The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers two bachelor of science degrees: civil engineering and environmental engineering. The civil engineering degree requirements include completion of one of the emphases: construction, environmental, structural, geotechnical, or transportation. The environmental engineering degree requirements provide a background in all of the major areas of environmental engineering.
The Civil Engineering program at UW-Platteville gives students a broad background in all areas of Civil Engineering, while permitting specialization in the senior year. Practical applications are emphasized with sufficient theory so that the individual can grow with the future as new materials, methods and designs develop. The program has outstanding laboratory and computer facilities where all students gain valuable hands-on practical experience. The use of computers is integrated throughout the curriculum from freshman through senior year to collect information, analyze data, and to develop plans for projects.
Civil Engineers plan, design, and supervise construction of facilities that serve people. These facilities include highways that connect our nation's cities, airports that serve travelers, bridges that span our rivers and harbors, dams and levees that control floods and supply water for cities, and wastewater treatment plants that protect the environment. Civil Engineers also work with architects to design and supervise construction of buildings.
The civil engineering design process begins with the accumulation and analysis of basic information about a project. This information may include the topography and geology for a highway; the flood history of a river that must be bridged or dammed; population growth projections and water usage; laboratory analysis of construction materials; or pollution surveys of air, land and water. Using this information, civil engineers apply their knowledge of science and engineering design to meet a project's requirements, assuring its successful completion.
Educational Goals and Objectives:Goal Statement: Provide students with a professional practice-oriented educational background that will enable them to enter and succeed in their future careers.
Specific objectives for attaining goal* Any 4000 level CIVILENG class
Program Requirements: A grade of "C" or higher must be earned in all courses which are prerequisites for other CIVILENG courses.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville offers an environmental engineering program which provides a balance between basic science, engineering science and engineering design. The purpose of the curriculum is to develop in each student a thorough understanding of the underlying environmental principles in the basic sciences along with practical applications in engineering design. Although emphasis is placed upon learning the fundamentals, each student will be encouraged to develop excellent technical and communication skills, become broadly educated, and become a productive member of our society.
The environmental engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville is designed to give students a broad background in all areas of environmental engineering. These include water and wastewater treatment, environmental and occupational health, solid waste management, water resources, environmental modeling and environmental chemistry. Completion of the program at UW-Platteville provides a background in all of these areas. Practical applications are emphasized with sufficient theory so that the individual can develop innovative solutions as new problems are encountered.
Environmental engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature's beneficial ecosystems and biodiversity, and for environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life. Through education and experience, environmental engineers develop an understanding of the earth's biological, chemical, physical, and geological systems. They use this information to develop engineering plans for solutions to environmental problems caused by pollution. They also develop pollution prevention plans to keep environmental problems from developing in the first place.
Environmental engineers conduct studies of streams, lakes, air, soil, and ground water that are polluted to determine the extent and severity of contamination. These environmental measurements provide the basis for engineers to design treatment and remediation processes to remove and/or degrade pollutants. Environmental scientists and environmental engineers work together with city or county officials, regulatory officials, consultants, and nearby residents to achieve a solution to pollution problems.
Educational Goals and Objectives:Goal Statement: Provide students with a professional practice-oriented educational background that will enable them to enter and succeed in their future careers.
Specific objectives for obtaining goal:Program Requirements: A grade of "C" or higher must be earned in all courses which are prerequisites for other CIVILENG courses.