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Department of Civil Engineering
What is Civil Engineering?
This discipline deals with a vast number of applications, ranging from buildings, airports, and bridges to
water treatment plants, pipelines and space-age materials. The oldest known engineering work relates to
civil engineering activities is the construction of pyramids some 2500 BC. In the post- industrial
revolution era, civil engineering involved all physical structures, including those related to energy,
production, natural resource development, environmental issues, transportation, and others. In the
information age, civil engineering includes space-age material development, bioengineering, and smart
transportation systems.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE)
Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) is designed to prepare students for a successful
career in civil engineering industry, particularly the sector dealing with infrastructures construction
and maintenance in the civil sector. Students are exposed to a wide range of theories and practices of
civil engineering through a series of dynamic curricula.
Mission
The mission of the Civil Engineering Program at ALHOSN University is to provide engineering
students the ability to design and construct physical infrastructures as related to civil, energy,
environment, and communication activities in our society. This mission is carried out through a set of
objectives and goals which describe the expected accomplishments of the program and include
adopted methods to provide students with the required knowledge in applied theory and practice to
prepare them for the present and future demands and challenges of the civil engineering profession.
BSCE Program Goals
1. Equip the students with comprehensive education during their first two years in physical
sciences, mathematics, engineering sciences, and design.
2. Widen the students' knowledge by exposing them to complementary studies in the
University General Requirement (UGR) Program.
3. Provide the students with specialized courses in Civil Engineering in their third and fourth
year through a rigorous curriculum of core courses and technical electives.
4. Encourage the students to become self-learners to be ready for a life-long learning experience
by engaging them in the learning process.
5. Introduce students to engineering work environments, ethical practices, and professional issues.
6. Produce graduates who are ready to join the Civil Engineering profession and have a
positive effect on their community.
BSCE Program Objectives
The Educational Objectives are the foundation upon which the Outcomes and curriculum for the CE
degree are built. These Educational Objectives have been developed that are consistent with the
mission of the university, the College of Engineering and are intended to satisfy the needs of our
constituents. The following are the Objectives of our Civil Engineering program:
1. Provide graduates with the knowledge and ability to develop and manage society's physical
macroscopic and microscopic infrastructure;
2. Provide graduates with the ability to plan, design, construct, and maintain buildings,
bridges, dams, airports, highways, transportation networks, energy sources, offshore structures,
irrigation systems, water supply, waste water treatment facilities, and structural materials;
3. Provide graduates with the ability to carry out independent observation, analysis, and
research planning of both man-made and natural phenomena and infrastructures, hence help
them in developing analytical skills of research for graduate studies; and
4. Provide graduates with the ability to function within the engineering community and the society
at large and lead the society in developing technologies that are environmentally sustainable
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