The USC Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civil engineering and environmental engineering are evolving fields of engineering. Nowadays civil infrastructure systems are developed using risk reduction strategies. Construction practices are being transformed by performance-based design procedures; advanced materials; composite and hybrid structures; structural control, health monitoring, and intelligent systems.  In this ever-changing world, USC has become a leader in providing students with great education.

Main Facts

• USC has offered civil engineering courses since 1906, and environmental engineering courses since 1970.
  
• The Department has
  
  • 23 full-time faculty members, all leaders in education and research.
  • 43 part-time lecturers, highly qualified professionals with experience and knowledge of engineering practice.
• The Department offers degree programs in
  
  • Computer-Aided Engineering
  • Construction Engineering and Management
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Environmental Quality Management and Environmental Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Structural Mechanics and Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Water Resources, Coastal Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering
    
• Graduate courses and degrees are available online through the USC Distance Education Network (DEN).
  
• DEN students can “attend” class via real time video broadcast and participate in class discussions; or they can choose a time and place of their convenience to review the lectures at their own pace over the Internet with access to faculty by email and phone.
• The Department carries out state-of-the-art research in
  • structural components and concrete technology
  • geomechanics and geotechnology
  • environmental engineering and air pollution
  • tsunamis and hydrodynamics
  • engineering seismology
  • energy and environment, fossil resources
  • earthquake-resistant materials and structural systems.