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Civil Engineering
A Christian focus on engineering. A team of professors who will help you understand and master the skills you need. Access to a civil engineering lab where you can test soil samples, analyze concrete supports, and more. It’s all part of developing your future through a civil engineering concentration at Dordt.
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Program Overview
When studying civil engineering at Dordt, you'll plan buildings, bridges, and roads. You’ll design systems to clean the air and manage water resources. You’ll build and maintain the infrastructure for communities. And you’ll make a difference for Christ using your unique talents and abilities.
Our professors, with years of research and industry experience, create a rich learning environment. Our resources, facilities, and labs set us apart from other engineering programs. And our Christian foundation will prepare you to engage the engineering field from a uniquely Christian perspective.
What You'll Learn
A concentration in civil engineering from Dordt University is designed to prepare you for a challenging and fulfilling future. Learning to create sustainable and environmentally friendly buildings and systems. Understanding how to improve and protect communities. And developing ideas and functions that can create a better world. Your coursework will include core engineering classes. It also includes more focused options such as environmental engineering, structural analysis, and reinforced concrete design.
What You Can Do With A Civil Engineering Concentration
Civil engineers make an impact in industry, government, education, and many more fields. You may choose a career as a transportation engineer, helping move people and goods through streets, highways, tunnels, and more. You may choose to be a sanitation engineer, ensuring water and sewage are safely transported. Or maybe structural engineering is for you, helping to safely build bridges, buildings, and towers. Whatever you choose to pursue, your civil engineering concentration from Dordt will help you do it well. And with your identity firmly rooted in Christ, you’ll be equipped to live out your faith every day.
Civil Engineer
A Civil Engineer helps manage and design different infrastructure projects and systems.
CAD Technician
A Computer-Aided Design Technician uses computer software to develop different electronic design plans.
Surveyor
Surveyors deal with the measurements and boundary lines in order to prevent legal disputes while preparing a construction site.
Career Preparation
Dordt University's 2024 Career Outcome Rate was 99.3%! “The entire campus is engaged in the work of discipleship,” said Amy Westra, Director of Career Development. “Providing a Christian education focused on Christ-centered renewal is owned by all faculty and staff.”
Students who choose the civil engineering concentration will complete nine engineering courses and choose two courses from a selection of engineering and construction management options, in addition to completing the general requirements for an engineering degree. This coursework includes at least one additional credit hour of lab work.
Environmental Option
Students who are passionate about the well-being of the environment and it's balance with society should consider taking the alternative environmental engineering track for the civil engineering concentration. Environmental engineers focus on bringing shalom by ensuring people have clean, safe drinking water, combatting climate change, or ensuring proper disposal of hazardous waste.
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Faculty
With experience in a variety of fields, our faculty members are equipped and ready to help you succeed.
Science and Technology Center
While studying civil engineering, you'll have the opportunity to spend time in Dordt's Science and Technology Center. Informally known as the "Science Building," the Science and Technology Center is home to labs for mechanical engineering, electronics, electrical engineering, and computer-aided design.
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Student Stories
Dordt students and alumni use their gifts to make a difference in the world. Check out their stories to see how Defender Nation lives out our mission to work effectively toward Christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary life.
People Over Profits
Jose BenitezJose was able to connect not only with other international students but also with the off-campus community at Dordt, where he was able to grow his confidence and experience before entering the workforce.
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Exploring the World from Home
Tara TilstraEven with growing up in Sioux Center, Tara recognized the diversity that is present at Dordt and found that it was not just a repeat of high school, but instead a completely different experience and journey that allowed her to continue to grow her relationship with God.
Tara Tilstra
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Beyond Coursework
Kyle Vander ZeeKyle recognizes that the engineering program at Dordt prepared him in ways beyond the obvious coursework that allowed him to extend his faith and perspective into his future.
Kyle Vander Zee
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Impacting the Real World
Mark Van WeeldenWith Dordt's excellent job in preparing engineers in their program, Van Weelden was more than prepared to make a difference in the real world.
Mark Van Weelden
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