STUDENT HANDBOOK
2021-2022
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2021-2022 Civil Engineering Flowchart Engineering Math
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2021-2022 Technical Elective Page
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Computer Requirement
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Math and Science Accreditation Hour Requirement
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Course Grade Requirements
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GPA and Engineering GPA
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Upper-Division Transfer Credit Policy
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Repeat Policy
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Academic Probation
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Academic Misconduct Policy
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DEPARTMENT
Students enrolling in the Civil Engineering program should make note of the following Department and
degree titles:
Department Name: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering
Minor offered: Nuclear Engineering
VISION STATEMENT: Pursuit of excellence in preparing engineers to provide innovative solutions
to the world’s challenges in sustaining the environment and the infrastructure.
MISSION STATEMENT: Provide high quality education in engineering and leadership, life-long
learning opportunities, and innovation for the benefit of the State of Utah and the world.
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah is accredited by the
Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org).
B.S. CIVIL ENGINEERING - ENGINEERING MATH 2021
FRESHMAN
Fall (17 hrs) Spring (16 hrs)
SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR
Updated August 3, 2021
Have you completed 3 of the 4 shaded courses? Is your EGPA
≥2.50?
If yes, apply for Full Major Status!
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Fall (15.5 hrs)
Spring (14 hrs)
Fall (17 hrs) Spring (17 hrs) Spring (15 hrs) Fall (15 hrs)
CVEEN 1400
Computer-Aided
Design
CVEEN 1000
Intro to Civil &
Environmental
Engineering
F 2 SP 3
MATH 1310
Engineering
Calculus I
(QR)
MATH (1050 & 1060) or
MATH 1080 ↓
F/SP 4
MATH 1320
Engineering
Calculus II
MATH 1310 ↓
F/SP/SU 4
General Ed.
Requirement
F/SP/SU 3
PHYS 2210
Physics for Sci
& Engineers I
MATH 1310 ↓
4 F/SP/SU
WRTG 2010
Intermediate
Wring
F/SP/SU 3
CHEM 1220
Gen Chemistry II
or
PHYS 2220
Physics for Sci & Engineers
II
F/SP/SU
4
CHEM 1225
Gen Chemistry II Lab
or
PHYS 2215
Physics for Sci &
Engineers I Lab
or
PHYS 2225
Physics for Sci &
Engineers II Lab
F/SP/SU 1
CVEEN 2000
Seminar
0.5 F
CVEEN 2010
Stacs
MATH 1310 &
PHYS 2210 ↓
F/SP 3
CVEEN 2310
Probability &
Stascs
MATH 1310 ↓
3 F/SP
MATH 2250
Di Equaons &
Linear Algebra
MATH 1320 &
PHYS 2210 ↓
4
F/SP/SU
MG EN 2400
Surveying
MATH 1060 ↓
F/SU 3
ME EN 2030
Dynamics
3 F/SP/SU
CVEEN 2140
Strength of
Materials
CVEEN 2010 ↓
3 F/SP
CVEEN 2300
Engineering
Economics
F/SP 2
CVEEN 2750
Computer
Tools
MATH 1310 ↓
2 SP
General Ed.
Requirement/DV
F/SP/SU 3
□ Addional
Science
Requirement
3
F/SP/SU
CVEEN 3210
Structural Loads
& Analysis
(QI)
CVEEN 2140 ↓
3 F/SP
General Ed.
Requirement
3 F/SP/SU
American
Instuons
F/SP/SU 3
CVEEN 3520
Transportaon
CVEEN 2310 & 2140 ↓
3 F/SP
CVEEN 3100
Technical
Communicaon
(CW)
WRTG 2010 ↓
F/SP 3
CVEEN 4910
Professional
Pracce & Design II
CVEEN 4900 & 2 Design
Technical Elecves ↓
3 F/SP
CVEEN 4900
Professional
Pracce & Design I
CVEEN 3100 ↓
3
F/SP
Design
Technical
Elecve
F/SP 3
Technical
Elecve
F/SP 3
Technical
Elecve
F/SP
3
Technical
Elecve
F/SP 3
Technical
Elecve
3 F/SP
General Ed.
