Today's BSCE: A Survey of Credit Hour Requirements

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a survey and analysis of today’s civil engineering and closely related curricula in terms of credit hours required for degree. There has been considerable discussion nationally about a trend to reduce credit hour requirements. While this paper does not address any historical trends, it does provide a comprehensive description of today’s degree requirements. This includes both total credit hour requirement for degree as well as a breakdown of the credit hours required in various major topic areas/categories, such as mathematics and basic sciences, general engineering topics, and general education. The data presented herein also provides individual programs with a sound base from which comparisons of their own program(s) may be made.