Program Outcomes

What TCNJ Civil Engineering students are expected to know and be able to do at graduation. What knowledge, abilities, tools and skills the program gives the graduates to enable them to accomplish the Educational Objectives

The Program Outcomes listed below are expected of all graduates of the Civil Engineering Program. Civil Engineering graduates will have:

• an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering;
• an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
• an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs;
• an ability to function in multidisciplinary teams;
• an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems;
• an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
• an ability to communicate effectively;
• the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context;
• a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
• a knowledge of contemporary issues;
• an ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice;
• proficiency in mathematics through differential equations; probability and statistics; calculus-based physics and chemistry;
• an ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one of the recognized major civil engineering areas;
• an ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum;
• an understanding of professional practice issues such as procurement of work; bidding versus quality based selection processes; how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to construct a project; the importance of professional licensure and continuing education; and/or other professional practice issues;
• proficiency in a minimum of four (4) recognized major civil engineering areas.