Civil Engineering
Undergraduate Degrees Available: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Undergraduate Programs
Civil engineers design and maintain the infrastructure that supports our civilization. The world around us is constantly developing and changing. Cities are expanding, new transportation systems are emerging and natural refuges are being restored.
Civil engineers guide this development and supervise complex interactions between nature and technology. In addition to promoting development, civil engineers also study our impact on the environment and develop methods for protecting our natural resources, such as constructing bike and walking paths for cities, finding new methods to produce and use renewable energy, and helping to manage the effects of pollution.
Program Contact
Eric Fernstrom
Email: efernstr@uark.edu
Please email cveg@uark.edu for any future student requests, or for general department inquiries.
Why Choose this Degree
A degree in civil engineering opens a wide range of career choices for you. Civil engineers work in the public sector in all levels, from the municipal to the federal, and in the private sector for large and small businesses. U of A civil engineering graduates work for Exxon and Mobile, the Federal Highway Administration and the US Army Corps of Engineers. In many different capacities, civil engineers all over the world are helping our society develop in safe, productive and exciting ways.
- Civil engineers guide development and supervise complex interactions between nature and technology.
- Civil engineers design and maintain the infrastructure that supports our civilization.
- In this field, you could create water treatment and distribution systems to ensure that people have a safe, plentiful drinking supply.
- You could design bridges, tunnels and other transportation networks, or work in coastal areas to control flooding and erosion.
Courses
Program Educational Objectives
Completion of degree requirements provides graduates with the following learning outcomes:
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
ABET Accreditation
The Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET www.abet.org.
Scholarship Opportunities
The department of Civil Engineering partners with the Arkansas Academy of Civil Engineering and awards over $100,000 a year in student body undergraduate scholarships. There are also in house-departmental and named memorial scholarships awarded need and merit based students. Every year, anywhere from 50-75 students are selected to receive scholarships just from the department alone. For more information on how to be awarded a departmental or an Academy scholarship, contact the Department.