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This webpage provides information on the recommended sequence of courses that must be satisfied in order to complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Civil Engineering and guidance on selecting and registering for courses in each academic term.

You are strongly advised to consult the websites of the University, Faculty of Engineering and Department of Civil Engineering for detailed information that will help you plan your studies.听Below are several important links to the 涩里番 Course Catalogue, a source of detailed program information, which is updated on a yearly basis:

• For the complete 涩里番 Course Catalogue for the current academic year, see:听

• For the Civil Engineering section of the 涩里番 Course Catalogue for聽the current academic year, see:听

• For earlier versions of the 涩里番 Course Catalogue from prior years聽(in pdf format), see:听Program calendars | Courses and Programs

Students should consult with an academic advisor at the beginning of each academic year to prevent problems that may result in an unnecessary delay in graduation. To do this, please consult with one of the聽Academic Advisors in the Department of Civil Engineering.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

The undergraduate program accommodates students admitted from different educational backgrounds. Students who have been admitted from Quebec CEGEPs will be enrolled in the 7-Semester program (110 credits). Students who have been admitted from outside of Quebec (that is, from other Canadian provinces or internationally) will be enrolled in the 8-Semester program (139) credits. Please consult the documents linked below for the recommended sequence of courses for the 7-Semester and 8-Semester programs, respectively.听

• For students admitted in Fall 2026 or later:听

  • From a Quebec CEGEP:听 7-Semester BEng Civil Program for Students Admitted Fall 2026 or Later
  • From outside of Quebec (i.e., high school or international programs):听 8-Semester BEng Civil Program for Students Admitted Fall 2026 or Later

• For students admitted in Fall 2025 or earlier:听

  • From a Quebec CEGEP:听7-Semester BEng Civil Program for Students Admitted Fall 2025 or Earlier
  • From outside of Quebec (i.e., high school or international programs):听8-Semester BEng Civil Program for Students Admitted Fall 2025 or Earlier

• For students admitted in Winter 2025 from a Quebec CEGEP:听7-Semester BEng Civil Program for Students Admitted Winter 2025

If you have any doubt about which program you should follow or if you wish to register in courses in a sequence that does not correspond to the recommended 7- or 8-Semester program in which you are enrolled, please consult with an Academic Advisor in the Department of Civil Engineering. They will help you optimize your schedule for the remainder of your studies and prevent unexpected delays in graduation.

Advanced Standing

Depending on their educational background, some students may be admitted to their program with either transfer credits or exemptions for 涩里番 courses. In such cases, students will need to deviate from the recommended sequence of courses linked above. For more information on transfer credits or exemptions, please visit the following website and attend the scheduled sessions with advisors to help you plan your studies: Transfer Credits | Faculty of Engineering.

Complementary Courses

To satisfy your degree requirements, various technical complementary courses and non-technical complementary courses must be completed.

Technical Complementary Courses

As part of your program, you have the option to choose amongst an extensive list of technical engineering courses, as outlined in the聽. In doing so, students must complete a total of 15 credits of technical complementary courses, of which a minimum of six (6) credits must be slected from List A Design Technical Complementaries and the remaining聽nine (9) credits are to be selected from List A and/or List B General Technical Complementaries or from other suitable undergraduate or 500 level courses.听

Please note the following:

• Courses satisfying the 15 credits of technical complementary courses (electives) can be selected from the above lists to allow a student to specialize in any of the聽sub-disciplines of civil engineering聽described here:听Areas of Specialization | Civil Engineering. Alternatively, students may choose to generalize their education by taking courses across multiple sub-disciplines.听
• To learn about the areas of specialization of individual professors in the Department of Civil Engineering, see:听Profiles List | Civil Engineering
• Other technical complementary courses that may be suitable for Civil Engineering students include聽SEAD 510, SEAD 515, SEAD 520, SEAD 540 and SEAD 550, which are offered through the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED). Students are only permitted to take one of these SEAD courses.
• Not all technical complementary courses are offered each year. Please consult Minerva to establish which courses are offered in a particular academic term.
• Occasionally new technical complementary courses are created, and some are retired. Please visit this list regularly when you plan your studies.听

Non-Technical Complementary Courses

As part of your program, you are required to complete several non-technical complementary courses (electives) that are classified as either "impact of technology courses" or "humanities and social sciences courses". The number of credits you are required to complete depend on whether you are admitted to the 7-Semester or 8-Semester programs and on whether you are admitted with advanced standing (see above).听

For students admitted in Fall 2026聽or later:

• To satisfy your impact course requirement, you must complete . This course is part of the core program in Civil Engineering and is already integrated into your schedule.听

• To satisfy your humanities and social sciences course requirements, please select from聽the list of聽"Complementary Studies - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Law" courses listed in the聽Civil聽Engineering section of the 涩里番 Course Catalogue, see: .

For students admitted in Fall 2025 or earlier:

• To satisfy your impact course requirement, you must complete a course from the approved list of courses listed in the 2025-2026 涩里番 Course Catalogue聽OR you may choose to take .

• To satisfy your humanities and social sciences course requirements, please select from the approved list of "Complementary Studies - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Law" courses listed in the Civil Engineering section of the current 涩里番 Course Catalogue: .听

Planning Your Academic Term

• Key Academic Dates -聽There are many dates and deadlines during the academic year and for each term that all students should be aware of and which can have important implications. Please visit the following website for these dates and deadlines, which change each year: .

