The program provides graduates with the basic knowledge and skills to enter the civil engineering profession. The curriculum encompasses a geomatics engineering option and three primary streams; environmental, structural/materials and transportation engineering. Graduates from the program would expect to be employed by engineering consultants, municipalities, construction companies and government agencies.

Students who commence the program on or after Fall 2008, after completing three years in the regular Civil Engineering program, may continue in one of the three streams for one more year or may choose to enter the Geomatics Engineering option in the fourth year of the program.

Students who commenced the program prior to Fall 2008, after completing the first two years in the regular Civil Engineering program, continue in the Civil Engineering program for two more years or choose to enter the Geomatics Engineering option in the third year of the program.

The Civil Engineering program curriculum focuses on three streams: environmental, structural/materials and transportation. The subjects include water supply and treatment, wastewater treatment design, geotechnical engineering, structural analysis, concrete materials, computer-aided structural analysis, structural concrete design, highway materials, structural steel design, and transportation engineering. In addition, students can specialize in one or more of the preceding three streams by selecting two courses from a list of professional electives.

The curriculum of the Geomatics Engineering option, which is unique in Canada, focuses on modern spatial data management systems with applications in satellite positioning, digital image processing and mapping, photogrammetry and remote sensing, computer and communication technologies and geospatial information systems. Graduates would be prepared for careers in the rapidly expanding geomatics industry, as well as in Civil Engineering.

A graduate of the Civil Engineering Stream or Geomatics Engineering Option may be eligible for certification by the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) as a Professional Engineer (PEng). A graduate of the Geomatics Engineering Option may be eligible for certification by the Association of Ontario Land Surveyor (OLS) as an Ontario Land Surveyor.

FIRST YEAR TRANSITION PROGRAM: The objective of the transition program is to provide the first year students, who may need more time to adapt to the demanding university curriculum, with an immediate opportunity to upgrade their Academic Standing. In the second semester, Phase I of the transition program offers all first semester core courses: CHY 102, MTH 140, MTH 141, and PCS 211 in parallel to the second semester regular program courses. Students who have failed or are missing this course at the end of the first semester are required to upgrade their Academic Standing through enrolling in the transition program. During the condensed Spring term (May-July) Phase II of the transition program offers all second semester core courses: BME 100, CHE 200, CHY 211, CPS 125, CVL 207, EES 512, ELE 202, MTH 240, MTL 200, and PCS 125. These courses represent a repeat of the second semester regular program courses that were not taken by students enrolled in Phase I of their transition program.

Attention: Students are also given the opportunity to complete the following courses through The Chang School of Continuing Education during both the Spring and Summer terms: CECN 801, CCMN 432, and appropriate lower- and upper-level liberal studies courses. Only these Chang School courses will be counted towards the student's full-time Engineering degree program.

Early Intervention Program

Highly innovative and proactive retention strategies play an important role in helping students build the skills for success in a demanding engineering curriculum. Through the First-Year and Common Engineering Office, the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science has incorporated the Early Intervention Program into the first-year engineering experience. At the semester's mid-point, students who are failing courses in their core curriculum are identified and encouraged to attend an interview with a member of our academic support team (First-Year and Common Engineering Program Director/Academic Advisor and/or the Student Counsellor). Together, they discuss options to help reduce the chances of academic failure.

Communications Proficiency and Writing Skills

All new engineering students are automatically enrolled in CEN 199: Writing Skills.

CEN 199 is graded on a Pass/Fail basis, and is used to track the results of the Writing Skills Test (WST) and/or Ryerson Test of English Proficiency (RTEP).

All students admitted into engineering, except those who wrote the RTEP and achieved a grade of ‘B' or higher, are required to write the mandatory Writing Skills Test (WST) during Orientation Week. Students who pass the WST (by achieving a grade of ‘B' or higher) or the RTEP (by achieving a grade of ‘B' or higher) will receive a PASS in CEN 199 and therefore may enroll in the lower level Liberal Studies course of their choice (subject to availability).

Students who do not pass the WST, or achieved a ‘C' level remedial pass on the RTEP, will receive an INP grade (In Progress) in CEN 199 and will be required to enroll in one of LNG 111, LNG 112, LNG 113, or LNG 121 as their first-year lower level Liberal Studies course.  These courses, which count towards lower level Liberal Studies requirements, are writing-intensive humanities and social science courses designed to give students the opportunity to strengthen their foundations in communication. These students will then have three additional opportunities to write and pass the WST:

• In May, following Semester 2.
• During Orientation Week prior to Semester 3.
• In May, following Semester 4.

A PASS in CEN 199: Writing Skills is required to enroll in all third-year engineering courses. Students with a grade of INP in CEN 199 will not be allowed to enroll in any third-year engineering course.

Detailed information is available from the First-Year and Common Engineering Office. Room ENG 377 Telephone: 416-979-5000 ext. 4261.

OPTIONAL INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (IIP): Third year students with CLEAR Academic Standing may opt to enroll in the IIP. If they are selected by one of the partner corporations, they spend a period of 12-16 months, from May to September of the following year, as engineering interns at the corresponding corporations. After the completion of the industrial internship, students return to the academic program to complete their final year of studies. Enrollment in the IIP extends the program to five years.

The IIP students enroll in the course WKT 90A/B Industrial Internship Program during the academic year in which they work as interns. This course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Completion of the Industrial Internship program (IIP) will be identified on the student's transcript as WKT 90A/B: Industrial Internship Program, with the appropriate grade achieved.

Optional Specialization in Management Sciences (OSMS)

Students can enrich their studies and hone their management skills with the Optional Specialization in Management Sciences. Courses within the optional specialization cover four major areas in management sciences: Strategic Engineering Management, Operations Management/Operations Research, Finance, and Organizational Behaviour.  For eligibility, registration, and course information see Optional Specialization in Management Sciences (OSMS).

Engineering Transfer Credits

Applicants approved into an Engineering program cannot expect to receive any transfer credits in Engineering discipline or Engineering related discipline courses if their applicable post secondary education was not completed at a program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Refer to for a listing of CEAB accredited institutions.

Core and professional engineering course transfer credits will ONLY be granted at the time of admission. An Offer of Admission will notify the applicant of transfer credit decision(s) subject to acceptance of their Offer.

Liberal Studies discipline courses taken at CEAB accredited or non-accredited schools will be considered for either lower- or upper-level liberal studies transfer credit. College courses, in general, are not eligible for transfer credit except in the case of lower-level liberal studies courses.

Liberal Studies

Students must complete two lower level liberal studies courses and two upper level liberal studies courses to graduate.

Minors

Students may pursue any Minor offered by Ryerson with exceptions. Please refer to the Minors Policy section of this calendar for further information on individual Minor requirements and restrictions.

The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Certificates

Undergraduate students wishing to pursue a continuing education certificate program should be aware of possible restrictions. Please refer to the Curriculum Advising website at for complete details.