This minor is not admitting new students, as of 2025-2026, and will be discontinued.
Program Description
Offered by the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Students affiliated with all majors except civil engineering may participate in this minor.
The minor in civil infrastructure is intended to introduce undergraduates to the engineering methodologies of mechanics, materials, analysis, design, and construction and to show how these are used in solving problems in the development, maintenance, and operation of the built environment that is vital for any modern society.
Academic Standards
At least C in each course in the minor
Minor Requirements
At least six courses (≥ 18 credits), chosen as follows:
Note: courses shown in brackets [ ] not offered in current year.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| ENGRD 2020 | Statics and Mechanics of Solids (crosslisted) | 4 |
| 1 | 14-20 |
| Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering | |
| Structural Modeling and Behavior | |
| Intermediate Solid Mechanics | |
| Introduction to the Behavior of Metal Structures | |
| Sustainability and Automation: The Future of Construction Industry | |
| Behavior and Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures | |
| Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | |
| Construction Planning and Operations (crosslisted) | |
| Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical and Aerospace Design | |
Graduation Requirements for Engineering Minor Degree Programs
Requirements
Students may pursue minors in any department in any college that offers them, subject to limitations placed by the department offering the minor or by the students' major. Completed minors will appear on the student's transcript. Not all departments offer minors. Additional information on specific minors can be found above, in the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook, in the undergraduate major office of the department or school offering the minor, and in Engineering Advising.
An engineering minor recognizes formal study of a particular subject area in engineering normally outside the major. Students undertaking a minor are expected to complete the requirements during the time of their continuous undergraduate enrollment at Cornell. Completing the requirements for an engineering minor (along with a major) may require more than the traditional eight semesters at Cornell. However, courses that fulfill minor requirements may also satisfy other degree requirements (e.g., distribution courses, advisor-approved, or major-approved electives), and completion within eight semesters is possible.
An engineering minor requires:
- successful completion of all requirements for an undergraduate degree.
- enrollment in a major that approves participation in the minor.
- satisfactory completion of six courses (at least 18 credits) in a college-approved minor.
Students may apply for certification of a minor at any time after the required course work has been completed in accordance with published standards. An official notation of certification of a minor appears on the Cornell transcript following graduation.
