Rail Transportation Engineering, B.S. (RTEAL)
Recommended Academic Plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| MATH 140 GQ Calculus I | 4 |
| ENGL 15 or 30 GWS Rhetoric & Composition | 3 |
| CHEM 110 GN Chemical Principles | 3 |
| EDSGN 100 Engineering Design & Graphics | 3 |
| GA Gen Ed Art | 3 |
| Total Credits | 16 |
|
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| MATH 141 GQ Calculus II | 4 |
| CAS 100 GWS Effective Speech | 3 |
| PHYS 211 GN Mechanics | 4 |
| ECON 002, 004, or 014 GS | 3 |
| GA Gen Ed Art | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 |
|
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| MATH 251 Ordinary & Partial Differential Equations | 4 |
| PHYS 212 GN Electricity & Magnetism | 4 |
| E MCH 211 Statics | 3 |
| GEOSC 001 Physical Geography | 3 |
| GH Gen Ed Humanities | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 |
|
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| MATH 220 Matrices | 2 |
| CMPSC 201 Programming for Engineers | 3 |
| E MCH 212 Dynamics | 3 |
| E MCH 213 Strength of Materials | 3 |
| GHA Health & Physical Activity | 3 |
| ENGL 202C Technical Writing | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 |
|
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| C E 310 Surveying | 3 |
| RTE 301 Railroad Industry Overview & Economic Regulation | 3 |
| RTE 303 Rail Operations & Safety | 3 |
| RTE 305 Railroad Communication & Signals | 3 |
| STAT 401 Experimental Methods | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
|
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| CE 335 Soil Mechanics | 3 |
| C E 360 Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| RTE 402 Railroad Operations Practicum | 3 |
| RTE 302 Railroad Track Location, Construction & Maintenance | 3 |
| C E 336 Materials | 3 |
| C E 337 Materials Lab | 1 |
| Total Credits | 16 |
|
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| C E 333W Construction Management | 3 |
| C E 340 Structural Analysis | 3 |
| C E 332 Professionalism, Economics & Construction Project Delivery | 3 |
| RTE 403 Railroad Track Practicum | 3 |
| RTE 404 Railroad Mechanical Practicum | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
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| Semester 8 | Credits |
| ACCTG 211 Financial & Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| Technical Elective See list | 3 |
| GS Gen Ed Social Science | 3 |
| RTE 406 Railroad Capstone Project | 4 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 |
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Bold type indicates courses requiring a grade of C or higher.
GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH and GS are codes used to identify General Education
requirements.
W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy the University's Writing
Across the Curriculum requirement.
Contacts:
Mr. Stephen L. Dillen
Instructor in Electrical Engineering
Business and Engineering
Office: 103F Sheetz Family Health Center
Phone: 814-940-3331
Email:
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