Undergraduate Program

Full-time undergraduate students with GPA > 3.0 can complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree in four years and the master's degree in one additional year. Eligible student can choose a master's program in the same discipline as his/her bachelor's program or in a complementary discipline in the Batten College of Engineering and Technology. Subject to the approval of the undergraduate and graduate program directors, a student enrolled in a linked BS/MS program can count up to six credit hours of course work towards both the undergraduate and the graduate degrees. For more information on pursuing an accelerated degree program, please make an appointment with the Chief Departmental Advisor and Graduate Program Director.

Chartered in 1987, the ODU Civil and Environmental Engineering Visiting Council (CEEVC) serves as the advisory group of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. As one of its many initiatives, the CEEVC is pleased to offer the opportunity for students to apply for reimbursement for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam fee. The CEEVC accepts applications for reimbursement on a rolling basis for ODU Civil Engineering (CEE) undergraduate students who take and pass the exam prior to their graduation.

Completed reimbursement forms must be submitted to the CEE Academic Office, Kaufman Hall #135, with a copy of your test results.

This interdisciplinary minor is for students who would like to learn about energy engineering fundamentals, socio-environmental impacts of energy systems, and novel energy engineering technologies. The minor will enhance students' abilities to integrate knowledge from different disciplines with concepts used in energy engineering, and offer the opportunity to be recognized for study in this growing interdisciplinary field.

Those interested in applying should contact Dr. Sandeep Kumar (skumar@odu.edu) via email.

High school applicants are selected for admission to the University on the basis of their overall academic record, including high school recommendations. Applicants must present sixteen units of academic credit from high school. The level of academic competition and the number of available spaces in the entering class influence actual minimum requirements for admission. Official results of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) must be submitted by anyone applying for freshman status and for transfer students having less than twenty-four semester hours of college credit.

Prospective transfer students must have official transcripts of all previous college work completed forwarded to the University as part of the application materials. For information and forms concerning application to the University, contact the Office of Admissions, Old Administration Building Room 108, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529-0050, (757) 683-3637. Detailed on-line information on the Old Dominion University's Admission procedures, Guideline, etc. is also available.

Students interested in studying civil or environmental engineering at Old Dominion University should follow a college preparatory curriculum including 4 credits of English, 3 credits of a foreign language, 4 credits of mathematics (algebra I and II , geometry and advanced math), 1 credit of chemistry, and 1 credit of physics. Additionally some computer programming is recommended but not required.

Homework should include an honor code statement, page numbers, and particular treatment answers, decimals and other factors.

Find the standards for homework in Civil and Environmental Engineering.