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 four 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.

Schedule

Please see UNM schedule (schedule.unm.edu) for planned course offerings each semester.

500 level courses

Students may generally 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 below would count in the same category as the 400-level course.

List of Breadth and Depth Electives


*= online course

Course

Name

Breadth (B) or Depth (D) Designation

Semester typically taught

CE 452

Building Information Modeling

Construction (B or D) or Structures (Depth only)

Fall

CE 455

Engineering Project Mgmt

Construction (B or D)

Spring

CE 473* / 573

Construction Law

Construction (B or D)

Spring

CE 474*

Princ of Written Const Docs

Construction (B or D)

Fall

CE 475* / 575

Construction Safety

Construction (B or D)

Spring

CE 477*

Project Controls

Construction (B or D)

Fall

CE 478

Temporary Structures in Construction

Construction (B or D)

Fall

CE 571

Sustainable Design & Construction

Construction (B or D)

Spring

CE 576

Project Delivery Systems

Construction (B or D)

Spring

CE 598

Adv Constr Technol

Construction or Structures (B or D)

Fall

CE 431

Phys-Chem Water Trt

Environmental (B or D)

Spring

CE 436 / 536

Biol. Wastewater Trt

Environmental (B or D)

Fall

CE 438

Sustainable Engr.

Environmental (B or D)

Fall

CE 491 / 534

Environmental Engineering Chemistry

Environmental (B or D)

Fall

CE 491 / 598

Environmental Analysis Lab

Environmental (B or D)

Spring

CE 494 / 598

Environmental Systems Modeling

Environmental (B or D)

Fall

CE 462

Foundation Engr

Geotechnical (B or D)

Fall

CE 466

Pavement Design

Geotechnical (B or D)

Fall

CE 556

Soils in Construction

Geotechnical (B or D)

Spring

CE 411 / 511

Reinf. Concrete Design

Structures (B or D)

Spring

CE 424

Structural Design in Metals

Structures (B or D)

Fall

CE 491 / 598

Timber & Masonry Design

Structures (B or D)

Fall

CE 501

Adv Mechanics of Materials

Structures (B or D)

Spring

CE 502

Finite Element Methods in CE

Structures (B or D)

Spring

CE 521

Struc Dynam & Earthquake Engr

Structures (B or D)

Spring

CE 598

ST: Advanced Dynamics

Structures (B or D)

Spring

CE 481 / 581

Urban Transportation Planning

Transportation (B or D)

Spring

CE 482

Highway and Traffic Engr

Transportation (B or D)

Fall

CE 598

ST: Freight Transportation Planning

Transportation (B or D)

Spring

CE 598

Pavement Management System

Transportation or Geotech (B or D)

Spring

CE 547

GIS-Water Resources

Water Resources (B or D)

Spring

CE 598 / WR 572 

Water Resources II: Models

Water Resources (B or D)

Spring

CE 441

Hydrogeology

Water Resources (B or D)

Fall

CE 491 / 598

Study Abroad

Varies

Summer

CE 598

Statistics for CE

Any area

Spring

Other CE 491-494 courses

Special topics in various areas

Generally allowed as B/D electives on a case-by-case basis. Discuss with your advisor.

Varies

Other 500 level courses

Many 500 (graduate) level courses can be used as breadth/depth electives, but you may need permission to enroll. Discuss specific offerings with your advisor.

Varies

Varies