Tennessee State University
BS of Civil Engineering

Nashville, USA

DEGREE TYPE

BSc

DURATION

4 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About : The BS of Civil Engineering focuses on developing skills in design, analysis, and construction of infrastructure. Through a blend of theoretical learning and hands-on projects, students gain essential knowledge to succeed in the civil engineering field. The course typically spans four years, providing a comprehensive foundation for future engineers.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career paths, including roles as civil engineers, construction managers, and transportation planners. Other opportunities may exist in environmental consulting, structural design, and urban planning, allowing for diverse applications of learned engineering principles.

The Civil Engineering Program includes the planning, designing, construction, and maintenance of structures and altering geography to suit human needs. Some of the numerous subdivisions are transportation (eg, railroad facilities and highways); hydraulics (eg, river control, irrigation, swamp draining, water supply, and sewage disposal); and structures (eg, buildings, bridges, and tunnels).

Professional Component for Civil Engineering

The program educational objectives leads to producing quality civil engineers to meet the needs of the profession and the employers. Accordingly, the program has a well-established curriculum in place, balancing scientific, technical, and professional components inline with the constituency needs, institutional mission, and program educational objectives. The program prepares our students for engineering practice by integrating the scientific, technical, and professional components, and culminating in a project-oriented major design experience.

Preparation of Students for Engineering Practice

The program has a well balanced curriculum with focus in four areas: environmental, structural, transportation, and water resources. The environmental engineering focus area was developed with input from industry, local, state, and federal government agencies as well as other educational institutions.

The program requires 128 credit hours with a balanced distribution among math and science, social and humanities and engineering science and design. The program incorporates professional components starting at the freshman year. Each of the four focus areas in the program has an in-depth design component.

Incorporation of Professional Components into the Curriculum

The program develops skills in our graduates in the areas of problem solving; design of a component, process or system; effective communication; team work; use of modern tools and techniques; knowledge of contemporary issues and ethical responsibilities; and the recognition of the need for life-long learning for professional growth. The program curriculum is structured such that these skills are developed early in the freshman year and culminates in the senior year with a capstone design course. All design courses include design projects. These design projects are presented to students, faculty, professionals from industry, and representatives from the local, state and federal agencies.