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Requirements for the B.S. Degree

For students entering JHU in Fall 2006 or later: Requirements for the B.S. degree include 24 credits in humanities and social sciences, 17 credits in basic sciences, 16 credits in mathematics, 48 credits in common engineering, 16 credits in technical electives, and 7 credits in unspecified electives. This totals 128 credits. At least 6 credits must be in writing courses (W) taken from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

For students enrolled prior to Fall 2006: Requirements for the B.S. degree include 24 credits in humanities and social sciences, 17 credits in basic sciences, 16 credits in mathematics, 45 credits in common engineering, 20 credits in technical electives, and 6 credits in unspecified electives. This totals 128 credits, of which at least 6 must be in writing courses (W) courses.

The Civil Engineering undergraduate advising manual, which the student should obtain from the department, contains detailed information, including specific requirements and advice with respect to technical and nontechnical electives and design credits.
Each student is assigned an adviser, who is to sign all registration forms as well as add and drop forms. Prior to graduation, all programs are reviewed by the department chair and advising coordinator.

Bachelor’s/Master’s Honors Programs

The Department of Civil Engineering has two honors programs for the combined bachelor’s/master’s degrees, to which students may be admitted as early as the second semester of sophomore year. The honors programs take five or six years, depending on the options selected, and carry an automatic tuition waiver of 50% after the first eight semesters of undergraduate work.
One program combines a B.S. in Civil Engineering with either a Master of Science in Engineering in Civil Engineering (M.S.E.) or a Master of Civil Engineering (M.C.E.). The other program leads directly from the B.S. in Civil Engineering to the M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering through the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering.

Graduating with Honors

The Whiting School of Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering recognize students with exemplary academic records.
For graduating students, these awards are:
    General Honors:

• awarded to students with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

    Department Honors:

• awarded to students with cumulative grade-point averages of 3.5 for 7 semesters, or
• to students with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 for seven semesters and 3.75 for the last three semesters.

For continuing undergraduates:

     Dean's List:

• For students who have earned a 3.50 semester average with a program of 14 or more credits (12 with grades).

      Honor Societies

• Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society

 

 

Distortional buckling of a pair of cold-formed steel beams is modeled and tested to better understand fundamental behavior, and improve the safety and reliability of building codes. Learn more about Professor Schafer's research:

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