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Civil & Environmental Technology - Program Description

The Civil & Environmental Technology (C&ET) curriculum provides students with a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree that meets the demands of today's industry. The C&ET B. Tech program provides graduates with the background necessary to be competitive and successful with their career. Graduates will also have the opportunity to pursue graduate study. Students gain preparation in general engineering technology concepts as well as specialized training in civil and environmental technology. This four-year curriculum provides flexibility with program electives for students to pursue areas of specific interest.

Hands-on experience and training prepare graduates for challenges encountered in the construction and environmental industry, including analysis, design, project and resource management, structures, geotechnology, environmental concerns, and common laboratory testing of materials.

Students in this Major:

• Are prepared for careers in the civil, environmental and construction industries
• Develop CADD skills
• Learn to do structural analysis and design
• Learn surveying
• Learn assess and remediate environmental contamination
• Perform construction material laboratory tests
• Practice professional communication
• Work on and lead team efforts

Admission Requirements:

• Freshmen will meet all general admission requirements to SUNY Canton.
• Students should have completed four years regents level high school math and be ready for Pre-Calculus (MATH 123) and College Physics I (PHYS 121/125). Students not meeting these criteria will be required to take prerequisite math courses.
• Students with a two-year college degree in a related program area will be evaluated
  and awarded maximum credit. They must have a minimum grade point average of
  2.75. Other transfer students will be evaluated on case-by-case basis.
• Refer to the table of high school course prerequisites for admission.

* Fulfills writing intensive requirement.

** Must be from approved list of program electives for the CET program or permission of program coordinator. One program elective must be in Structural Steel Design (CONS 324), Reinforced Concrete Design (CONS 304), or Structural Engineering Design (CONS 375).

GER=General Education Requirement

Note: Civil & Environmental Technology students must meet eight of the ten General Education Requirements and successfully complete the SUNY Canton Computer Competency requirement.