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Civil Engineering Sample Accelerated Curriculum Plan

In addition to the courses listed below in the four-year curriculum plan, students are required to take two additional courses not listed, a GE course and a MATH/Science elective.  These may be completed prior to enrolling at Pacific as AP Credit, or students may be able to complete the courses in a summer session free of tuition.

Year 1 Course ID Course Name Units
Fall ENGR 10 Dean's Seminar 1
CHEM 25  General Chemistry 5
MATH 51 Calculus I 4
GE Elective General Elective 3-4
PACS 1 Pacific Seminar I 4
Spring CIVL 60 Water Quality 4
PHYS 53 Physics I 5
MATH 53 Calculus II 4
PACS 2 Pacific Seminar II 4
    34 academic units

Year 2 Course ID Course Name Units
Fall ENGR 15 Engineering Graphics 3
ENGR 19 Comp. Applications in Engr 3
ENGR 20 Mechanics I (Statics) 3
MATH 55 Calculus III 4
EMGT 170 Engineering Administration 4
Spring CIVL 22 Surveying 3
ENGR 25 Professional Practice 1
ENGR 120 Mechanics II (Dynamics) 3
ENGR 122 Mechanics of Materials 4
ENGR Elective ECPE 41 or ENGR 122 3
MATH 57 Differential Equations 4
35 academic units

Year 3 Course ID Course Name Units
Summer / Fall ENGR 181 Co-op (Summer of 3rd year) 14
ENGR 182 Co-op (Fall of 3rd year) 18
Spring CIVL 100 Intro to Structural Engr 4
CIVL Elective CIVL Elective 3
MATH/SC GE Math/Science Elective 3-4
ENGR 45 Material Science 4
PACS 3 Pacific Seminar III 3
17 - 18 academic units; 32 CO-OP units

Year 4 Course ID Course Name Units
Fall CIVL 130 & Lab Fluid Mechanics I 4
CIVL 132 Intro. to Environmental Engr. 4
CIVL 140 Intro. to Geotechnical Engr. 4
CIVL Elective CIVL Elective 3
Structures Elective (CIVL 165, 166 or 167) 3
Spring CIVL 133 Water Resources Engr. 4
CIVL 180 Engineering Synthesis 4
CIVL Elective CIVL Elective 3
ENGR 30 Engineering Ethics (GEIIB) 3
GE Elective General Elective 3-4
 35-36 academic units