What is Civil and Environmental Engineering?
Civil engineering is one of the oldest engineering fields in history. Our modern society depends on the expertise of civil and environmental engineers to design, build, and maintain critical infrastructure, from roads to bridges and even water treatment systems.
As a civil engineering major at South Dakota Mines, you will learn by doing, gaining hands-on experience with technology and software used by professional engineers.
What does a civil and environmental engineer do?
Civil and environmental engineers design, build, and maintain infrastructure that works in harmony with our natural world. This includes the roads, bridges, and railways we use to travel, the buildings where we go to work, go to school and live, the water treatment plants and distribution systems that supply the water we use, and much more.
Courses for this Degree
• Geomatics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Construction Engineering and Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Applied Numerical Methods
• Engineering and Construction Materials
• Hydraulic Systems Design
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Structural Theory
• Engineering Hydrology
Course Curriculum
Catalog Links: Civil Engineering
Internships and Co-ops
As a South Dakota Mines civil and environmental engineering major, you’ll have a chance to intern with companies like:
• Burns & McDonnell
• Nucor
• Houston Engineering Inc.
• Black & Veatch
• Kiewit
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Inros Lackner in Germany
• Halliburton
• Interstate Engineering
• Braun Intertec
• Coughlin Porter Lundeen
• Oldcastle Riverbend Materials
• BX Civil & Construction
Overall, 77% of Mines students land internships earning an average salary of $20.00/hr.