| Civil engineers are directly responsible for public safety and welfare. Your buildings must perform according to their specifications. Your highways must carry traffic safely. Your dams cannot fail. If you like these kinds of responsibilities, then a civil engineering might be the right career choice for you!
A career in civil engineering begins with a successful, well-rounded high school education. After high school, you may choose from hundreds of institutions that offer accredited civil engineering or technology programs. Most programs require at least four years of study for the civil engineering bachelor's degree. Some offer a five-year program leading to a bachelor's degree after the fourth year, and a master's degree after the fifth. As a civil engineering student in college, you will be presented with opportunities ranging from joining a Student Chapter or Club of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), to signing up for cooperative education and work-study programs, which allow you to earn tuition by attending classes for a portion of the year, then work in an engineering-related job for the remainder of the year More than one-third of civil engineering graduates today go on to earn a master's degree. Many pursue a master's degree later while working, with tuition often supported by employers. More and more civil engineers are continuing on to the doctorate degree, usually to prepare for careers in research or teaching, and to solve more sophisticated design problems. In civil engineering, as in any profession, your education never ends; old knowledge is continually supplemented by new knowledge. |
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