Construction Engineering
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COLLEGE: Engineering
MAJOR: Construction Engineering
DEGREE OFFERED: Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering @ Omaha
HOURS REQUIRED: 131
MINIMUM CUMULATIVE GPA: 2.0 for graduation
MINOR AVAILABLE: No
DESCRIPTION
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
School Director: Eddy M. Rojas
Program Coordinator: George Morcous
Professors: Foster, Sires
Associate Professors: Bernstein, Bonsell, Goedert, Harmon, Jensen, Schwer
Assistant Professors: Lau, Norton, Pedersen
Construction engineering (CONE) is a program of the Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. The construction engineering major integrates engineering, construction, and management courses. This program is designed for persons fulfilling the construction industry’s need for licensed professional engineers. It resembles the construction management program but provides a greater emphasis on engineering, scientific, and technical courses so that requirements for licensure are met. The courses in construction engineering focus on the application of engineering principles to solve real world construction problems.
The educational objective of the construction engineering program is to produce graduates who possess lifelong knowledge acquisition skills enabling them to add value to society throughout their construction careers by applying engineering principles of analysis and design to the constructed environment and using appropriate construction practices including business organization, estimating, scheduling, project delivery, and ethics.
Under the stimulus of increasing demand for its services globally, the construction industry has expanded its technological capabilities pertaining to physical and informational systems. This demand gives the construction engineering graduate an unprecedented number of opportunities for employment and for pursuing an advanced degree.
Construction engineers participate in the preparation of engineering and architectural plans and specifications which they translate into finished projects, such as buildings, bridges, highways, power plants, or other constructed facilities. These projects involve thousands of details shared by a team of owners, architects, engineers, general constructors, specialty constructors, manufacturers, material suppliers, equipment distributors, regulatory bodies and agencies, labor resources, and numerous others. The constructor assumes responsibility for delivery of the completed project at a specified time and cost and also accepts associated legal, financial, and management obligations. Because of the broad scope of the construction engineer’s project responsibility, he/she must assure the project’s ability to be constructed as well as its ability to be operated and sustained.
The construction engineering student is required to enroll into a predetermined set of courses specifically designed for general construction education. Each student selects, with the approval of his/her adviser, a set of approved electives. The program outlined below leads to the bachelor of science degree in construction engineering..
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Students are required to enroll in a predetermined set of courses specifically designed for general construction education. Each student selects, with the approval of his/her adviser, a set of approved electives.
First Semester Hours
CHEM 109 General Chemistry I4
COMM 286 Business & Professional Communication3
CONE 103 Intro to Construction Engineering1
CSCE 155E Computer Science I: Systems Engineering Focus3
MATH 106 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I5
Total16
Second Semester Hours
CIVE 130 Computer-aided Design3
MATH 107 Analytic Geometry & Calculus II5
PHYS 211 General Physics I4
PHYS 221 General Physics Lab1
ACE Elective3
Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, or 9.
Total16
Third Semester Hours
CIVE 221 Geometric Control Systems3
ENGM 223 Engineering Statics3
JGEN 200 Technical Communication I3
MATH 208 Analytic Geometry & Calculus III4
PHYS 212 General Physics II4
Total17
Fourth Semester Hours
ENGM 325 Mechanics of Elastic Bodies3
ENGM 373 Engineering Dynamics3
IMSE 206 Engineering Economy I3
MATH 221 Differential Equations3
ACE Elective3
Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, or 9.
Total15
Fifth Semester Hours
CIVE 310 Fluid Mechanics3
CIVE 341 Intro to Structural Engineering4
CONE 2410 Construction Methods & Equipment3
CONE 378/3780 Construction Estimating I3
MATH 380 Statistics & Applications3
Total17
Sixth Semester Hours
CIVE 334 Intro to Geotechnical Engineering4
CIVE 378 Materials of Construction3
ECON 212 Principles of Microeconomics3
ELEC 211 Elements of Electrical Engineering3
ACE Elective3
Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, or 9.
Total17
Seventh Semester Hours
CIVE 440 Reinforced Concrete Design I3
CONE 414 Accident Prevention in Construction3
CONE 476 Project Budgets & Controls3
CONE 485 Construction Planning, Scheduling, & Controls3
Technical Design Elective3
ACE Electives3
Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, or 9.
