StudyQA — Bachelor: Construction Engineering — University of Nebraska

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Construction engineering (CONE) is a program of the Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. The construction engineering major integrates engineering, construction and management courses. This program is designed for persons fulfilling the construction industry’s need for licensed professional engineers. It resembles the construction management program but provides a greater emphasis on engineering, scientific, and technical courses to meet requirements for licensure as a professional engineer. The courses focus on the application of engineering principles to solve real-world construction problems. They include instruction in civil engineering, structural principles, material testing and evaluation, project management, computer-assisted design, 3D animation, sustainability and graphic communication.

The Durham School Construction Engineering program is accredited by EAC-ABET, Inc.

The educational objectives of the construction engineering program are to produce graduates who will (in three to five years after graduation):

Possess knowledge acquisition skills enabling them to remain current throughout their careers;
Apply engineering principles of analysis and design to the systems being constructed;
Employ technical skills with innovation and dedication to pursue improved functionality, increased efficiency and decreased costs;
Use communication skills to effectively share their ideas with many forms of media;
Adapt to the constantly changing, interdisciplinary design and construction fields by applying teamwork and team building skills; and
Apply appropriate construction practices including business organization, estimating, scheduling, project delivery and ethics.

Under the stimulus of increasing demand for global services, many Nebraska companies have expanded their reach well beyond U.S. borders. This demand gives the construction engineering graduate an unprecedented number of opportunities for employment (locally, nationally, and internationally), and for pursuing an advanced degree at UNL or elsewhere.

Construction engineers participate in the preparation of engineering and architectural documents, including specifications, which they translate into finished projects, such as buildings for housing, commerce and industry, highways, railroads, waterways, airports, power plants, energy distribution systems, military bases and space center complexes. These projects involve thousands of details shared by a team of owners, architects, engineers, general constructors, specialty constructors, manufacturers, material suppliers, equipment distributors, regulatory bodies and agencies, labor resources and others. The constructor assumes responsibility for delivery of the completed project at a specified time and cost and also accepts associated legal, financial and management obligations. Because of the broad scope of the construction engineer’s project responsibility, he/she must assure the project’s constructability as well as its capability to be operated and maintained.

Construction engineering students are required to enroll in a set of courses specifically designed for a general construction education. Each student selects, with the guidance of an advisor, a set of approved electives. The program outlined below leads to the bachelor of science degree in construction engineering.

First Semester

CHEM 109 General Chemistry I4
COMM 286 Business & Professional Communication3
CONE 103 Introduction to Construction Engineering1
CSCE 155N Computer Science I: Engineering & Science Focus3
ENGR 10 Freshman Engineering Seminar0
MATH 106 Calculus I5

Total16

Second Semester

MATH 107 Calculus II4
JGEN 200 Technical Communication I3
PHYS 211 General Physics I4
PHYS 221 General Physics I Lab1
ACE Elective3

Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, or 9.

Total15

Third Semester

CIVE 221 Geometric Control Systems (CONE 221)3
CNST 225 Introduction to Building Information Modeling3
ENGR 20 Sophomore Engineering Seminar0
MATH 208 Calculus III4
MECH 223 Engineering Statics3
PHYS 212 General Physics II4

Total17

Fourth Semester

CONE 211 Construction Business Methods3
BSEN 206 Engineering Economics (CONE 206)3
MATH 221 Differential Equations3
MECH 325 Mechanics of Elastic Bodies3
MECH 373 Engineering Dynamics3

Total15

Fifth Semester

CIVE 341 Introduction to Structural Engineering4
CONE 319 Construction Methods & Equipment3
CONE 378 Construction Estimating (CNST 378)3
MATH 380 Statistics & Applications (STAT 380) or MECH 321 Engineering Statistics & Data Analysis3
MECH 310 Fluid Mechanics (CIVE 310)3

Total16

Sixth Semester

CIVE 334 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering4
CIVE 378 Materials of Construction3
ECON 212 Principles of Microeconomics3
ELEC 211 Elements of Electrical Engineering I3
ACE Elective3

Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, or 9.

Total16

Seventh Semester

CIVE 440 Reinforced Concrete Design I3
CONE 414 Accident Prevention in Construction or CNST 344 Construction Site Safety Management3
CONE 476 Project Budgets & Controls (CNST 476)3
CONE 485 Construction Planning, Scheduling & Controls (CNST 485)3
Technical Elective3

Total15

Eighth Semester

CIVE 441 Steel Design I3
CONE 489 Construction Engineering Capstone Course3
BLAW 371 Legal Environment3
Technical Elective3

ACE Elective3

Choose one course from not yet satisfied ACE outcomes 5, 7, or 9.

Total15

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation125

Electives

Students are required to enroll in a predetermined set of courses specifically designed for general construction education. Each student selects, with the approval of his/her advisor, a set of approved electives.

Technical electives are selected from the following list. One (3 credit hour) of the required two electives needs to be considered a design technical elective.

Design Technical Electives

CONE 416 Wood/Contemporary Materials Design
CONE 417 Formwork Systems
CONE 481 Highway & Bridge Construction
CONE 483 Support of Excavation
CIVE 443 Structural Analysis
CIVE 444 Structural Design & Planning
CIVE 446 Steel Design II
CIVE 447 Reinforced Concrete Design II

Technical Electives

All previously listed Design Technical Electives

CNST 379 Construction Estimating II
CNST 434 The Design/Build Project Delivery System
CONE 450 Sustainable Construction
CONE 466 Heavy/Civil Estimating
CONE 498 Special Topics in Construction
MECH 420 Heat Transfer

There is a $45 application fee payable online with a credit card.
Secondary school transcript
Secondary school certificate/diploma
Non-native English speakers must submit an IELTS or TOEFL score demonstrating proficiency in English.
In order to be issued an I-20, you must submit a bank statement showing sufficient support for the first year of study.