BSCE Curriculum Requirements

The lead society responsible for the formulation of BSCE curriculum requirements for ABET is the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The resulting requirements are described in the following single paragraph  

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These outcomes are commonly known as the a-to-k criteria. In addition ABET encourages each program to add other criteria that are unique to the program. It is beneficial for you to learn what the outcomes of your BSCE program are and how the outcomes are linked to the courses you are required to take. Your advisor can provide you with specific information on this linkage, but you will learn from the following what the general structures of your curriculum are. 

While each of the more than 200 BSCE curricula is designed for four years of study, it is possible to complete the four-year curriculum in three or three and a half years. On the other hand, students who need more courses before starting on the first calculus course in their freshman year need more than four years to complete. This is due to the fact that almost every BSCE program has prerequisites built into its curriculum. Prerequisites are necessary to ensure students taking a particular course have the required preparation because many of the courses do build on knowledge learned in other courses. 

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