Breadth and Depth Required Electives
Civil Engineering students must take a total of 6 breadth and depth electives.
Breadth Requirement:
Take one course in four of the six sub-discipline areas listed below.
Depth Requirement:
Take two additional courses in the sub-discipline areas in which you have already taken courses.
1) You can either take two additional courses in one of the four sub-discipline areas in which you have already taken one course.
2) Or, you can take one additional course in one of the sub-discipline areas in which you have already taken a course and an additional course in a second sub-discipline area in which you have already taken a course.
Breadth and Depth Electives
Please see UNM schedule (schedule.unm.edu) for planned course offerings each semester. In addition, here is list of when our undergraduate courses are "typically offered."
Course |
Name |
Breadth (B)/ Depth (D) Designation |
CE 410 |
Structural Design I |
Structures (B or D) |
CE 411 |
Reinf. Concrete Design |
Structures (B or D) |
CE 413 |
Timber & Masonry Design |
Structures (B or D) |
CE 424 |
Structural Design in Metals |
Structures (B or D) |
CE 431 |
Phys-Chem Water Trt |
Environmental (B or D) |
CE 433 |
Envir. Microbiology |
Environmental (B or D) |
CE 436 |
Biol. Wastewater Trt |
Environmental (B or D) |
CE 438 |
Sustainable Engr. |
Environmental (B or D) |
CE 440 |
Design of Hydraulic Sys |
Water Resources (B or D) |
CE 441 |
Hydrogeology |
Water Resources (B or D) |
CE 452 |
Building Information Modeling |
Construction (B or D) Structures (Depth only) |
CE 455 |
Engineering Project Mgmt |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 462 |
Foundation Engr |
Geotechnical (B or D) |
CE 463 |
Earth Structures |
Geotechnical (B or D) |
CE 466 |
Pavement Design |
Geotechnical (B or D) |
CE 473b |
Construction Law |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 474 b |
Prin of Written Const Docs |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 475b |
Construction Safety |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 477 b |
Project Controls |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 478 |
Temporary Structures in Construction (Design of Temp Support Struc) |
Construction (B or D) |
CE 481 |
Urban Transp Planning |
Transportation (B or D) |
CE 482 |
Highway and Traffic Engr |
Transportation (B or D) |
b Online course.
Students may apply graduate-level civil engineering courses to meet the depth and breadth electives. Please see an advisor to determine into which category the graduate-level courses fall. In general, 500-level versions of a course listed above would count in the same category as the 400-level course.