About this course:

• Civil engineers plan, design, build, maintain, and address the environmental impacts of constructed facilities and public works essential to American civilization.
• A typical engineering project is large, one of a kind, and important in the daily lives of many people.
• It is one of the few areas of engineering in which the engineer deals directly with the public in every phase of a project.
• Civil engineering at The Ohio State University offers prospective students an exciting academic program enhanced by experiences in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities.
• The demand for civil engineers will increase significantly caused by the nation's mobilization and productive effort to rebuild the nation's infrastructure - highways, bridges, tunnels, dams, harbors, airports etc.