• Class Schedule - See the following for 涩里番's class scheduling information: . The聽Minerva class schedule聽for the Fall and Winter terms normally becomes available in May, two weeks prior to the opening of registration. The Summer term schedule is normally published in early February.听The class schedule includes the days and times when courses are offered, class locations, names of instructors, and related information. You should take note of any preregistration requirements for your desired courses such as prerequisite courses, placement tests, advanced credits, or departmental approval/permission requirements.

• Visual Schedule Builder -聽Once you have selected some courses from the class schedule, try聽聽(VSB) to view your possible class schedules in an easy-to-read weekly schedule format. You cannot currently use VSB to register but you can copy your choice of course reference numbers (CRNs) from VSB for registration in Minerva.

• Registering for Your Courses -聽For guidance on how to register for courses, please visit聽听补苍诲听Registering for courses | Courses and Programs

• Midterm Exams聽-聽The scheduling of midterm examinations is done by individual instructors and is not available through University, Faculty or Department websites. Please consult your instructors in each course for anticipated midterm examination dates.听

• Final Exams - Final exams are held at the end of the Fall and Winter terms and are scheduled by the University. In addition, the deferred and supplemental exam schedule is made by the University. Please consult the 涩里番 Exams聽website for schedules and exam regulations. The University will send all students an email with the examination schedule later in the semester.听NOTE: Do not book travel arrangements before the exam schedule is announced since your travel might conflict with your examinations. Final Exams聽will not be rescheduled to accommodate conflicts with travel arrangements.

Here are some important things to consider as you select your courses each term:

• 1 credit (cr) is equivalent to 3 hours of studies per week during a聽13-week term. These hours are distributed between time in lectures, time in tutorials or laboratories, and independent study time. For example, if a 3 credit course is labelled聽as (3-2-4) in the course description, this course involves 9 hours of studies distributed聽between 3 hours of lectures, 2 hours of tutorials and/or labs, and 4 hours of independent study time each week for 13 weeks. For courses with final exams, additional time will be scheduled during the exam period at the end of each term.听聽

• Not all courses are offered each term or each year. Please consult to establish which courses are offered in a particular term.听

• The sequences of courses are designed to provide an optimum path for you to graduate in a timely manner from the civil engineering undergraduate program.

• By following the prescribed sequence of courses, you will avoid scheduling conflicts (lectures, labs and tutorials) and will ensure that you satisfy course prerequisites that must be satisfied required in order to register for individual courses.

• If students are granted advanced credit toward courses, this will inevitably change the sequence of courses that are to be taken. Please consult with a聽departmental Advisor to plan course registrations at the聽beginning of each academic year. 聽

• If you choose to take a reduced course load in any term, it may be possible to complete some course requirements during the summer semester. Plan ahead.听

• Except with the Faculty's permission (see an Advisor), you should not register for more than the聽maximum credits per term permitted by the Faculty of Engineering (that is, typically 18 credits for a student in good academic standing).

• If you are registered for fewer than 12 credits in a term, you will be considered a 鈥減art-time鈥� student in that term. While this聽will reduce your workload, it will inevitably extend the overall length聽of your studies. It may also have important implications (e.g., your eligibility for scholarships). Therefore, it is important that you consult with an advisor before reducing your course load to less than 12 credits.听

Other Important Information to Consider

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option

In place of a letter grade, students may sometimes choose to complete a course under the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) option, which has no impact on the GPA. The S/U option cannot be used on the core (required) courses either for your B.Eng. degree or your Minor program.听For more information about the S/U grading mode and restrictions on its use, please see the following website:听Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory Option | Faculty of Engineering.听聽Please take note of the following:

• To pass a course with a 鈥淪atisfactory鈥� on their transcript, students must earn the equivalent of a C grade or better in the course. Grades calculated below a C will be shown as 鈥淯nsatisfactory鈥� on the student transcript.
• Students MUST code courses under the S/U option at the time of registration on and before the Add/Drop deadline of the term in which the course takes place. The S/U option will NOT be manually added to or dropped from a student's record after the Drop/Add deadline.
• Selection of the S/U option may have important implications, such as impacting your eligibility for scholarships. It is your responsibility to explore these implications. Please see an advisor before choosing the S/U option.
• If you have chosen a course that is not permitted as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, the S/U option will be manually removed from your record by MESC.

Taking Courses Outside of Your Engineering Program (Extra Courses)

Engineering students are expected to follow the curriculum designed for their program. Students are not permitted to take more than 2 courses (total of 6 credits) outside of their core program in each term. However, if they wish to take courses outside of their program, permission may be granted upon approval by Departmental and Faculty advisors. Courses taken outside the degree program requirements are classified as extra and may be indicated by an "X" on a transcript. Note that these courses will not be credited towards the degree and a grade of a course coded as extra will not be calculated in the GPA; however, credits are counted towards a student's part-time/full-time status.

After registering for the course on students must complete a Course Authorization Form (see聽Forms | Faculty of Engineering), which must then be then signed by your Departmental advisor and brought to MESC for final approval. After approval, the coding of a course as 鈥渆xtra鈥� will be manually entered on a student鈥檚 record by MESC.

NOTE: This option cannot be added to a student's record after the Drop/Add deadline. Courses that are taken to satisfy either a student's Major program (the B.Eng.) or a Minor cannot be designated as extra.

Repeating Courses That Were Previously Completed

The Faculty of Engineering does not permit students to take the same course again for credit (this includes approved deferrals (L grades) and/or extensions (K grades). Therefore, you are advised to review your current schedule to ensure you have no duplicate registrations for the same course already successfully completed. Failure to make such change prior to the add/drop deadline of the current term may result in the duplicate course being removed from your record by MESC.