The UP Institute of Civil Engineering BS Civil Engineering (BSCE) Program (revised and implemented in 2018) is a 4-year curriculum with a total of 155 units. The BSCE curriculum is well-defined and shows balance between general education and specialized courses, is integrative, and reflects the vision and mission of the University.

Visit the graduate course catalogue page for the description of the graduate courses being offered by UP ICE.

General Education Course

Course Code & No.	Course Title	Course Description and Prerequisites
DRMAPS	Disaster Risk Mitigation, Adaptation, and Preparedness Strategies	Introduction to principles and practices of natural disaster risk management by mitigation of, adaptation to, and preparedness for risk, through all related disciplines aiming for resilience. 3 u.

Service Courses (CE)

Course Code & No.	Course Title	Course Description and Prerequisites
CE 11	Disaster Risk Mitigation, Adaptation, and Preparedness Strategies	Principles and application of engineering geology and engineering meteorology. 3 u.
CE 22	Engineering Economics	The fundamentals of engineering decisions. Relative economics of alternative materials, methods, processes, and designs. Course stipulation: must have completed at least 39 units. 3 u.

Major Courses

Course Code & No.	Course Title	Course Description and Prerequisites
CE 1	Introduction to Civil Engineering	History of and developments in civil engineering. 2 u.
CE 17	Fluid Mechanics	Properties and measurements of fluids; concepts and applications in fluid mechanics. Prereq: Math 23, ES 101.  4 u.
CE 18	Solid Mechanics	Advanced topics in mechanics of deformable bodies; analysis of plane structures; introduction to continuum mechanics. Prereq: ES 102.  4 u.
CE 24	Mathematical Methods in Civil Engineering I	Matrix operations; analytical solution to ordinary differential equations. Prereq: Math 22.  3 u.
CE 25	Mathematical Methods in Civil Engineering II	Programming concepts and methods; application of numerical methods to civil engineering; partial differential equations. Prereq: Math 23, CE 24.  3 u.
CE 29	Probability and Statistics for Engineering	Concepts in probability and statistical inference; introduction to multiple linear regression and experimental design in engineering. Prereq: Math 21.  3 u.
CE 31	Construction Materials	Engineering properties of construction materials; standard test methods; concrete mix design. Prereq: CE 29. Co-req: ES 102. 3 u.
CE 41	Construction Plans	Reading and interpretation of construction plans of built structures and services systems. Prereq: Physics 72, ES 1.  2 u.
CE 115	Water Resources and Coastal Engineering I	Hydraulics and hydrology; design of basin and river scale hydraulic structures. Prereq: CE 11, CE 17.  4 u.
CE 116	Water Resources and Coastal Engineering II	Design of large-scale hydraulic and coastal structures; integrated water resources management. Prereq: CE 115.  3 u.
CE 123	Construction Engineering and Management I	Legal and ethical aspects of the civil engineering profession; introduction to construction project management; quality assurance and control; construction safety. Prereq: CE 31, CE 41.  3 u.
CE 124	Construction Engineering and Management II	Project management techniques; construction project procurement; resource allocation; project monitoring and control. Prereq: CE 22, CE 123.  3 u.
CE 130	Elements of Environmental and Energy Engineering	Fundamental principles of environmental and energy engineering; environmental and energy policies and standards; emerging issues in environmental and energy engineering. Prereq: Chem 16, Chem 16.1, CE 11. 3 u.
CE 132	Sanitary Engineering I	Unit operations in water and waste water treatment. Design of water and wastewater treatment plants. Prereq: CE 17, CE 130. 3 u.
CE 141	Transportation Engineering I	Fundamentals of transportation planning; traffic flow theory; traffic engineering and management. Prereq: CE 25, CE 29. 3 u.
CE 142	Transportation Engineering II	Planning and design of transportation facilities; road, rail, air, and water transportation. Prereq: GE 12, CE 141. 3 u.
CE 151	Structural Engineering I	Theory and applications of methods of analysis of building, bridge and other structures; behavior and design of steel members and connections. Prereq: ES 102. Co-req: CE 18. 4 u.
CE 152	Structural Engineering II	Structural analysis of space trusses and space frames; behavior and design of reinforced concrete members; detailing of steel reinforcements. Prereq: CE 18, CE 151. 4 u.
CE 162	Geotechnical Engineering I	Geomorphology; phase relationships; soil plasticity; soil classification; mechanics of soils; shear strength of soils; compressibility of soils; soil permeability and seepage analysis. Prereq: ES 102, CE 11. 3 u.
CE 163	Geotechnical Engineering II	Principles of foundation engineering; analysis and design of earth retaining structures. Prereq: CE 162. 3 u.
CE 190	Seminar and Research Methods in Civil Engineering	Development of research proposal. Prereq: consent of instructor (COI). 1 u.
CE 195	Internship	On-the-job training in a related civil engineering company, institution or organization. Prereq: CE 115, CE 123, CE 130, CE 141, CE 151, and CE 162. 3 u. (200 h minimum)
CE 196	Civil Engineering Design Project	Integrative design (capstone) project involving at least 3 fields of civil engineering. Prereq: Any three of the following: CE 116, CE 124, CE 132, CE 142, CE 152, and CE 163. 3 u.
CE 199	Undergraduate Research Project	Implementation or research project. Prereq: CE 190. 3u.