Requirement/IR
3
F/SP/SU
Recommended General Educaon Courses
LEAP 1501 Social & Ethical Engineering (BF) - Fall only
LEAP 1500 Humanies for Engineers (HFDV) - Spring only
Total Required Credit Hours: 126.5
□ The Addional Science Requirement is sased by taking any 1000+ course in the
following departments: Biology, Geology & Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences.
Design
Technical
Elecve
F/SP 3
CHEM 1210
Gen Chemistry I
CHEM 1215
Lab
F/SP/SU 1
4
CVEEN 3510
Materials
CVEEN 3515
Lab
CVEEN 2140 & 2310 ↓
1 F/SP
3
CVEEN 3410
Hydraulics (QI)
CVEEN 3415
Lab
F/SP 1
3
CVEEN 3310
Geotech I (QI)
CVEEN 3315
Lab
CVEEN 2140 & 2310 ↓
F/SP 1
3
CVEEN 2010, PHYS 2210
& MATH 2250 ↓
General Ed.
Requirement
3 F/SP/SU
CVEEN 3610
Environmental
CVEEN 3615
Lab
CHEM 1210 & CVEEN 2140 ↓
F/SP 1
3
CVEEN 2140 & 2310 ↓
General Ed.
Requirement
3 F/SP/SU
Full Major Status
Required
Prerequisite
Corequisite
↓
KEY
WRTG 1010 ↓
See catalog for individual
prerequisites ↓
See catalog for individual
prerequisites ↓
MATH 1050 ↓
Primary Technical Elecves
Congratulaons on reaching the Technical Elecves! These delve deeper into the various areas covered in the 3000-level courses. A total of 6 Technical Elecves,
with the excepon of Fastrax students, are required. While you are able to take courses in your areas of interest, further specializaon is achieved by pursuing Graduate School.
Secondary Technical Elecves
Environmental Structures Construcon Management (Max 1) Nuclear Engineering Other (Max 1)
With the excepon of Construcon, where only one course may be taken, you may take mulple courses in a single emphasis area — up to a total of 3 courses.
Caveat: Semester availability is subject to change at the discretion of the department and does not create a binding contractual nexus or obligation between the student and the University of Utah
CVEEN 5560
Transportaon
Planning
Environmental Structures Geotech & Materials Transportaon Water Resources
CVEEN 5605
Water and Wastewater
Treatment
F 3
CVEEN 3610, 3615 & 2140 ↓
CVEEN 4222
Steel I
CVEEN 4221
Concrete I
F
SP
3
3
CVEEN 3210 ↓
CVEEN 3210 ↓
CVEEN 5305
Introducon to
Foundaons
CVEEN 5570
Pavement Design
F
F
3
3
CVEEN 3310 & 3315 ↓
CVEEN 3510, 3515 & 3520 ↓
CVEEN 5500
Sustainable
Materials
SP 3
CVEEN 3510 & 3515 ↓
CVEEN 5510
Highway Design
SP
SP
3
3
CVEEN 3520 & 2140 ↓
CVEEN 5410
Engineering
Hydrology
CVEEN 5420
Open-Channel
SP 3
CVEEN 3410 & 3415 ↓
CVEEN 3410 & 3415 ↓
CVEEN 3520 & 2140 ↓
CVEEN 5610
Water Chemistry
F 3
CVEEN 3610, 3615 & 2140 ↓
NUCL 3100
Neutron Based
Engineering
CHEM 1220, PHYS 2220, MATH 1220 ↓
NUCL 3000
Nuclear Principles in
Engineering & Science
F/SP
SP
3
3
CHEM 1220, PHYS 2220, MATH 1220 ↓
CVEEN 5220
Concrete II
CVEEN 5210
Structural Analysis II
SP
SP
3
3
CVEEN 3210 ↓
CVEEN 4221 ↓
CVEEN 5230
Steel II
CVEEN 5240
Reinforced
Timber/Masonry
F
F
3
4
CVEEN 4222 ↓
CVEEN 3210 ↓
CVEEN 5710
Cost Esmaon &
Proposal Wring
CVEEN 5720
Project Scheduling
F 22/24
F
3
3
CVEEN 3100 ↓
CVEEN 3100 ↓
CVEEN 5730
Project Management &
Contract Administraon
CVEEN 5750
Engineering Law &
Contracts
SP
SU 22/24
3
3
CVEEN 3100 ↓
CVEEN 3100 ↓
F 3
To graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering you must:
1. Take at least one course from 3 of the 5 emphasis areas in the Primary secon. Three dierent checkboxes must be marked to fulll this requirement.
