Department Information

and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within

Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

 

General Description of the Department

The mission of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) is to teach, conduct research and serve the community through professional development and technology transfer. The CEE pursues excellent teaching by providing quality education that will enable its graduates to demonstrate their technical proficiency, their ability to communicate effectively, their responsible citizenship, their lifelong learning, and their ethical behavior in their career and professional practice. The CEE also encourages activities that enrich the student potential for career and professional achievement and leadership. The CEE is committed to providing graduates who improve the quality of life, meet the needs of industry and government, and contribute to the economic competitiveness of Florida and the nation. The CEE strives to attain a level of research and scholarly productivity befitting a major research university and warranting national and international recognition for excellence.

 

Degrees offered

The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department offers these programs:

BS in Civil Engineering

MS in Civil Engineering

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

BS in Environmental Engineering

MS in Environmental Engineering

MS in Environmental and Urban Systems Engineering 

 

Terminal Degree2 for each discipline taught in Civil and Environmental Engineering

      Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

      Ph.D. in Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

 

Related Disciplines3

Construction Engineering (14.3301) - all courses

Engineering Mechanics (14.1101) - all courses

 

Related Disciplines3 for specific courses

Any Engineering (14, 15) - EGN 1110

Architecture (04.0201) - EGN 1110

Computer Science (11.0701) - CGN 2420

Law (22.0101) - EGN 2030

Mechanical Engineering (14.1901) – CWR 3201, 3201L

 

Other Teaching Qualifications (Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the programs in Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Consideration of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly applicable to the course being taught.

 

 1

Whenever instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s).  Such credentialing is based on the proposed instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates, or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors, awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies, skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University.  These must be clearly tied to the specific courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. 

The Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members) or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some instructors where their accomplishments warrant this:

Active Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent Clearance in the Discipline

 

 

 2

The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

 

 

 3

For each discipline, all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline (include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate level

 

 

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(1)The appropriate academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in the program.