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School of Engineering

This pre-professional program balances the fundamentals common to many specialties in civil engineering and allows for concentration in structures and construction or environmental and water studies.

What You'll Study

The mission of the undergraduate program in Civil Engineering is to provide students with the principles of engineering and the methodologies necessary for civil engineering practice. This pre-professional program balances the fundamentals common to many specialties in civil engineering and allows for concentration in structures and construction or environmental and water studies. Students in the major learn to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and civil engineering to conduct experiments, design structures and systems to creatively solve engineering problems, and communicate their ideas effectively. The curriculum includes course work in structural, construction, and environmental engineering. The major prepares students for careers in consulting, industry and government, as well as for graduate studies in engineering.

Degrees Offered 

  • BS
  • Minor
  • Honors
  • Coterm

More Information

Learn more about Civil Engineering in the Stanford Bulletin

Exploratory Courses

CEE 107A

Understand Energy (CEE 207A, EARTHSYS 103)

CEE 107S

Understand Energy - Essentials (CEE 207S)

CEE 130

Architectural Design: 3-D Modeling, Methodology, and Process

CEE 31

Accessing Architecture Through Drawing

CEE 31Q

Accessing Architecture Through Drawing

CEE 32A

Psychology of Architecture

CEE 32D

Construction: The Writing of Architecture

CEE 32F

Light, Color, and Space

CEE 32R

American Architecture (AMSTUD 143A, ARTHIST 143A, ARTHIST 343A)

CEE 63

Weather and Storms (CEE 263C)

CEE 64

Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions (CEE 263D)

CEE 70

Environmental Science and Technology (ENGR 90)