Educational Objectives
Civil engineers conceive, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain the
facilities and systems that serve the basic needs of our society. Graduates of
the Auburn University Department of Civil Engineering should be able to play an
active role in the profession by
- Functioning as effective team members while developing leadership skills in the
profession and in the community,
- Communicating ideas and information effectively, and
- Expanding their body of knowledge and experience as they make progress towards
licensure as professional engineers.
They should be able to successfully engage in one or more of the following activities:
- Planning and design of new civil infrastructure systems, or rehabilitation of
existing systems
- Monitoring and analysis of the performance of existing infrastructure systems
to assess their safety, efficiency, and remaining usefulness
- Management of natural resources and processes
- Management of construction or rehabilitation processes
- Graduate or professional studies
These activities will usually fall within one or more of the following technical
areas of civil engineering:
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Geotechnical/Materials Engineering
- Hydraulics and Hydrology
- Structural Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
