Iowa State University’s bachelor of science (B.S.) degrees in civil engineering and construction engineering prepare students for entry in the field or further study at the graduate level. The civil engineering program and the construction engineering program are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
We have distinct majors that undergraduates may follow as well as several options within those majors: the Civil Engineering Program allows students to choose between the general track and the environmental track, and the Construction Engineering Program allows students to choose between the building emphasis, heavy/highway emphasis, mechanical emphasis, or electrical emphasis. Below you will find forms and information organized by these majors and sorted into cohorts. A cohort is the year in which a student is accepted to and starts classes at Iowa State University. Once you become an Iowa State University engineering student, your cohort requirements follow you to graduation. We encourage all of our students to visit with an academic advisor to discuss requirements further.
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum Flowchart
- 4 Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Select courses from the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences lists from the College of LAS General Education approved course list at: https://las.iastate.edu/students/academics/general-education/general-education-approved-course-list/
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communication Electives
- CE Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Elective List
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum Flow Chart
- 4 Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective Requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communication
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Environmental Option Flowchart
- 4 Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Select courses from the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences lists from the College of LAS General Education approved course list at: https://las.iastate.edu/students/academics/general-education/general-education-approved-course-list/
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communication Electives
- CE Design Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses satisfying U.S. Diversity requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses satisfying U.S. Diversity requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Design Electives
- Courses satisfying U.S. Diversity requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement
Other resources
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
Prerequisite charts by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
Prerequisite charts by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
Prerequisite charts by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
Prerequisite charts by emphasis
General forms and resources
- Course catalog
- Schedule of classes
- Semester schedule planner
- Course Planning Worksheet
- U.S. Diversity requirement courses
- International Perspective requirement courses
- List of Standard Course Substitutions
- Request for Department Review of Transfer Course
- Student Petition Form
- ConE 32-Credit Rule Waiver Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Form
- Undergraduate Student Request for Independent Study (490) Rubric
- ConE Prerequisite Waiver Form
4-Year plans by emphasis
Prerequisite charts by emphasis
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum Flow Chart
- 4 Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Technical Communications
- Statistics Electives
- Sustainability Electives
- Technical Communications
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Sustainability Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General Information
- Course catalog
- Curriculum flowchart
- 4-Year Plan
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Technical Communications Electives
- Statistics Electives
- Sustainability Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses Satisfying International Perspective (IP) Requirement
Other Resources
General information
- Course catalog
- Env E 4 Year Plan
- Curriculum flowchart
- Program of Study planner
- Schedule of classes
- Semester course planner
- 32 Credit Rule Waiver Form
Approved electives and other course requirements
- Env E Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Electives
- Env E Statistics Electives
- Env E Technical Communications Electives
- Engineering Topics Electives
- Courses Satisfying U.S. Diversity Requirement
- Courses satisfying International Perspective requirement