Elective Courses

Course Code & No.	Course Title	Course Description and Prerequisites
CE 117	Water Resources and Coastal Engineering III	Principles of coastal engineering; analysis and design of coastal structures. Prereq: CE 11, CE 17.  3 u.
CE 118	Multipurpose Water Resources Development	Concepts and models of water resources systems; simulation and optimization techniques incorporating risk and uncertainty as applied to water resources development. Prereq: CE 116. 3 u.
CE 125	Construction Engineering and Management III	Site management; total quality approach; problem solving and decision-making; effective communication; motivation and leadership; resource management. Prereq: CE 124. 3 u.
CE 133	Sanitary Engineering II	Engineering applications of new concepts of physical-chemical wastewater treatment. Prereq: CE 132. 3 u.
CE 134	Hazardous Waste Minimization	Hazardous waste minimization as a waste management strategy; waste minimization techniques. Prereq: consent of instructor (COI). 3 u.
CE 135	Environmental Geotechnology	Landfill control and uses; contaminated groundwater and seepage; soil/environment and soil/pollutant interaction; hazardous waste control and storage systems; durability and protection of geostructural members’ hazardous ground. Prereq: CE 130, CE 162. 3 u.
CE 143	Transportation Engineering III	Urban transport planning and design using statistical techniques, computer methods, modelling and optimization. Policy formulation. Case studies. Prereq: CE 142. 3 u.
CE 153	Structural Engineering III	Introduction to structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, and wind engineering; advanced structural analysis. Prereq: CE 152. 3 u.
CE 164	Geotechnical Engineering III	Soil and rock dynamics. Seismicity and seismic risk analysis. Finite element analysis in geotechnical engineering. Special topics in geotechnical engineering. Prereq: CE 163. 3 u.
CE 197	Special Topics	Course stipulation: may be taken twice, topics to be indicated for record purposes. Prereq: consent of instructor (COI). 3 u.
CE 198	Special Problems	Prereq: consent of instructor (COI). 3 u.

Engineering Science Courses

Course Code & No.	Course Title	Course Description and Prerequisites
ES 1	Engineering Drawing	Technical sketching, lettering, instrumental drawing. Multiview projections. Pictorial drawing. Conventions and dimensioning. Graphs and charts. 2 u. 6 h. (lab)
ES 15	Mechanics of Fluids	Statics, kinetics and dynamics of fluids. Effects of weight, viscosity and compressibility. Flow past internal boundaries. Flow past external boundaries. Similitude and dimensional analysis. Lift and propulsion. Prereq: ES 101. 3 u.
ES 101	Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies	Force, moment, and motion concepts. Newton’s Laws of Motion. Analysis of particles and rigid bodies in static and dynamic equilibrium using vector mechanics, momentum methods, and energy methods. Geometric properties of lines, areas, and volumes. Prereq: Math 22. 4 u.
ES 102	Mechanics of Deformable Bodies	Internal forces and moments in members subjected to different loadings. Material properties. Deformation, strain and stress analysis and design of members subjected to axial, torsional, shear and flexural loads. Stress transformations using equilibrium and Mohr’s circle. Theories of material failure. Prereq: ES 101. 3 u.