
Whether they are increasing the safety of buildings, ensuring our water systems are functional and clean, or improving the design of transportation systems, civil engineers create and maintain much of our infrastructure. If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the physical world, you’ll want to consider the Civil Engineering + Business track.
Civil Engineering is a broad discipline with numerous career opportunities. Maybe you’ll want to advance structural seismic safety standards, adapt our built or natural environment for the challenges of climate change, improve air quality or design better bridges.
Whatever direction you take, combining your technical expertise with leadership, communication and business skills will help you be fully prepared to address modern engineering challenges. The M.E.T. Civil Engineering + Business track brings you the best of both worlds through the UC Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Haas School of Business, both consistently ranked in the top three nationwide.
In four years, your interdisciplinary program will connect you to world-renowned faculty and rigorous CE and business coursework. You’ll receive a solid STEM foundation and exposure to pioneering engineering concepts, while gaining important business skills in finance, leadership, accounting and economic analysis.
Numerous opportunities for undergraduate research and hands-on learning are also available through CE labs and Berkeley competitions and clubs, while internships in the innovative San Francisco Bay Area will help you build professional connections.
A sample curriculum plan for the Civil Engineering + Business program is shown below. Your own course of study will depend on your pre-college preparation, including AP course credits and other individual circumstances. For more information on the Civil Engineering + Business degree program and requirements view the suggested plan of study below.
CE + Business
Key: | Engineering | Business | M.E.T. |
Freshman year
FALL
CS/INFO/STAT C8
MATH 1A Calculus
CHEM 1A General Chemistry
Reading & Composition
STAT 88 Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science
M.E.T. Special Topics
SPRING
CE 93 Engineering Data Analysis
Breadth Course
MATH 1B Calculus
PHYS 7A Physics for Scientists & Engineers
UGBA 10 Principles of Business
Sophomore year
FALL
CE 70 Engineering Geology
or BIO 1B General Biology
or CHEM 1B General Chemistry
PHYS 7B Physics for Scientists & Engineers
MATH 53 Multivariable Calculus
Reading & Composition
Breadth Course
SPRING
CE C30 / ME C85
ENG 7 Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers
CE 60 Structures and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
MATH 54 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
ECON 1 Introduction to Economics
Junior year
FALL
CE 100 Elementary Fluid Mechanics
or CE 130N Mechanics of Structures
Engineering Fundamentals Elective
CEE Applications
UGBA 100 Business Communication
UGBA 101A Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
UGBA 105 Leading People
SPRING
CE 11 Engineered Systems and Sustainability
CEE Applications
UGBA 101B Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
UGBA Elective
UGBA 102A Introduction to Financial Accounting
UGBA 107 The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business
Senior year
FALL
CEE Extension
CE 167 Engineering Project Management
UGBA 103 Introduction to Finance
UGBA 104 Analytic Decision Modeling Using Spreadsheets
Breadth Course
M.E.T. Special Topics
SPRING
CEE Extension
Capstone Design
UGBA 102B Introduction to Managerial Accounting
UGBA 106 marketing
UGBA Elective