Civil Technology Certificate

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Degree & Certificate Requirements

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Suggested sequence (may be modified to meet your needs):

Credit Hours Required: 36

Semester 1

CIVL 1000 - Materials Credit Hours: 3.00 (Exploratory Course ) (Critical Course minimum grade of B- is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
ARCH 1010 - Architectural Design 1 Credit Hours: 3.00 (Exploratory Course ) (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
SURV 1100 - Elementary Surveying Credit Hours: 3.00
ATTR 1150 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 2.00 (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)

Semester 2

ARCH 2230 - AEC Project Management Credit Hours: 3.00
CIVL 1020 - OSHA Construction Safety Credit Hours: 3.00
DRCG 1140 - Interactive Computer Graphics-Introduction to 2D & 3D AutoCAD Credit Hours: 4.00 (Exploratory Course ) (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
SURV 1200 - Route Surveying Credit Hours: 3.00

Semester 3

CIVL 2200 - Soils & Foundations Credit Hours: 3.00 (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
CIVL 2220 - Materials Testing Credit Hours: 3.00 (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
SURV 2220 - Civil & Survey Drafting Credit Hours: 3.00 (Critical Course minimum grade of C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)

Civil Technology - Additional Program Information

Program Options
Credential	Title	Credit Hours Required	Notes
Associate of Applied Science	Civil Technology	62
Certificate	Civil Technology	36

Contact Information
Contact Title	Name	Phone	E-mail	Location
Professor	Janice Grant	586.445.7480	grantj@macomb.edu	South Campus

Program Description:

The Civil Technology program is geared to train civil engineering technicians for the construction industry. Civil Engineering technicians work in support of civil engineers and architects who supervise the hard hats engaged in this area of employment.

Program Outcomes:

Design, manage, and construct civil engineering projects.
Apply analytical techniques and problem-solving skills used in the civil technology industry.
Utilize laboratory projects, experimentation, classroom lectures, and demonstrations in areas of mechanics, structural analysis and design, computer-aided design, surveying, soils, and material.
Communicate in written and oral form planning, design, construction, operation or maintenance of the built environment and global infrastructure.
Utilizing skills to analyze and design systems, specify project methods and materials, perform cost estimates and analyses, and manage technical activities in support of civil projects.

Career Opportunities:

Civil Technology

Transfer Pathways:

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