CEGR 492 - Senior Review and Project Proposal

2 Credits
One lecture hours. four practicum hours.

This course, typically undertaken in student’s penultimate semester, has two parts: (1) Lecture (Senior Project Proposal) - during which student develops, in concert with a faculty advisor (for some projects, it is also desirable that the student select an advisor from industry, in addition to the faculty advisor), the technical proposal for the Senior Design Project, and (2) Practicum - comprehensive review of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) civil-discipline-specific examination topics and mock-FE examinations. A brief initial part of the practicum reviews technical report writing and presentation for engineers and development of a design project proposal. Two 4-hour mock-FE exams (simulating the A.M. and P.M. sessions of the FE exam) serve as the program’s Comprehensive examination, as well as an assessment of the practicum part of the course. The final grade in the course is a combination of the faculty advisor’s evaluation of the student’s project proposal effort and written report, and the student’ performance in the mock-FE exams and other aspects of the practicum. Civil Engineering students of at least junior standing may be allowed, with department approval, to audit the review class portion without financial obligation.

Prerequisite(s) Senior Standing, and Permission of Faculty Advisor and Department Chair.
Offered (FALL)