The Collection Manager for Engineering selects, maintains, and evaluates information resources in civil engineering, in collaboration with public service librarians, faculty, and students. The Civil Engineering Department at NCSU is among the five largest in the nation with recent enrollment levels of about 700 undergraduate and over 200 graduate students, approximately a third of which are doctoral candidates. The Department has about 40 faculty members.
Civil engineering is one of the broader engineering fields.
It is concerned with the improvement and control of the environment and deals with the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings, dams, bridges, harbors, power facilities, pollution control facilities, water supply, and transportation systems. The Department of Civil Engineering offers curricula that provide academic preparation for students considering a career in civil, construction, or environmental engineering. The Civil Engineering program leads to the degree Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. The Environmental Engineering program, also accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, leads to the degree Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. Languages Resources selected for Civil Engineering will usually be in English, but relevant materials in other languages are not excluded.