All students are welcome and encouraged to meet with their advisor and faculty members in the department with any questions/concerns regarding the program, program requirements, opportunities for scholarships, undergraduate research, and future employment.
First-year students are advised by College of Engineering advisors, but after declaring a major, all civil engineering students are advised by civil engineering advisors. A Civil Engineering freshman should contact their College of Engineering Freshman Academic Advisor for priority registration advising instructions.
Civil Engineering sophomores, juniors, seniors and transfer students are required to meet with their assigned advisor at least once during each priority registration advising season. During this appointment they will discuss progress in the Civil Engineering program, review a course plan for next semester, ensure the student is on track to graduate and lastly, lift the academic advising hold.
We ask that you keep your appointments. Please be courteous of everyone’s time – the myUK appointment scheduling system allows for cancellations in advance and/or email the advisor of your circumstances for last-minute cancellations. If you are late for your appointment, please understand you may need to reschedule.
You will also be assigned a CE Faculty Advisor. Watch your UK email for more information about this.
For a better understanding of the pre-requisites and co-requisites for your CE courses review the Curriculum Flow chart and plan ahead using myUK GPS. This provides the course catalog, degree audit and planning courses from the Major Map. These are all very important tools that students should be using.
To be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, a student must satisfy all the following requirements:
- Complete the required CE curriculum.
- Complete a minimum of 128 credit hours, exclusive of those earned in freshman college algebra and freshman college trigonometry. This is a minimum requirement of the College of Engineering (additional credit hours usually are necessary to complete Civil Engineering degree requirements).
- Have a cumulative grade point average of no less than 2.0.
- Have a grade point average of no less than 2.0 in the CE prefixed and technical elective courses.
- Be accepted into the “Engineering Standing” division of the CE program for at least the last semester.
- Earn a grade of C or better in all but one of the CE prefix courses that are to be credited toward satisfying degree requirements, as well as in EM 221 – Statics and EM 302 – Mechanics of Deformable Solids. The exception is a D in one 400 or 500 level CE prefix course.
- Have no delinquent financial obligations to the university.
No more than half of the credit toward an undergraduate degree may be earned by any combination of special examinations, Advanced Placement Examinations, CLEP examinations and correspondence courses. A minimum of 30 of the last 36 credits presented for the degree must be taken from the university, but not necessarily on the Lexington campus. Students who wish to earn credit through an independent study by correspondence, special examinations, CLEP and other methods must have the prior approval of the department chair and the dean of the College of Engineering.
Degrees are awarded three times a year – August, December, and May. Each student must file an application for a degree with the dean of the College of Engineering. A degree application must be submitted within 30 days after the beginning of the semester (or 15 days in the 8-week summer term) in which completion of degree work is anticipated. Specific deadline dates are published in the “Schedule of Classes” (see Information Sources). Students who apply late, or who fail to apply at all, will not graduate at the expected time.
Academic Advisors
Mr. Dale Davis, academic advisor for second, third and fourth-year Civil Engineering students.
Mrs. Billie J. Sirn, academic advisor for Civil Engineering transfer students and assists graduate students in Civil Engineering in coordination with the Director of Graduates Studies.
All students are welcome to consult the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) about questions regarding any issue, especially issues that are not specialty specific.
Picking an Area of Study
Some students arrive on campus 100% sure of what area in Civil Engineering they want to specialize in. Most students decide by the end of their sophomore year. If you’re still trying to decide which area is best for you, here are helpful links:
The following College of Engineering links may be useful: