PROGRAM GOAL: The Civil Engineering Technology
program provides students with the skills and knowledge
required to enter the field of civil engineering as a
technologist or a technician. The focus of this program is in
the areas of structural analysis, site development and
surveying. Primary emphasis is placed on structural design
and analysis of steel, concrete and timber structures with
certification by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) as a
Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade I. In addition,
students use topographic surveying equipment and global
positioning system (GPS) satellite receivers to define property
boundaries, highway rights of way, parking lots, retention
ponds, residential developments and elevations. Further
emphasis is placed on site investigation, soil foundation
design, soil properties, stress, settlement, compaction, and
stabilization of soils. Students also become proficient in
computer aided design with AutoCAD™.