2. Complete at least two Design courses from dierent emphasis areas. These are designated by a shaded box. Example: CVEEN 4221 and CVEEN 5420
As long as these requirements are sased, you may take the remaining 3 technical elecves in either secon.
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES
Any 3000+ level
course from the
College of
Engineering or an
ABET accredited
program
3+
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COMPUTER REQUIREMENT
All incoming undergraduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are
required to have a laptop. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that his or her laptop meets the
following minimum requirements:
HARDWARE
Processor
Intel® Core
TM
i5, or i7 or equivalent AMD
processors
Memory
8.0 GB RAM or greater
Hard Drive
512 GB or greater
Graphics
Minimum: Integrated video card
Recommended: Dedicated video card
Network Card
Integrated Wireless 802.11ac
SOFTWARE
Operating System
Windows 10
Mac users can use Boot Camp, VMware,
VirtualBox, or Parallels, however, these options
may require more powerful machines to run.
Microsoft Office
https://software.utah.edu/microsoft.php
(free to download for students)
AutoCAD & Revit
http://www.autodesk.com/education/home
(student version free to download)
*Additional software may be required for other classes.
*Tablets are not recommended.
MATH AND SCIENCE ACCREDITATION HOUR REQUIREMENT
All students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of math and science courses. If students do
not meet this requirement, they will need to take additional math and science courses to meet the
required hours.
COURSE GRADE REQUIREMENTS
In order to progress within the program and graduate, the Department requires the following grades:
A grade of “C” or higher must be met for the following courses:
All Mathematics (MATH 1210/1310, 1220/1320, 2210, 2250)
All Chemistry (CHEM 1210, 1215, 1220, 1225)
All Physics (PHYS 2210, 2215, 2220, 2225)
CVEEN 2010, 2140, 2300, and 2310
For all other CVEEN courses, a grade of “C-“ or higher is required.
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GPA AND ENGINEERING GPA
The University requires all students to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher. The Department
requires all students to maintain an engineering GPA (EGPA) of 2.50 or higher. Engineering GPA is
defined as courses counted towards the major with the exception of the following:
All general education courses (e.g., LEAP 1500/1501)
All seminars (e.g., CVEEN 1000/2000)
For repeated EGPA courses, the second letter grade received will be counted as the official grade for the
EGPA calculation. Please see the policy on repeated courses.
UPPER-DIVISION TRANSFER CREDIT POLICY
A maximum of 3 courses (and their accompanying labs) at the 3000-level may be transferred into the
program (9-12 credits max). No technical electives or additional upper-division credits will be accepted.
REPEAT POLICY
A student can take an engineering GPA (EGPA) course for grade only twice at the University. Students
withdrawing from an EGPA course are allowed three attempts, including the withdrawal. Any student
who takes a required class twice and does not have a satisfactory grade the second time, will be
removed from major status and will not be allowed to take any new CVEEN classes until they meet with
an academic advisor, develop a plan, and petition the Undergraduate Committee requesting that a third
attempt at the class be allowed. The Undergraduate Committee, after reviewing the petition and other
relevant facts, shall make the final decision to allow or not allow the further attempt and shall
communicate that decision to the student in writing.
Attempts of courses taken at transfer institutions count as one attempt. This means a student may take
the course only one time at the University of Utah.
When retaking an EGPA course, if the course was taken at the University of Utah, it must be retaken at
the University of Utah. For example, students cannot count a grade obtained in a class taken at another
institution to replace a low grade obtained in a class previously taken at the University of Utah.
ACADEMIC PROBATION
A student who fails to maintain an engineering grade point average (EGPA) of 2.50 or higher will be
removed from major status and will be placed on academic probation. While on probation, students will
not be allowed to take any new CVEEN classes and will have three consecutive semesters to retake
courses or take additional non-CVEEN courses to bring their EGPA to 2.50 or higher. While on academic
probation, the student will meet with an academic advisor at the end of every semester to review their
progress. If after the three semesters (e.g., fall, spring, summer), the student fails to raise their EGPA to
2.50 or higher, their progress will be evaluated by the Undergraduate Committee and, if no progress is
shown, the student will be dismissed from the program. Students that have been placed on probation
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for more than 3 semesters, even if non-consecutive, will also be evaluated by the Undergraduate
Committee to determine if they should be allowed to remain in the program.
