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Academic year: 2025-2026

Civil Engineering Technology - Associate Degree

Program Code: 106071

Civil Engineering Technology graduates are prepared for careers in the civil engineering and surveying fields. As a civil engineering technician, you examine and interpret construction plan sets and specifications; confer with contractors and owners to enforce contract specifications and design drawings; test soils, asphalt, and concrete; observe and inspect other related construction activities; perform land surveying and computer aided drafting; observe building, highway and utility construction. With additional education and work experience, you can become a licensed professional in civil engineering, construction superintendent, civil designer, construction project manager, or professional land surveyor.

Delivery

  • Day
  • Full-time
  • Part-time

Explore Locations

This program is offered at:
  • Green Bay

Program Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition: $11,724, Books: $1,169, Supplies: $350

Total Approximate Costs
$13,243
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This program is fully eligible for financial aid.

Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=106071

Requirements for Program Entry

  • Apply at www.nwtc.edu/apply.
  • Submit the following to transcripts@nwtc.edu: • High school transcript (or GED/HSED transcript). • College transcript.
  • If your cumulative GPA is below 2.6, complete or submit a placement evaluation.
  • Tip! Our admission advisors will assist you through every step. Have questions? Connect with NWTC Admissions at start@nwtc.edu or 920-498-5444.
  • Attendance at orientation or a planned meeting with program staff is required.

Program Outcomes

  • An ability to communicate technical solutions, orally and written, by utilizing sketching techniques, operating systems, spreadsheets, word processing, CAD systems, and other software products.
  • An ability to conduct, analyze, interpret and apply test data results to perform basic design related to soils, concrete and asphalt.
  • An ability to utilize the legal aspects of land surveying and use land surveying instruments to collect data necessary to produce topographic maps, establish horizontal and vertical control, and to lay out civil engineering projects.
  • An ability to solve engineering, surveying, and materials testing problems using principals of mathematics, science, engineering and technology.
  • An ability to estimate material quantities and interpret project plans and specifications.
  • An ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team.

Accreditation

The Civil Engineering Technology Associate Degree program at NWTC is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Specific Criteria for Civil Engineering Technology and Similarly Named Programs.

Curriculum

The Students following the study plan below will complete the Civil Engineering Technology associate degree in the number of semesters shown.

Total Credits 68
  • Curriculum Note: Students must have had two years of high school algebra, one year of high school geometry and an acceptable Academic Skills Assessment College Math score or have completed or tested out of Intermediate Algebra w Apps, course 10-804-118, before taking the following First Semester program courses: Soil Mechanics; Surveying/Mapping;Trigonometry w/Apps.
  • Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in English Composition 1 to enroll in Technical Reporting.
  • The credit for 10-890-101, College 101 is an Institutional Requirement for graduation. Consequently, it is not part of the program requirements, but must be passed with a C or better.

Course Descriptions

Source: https://nwtc.edu/academics-and-training/civil-engineering-technology
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