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Engineering and Industrial Technology: Civil Engineering Technician

Associate of Applied Science Degree: Civil Engineering Technology (915)
Career Studies: Civil Engineering Technician (221.915.02)

Career Studies: Inspections/Lab Technology (221.915.03)
Career Studies: Land Surveying (221.915.01)

The Civil Engineering Technology program prepares students to enter the field with instruction in theoretical concepts and practical experience. Options include three different career studies and an associate’s degree.

The Surveying certificate is designed to provide the formal theoretical and laboratory course work necessary for graduates to achieve a career as a Land Surveyor and prepare for the Land Surveyors-In-Training Examination.

Students earning the Inspection/Lab Technician career studies certificate become inspector assistants or construction material testers.

The Civil Engineering Technician career studies certificate prepares graduates to take entry-level positions in the fields of laboratory testing, drafting, and transportation.

With the associate’s degree, graduates work as civil engineering technicians, construction inspectors, estimators, surveyors, construction superintendents, or civil or highway engineering aides.

Associate of Applied Science Degree: Civil Engineering Technology (915)

SEMESTER 1 (BASED ON A FALL SEMESTER START)
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 110	Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology	2
CIV 116	Topographic Drafting	3
MTH 163	Precalculus I	3	Placement
SDV 101	Orientation to Engineering and Technologies	1
	Humanities Elective¹	3
	Social Science Elective¹	3
	SEMESTER TOTAL	15

SEMESTER 2
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 115	Civil Engineering Drafting	3
CIV 135	Construction Management and Estimating	3
ENG 111	College Composition I	3	Placement
MTH 164	Precalculus II	3	MTH 163
	Social Science Elective¹	3
	Approved Technical Elective²	3
	SEMESTER TOTAL	18

SEMESTER 3
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 171	Surveying I	3	MTH 115
CIV 228	Concrete Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 229
CIV 229	Concrete Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 228
CIV 235	Asphalt Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 236
CIV 236	Asphalt Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 235
MEC 131	Mechanics I - Statics for Engineering Technology	3	MTH 116
	Health/Physical Education¹	2
	Approved Technical Elective²	3
	SEMESTER TOTAL	17

SEMESTER 4
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 172	Surveying II	3	CIV 171
CIV 225	Soil Mechanics	2	Co-req: CIV 226
CIV 226	Soil Mechanics Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 225
CIV 240	Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics	3	MEC 131
MEC 132	Mechanics II - Strength of Materials for Engineering Technology	3	MEC 131
	Approved Technical Elective²	3
	SEMESTER TOTAL	15

TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS

Career Studies: Civil Engineering Technician (221.915.02)

SEMESTER 1
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 110	Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology	2
CIV 116	Topographic Drafting	3
CIV 171	Surveying I	3	MTH 115
CIV 228	Concrete Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 229
CIV 229	Concrete Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 228
CIV 235	Asphalt Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 236
CIV 236	Asphalt Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 235
MTH 163	Precalculus I	3	Placement
	SEMESTER TOTAL	17

SEMESTER 2
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 115	Civil Engineering Drafting	3
CIV 120	Masonry Technology	3
CIV 172	Surveying II	3	CIV 171
CIV 225	Soil Mechanics	2	Co-req: CIV 226
CIV 226	Soil Mechanics Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 225
	SEMESTER TOTAL	12

TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS

Career Studies: Inspections/Lab Technology (221.915.03)

SEMESTER 1
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 110	Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology	2
CIV 228	Concrete Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 229
CIV 229	Concrete Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 228
CIV 235	Asphalt Technology	2	Co-req: CIV 236
CIV 236	Asphalt Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 235
	SEMESTER TOTAL	8

SEMESTER 2
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 225	Soil Mechanics	2	Co-req: CIV 226
CIV 226	Soil Mechanics Laboratory	1	Co-req: CIV 225
	SEMESTER TOTAL	3

TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS

Career Studies: Land Surveying (221.915.01)

SEMESTER 1
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 116	Topographic Drafting	3
CIV 171	Surveying I	3	MTH 115 or placement into MTH 166
GIS 200	Geographic Information Systems I	4
MTH 166	Precalculus with Trigonometry	5	Placement
	SEMESTER TOTAL	15

SEMESTER 2
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
CIV 115	Civil Engineering Drafting	3
CIV 172	Surveying II	3	CIV 171
CIV 256	Global Positioning Systems for Land Surveying	3
CIV 257	Mapping Standards, Virginia Rules and Statutes, and Surveying Law	3
CIV 258	Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	1
CIV 259	Virginia Coordinate Systems	1
	SEMESTER TOTAL	14

TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS

1        Eligible courses are listed on page 64 in the 2008-2009 catalog. See your faculty

          advisor or counselor to choose the appropriate course(s).

2        Eligible courses for Approved Technical Elective include DRF 151, DRF 201, GIS 200, GIS

          201 and any course with a CIV prefix not required for degree.

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