Associate Degree in Civil Engineering - Fresh Water Resources

As fresh water becomes one of our most valued resources, you can obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve a career that can help preserve this valuable resource.

Gateway Technical College’s Civil Engineering Technology – Fresh Water Resources associate degree program helps students learn civil engineering design and construction, coupled with advanced education in specific areas of environmental assessment, water treatment, stormwater management, and erosion control.

An environmental technician assists in stormwater management, environmental assessment, and water sampling and testing. They also set up, test, operate and modify equipment for preventing or cleaning up environmental pollution as well as conduct pollution surveys, collecting and analyzing samples such as air and groundwater.

Program courses will teach students how to utilize graphic techniques to produce engineering drawings as well as utilize modern surveying methods for field measurements, design storm systems for hydrological events, understand the treatment process for water and fresh water and design an erosion control plan for a given construction site.

Courses are offered at the integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Technology (iMET) Center in Sturtevant. Students can also access courses through the Nodal network on Gateway’s Elkhorn Campus. The Nodal workstation is equipped with headphones and webcams, providing two-way audio and video communication across the internet, including the ability to share screens, allowing students to fully participate in class as if they were in the classroom at iMET.

Learning By Doing

All courses within the Civil Engineering – Fresh Water degree program use real-world problems and projects for students instead of just book exercises. The fusion of education and application is an essential part of the program.

The construction science group (CSG) programs (CET-Highway, Land Survey, CET-Fresh Water and Architectural-Structural Engineering Tech) share a common first year of coursework. This allows for the basic understanding of all four areas which is a valuable fundamental skill set while giving students an opportunity to explore each program and decide what the best fit is for them. In the second year of the program, students will take core courses in Civil Engineering – Fresh Water Resources.

As a capstone project, all students in the construction science group (CET-Highway, Land Survey, CET-Fresh Water, Architectural-Structural and Interior Design) are divided into multidisciplinary design groups. The student design teams are given a real-world design project that emphasizes each specialty and allows students to apply concepts and training developed in their degree program to a real-life project.

Students are encouraged to join the Civil Engineering Technician Associate Club. The club hosts an annual Professional Night where professionals from the industry come giving students a great opportunity to network and obtain job leads. Students can also participate in the Society of Women Engineers student club.

Graduation Requirements

1. Minimum 64 credits with an average of 2.0 or above.
2. *Average of 2.0 (“C”) or above for these major courses.

For a complete list of Graduation Requirements, check the Student Handbook.

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