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• 817 Sherbrooke Street West
• Montreal QC H3A 0C3
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• Fax: 514-398-7361
• Email: ugradinfo.civil [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: mcgill.ca/civil

Civil engineers have traditionally applied scientific and engineering knowledge to the task of providing the built environment, from its conception and planning to its design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and sustainability. Examples include buildings; bridges; roads; railways; dams; facilities for water supply and treatment; waste disposal; and transportation system.

With the aging and deterioration of an already vast infrastructure, maintenance and rehabilitation have become increasingly important roles of the civil engineering professional. In the midst of worldwide concern about the detrimental impact of human activities on the environment, civil engineers are now in the forefront of developing and providing the means for both prevention and remediation of environmental pollution.

Students who wish to extend their knowledge in certain areas beyond the range that the program's complementary courses allow can also take a minor. Minors are available in fields such as:

• Arts;
• Economics;
• Management;
• Environmental Engineering;
• Construction Engineering and Management;
• and others.

These require additional credits to be taken from a specified list of topics relating to the chosen field. Further information on the various minors may be found in Minor Programs. Details on how minors can be accommodated within the Civil Engineering program will be made available during preregistration counselling.

Considerable freedom exists for students to influence the nature of the program of study which they follow in the Department of Civil Engineering. A variety of advanced complementary courses is offered in five main groupings:

• Environmental Engineering;
• Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering;
• Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering;
• Structural Engineering;
• Transportation Engineering.

Guidance on the sequence in which required core courses should be taken is provided for students in the form of a sample program which covers the entire period of study. The technical complementary courses selected, usually in the last two terms of the program, will depend upon the student's interests. All students must meet with their advisor each term to confirm the courses for which they are registered.

Courses taken in Term 3 or later will depend on a student's interests and ability. Information and advice concerning different possibilities are made available in the Department prior to registration. All programs require the approval of a staff advisor. Programs for students transferring into the Department with Advanced Standing will be dependent upon the academic credit previously achieved, and such a program will be established only after consultation with a staff advisor.