Civil Engineering Degree Requirements

Required 128 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. Civil Engineering required courses

III. Program Required Electives

All Civil Engineering students must take at least one technical elective in Civil Engineering from UND except those who transfer both technical elective requirements. Approved courses can be found in the CE student handbook  or campus connection. For any other technical elective courses, they must be approved by the CE chair. 

IV. College of Engineering and Mines Requirements 

 V. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines 

 

 

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 Students are encouraged to take GEOE 203.

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Students can take MATH 321 or CHE 315 or ECON 210 as a statistics course. If students take MATH 321 as their statistics elective and MATH 421 as their technical elective, they will earn a minor in Math, without adding extra courses to their degree plan. 

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UND Civil Engineering Degree Program requires courses as well as ENGL 110 and ENGL 130 to be completed with at least a “C” grade in each of the courses. 

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Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum. 

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Either ENGR 200 OR ENGR 202 must be completed with a "C" or higher. 

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Labs must be completed on campus, through CE 102 or from a pre-approved transfer institution. For more information on labs, please visit here. 

Students have the opportunity to take CE 102 where they can petition to waive a program specific requirement, not university or essential studies requirements, for the following courses: CE 101, CE 103,  CE 313, CE 313L, CE 397(up to 3 crs), CE 411 , CE 412L, CE 423L, CE 431L, CE 444, ENGR 200, ENGR 340. 

All engineering, science, and math transfer courses must earn a grade of "C" or higher to be applied to the program. 

Students must complete a minimum of 21 credit hours of 300-level or higher coursework in Civil Engineering at UND, including CE 482 and CE 483.

Admission Requirements

The applicant must meet the School of Graduate Studies' current minimum general admission requirements as published in the graduate catalog.

1. Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited or equivalent program.
2. Graduate Record Examination General Test for applicants from non-ABET accredited programs.
3. A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.5 for all undergraduate work or a GPA of at least 3.0 for the junior and senior years of undergraduate work (based on A = 4.00).
4. Satisfy the School of Graduate Studies' English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the graduate catalog.

Degree Requirements

Students seeking the Master of Engineering degree at the University of North Dakota must satisfy all general requirements set forth by the School of Graduate Studies as well as particular requirements set forth by the Civil Engineering Department.

1. A minimum of 30 semester credits in a major option, including the credits granted for the design project and the research leading to the design project. All credits must be pre-approved by the advisor.
2. At least one-half of the credits must be at or above the 500-level.
3. A minimum of 15-credit hours of course work.
4. A maximum of one-fourth of the credit hours required for the degree may be transferred from another institution.
5. Preparation of a written design project approved by the faculty advisor.
6. Required Courses:

7. Course List

   Code	Title	Credits
   Environmental Option
   CE 536	Environmental Engineering III	3
   CE 537	Environmental Engineering IV	3
   CHE 504	Air Pollution Control	3
   CE 595	Design Project	6
   Electives		15
   Structures Option
   CE 502	Structural Stability	3
   CE 503	Structural Dynamics	3
   CE 555	Prestressed Concrete-Analysis and Design	3
   or CE 557	Advanced Steel Design
   CE 595	Design Project	6
   Electives		15
   Transportation Option
   CE 517	Transportation Asset Management	3
   CE 518	Pavement Engineering	3
   CE 519	Sustainable Pavements	3
   CE 595	Design Project	6
   Elective		15
   Water Resources Option
   CE 526	Applied Hydraulics	3
   CE 524	Open Channel Hydraulics	3
   CE 525	Surface Hydrology	3
   or GEOE 417	Hydrogeology
   CE 595	Design Project	6
   Electives		15
   General Civil Engineering Option
   CE 517	Transportation Asset Management	3
   or CE 518	Pavement Engineering
   or CE 519	Sustainable Pavements
   CE 502	Structural Stability	3
   or CE 503	Structural Dynamics
   CE 526	Applied Hydraulics	3
   or CE 524	Open Channel Hydraulics
   or CE 525	Surface Hydrology
   CE 536	Environmental Engineering III	3
   or CE 537	Environmental Engineering IV
   CE 595	Design Project	6
   Electives		12

 Combined Degree in Civil Engineering

To encourage undergraduate engineering students to extend their studies to include a graduate degree, the College of Engineering and Mines has a combined program that permits students to earn both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in an engineering discipline. This program allows students to designate two three-credit graduate courses to count for both degrees. The selected courses must have graduate course standing and be designated when a student requests admission to the program.

Students may be admitted to the Civil Engineering Combined Degree program after the completion of 95 credit hours toward the bachelor’s degree with a GPA of at least 3.3 and before completion of the bachelor’s degree. The student is admitted to the School of Graduate Studies' on completion of 125 credit hours for the bachelor’s degree.