Associate of Pre-Engineering | 73.5 credits minimum

Engineering Department
Taylorsville Redwood Campus SI 220
General Information (801) 957-4073
Program Information (801) 957-4780
Program Website
Academic and Career Advising
Academic Advisor SI 209, (801) 957-4858

Program Faculty
Professors − Nick Safai
Associate Professors − Francis Afghan, Lee Brinton, Holly Moore, Sara Farida
Assistant Professors − James Smith, Wesley Sanders, Andrew Vogt, Quentin McRae

Program Description
Civil engineering encompasses a wide range of engineering projects dealing with buildings, bridges, dams, highways, transportation systems, water supply systems, fluid flow, water reclamation and geotechnical problems. Civil engineering affects many of our daily activities: the buildings we live in and work in, the transportation facilities we use, the water we drink, and the drainage and sewerage systems that are necessary to our health and well-being. Civil engineers: a) Design and supervise the construction of bridges, tunnels, large buildings, dams, and coastal structures, b) Plan, lay out, construct, and maintain railroads, highways, and airports, c) Devise systems for the control and efficient flow of traffic, e) Plan and build river regulation and flood control projects, f) Provide plants and systems for water supply and sewage and refuse disposal. G) Measure and map the earth’s surface.

Civil is a very broad field and it includes at least eight major specialized areas of practice: 1) Structural engineering, 2) Hydraulic and water resources engineering, 3) Environmental engineering, 4) Geotechnical engineering, 5) Construction engineering and management, 6) Geodetic engineering, 7) Transportation engineering, 8) Hydrology and surface water flow. Civil engineers work with institutions of higher education, structural design and construction companies, power companies, manufacturing companies, and with consulting engineering firms. Many opportunities for civil engineering employment also exist in city, county, and state engineering departments and in the various agencies of the federal government.

Transfer/Articulation Information
The associate of pre-engineering degree is a transfer degree similar to the associate of science degree, but has reduced General Education requirements. Current accreditation board of engineering and technology (ABET) standards require upper-division General Education courses. Engineering students who  complete this degree may apply for advanced-placement at an engineering school, but must complete General Education requirements at the senior institution.

Admission into an engineering major program at a transfer institution depends upon the receiving institution’s requirements for that major. Some major programs are restricted and require special application as well as a competitive GPA. See an Academic Advisor at both SLCC and the intended receiving institution for specific articulation information.

Program Entry Requirements
Each program requires as a prerequisite a science-oriented high school curriculum which includes as much mathematics, chemistry, physics and English as possible. Students who do not qualify to enter MATH 1210 , CHEM 1210  and ENGL 1010  should take prerequisite courses before entering the first semester of their program. Students who need to take preparatory courses to meet the requirements of first semester courses should plan on extra time to complete the program. Consult with the academic advisor concerning these courses. It is the student’s responsibility to examine each course description for details of prerequisite courses. Those prerequisites must be satisfied before the designated class may be taken.

Estimated Time to Completion
If students follow the suggested sample schedule, time to completion is four semesters.