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Civil Engineering Technology

Program Type: Associate In Applied Science

Program Level: UG

Division: Career & Technical Education

Program Duration: 24 months

Program Contact: David Edwards

Credit Requirement: 61

Time: Day

Program overview

The Civil Engineering Technology program (CET) uses classroom and laboratory experiences to provide students technical, computer aided drafting skills, which will prepare them for careers in the environmental field, surveying, construction management, design, and testing.

Courses Required

Semester 1

Engineering Computer Applications

Course Code: EGR-120

This course includes the utilization of applications software to solve Engineering Technology problems.


Print Reading And Sketching

Course Code: EGT-106

This course covers the interpretation of basic Engineering drawings and sketching techniques for making multi-view pictorial representations.


Technical Communications

Course Code: ENG-160

This course is a study of various technical communications such as definitions, processes, instructions, descriptions, and technical reports.


Semester 2

Surveying I

Course Code: CET-105

This course includes surveying theory and practice; care and use of instruments; traversing procedures; and computation of closure. This is the introductory course that covers basic surveying procedures and surveying computations.


Engineering Programming

Course Code: EGR-112

This course covers interactive computing and the basic concepts of programming.


Introduction to CAD

Course Code: EGT-151

This course covers the operation of a Computer Aided Drafting system. The course includes interaction with a CAD station to produce technical drawings.


Algebra and Trigonometry I

Course Code: MAT-175

This course includes the following topics: basic laws and operations of algebra, linear and quadratic equations, systems of equations, introduction to trigonometry and vectors, concepts of functions, and graphs of functions.


Semester 3

Surveying II

Course Code: CET-205

This course includes electro-optical instrumentation techniques and complex computations used in surveying.


Statics And Strength Of Materials

Course Code: EGR-194

This course covers external and internal forces in structures and/or machines, including conditions of equilibrium, systems of force, moments of inertia and friction. It also covers the stress/strain relationships in materials.


Engineering Graphics II

Course Code: EGT-115

This course in Engineering Graphics science includes additional drawing techniques for industrial applications.


Semester 4

Soil Mechanics

Course Code: CET-216

This course covers soil types, their engineering properties, and techniques of field and laboratory identification and testing.


Hydraulics

Course Code: CET-218

This course includes the fundamentals of flow, control, disposal of water, and flow through open and closed conduits, orifices, and weirs.


Transportation Engineering Technology

Course Code: CET-250

This course covers a study of the design factors required in planning and constructing transportation systems.


Advanced Cad

Course Code: EGT-252

This course covers advanced concept6s of CAD software and applications.


Semester 5

Construction Methods & Estimating

Course Code: CET-235

This course covers basic construction techniques with emphasis on cost estimating.


Environmental Systems Technology

Course Code: CET-246

This course covers a study of the sources, treatment, collection and distribution of water and waste water.


Senior Project In Civil Engitechnology

Course Code: CET-255

This course is designed to permit the students to do investigation and/or advanced study in an area of specialization in Civil Engineering Technology.


Intro To Geographic Information Systems

Course Code: GMT-101

This course is a study of the development of digital techniques to portray mapping/spatial data, hardware and software components of digital mapping systems, and review of basic procedures in creating, maintaining and utilizing digital mapping.


Entry Requirements

To see a list of entrance requirements for this program, please check the FDTC Course Catalog.

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Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  • Utilize CAD software to complete property survey projects and characterize pertinent details according to industry standards.
  • Determine the different soil parameters needed for design such as: classifying soil type, performing density and moisture content testing, calculating the earth pressures and determining the safe bearing capacity of the soils to support structures, and determining the resulting settlements due to building loads.
  • Characterize civil engineering environmental factors: determine the feasibility of building a water reservoir to supply water to the community, design the reservoir volume and height of the dam, determine the parameters for clean water and identify the different contaminations and their sources, evaluate the efficiency of water and sewer treatment plants, design the drinking water-sanitary sewer-storm sewer distribution systems, design storm detention ponds due to runoff from certain design storms.
  • Determine the parameters of earthwork construction, and production rates for heavy construction equipment, determine the rental rates for this equipment, evaluate proper management of projects utilizing the Critical Path Method (CPM), and competitively bid an actual earthwork project.