Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore, American Society of Civil Engineers; Eric Lee Flicker PE, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Bradley Aldrich P.E., Aldrich + Elliott, PC

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

fit an ever-expanding body of knowledge intotraditional baccalaureate programs while program credit hours decline and there are justifieddemands to include more “soft skills training” within their already full programs. The civilengineering BOK concludes that the level of engineering knowledge needed by PEs to meet theever-expanding and complex needs of our changing society cannot be taught solely within afour-year civil engineering program (see Appendix A). The breadth and depth of curriculaneeded simply doesn’t fit!With the ever-expanding complexity of societal needs and the techniques needed to addressthem, it should be obvious that post-baccalaureate education is necessary for all licensedprofessional civil engineers. In engineering as in