Undergraduate
Northeastern University's Civil Engineering Program provides a broad-based, fundamental engineering curriculum that offers a rigorous yet flexible education. The curriculum's goal is to provide students with a solid background for careers pertaining to engineering planning and design, and construction management.
Students begin their education by acquiring a common base of knowledge in engineering science that includes: structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, and environmental science. Then, in more advanced courses, students learn to design and analyze structures, water and wastewater treatment systems, highways and other transit networks, hydraulic systems, and building foundations. Students are given the freedom to use technical electives to concentrate in one of four civil engineering sub-disciplines: structural, environmental, geotechnical, or transportation engineering. Another option students have is to sample from each topic resulting in a broad-based program of study.
The Civil Engineering curriculum culminates in a major design project, in the senior year, known as Capstone. In this project students are asked to apply their knowledge and experience to a real-world design problem and develop feasible solutions.
For more information on the Civil Engineering Curriculum please see our Undergraduate Curriculum Outline as well as the Undergraduate Course Descriptions.
An advising team works with each student to ensure that he or she makes the best decisions for their academic program and future career success.
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor:Prof. Thomas C. Sheahan
400 Snell Engineering Center
Phone:(617)373-3995
E-Mail: tsheahan@coe.neu.edu
Coop Coordinator
Prof. Robert R. Tillman
417 Snell Engineering Center
Phone:(617)373-3469
E-Mail: r.tillman@neu.edu
111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 Telephone (410) 347-7700