Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.[1][2][3] Civil engineering is the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering,[4] and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.[5] It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including architectural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, geophysics, geodesy, control engineering, structural engineering, earthquake engineering, transportation engineering, earth science, atmospheric sciences, forensic engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, offshore engineering, aerospace engineering, quantity surveying, coastal engineering,[4] surveying, and construction engineering.[6] Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

Civil Engineering Studies

Outside of chemistry,physics,mathematics and biology, during your studies in civil engineering you may take classes like environmental engineering, mechanics of solids, structural analysis, numerical methods, reinforced concrete design, steel design, properties and behavior of engineering materials,geotechnical engineering and applications, computer aided design, highway design, fluid mechanics, construction management, project design, water resource engineering, water and wastewater treatment, technical communication, statics, dynamics, geology and applied probability and statistics for engineers.

Civil Engineering Salaries

According to a bureau of labor statistics report released in 2013, the average civil engineer brings home around $85k/year. The top 10% earning civil engineers earns on average just over $100k/year.

Who Is Hiring Civil Engineering Graduates

Industries with the highest level of employment for civil engineers includes architectual and engineering firms, state, local, and government agencies, pipeline transportation companies, oil and gas extraction companies and waste treatment and disposal companies