Overview

The School of Engineering offers an Engineering Pre-Med (ENPMED) track as part of all its undergraduate programs (starting Spring 2022). 

 The fast advancements in the medical and health professions has exerted additional pressure on practitioners to acquire a better understanding of the underlying technologies. Due to the growing use of technologies for medicine and health, there is a growing interest among students who pursue medical degrees and health related degrees, to acquire a strong engineering background prior to joining medical and health-related professions. This need presents an opportunity for the SOE to bridge this gap by providing students with an option of acquiring a BE in engineering with a PreMed track, referred to herein as Engineering PreMED (ENPMED). ENPMED credits are integrated within each curriculum based on a different mix of credits depending on each degree program requirements. 

The offered ENPMED track provides an opportunity for engineering students to apply to Medical School and pursue an MD degree, or pursue graduate studies in the biomedical and health related fields, or work in their chosen major after receiving their Bachelor of Engineering degree.

*The ENPMED Track is neither a separate degree program nor a specialization within the degree program; it is rather the same engineering major(s) with the addition of the pre-med path. This path allows engineering students organized access to courses required for application to most medical schools while completing their accredited engineering degree.

CIE Technical Elective Courses

A minimum of three courses have to be selected in one of the five emphasis areas below.

Construction Engineering & Management

• CIE511 Pavement Design (3 cr.)
• CIE583 Sustainable Construction (3 cr.)
• CIE584 Quality Management Systems (3 cr.)
• CIE585 Risk and Natural Hazard Management (3 cr.)
• CIE586* Construction Decision under Uncertainty (3 cr.)
• CIE587 Construction Cost Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE588 Construction Estimating I (3 cr.)
• CIE589 Construction Methods & Equipment (3 cr.)
• CIE590* GIS and Remote Sensing (3 cr.)
• CIE593 Construction Safety (3 cr.)

Environmental & Water Resources

• CIE502* Design of Hydraulics Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE520 Solid Waste Management (3 cr.)
• CIE521 Hydrology (3 cr.)
• CIE522 Environmental Impact Assessment (3 cr.)
• CIE523* Water Resources Planning and Management (3 cr.)
• CIE524* Air Quality Management (3 cr.)
• CIE525 Environmental Policy and Management (3 cr.)
• CIE526 Environmental Remediation (3 cr.)
• CIE527 Environmental Microbiology (3 cr.)
• CIE529* Hydrogeology (3 cr.)
• CIE530* Irrigation and Drainage (3 cr.)
• CIE533* Groundwater Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE534* Computational Hydraulics (3 cr.)
• CIE535 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution (3 cr.)

Geotechnical Engineering

• CIE504* Case Histories in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE510 Finite Element Method (3 cr.)
• CIE511 Pavement Design (3 cr.)
• CIE529* Hydrogeology (3 cr.)
• CIE533* Groundwater Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE540 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE544 Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE585 Risk and Natural Hazard Management (3 cr.)
• CIE590 GIS and Remote Sensing (3 cr.)
• CIE725* Geo-Environmental Engineering (3 cr.)

Structural Engineering

• CIE501 Prestressed Concrete Design (3 cr.)
• CIE502* Design of Hydraulics Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE504* Case Histories in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE506* Structural Dynamics (3 cr.)
• CIE507 Seismic Design of Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE508* Applied Elasticity (3 cr.)
• CIE509 Concrete Foundation Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE510 Finite Element Method (3 cr.)
• CIE512 Concrete Building Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE513* Reinforced Masonry Design (3 cr.)
• CIE516* Advanced Steel: Design and Behavior (3 cr.)
• CIE518 Advanced Structural Analysis for Gravity & Lateral Load (3 cr.)
• CIE519* Advanced Reinforced Concrete Behavior  (3 cr.)

Transportation Engineering

• CIE511 Pavement Design (3 cr.)
• CIE521 Hydrology (3 cr.)
• CIE561* Traffic Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE562 Airport Planning and Design (3 cr.)
• CIE563 Transportation Planning and Land Use (3 cr.)
• CIE564 Mass Transit Systems (3 cr.)
• CIE566* Highway Design and Management (3 cr.)
• CIE582 Infrastructure Management (3 cr.)

General Technical Electives

• CIE596 Topics in Civil Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE598 Research Methods (3 cr.)
• CIE599 Undergraduate Research (3 cr.)

