The basic mission of the program is to provide the fundamental knowledge, when supplemented by professional experience, that will equip students with the technical and interpersonal skills required to conceive, plan, design, implement, operate and maintain the systems needed to support the physical infrastructure of the public.  In order to achieve the program educational objectives, the graduates of the civil engineering program shall:

1. be prepared  to take a leading role in the provision, upkeep and improvement of the state and national infrastructure in an efficient, economic, environmentally sensitive and socially responsible manner;
2. have an understanding of professional practice issues, understand their roles in a local and global societal context, and have the interpersonal and communication skills needed to be effective engineers;
3. be prepared and motivated to become licensed professional engineers and to continue their education through professional development and post graduate programs;
4. be proficient in analysis and design in a minimum of four recognized major areas selected from environmental, structural, transportation, geotechnical, and water resources engineering; and
5. be proficient in laboratory and field measurements and the ability to design, conduct and critically evaluate the results of experiments in the areas of hydraulics, construction materials and geotechnical engineering.