Program: Civil Engineering, Minor - University of Nevada, Reno

University General Course Catalog 2024-2025

Apr 06, 2025

This program focuses on teaching students to apply their scientific and engineering knowledge to the design, construction, and maintenance of civil infrastructure projects. Civil engineers work with structural and building systems, bridges, foundations, water treatment and conveyance systems, pavement engineering, and urban transportation systems. Students learn to make decisions about engineering and design aspects that take social, economic, and environmental concerns into account.

Contact Information

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
105 Scrugham Engineering-Mines
(775) 784-6937
cee@unr.edu

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

At least 18 units of formal courses must be completed. No more than 9 units may also be used toward any other degree requirements.

In addition to the general university requirements of at least a “C” (2.0) GPA for graduation, all students enrolled in the Civil Engineering minor must earn at least a “C” in those minor courses designated with an asterisk (*) and a “C” average for all courses used to satisfy the minor requirements.

Students interested in enrolling in this minor program should contact the College of Engineering (COEN) Advising Center to formally declare the minor:

COEN Advising Center
(775) 682-7721
coenadvising@unr. edu

A. Lower-Division Courses (0-6 units)

CEE 102 - Engineering Graphics I (1 unit)
CEE 103 - Engineering Graphics II (1 unit)
CEE 120 - Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (3 units) CO10
CEE 204 - Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems (3 units)
ENGR 241 - Statics (3 units) *

B. Upper-Division Courses (12-18 units)

CEE 305 - Computer-Assisted Problem Solving (3 units)
CEE 362 - Transportation Engineering (3 units)
CEE 364 - Engineering Hydrology (3 units)
CEE 372 - Mechanics of Solids (3 units) *
CEE 377 - Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (4 units) *
CEE 381 - Structural Analysis (3 units) *
CEE 388 - Engineering Economy (2 units)
CEE 390 - Environmental Engineering Systems: Principles and Design (3 units) *
CEE 404 - Open Channel Flow (3 units)
CEE 413 - Water Resources Engineering (3 units)
CEE 414 - Water Resources Engineering II (3 units)
CEE 417 - Environmental Quality and Analysis (3 units)
CEE 418 - Principles of Water Quality Modeling (3 units)
CEE 420 - Advanced Portland Cement Concrete (3 units)
CEE 426 - Project Management Principles (3 units)
CEE 427 - Capstone Design Project (3 units) CO12, CO14
CEE 428 - Urban Engineering (3 units)
CEE 431 - Pavement Analysis and Design (3 units)
CEE 442 - Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (4 units) *
CEE 443 - Foundation Engineering Design (3 units)
CEE 445 - Retaining Structures Design (3 units)
CEE 446 - Geosynthetics (3 units)
CEE 453 - Environmental Microbiology (3 units)
CEE 456 - Design of Water Treatment Systems (3 units)
CEE 457 - Design of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Systems (3 units)
CEE 458 - Environmental Chemistry Concepts and Design (3 units)
CEE 459 - Hazardous and Solid Waste Management and Control (3 units)
CEE 460 - Construction Engineering (3 units)
CEE 463 - Traffic Operations (3 units)
CEE 465 - Intelligent Transportation Systems (3 units)
CEE 469 - Geometric Design of Transportation Systems (3 units)
CEE 480 - Structural Concrete Design I (3 units)
CEE 481 - Structural Steel Design (3 units)
CEE 482 - Design of Timber Structures (3 units)
CEE 483 - Prestressed Concrete Design (3 units)
CEE 484 - Bridge Engineering I (3 units)
CEE 486 - Computational Structural Analysis (3 units)
CEE 487 - Structural Concrete Design II (3 units)
CEE 488 - Advanced Structural Steel Design (3 units)
CEE 489 - Dynamics of Structures (3 units)
ENGR 360 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (3 units)