Note that all technical electives require that the student has completed at least 120 credits in addition to their relevant prerequisites, and courses require a passing grade of D.

Recommended Study Plan

Year One

Fall (16 credits)

• CHM005 Preparatory Chemistry (0 cr.)
• CHM201 Chemical Principles (3 cr.)
• CIE200 Statics (3 cr.)
• COE201 Computer Proficiency (1 cr.)
• MTH201 Calculus III (3 cr.)
• ENG202 Advanced Academic English (3 cr.)
• LAS Elective* (3 cr.)

Spring (17 credits)

• MEE211 Engineering Graphics (1 cr.)
• CIE212   Computer Programming for Civil Engineers (3 cr.)
• CIE202 Mechanics of Materials (3 cr.)
• MTH206 Calculus IV (3 cr.)
• BIO201 General Biology I (3 cr.)
• BIO201B General Biology I Lab (1 cr.)
• COM203 Art of Public Communication (3 cr.)

Summer (6 credits)

• MTH304 Differential Equations (3 cr.)
• LAS Elective* (3 cr.)

Year Two

Fall (15 credits)

• CIE302 Structural Analysis (3 cr.)
• CIE303 Structural Analysis - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIE308 Construction Materials (3 cr.)
• CIE309 Construction Materials - LAB (1 cr.)
• CIE320 Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)
• CIE321 Fluid Mechanics - LAB (1 cr.)
• CHM311 Organic Chemistry I (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

• CIE304 Stress Analysis (3 cr.)
• CIE305 Stress Analysis - LAB (1 cr.)
• CIE306 Concrete Structures (3 cr.)
• CIE307 Concrete Structures - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIE322 Hydraulics (3 cr.)
• CIE323 Hydraulics - SOFT (1 cr.)
• BIO260 Human Anatomy and Physiology (3 cr.)

Summer (9 credits)

• GNE301 Professional Communication (2 cr.)
• GNE331 Probability & Statistics (3 cr.)
• INE320 Engineering Economy I (3 cr.)
• MEE392 Machine Shop (1 cr.)

Year Three

Fall (16 credits)

• CIE424 Water Distribution & Treatment (3 cr.)
• CIE425 Environmental Engineering - LAB (1 cr.)
• CIE444 Soil Mechanics (3 cr.)
• CIE445 Soil Mechanics - LAB (1 cr.)
• CIE361 Surveying (2 cr.)
• ​CIE362 Surveying Lab (1 cr.)
• GNE303 Engineering Ethics (2 cr.)
• BCH300 Essentials of Biochemisrty (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

• CIE426 Wastewater Collection & Treatment (3 cr.)
• CIE427 Environmental Engineering - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIE446 Foundation Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE447 Foundation Engineering - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIE460 Highway Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE461 Transportation Engineering - SOFT (1 cr.)
• BIO321 Genetics (3 cr.)

Summer (6 credits)

• CIE498 Professional Experience - Civil (6 cr.)

Year Four

Fall (12 credits)

• CIE436 Detailing for Civil Engineers (2 cr.)
• CIE465 Transportation Systems Engineering (3 cr.)
• CIE466 Traffic Simulation - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIE480 Civil Eng. Management Fundamentals (3 cr.)
• LAS Elective* (3 cr.)

Spring (13 credits)

• CIE400 Steel structures (3 cr.)
• CIE485 Construction Plan. And Scheduling (3 cr.)
• CIE486 Construction Management - SOFT (1 cr.)
• CIExxx Technical Elective (3 cr.)
• CIExxx Technical Elective (3 cr.)

Summer

• Prepare and take MCAT

Year Five

Fall (14 credits)

• CIE434 The Civil Engineering Profession (2 cr.)
• CIExxx Technical Elective (3 cr.)
• CIExxx Technical Elective (3 cr.)
• CIE499 Capstone Design Project (3 cr.)
• LAS Elective* (3 cr.)

*While sitting for the MCAT entrance exams does not require candidates to have taken any particular liberal arts course, some questions may require knowledge of psychology and sociology. It is therefore recommended that students in the pre-med track take PSY201 Intro to Psychology and SOC201 Intro to Sociology to increase their chances of passing the MCAT. These courses do not count towards meeting the university requirements of Liberal Arts and Science Curriculum, and thus they will need to be taken above and beyond the required 12 credits of LASC electives.