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2016-2017 University Catalog
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, BS
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Banner Code: VS-BS-CEIE
School: Volgenau School of Engineering
Department: Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
The bachelor’s degree program provides essential underpinnings in the theory and design methods of civil and infrastructure engineering for engineering practice. Students benefit from exposure to practical civil, environmental, and infrastructure engineering problems and their solutions in the classroom, lab, and field. The educational objectives of the Civil and Infrastructure Engineering program describe expectations for graduates approximately three to five years after obtaining their BS CIE degree. Graduates of the program will be professionals who:
- Engage in the engineering practice of planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining sustainable infrastructure;
- Participate in public discussions concerning infrastructure in the urban, suburban, and exurban setting by providing professional guidance;
- Stay current through continuing education opportunities, professional conferences, graduate school, and other self-learning experiences; have the ability to obtain and maintain professional licensing.
Civil engineering students can look forward to a career in local, state, and federal government organizations, and in architectural and engineering firms that specialize in land development, transportation, water resources, environment, structures, geotechnical, construction, and other related fields. The program also prepares students for continuing graduate studies for sophisticated practice, research and teaching.
This has been designated a Green Leaf program. For further information, please go to Green Leaf Programs and Courses .
This undergraduate program offers students the option of applying to the accelerated master’s degree program. See Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, BS/Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Accelerated MS for specific requirements.
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Degree Requirements
Degree requirements include 120 credits distributed in three main areas: mathematics and basic science, humanities and social sciences, and civil engineering analysis and design. Students must complete all math, science and Volgenau School of Engineering courses presented as part of the required 120 credits for the degree with a grade of C or better.
The prerequisite structure for these courses is extensive. Sample schedules, available from the department, provide a comprehensive listing of major and Mason Core requirements and serve as a guide to the progression of the courses to satisfy all prerequisites.
Students are required to see their faculty advisor at least once each year to plan their curriculum, and to develop an approved plan of study, which constitutes a learning plan for the degree program.
For the BS CIE degree, students must complete 120 credits, including all of the following: Civil Engineering Credits: 37
Technical Electives Credits: 24
A total of 24 credit hours of CEIE Technical Elective courses must be selected. The first four CEIE technical core elective courses (12 credit hours) must be selected from four different specialty areas from among the six Civil Engineering specialty areas:
Note: Students who choose to take a 500 graduate-level section must obtain prior approval by the department’s undergraduate program director.
The remaining 12 credit hours of the CEIE Technical Elective courses may be selected from any CEIE 4XX course. One 3 credit hour course of those remaining credit hours may be from related advanced science or engineering course offerings. Approval from the student’s academic advisor is required before a non-CEIE course is taken to meet senior technical elective requirements for the degree.
Communication and Economics Credits: 6
Additional Mason Core Credits: 15
Students must complete all Mason Core requirements not fulfilled by major requirements with one modification. CIE students are required to take 6 credits of written communication, 3 credits of literature, and courses in two of the following three areas: arts, global understanding, and western civilization/world history. This exemption means that CIE students meet the Volgenau School of Engineering’s requirement for humanities and social science courses by taking 21 credits rather than 24. The two additional Mason Core areas to be satisfied must be approved by the CEIE faculty advisor with the goal of best meeting the Mason Core needs of the student. All other Mason Core requirements must be met as stated in the Mason Core section of this catalog.
- Written Communication: 6 credits
- Literature: 3 credits
And courses selected from two of the following areas:
- Arts: 3 credits
- Western Civilization/world history: 3 credits
- Global Understanding: 3 credits
CEIE Honors Program
The Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering offers an Honors Program in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering that creates a community of outstanding scholars in civil engineering who share a commitment to learning, service, and leadership. The Program is crafted around the civil and infrastructure curriculum, and is distinct from the University Honors Curriculum. Entry to the Honors Program is by invitation, extended to students with a minimum high school GPA of 3.80.
The Honors program is challenging, designed for the highly motivated student, and consists of 120 credits. Honors students must satisfy requirements in addition to those of the normal BS CIE degree, including:
- An advanced communication course, COMM 320 or COMM 637 , which may serve as a substitute for one CEIE (4xx) level senior technical elective.
- A minimum of 6 credits of CEIE graduate (5xx/6xx) level courses (these courses may substitute for CEIE (4xx) level senior technical electives by approval of the Department Chair). Students must submit a Graduate Course for Undergraduate Credit Form for approval to the course instructor and Department Chair.
Once admitted to the Honors Program, students must remain in good standing and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 and a minimum GPA of 3.20 in each semester for all courses counting toward the BS CIE degree, maintain continuous enrollment working toward the BS CIE degree, and abide by the Mason Honor Code.
Change of Major
Students who are considering civil and infrastructure engineering as their major must meet with the Volgenau School of Engineering Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising, 2500 Nguyen Engineering Building.
Termination from the Major
No math, science, or Volgenau School of Engineering course that is required for the major may be attempted more than three times. Those students who do not successfully complete such a course within three attempts will be terminated from the major. Undeclared students in the Volgenau School who do not successfully complete a course required for a Volgenau School major within three attempts will also be terminated. For more information, see the “Termination from the Major” section under AP.5 Undergraduate Policies .
Once a student has attempted one of these courses twice unsuccessfully, the third attempt must be no later than the next semester of enrollment, excluding summers. Failure to take the course at that time will result in termination from the major. If the student is unable to take the course when required, the student may request an extension to a future semester; extensions require approval of the student’s advisor, their department, and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. The deadline for extension requests is the add deadline for the semester in which the course is required.
Students who have been terminated from a Volgenau School of Engineering major may not register for a Volgenau School course without permission of the department offering the course. This applies to all undergraduate courses offered by the Volgenau School except IT 104 and STAT 250 .
A student may not declare any major in the Volgenau School of Engineering if the student has previously met the termination criteria for that major at any time, regardless of what the student’s major was at the time the courses were taken.
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