Civil Engineering B.S.

Civil engineering is the oldest of the engineering disciplines and involves the planning, design, and construction of facilities essential to modern life.

Graduates can look forward to employment by construction companies; city and county engineering departments; state and federal transportation organizations (such as the Georgia Department of Transportation); and civil engineering consulting and design firms. Graduates have the qualifications to enter careers in areas such as, but not limited to, transportation engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resource engineering, and construction engineering. Typical job titles for graduates may include construction engineer, project engineer, planner, project supervisor, consulting engineer, and design engineer.

Civil Engineering requires rigorous training in basic engineering principles along with the development of skills in the areas of planning and management of construction projects and the associated systems and resources. Graduates in the area of Civil Engineering will be required to master technical elements and to demonstrate particular competence in the areas of communication, fiscal management, and project control. The broad-based background is tailored to develop professionals who will be able to move between the technical and managerial aspects of civil engineering projects and to serve in key leadership positions within the engineering profession.

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

The first two years of each undergraduate engineering program’s curriculum are considered to be lower division while the remaining two years are considered the upper division. For the most part, upper division engineering courses are those with course numbers in the 3000’s and 4000’s. In addition to the stated prerequisites and unless otherwise noted in the catalog, students must apply for and be granted Engineering Standing in order to enroll in any upper divisionengineering course taught in the School of Engineering. (Note: Courses requiring Engineering Standing will include in their list of prerequisites “Test ENGR with a minimum score of Y” or “Engineering Standing” or words to that affect.)

All students enrolled prior to Fall 2014 semester who are majoring in Engineering or Engineering Technology are automatically granted Engineering Standing.

Granting of Engineering Standing

The Department Chair for the program for which the applicant is seeking admission with the Dean of the College of Engineering’s concurrence, may grant Engineering Standing. Once Engineering Standing is granted it cannot be rescinded.
In order to be granted Engineering Standing an applicant:

• Must complete the appropriate courses for the major as shown below with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) and a GPA in math and science courses of 2.7 or above
• Must file an application for Engineering Standing with the appropriate department
• Must submit a copy of their SPSU transcript either official or unofficial with the application
• May file an application in the semester during which they are completing the requirements for Engineering Standing. In this case, the application will be reviewed after mid-semester grades are reported and the departmentmay allow the student to pre- register for upper division courses pending successful completion of the requirements
• May only apply for Engineering Standing in a program twice.

If a transfer student is admitted to KSU’s Southern Polytechnic College of E&ET and has successfully completed the requirements of the Regents Engineering Transfer Program at a USG institution, he or she is automatically granted Engineering Standing.

Any student who has received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic and seeks a second degree in the College of E & ET is automatically granted Engineering Standing.

The following chart lists the course requirements for students seeking Engineering Standing.  Updated May 9, 2016

Course Requirements