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The Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) requires a minimum of 128 s.h. Students must be enrolled in the UI College of Engineering for the last 30 s.h. of work toward the degree, or 45 of the last 60 s.h., or a total of 90 s.h. They must have a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 on all college work used to satisfy degree requirements as well as on all work undertaken at the University of Iowa.

Engineering students earn the B.S.E. degree in one of eight undergraduate programs of study (majors): biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, or mechanical engineering. Each program's curriculum is divided into four major components: the common core, engineering topics, an elective focus area, and the general education component.

Civil and environmental engineering is one of the three largest fields of engineering. It traditionally has been concerned with infrastructure facilities that are both large in scale and essential to modern life. Civil and environmental engineering projects include transportation systems and their components, such as bridges, highways, public transit systems, railways, harbors, airports, and seaports; large-scale structures and office buildings that provide enclosed working and living space; environmental and hydraulic systems that provide clean water and air, including filtration plants and distribution systems for municipal and industrial water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, dams, levees, and irrigation systems.

Civil and environmental engineers are solvers of real-world problems. Growth areas of civil and environmental engineering include water sustainability, infrastructure development, construction management, computer-aided design, hazardous waste management, engineered environmental systems and flood-related sciences. In the future, civil and environmental engineers will be called upon to design structures for earth, prevent erosion and sedimentation of rivers, predict effects of global climate change on the environment, improve flood monitoring and forecasting, provide modern and efficient transportation systems, and ensure the quality of air and surface waters and ground waters.

In planning and design, civil and environmental engineers work with other engineers, architects, landscape architects, planners, economists, financiers, sociologists, lawyers, and other specialists as members of the design team. Some civil and environmental engineers work in engineering offices; others may be called upon to construct or supervise outdoor projects they have designed. These field assignments, many of which can be in remote and fascinating parts of the world, are particularly appealing to many civil and environmental engineers. There also is significant potential for entrepreneurial work by civil and environmental engineers as they start their own companies.

Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the program are expected to:

• be productive and contributing members of the civil and environmental engineering profession as practitioners, entrepreneurs, researchers or teachers, and be engaged in learning, understanding, and applying new ideas as the field develops;
• pursue advanced studies if qualified and interested; and
• promote the safety, health, and welfare of the public and environmental through professional practice and civic leadership.

Career Advancement

The engineering profession is a foundation for a variety of careers in industry, medicine, law, government, and consulting.