Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Civil Engineering
Hours: 123

Delivery Options:

Civil Engineering Overview

The Lamar University Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering prepares you for a people-serving profession vital to the world’s economic, political and social well-being. Civil engineers engage in a wide range of activities such as research, design, development, management and the control of engineering systems and their components.

Watch Dr. Liv Haselbach's faculty interview to learn more about the program and what it means to be a civil engineer.

With a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar University, you will be in high demand in various fields throughout many different industries. The curriculum that leads to this degree is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Civil Engineering Courses You May Take

Intro to CAD and Surveying
This introductory course is aimed at covering fundamental design concepts of AutoCAD as it relates to civil/construction engineering and the basic principles of surveying. The AutoCAD portion of the course will be aimed at introducing civil/construction plans, comprehending scale, understanding the basic operation of AutoCAD software and 2D drawing skills for civil engineering systems. The surveying portion will cover introduction to surveying, basic surveying measurements and vertical distance measurements.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering
In introduction to Environmental Engineering the laws of conservation of mass and energy and simple models are used to derive formulae and solve basic problems as they relate to the impact of pollutants on the environment, air and water quality.

Structural Analysis
Analysis of loading for bridges and buildings. Effects of moving loads using influence lines. Shear and bending moment diagrams. Analysis of indeterminate structures. Introduction to structural design. Investigation of frames, girders and bents.

Fluid Mechanics
This course introduces the students to the fascinating field of fluid mechanics. Fluid mechanics examines the behavior of fluids, both liquids and gases, at rest and in motion (dynamics). This examination will rely on Newton's laws of motion, as well as the fundamental thermodynamic principles and the conservation of mass and energy. This course covers topics including fluid statics, fundamentals of fluid motion, systems and control volumes, basic laws of fluid flow, flow characteristics of closed conduits, friction and drag studies, similitude and dimensional analysis.

Geo-technical Engineering
Basic principles of soil behavior under load. Soil properties and classification. Study of hydraulics as applied to soil mechanics.

Career Paths in Civil Engineering

Civil engineers design a safer, cleaner world for all of us. Your career in civil engineering will allow you to make sure that we all have safe places to live and work. You'll provide us with clean drinking water and ways to live sustainably. With the world’s growing population and our limited natural resources, your work will be extremely important in ensuring sustainable development of our resources.