Civil Enginnering LSU

Hope his grammar is better than yours

Hope he has addy

Are civil engineers in charge of making all of these shitty Louisiana roads?

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Hope his grammar is better than yours

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Why? He's going for engineering Some of the shite I read in professional emails is almost unbelievable.

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Tell me your civil engineering stories, reccomendations, and a scale of how hard it is. My nephew is starting at LSU in the fall in CE, trying to get him some insight...

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Its probably not that bad if he has a strong background in math and science and will put in the time. Otherwise, it may be tough sledding ahead.

Statics: all answers should eventually equal 0
Dynamics: moorthy
Strengths and materials: I-beams are crazy


Also, do you realize how much science and engineering goes into making a proper pile of dirt?

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e I hear people shite talk LSU's CE compared to UNO's (you can all correctly assume where the ones that do the shite talking went); then say all other specialties should go to LSU.

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Both are fine programs. I don't think one puts out a noticeably better civil engineer than the other.

He had a cough for like 15 years

Civil is the most broad in terms of fields of application and what your career path could be post graduation. Civil covers structures, geotechnical, surveying, hydraulics, and wastewater.

All engineering requires pretty much the same prerequisites in terms of 4 calculus's, 2 physics, 2 chemistry, statics, dynamics and strength of materials. All of these classes are referred to as "weed out" classes where LSU weeds out the students who are not serious about engineering or simply don't have it.

After you make it through your first two years of weed out classes (takes most people 3 years), you then focus your last two years civil engineering specific electives.

Civil won’t be too bad, and probably a lot more interesting than harder engineering routes. May get to work outside too. It’s a good choice of majors. I would tell him grades matter from day one. Get it into his mind that he wants to make an A in every class he takes…he won’t, but don’t get a C in a 2000 English just because he wants to be an engineer. All classes are important.