• Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering
  • Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering with Professional Internship

Civil engineering is focused on the infrastructure that supports a society. For many people, this brings to mind the buildings, roads and bridges that make up our cities and transportation networks. But, importantly, it also includes critical infrastructure such as pipelines, sewage systems, embankments, foundations, dams, flood protection, breakwaters and drinking water treatment plants. Creative solutions are needed to ensure the sustainability of this natural and built environment in a changing world.

What is Civil Engineering?

What You’ll Learn

You will start by learning the fundamentals associated with engineering science and mathematics, leading to more specialized courses in Structural, Geotechnical, Hydrotechnical and Environmental Engineering. This includes solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, material behaviour, soil strength, and water quality alongside a progression of design and professional skills. In your upper-year, you will choose from a wide variety of technical electives that will allow you to customize your learning path, including infrastructure rehabilitation, steel and concrete design, water and wastewater treatment, geotechnical and geoenvironmental design, and lakes and coastal processes.

 
 

Hands-on Learning

Civil Engineering is a hands-on discipline, with careers that are just as likely to place you at a project site as in an office. Our program reflects that diversity, with a collection of laboratory and design activities across all years that support the application, synthesis and evaluation of knowledge. This includes testing full-scale building components in our Structures Lab, studying waves in our Coastal Engineering Lab, and learning about groundwater flow and water treatment in our Environmental Lab. Your time in our Civil Engineering program starts with a week-long team-based design challenge with testing at our Kennedy Field Station, and culminates with an industry-focused Capstone design experience.

Admission and Application

The Civil Engineering Program is a discipline within our common core program. Apply to general engineering, and at the end of first year, you are guaranteed your program of choice.

Admission Requirements

How to Apply

Skills You’ll Learn

  • Structural analysis
  • Design of concrete, steel and timber structures
  • Assessment of water quality in rivers, lakes & groundwater
  • Understanding fluid flow in natural & engineered systems
  • Impacts of climate change on critical infrastructure
  • Design of water and wastewater treatment systems
  • Soil behaviour and geotechnical design
  • Responsible waste management
  • Effective teamwork and communication

Course Highlights

  • Reinforced Concrete Design
  • Geotechnical Design
  • Municipal Hydraulics
  • Lake, Reservoir & Coastal Engineering
  • Subsurface Contamination
  • Transportation Planning & Engineering
  • Infrastructure Rehabilitation
  • Pre-stressed Concrete
  • Geoenvironmental Design
  • River Engineering
  • Water Treatment
  • Water Resources Systems
  • Groundwater Engineering
  • Structural Design
  • Water & Wastewater Engineering

 

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