S.B. in 1C Civil Engineering Degree Requirements

General Institute Requirements (GIRs) Subjects

Science requirement: 6
Humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) requirement: 8
Restricted electives in science and technology (REST) requirement (can be satisfied by 1.00 or 1.018J and 18.03 in the departmental program): 2
Laboratory requirement (can be satisfied by 1.101 or 1.102 in the departmental program): 1
Total GIR subjects required for S.B. degree: 17

* Communication Requirement
The program includes a communication requirement of 4 subjects: 2 subjects designated as communication intensive in humanities, arts and social sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as communication intensive in the major (CI-M).

Departmental Program

Subject names below are followed by credit units and prerequisites (co-requisites in italics).

Required subjects: 159

Core
1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, 12 (REST, CI-M); 7.012/7.013/7.014 recommended
1.020 Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability, 12
1.050 Engineering Mechanics I, 12; 8.01, 18.02
1.060 Engineering Mechanics II, 12; 18.03
18.03 Differential Equations, 12 (REST); 18.02
1.013 Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, 12 (CI-M); permission of instructor
1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, 12 (REST); 18.01
1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering, 12; 18.02

Civil Engineering
1.011 Project Evaluation, 9
1.035 Mechanics of Structures and Soils, 18; 1.050, 18.03
1.036 Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Design, 12; 1.035
** 1.041J Engineering Systems Design, 12; 1.011

Laboratory
1.101 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design I, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.050, 1.018    
1.102 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design II, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.060

Restricted electives: 12
One advanced subject from the following list:
1.015J Mechanical Systems, Signal Processing and Stochastics, 12; 18.03
1.032 Geomaterials and Geomechanics, 12; 1.010, 1.011, 1.035 or equivalent
1.052J Mechanics of Structures, 12; 1.050 or 2.001, 18.03
1.054 Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures, 12; 1.035 or equivalent
1.124J Foundations of Software Engineering, 12; 1.00
1.200J Transportation Systems Analysis, 12; permission of instructor
1.201J Introduction to Transportation Systems, 12; permission of instructor
1.252J Urban Transportation Planning, 12
1.260J Logistics Systems, 12
1.573 Structural Mechanics, 12; 1.052

Departmental program units that also satisfy the GIRs: 36

Unrestricted electives: 48

Total units beyond the GIRs required for S.B. degree: 183

No subject can be counted as part of the 17 subject GIRs and as part of the 183 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.

* Classes of 2009 and 2010 can satisfy the CI-M requirement with 1.020 instead of 1.018J, if 1.020 was taken in spring 2008 or earlier.
** Class of 2009 must take 1.041J in spring 2009.

Grades for Prerequisite Subjects
Effective fall term 2008, the CEE Department Undergraduate Committee set a policy for grades in prerequisite subjects for all undergraduate programs in CEE.

A student who receives a D in a subject that is part of his/her departmental program and is also a prerequisite for another more advanced subject in the program has two options. Option 1: The student may proceed to take the more advanced subject; he or she will not be required to retake the prerequisite subject if the more advanced subject is passed with a C or better. However, if the student does not receive a C or better in the more advanced subject, both this subject and the prerequisite subject must be repeated. Option 2: The student may retake the prerequisite subject and pass it with a C or better before enrolling in the more advanced subject.