3 |
| PHYS 215G, Engineering Physics I | 3 |
| PHYS 215GL, Engineering Physics I Laboratory | 1 |
| SUR 222, Plane Surveying | 3 |
Sophomore Year (34 credits)
| C E 231, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| C E 233, Mechanics-Statics | 3 |
| C E 256, Environmental Science | 3 |
| C E 256L, Environmental Science Laboratory | 1 |
| C E 301, Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| C E 331, Hydraulic Engineering | 3 |
| General Education Common Core | 12 |
| MATH 291G, Calculus and Analytic Geometry III | 3 |
| M E 234, Mechanics-Dynamics | 3 |
Junior Year (34 credits)
| C E 311, Properties of Materials | 3 |
| C E 315, Determinate Structures | 3 |
| C E 356, Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| C E 357, Soil Mechanics | 3 |
| C E 365, Intermediate Structural Mechanics | 3 |
| General Education Common Core | 6 |
| E E 201, Networks I, or M E 240, Thermodynamics | 3 |
| MATH 392, Differential Equations | 3 |
| STAT 371, Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I, or approved upper-division math elective | 3 |
| PHYS 216G and PHYS 216GL, Engineering Physics II and Lab, or CHEM 112G, General Chemistry II | 4 |
Senior Year (35 credits)
| C E 450, Engineering Economy and Law | 3 |
| C E 497, Senior Seminar | 2 |
| Civil engineering options | 6 |
| Humanities or social science electives (upper-division)* | 6 |
| General Education Common Core | 3 |
| CE 445, Concrete Design | 3 |
| CE 382, Hydraulic Design | 3 |
| CE 457, Foundation Design | 3 |
| CE 471, Highway Design or CE 477, Construction | 3 |
| CE 469, CE 482, CE 485 or ENVE 456 | 3 |
*Humanities and social science electives must be selected to satisfy the college and university general education requirements.
Civil Engineering Options
Electives for Environmental Option (6 credits):
| ENVE 455, Solid and Hazardous Waste Systems Design | 3 |
| C E 483, Surface Water Hydrology, A EN 459, Design of Water Wells/Pumping Systems or G EN 452, Geohydrology | 3 |
Electives for Structural Option (6 credits):
| C E 444, Elements of Steel Design | 3 |
| C E 454, Wood Design, C E 455, Masonry Design, or C E 468, Mechanics of Structural Systems | 3 |
Electives for Water Resources Option (6 credits):
| C E 483, Surface Water Hydrology | 3 |
| G EN 452, Geohydrology or A EN 459, Design of Water Wells/Pumping | |
| Systems | 3 |
Electives for Geotechnical Option (6 credits):
| G EN 452, Geohydrology or G EN 459, Geomechanics and Rock Engineering or G EN 453, Advanced Engineering Geology | 3 |
MINOR: Agricultural Engineering
| Minimum of 18 credits, designated as follows: |
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
| Soil Science Requirements, 3 credits from: SOIL 472, Soil Morphology and Classification; SOIL 476, Soil Microbiology; SOIL 477, Soil Physics; SOIL 479, Environmental Soil Chemistry | 3 |
| Plant/Animal Science Requirement, 3 credits from: AGRO/HORT 365, Principles of Crop Production; ANSC 351V, Agricultural Animals of the World | 3 |
| Institutions/Economics Requirement, 3 credits from: AG E 315V, World Agriculture and Food Problems; AG E 337V, Natural Resources Economics; AG E 484, Water Resource Economics | 3 |
College of Engineering
| Irrigation Requirement, 3 credits from: A EN 478, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering; A EN 498, Special Topics | 3 |
| Engineering Specialty Requirement, 3 credits from: A EN 335, Engineering for Biological Systems; A EN 475, Soil and Water Conservation | 3 |
| Design Requirement, 3 credits from: A EN 440, Design Applications; A EN 459, Design of Water Wells/Pumping Systems | 3 |