Program Overview

Our ABET-accredited and award-winning civil engineering program will provide you with a strong foundation in mathematics, engineering sciences and the humanities.

You’ll benefit from our low student-faculty ratio as you connect closely with your professors. Faculty are well connected to the professional engineering community and emphasize real-world applications in their courses.

Our curriculum is practical, with hands-on learning and career development built into our programs at every level—from class projects to quarterly advising meetings. Our Seattle location puts you in the center of a region that greatly values students with the skillsets we emphasize. Our graduates work on solving some of the most important problems of our time, including making buildings safe in earthquakes, designing flood management projects that also improve fish habitat, ensuring roadways are safe for pedestrians, and providing clean drinking water in a safe, economical and sustainable way.

Along with excellent engineering skills, you’ll develop leadership potential, ethics and sense of social responsibility in our Bachelor of Civil Engineering program. Our Jesuit and Catholic educational approach emphasizes a well-rounded education. We'll do everything we can to help you chart a path towards work that provides personal meaning while also supporting a more just and equitable society.

BS in Civil Engineering Emphasizes Civil Engineering

The Environmental Specialization within the BS in Civil Engineering emphasizes civil engineering skills relevant to problems that relate to both the built and natural environments. The program combines our standard coursework in engineering mechanics, soils, water resources, environmental engineering and project management with specialized courses in environmental biology, water supply and hazardous waste. With this ABET-accredited civil engineering degree, you can contribute to cleaning contaminated water, managing critical water resources, addressing challenges of air pollution, reclaiming habitats for endangered species and remediating polluted sites.