Accreditation

ABET Accreditation

Accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental process of peer review. It requires an educational institution or program to meet certain, defined standards or criteria. The Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, In fulfillment of Section II.A.G.a in the ABET Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual (APPM), the Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes for Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering are listed below.

The Construction Engineering Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The Construction Management Program graduated its first class in May 2024, and it will seek accreditation under the ABET's Applied and Natural Sciences Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) during the next accreditation cycle for majors in SDSU's College of Engineering (expected in the Fall of 2027).

Mission of the Department

The mission of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering is to ensure student success by providing a high-quality education through focused instruction, research, and continuing professional development for the benefit of the engineering profession, the environment, and society.

Construction Engineering Program

Program Educational Objectives

The Construction Engineering Program is to reflect a collaboration between the construction industry and the university to provide an effective and vigorous workforce development for the continued growth of the San Diego region.

Program Educational Objectives are established jointly by our CCEE faculty and our industrial constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

Five years after graduation, the Construction Engineering graduates will:

Objective 1: be successful engineers in their respective fields of work;

Objective 2: be continually progressing in their chosen careers through formal and informal development; and

Objective 3: be contributing to their profession for the betterment of society and the environment.

Student Outcomes

Student Outcomes are established by ABET Criterion 3.1-7, relevant Program Criteria, and our program constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

By the time of graduation, the Construction Engineering graduates will have:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
  6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
  8. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential and integral calculus, probability and statistics, general chemistry, and calculus-based physics.
  9. An ability to analyze and design construction processes and systems in a construction engineering specialty field, applying knowledge of methods, materials, equipment, planning, scheduling, safety, and cost analysis.
  10. An ability to explain basic legal and ethical concepts and the importance of professional engineering licensure in the construction industry.
  11. An ability to explain basic concepts of management topics such as economics, business, accounting, communications, leadership, decision and optimization methods, engineering economics, engineering management, and cost control.

 

Construction Management Program

Program Educational Objectives

The Construction Management Program is to reflect a collaboration between the construction industry and the university to provide an effective and vigorous workforce development for the continued growth of the San Diego region.

Program Educational Objectives are established jointly by our CCEE faculty and our industrial constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

Five years after graduation, the Construction Management graduates will:

Objective 1: Have the knowledge, as well as the technical, administrative and communication skills, necessary to succeed in the construction industry.

Objective 2: Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to ethically deliver construction projects with respect to scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and the environment.

Objective 3: Be steadily progressing in their chosen careers through continuous formal and informal professional development.

Student Outcomes

Student Outcomes are established by ABET Criterion 3.1-7, relevant Program Criteria, and our program constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

By the time of graduation, the Construction Management graduates will have:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve broadly defined technical or scientific problems by applying knowledge of mathematics and science and/or technical topics to areas relevant to the discipline.
  2. An ability to formulate or design a system, process, procedure or program to meet desired needs.
  3. An ability to develop and conduct experiments or test hypotheses, analyze and interpret data and use scientific judgment to draw conclusions.
  4. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  5. An ability to understand ethical and professional responsibilities and the impact of technical and/or scientific solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  6. An ability to function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.