Learning Outcomes and Educational Objectives

Program Educational Objectives and Outcomes

The Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering has formulated the following Program Educational Objectives, which describe the career and professional accomplishments that our B.S.C.E degree program is preparing graduates to achieve. In support of these objectives, the faculty have also identified the following Program Outcomes, which describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.

Program Educational Objectives

The Civil Engineering Program of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University will produce graduates who:

• are technically competent and are leaders and valued contributors in their professions and communities,
• successfully adapt to  and remain competitive in a changing global society and technological world,
• work collaboratively as professionals in a diverse, interdisciplinary environment,
• successfully enter careers in civil engineering, serve society, and pursue further studies in their profession, and
• attain professional licensure
  

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the civil engineering program will attain:

1. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus based physics, chemistry and biology;
2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data, pertaining to civil engineering systems;
3. an ability to design a system, system component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability in more than one civil engineering context;
4. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams;
5. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;
6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
7. an ability to communicate effectively;
8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
10. a knowledge of contemporary issues;
11. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for civil engineering practice;
12. an understanding of entrepreneurship and business plans;
13. an ability to define a community problem and to use the engineering design process to deliver a solution;
14. an ability to apply knowledge of environmental, geotechnical, structural and water resources engineering;
15. an ability to explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership;
16. an ability to explain the importance of professional licensure.