A student who fails to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher will also be on
probation with the Department.
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CVEEN Academic Misconduct Policy Statement
BACKGROUND
This document describes the policies and procedures used by the Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering relating to academic misconduct of any student enrolled in a CVEEN
course or NUCL course.
Definitions of academic misconduct are presented in the Code of Students Rights and
Responsibilities
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. The following departmental policy follows the University Policy 6-400, Section V:
Student Academic Conduct
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and the Appeals Procedures in the College of Engineering Guidelines
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to
establish a consistent and clear message on our academic misconduct policy.
CVEEN POLICY ON ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
This Departmental policy applies to any course listed as CVEEN XXXX (subsequently referred to as a
CVEEN course) or NUCL XXXX (subsequently referred to as a NUCL course). Two documents have
primacy; this governance document and information contained in each CVEEN course syllabus. It is
the student’s responsibility to understand the definitions and consequences of academic
misconduct.
Definition of Academic Misconduct
As defined in the Student Code,
‘Academic misconduct’ includes, but is not limited to, cheating, misrepresenting one’s work,
inappropriately collaborating, plagiarism, and fabrication or falsification of information, as
defined further below. It also includes facilitating academic misconduct by intentionally
helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic misconduct.
Please refer to University Policy 6-400, Section I: General Provision and Definitions for a detailed
outline of each of these terms.
Each CVEEN or NUCL course instructor provides detailed information regarding academic
misconduct for specific course activities in the course syllabus. If students have questions about
this information, they should seek clarification from the instructor rather than seek an
interpretation from a third-party. For example, if an instructor has a rule banning cell phone
usage during an exam then texting or using a cell phone, even as a calculator, would be seen as
academic misconduct.
Sanctions
Instructors have two options that can be exercised when an instance of academic misconduct
has been committed:
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https://regulations.utah.edu/academics/6-400.php
2
Ibid.
3
https://www.coe.utah.edu/students/current/semester-guidelines/
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1. Fail-the-course Option
The default sanction for an academic misconduct offense is a failing grade for the course.
Thus, unless explicitly stated in any CVEEN course syllabus, academic misconduct means
receiving an E grade for the course. This sanction will be placed in the student's
departmental file and the faculty member will notify the chair of the student’s home
department and the senior vice president for academic affairs of the academic misconduct
and the circumstances which the faculty member believes support the imposition of a failing
grade. Note that a failing grade sanction still applies even for students who withdraw from a
course after a sanction has been imposed.
2. Less than Fail-the-course Option
As defined in a specific CVEEN course syllabus, or due to instructor discretion, an academic
misconduct sanction may be relaxed from a failing course grade. In such cases, the
individual will receive a zero for the particular assignment or activity (homework, exam,
paper, laboratory session, etc.). The faculty member will report the misconduct to the
student’s home department chair as well as dean of the student’s home college.
Multiple acts of academic misconduct by a student may result in probation, suspension or
dismissal from a program, suspension or dismissal from the University, or revocation of a degree
or certificate. These matters will be referred to Academic Appeals Committee for proceedings.
Reporting
The CVEEN Department tracks an individual's academic misconduct for all its courses.
Information regarding prior offenses is available to the Undergraduate Committee Chair, the
Chair of the Graduate Committee, the CVEEN Chair, and CVEEN office staff. This information is
protected per established FERPA guidelines.
Appeal of Sanction
A student has the right to appeal within fifteen (15) business days of receiving notice of the
academic sanction. Please refer to University Policy 6-400: Code of Student Rights and
Responsibilities, Part V.B.5. and the College of Engineering's Academic Appeals and Misconduct
Policy for guidance in the appeals process.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the responsibility of all students taking CVEEN or NUCL courses to:
a. Read and understand the CVEEN Academic Misconduct Policy Statement.
b. Read and understand the academic misconduct definitions associated with each specific course
and course syllabus, recognizing that acceptable procedures may be different in each class.
c. Not engage in any activity that could constitute academic misconduct as defined in this policy
and notify the instructor immediately if they suspect academic misconduct is occurring