Total18
Eighth Semester Hours
CIVE 441 Steel Design I3
CONE 489 Construction Engineering Capstone Course3
BLAW 372 Business Law I3
CONE–Design Elective3
ACE Electives6
Choose two courses from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, or 9.
Total18
Total Credit Hours Required131
ADDITIONAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Grade Rules
All course work must be of “C” grade level or higher to be credited toward graduation requirements or to be valid as a prerequisite for another course.
Electives–Technical and Design
Hours
CONE 416 Wood &/or Contemporary Materials Design3
CONE 417 Formwork Systems3
CONE 466/866 Heavy &/or Civil Estimating3
CONE 481/881 Highway & Bridge Construction3
CONE 483/883 Support of Excavation3
CONE 485 Construction Planning, Scheduling, & Controls3
CONE 498 Special Projects1-6
Course Substitutions and Suggestions
- PHYS 222 is an acceptable substitute if taken with PHYS 212.
- Suitable equivalent probability and statistics courses can be substituted with the approval of the student’s adviser.
- Suitable technical electives selected with concurrence of adviser selected from the following: EMEC 4480, EMEC 4600, EMEC 4800; MENG 2000, MENG 4200 and their UNL equivalents. Other College of Engineering courses approved by the student’s adviser can satisfy this requirement.
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
College Admission
College Admission
College Entrance Requirements
Students must have high school credit for (one unit is equal to one high school year):
1. 4 units of mathematics: 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, 1 of precalculus and trigonometry.
2. 4 units of English.
3. 3 units of natural science that must include 1 unit of physics and 1 unit of chemistry (chemistry requirement waived for students in construction management).
4. 2 units of a single foreign language.
5. 3 units of social studies.
6. Students having a composite ACT score of 28 or greater (or equivalent SAT score) will be admitted to the College of Engineering even if they lack any one of the following: trigonometry, chemistry, or physics.
7. Students having an ACT score of 19 or less in English (or equivalent SAT score) must take ENGL 150 or ENGL 151.
A total of 16 units is required for admission.
Students must have an ACT (enhanced) score of 24 or greater (or equivalent SAT). Students who lack entrance requirements may be admitted based on ACT scores, high school rank and credits, or may be admitted to pre-engineering status in the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center. Pre-engineering students are advised within the College of Engineering.
Students who lack entrance units may complete precollege training by Independent Study through the UNL Office of On-line and Distance Education, in summer courses, or as a part of their first or second semester course loads while in the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center or other Colleges at UNL.
Students should consult their adviser, their department chair, or the Office of the Dean if they have questions on current policies.
Other Admission Requirements
Students who transfer from other colleges or universities must meet the freshman entrance requirements and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 for Nebraska residents. Nonresidents must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 unless they are transferring from an accredited engineering program, in which case a 2.5 grade point average is acceptable. Students who do not meet this requirement must enroll in another college at the University and achieve a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average in the first 12 hours or more of course work taken at UNL. They may then be considered for admission to the College of Engineering.
The College of Engineering accepts courses for transfer for which a C grade or above was received. Grades of D from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Lincoln, or Omaha may be transferred to fulfill requirements, however, students are strongly encouraged to repeat those courses. All transfer students must adopt the curricular requirements of the undergraduate bulletin current at the time of transfer–not that in use when they entered UNL.
College Degree Requirements
Grade Rules
Grade Appeals
In the event of a dispute involving any college policies or grades, the student should appeal to his/her instructor, adviser, and department chair (in that order). If a satisfactory solution is not achieved, the student may appeal his/her case through the College Academic Appeals Committee on his/her campus.
Bulletin Rule
Students must fulfill the requirements stated in the bulletin for the academic year in which they are first admitted at UNL. In consultation with advisers, a student may choose to follow a subsequent bulletin for any academic year in which they are admitted to and enrolled as a degree-seeking student at UNL in the College of Engineering. Students must complete all degree requirements from a single bulletin year. The bulletin which a student follows for degree requirements may not be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation.
| Quick Points | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Value |
| College: | Engineering |
| Degree Offered: | Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering @ Omaha |
| Hours Required: | 131 |
| Minimum Cumulative GPA: | 2.0 for graduation |
| Minor Available: | No |
