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Engineering and Industrial Technology: Civil Engineering Technician
The Civil Engineering Technology (CET) program has several options available to students. They may earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Civil Engineering Technology or obtain targeted training leading to a specific career pathway in areas such as Land Surveying or GIS. CET students learn the technical skills needed to help civil engineers design and build large projects, such as roadways, bridges, and buildings. Students learn how to analyze construction sites, use and maintain equipment, draft plans, and write reports.
Students completing the associate’s degree in CET are prepared to enter the workforce directly upon graduation or continue towards a bachelor’s degree at a university in an engineering technology program. Students interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree should meet with the program head early in their academic plan and consult the receiving institution’s catalog and transfer guide. The CET program emphasizes basic mathematics, science, and communication skills. Students concentrate on fundamentals of engineering technology, surveying, construction materials and testing, computer-aided drafting (CAD), as well as environmental technology, soils and fluid mechanics.
TCC also offers career studies certificates in Inspections/Lab Technology, Land Surveying and Geographic Information Systems. For information on the GIS career studies certificate, see the GIS program listing under Information Systems Technology. The career studies certificate in Land Surveying prepares students to take the State Land Surveyors-in-Training Examination. The career studies certificate in GIS prepares students for GIS technician positions in fields such as city and regional planning, surveying and mapping, transportation, and local government. Students may apply their career studies courses towards the Associate of Applied Science degree program.
Associate of Applied Science Degree: Civil Engineering Technology (915)
| SEMESTER 1 (BASED ON A FALL SEMESTER START) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 110 |
Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology |
2 |
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| CIV 115 |
Civil Engineering Drafting |
3 |
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| CIV 171 |
Surveying I |
3 |
Placement into
MTH 163 |
| ENG 111 |
College Composition I |
3 |
Placement |
| MTH 163 |
Precalculus I |
3 |
Placement |
| SDV 101 |
Orientation to Engineering and Technologies |
1 |
|
| |
Social Science Elective1 |
3 |
|
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
18 |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 172 |
Surveying II |
3 |
CIV 171 |
| MTH 164 |
Precalculus II |
3 |
MTH 163 |
| |
Approved Technical Elective2 |
3 |
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Health/Physical Education Elective1 |
2 |
|
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Humanities Elective1 |
3 |
|
| |
Social Science Elective1 |
3 |
|
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
17 |
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| SEMESTER 3 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 200 |
Fundamentals of Building Construction |
3 |
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| CIV 230 |
Civil Construction Materials |
3 |
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| MEC 131 |
Mechanics I - Statics for Engineering Technology |
3 |
MTH 116 or
MTH 164 |
| |
Approved Technical Elective2 |
3 |
|
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Approved Technical Elective2 |
3 |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
15 |
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| SEMESTER 4 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 225 |
Soil Mechanics |
3 |
Co-req: CIV 226 |
| CIV 226 |
Soil Mechanics Laboratory |
1 |
Co-req: CIV 225 |
| CIV 240 |
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics |
3 |
MEC 131 |
| MEC 132 |
Mechanics II - Strength of Materials for Engineering Technology |
3 |
MEC 131 |
| |
Approved Technical Elective2 |
3 |
|
| |
Approved Technical Elective2 |
3 |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
16 |
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Career Studies: Inspections/Lab Technology (221.915.03)
| SEMESTER 1 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 110 |
Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology |
2 |
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| CIV 120 |
Masonry Technology |
3 |
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| CIV 230 |
Civil Construction Materials |
3 |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
8 |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 225 |
Soil Mechanics |
3 |
Co-req: CIV 226 |
| CIV 226 |
Soil Mechanics Laboratory |
1 |
Co-req: CIV 225 |
| CIV 228 |
Concrete Technology |
2 |
Co-req: CIV 229 |
| CIV 229 |
Concrete Laboratory |
1 |
Co-req: CIV 228 |
| CIV 280 |
Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
3 |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
10 |
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Career Studies: Land Surveying (221.915.01)
| SEMESTER 1 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 116 |
Topographic Drafting |
3 |
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| CIV 171 |
Surveying I |
3 |
Placement into MTH 163 |
| GIS 200 |
Geographic Information Systems I |
4 |
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| MTH 166 |
Precalculus with Trigonometry |
5 |
Placement |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
15 |
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| SEMESTER 2 |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| CIV 115 |
Civil Engineering Drafting |
3 |
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| CIV 172 |
Surveying II |
3 |
CIV 171 |
| CIV 256 |
Global Positioning Systems for Land Surveying |
3 |
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| CIV 257 |
Mapping Standards,
Virginia Rules and Statutes, and Surveying Law |
3 |
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| CIV 258 |
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
1 |
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| CIV 259 |
Virginia Coordinate Systems |
1 |
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SEMESTER TOTAL |
14 |
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1 Eligible courses are listed on page 34 in the 2009-2010 catalog. See your faculty
advisor or counselor to choose the appropriate course(s).
2 Eligible courses for Approved Technical Elective include DRF 151, DRF 201, GIS 200, GIS
201, MTH 173, PHY 201, PHY 202 and any course with a CIV prefix or GIS prefix not
required for degree.
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