Objectives

To ensure that our graduates:

• Are prepared for the practice of engineering at a professional level.
• Are prepared to succeed in graduate studies at the next level if they meet customary admission criteria.
• Have an appreciation of the need for life-long learning in order to practice effectively.
• Have the ability to work professionally in the major areas of civil engineering, structural, transportation, geotechnical and environmental, including design, analysis and realization of design.

To ensure that our faculty:

• Are knowledgeable and competent to serve the needs of the program.
• Contribute to the improvement of engineering education.
• Participate in new and innovative approaches to engineering education.
• Contribute to the educational development of students.
• Develop professionally.
• Interact with professional practitioners and public officials, and with employers of our graduates.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism.
• Maintain currency in their specialty area and apply this knowledge to the upper-level professional program.