The civil engineering degree has three levels of admission:  Engineering Preparatory, Engineering Fundamentals, or Civil Engineering Professional.  Students admitted to any of the three levels are considered to be degree seeking engineering students.  Engineering Preparatory and Engineering Fundamentals students are classified within the university system as pre-majors.  Civil Engineering Professional students are classified within the university system as full majors.

Applicants for admission who have completed only the Baccalaureate Degree Program Admission Requirements listed in the UAA Course Catalog are admitted as pre-majors to the civil engineering program at the Engineering Preparatory level.

Applicants for admission who have completed the following list of high school courses (or their university equivalents) with grades of “C” or better, in addition to the Baccalaureate Degree Program Admission Requirements listed in the UAA Course Catalog, will be admitted as pre-majors to the civil engineering program at the Engineering Fundamentals level.

• English 3 years
• Algebra 2 years
• Trigonometry 1/2 year
• Physics 1 year
• Chemistry 1 year

Transfer, change of major, and returning students who are applying for admission to the civil engineering program and have completed all of the Engineering Fundamentals Requirements listed under the civil engineering Graduation Requirements section with grades of “C” or better will be admitted to the civil engineering program at the Civil Engineering Professional level.

Engineering Preparatory students must work with their assigned advisor to develop a course plan to make up the high school course requirements for advancement to the Engineering Fundamentals level.  Once the Engineering Preparatory course work outlined in the student’s course plan is completed, students must meet with their advisor to apply for advancement to Engineering Fundamentals status.

Engineering Fundamentals students who have completed, or are within a semester of completing, the Engineering Fundamentals requirements must meet with their advisor to apply for advancement to the Civil Engineering Professional status. Applicants who have successfully completed all the Engineering Fundamental requirements will be advanced to the Civil Engineering Professional (full major) status.  Applicants who are within nine credits of completing the Engineering Fundamentals requirements will be admitted conditionally to the Civil Engineering Professional (full major) status.  Students who fail to meet the conditions for advancement will be removed from the civil engineering program.

All applications for advancement within the civil engineering program must be submitted to the civil engineering department at least thirty days prior to beginning any CE or ES courses listed as a major requirement for the level for which they are applying.