Degree Requirements

To graduate with a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering (BCE), students must satisfactorily complete 137 credit hours. The distribution of courses in the proposed study plan is as follows:

University requirements

The University requirements for the Bachelor degree in CE total 30 credit hours and are distributed as follows:
• 6 credit hours of Arabic: ARAB 101 and ARAB 201;
• 9 credit hours of English communication skills: ENGL 101, ENGL 102, and ENGL 203;
• 9 credit hours of social and cultural studies: SOCS 101, SOCS 201, and SOCS 202;
• 3 credit hours of computing for engineers: CSC 101;
• 3 credit hours of mathematics: MATH 101.

College requirements

The College of Engineering requirements for the Bachelor degree in CE total 41 and are distributed as follows:
• 12 credit hours in basic sciences: PHYS 101/ 101L, PHYS 102/ 102L, and CHEM 101/ 101L;
• 15 credit hours in mathematics: MATH 102, MATH 201, MATH 202, MATH 215, and STAT 230;
• 3 credit hours in technical writing: ENGL 206;
• 3 credit hours in engineering economy: COEN 300;
• 3 credit hours in engineering ethics: COEN 400;
• 4 credit hour final-year project during the senior year: CIVE 401 and CIVE 402;
• 1 credit hour internship (CIVE 400) after completing 41 credits of College requirements.

Program requirements

The program requirements for the BCE total 66 credit hours and are distributed as follows:
• 51 credit hours for the courses: CIVE 210, CIVE 211, CIVE 220, CIVE 220L, CIVE 240, CIVE 240L,CIVE 250, CIVE 260, CIVE 310, CIVE 320, CIVE 330, CIVE 330L, CIVE 340, CIVE 351, CIVE 360, CIVE 460, and CIVE 480; ELEE 230; MECH 200 and MECH 211;
• Four 3-credit hour electives from Civil Engineering;
• One 3-credit hour free elective Course.