Undergraduate Handbook
The purpose of this Handbook section of the website is to provide advisory information to help you all the way through the program to graduation. If you have any questions about this information please contact your advisor, as listed in your admission letter, or the CEE Main Office.
PSU Student Code of Conduct
Civil Engineering Program Information
Environmental Engineering Program Information
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Register for Courses
Academic Standing
Grading
Incomplete Grade (I)
The instructor may issue a grade of I (for Incomplete) when certain criteria have been met and satisfactory student-instructor arrangements have been made. (See "Incompletes" in the 2006-07 PSU Bulletin/Catalog.) I grades are not included when calculating GPA.
The deadline for completion of an Incomplete in an undergraduate course is one calendar year. The instructor may set a shorter deadline, which is binding. An agreement to a longer period is by petition to the Scholastic Standards Committee. Failure to make up the Incomplete by the end of one year will result in the mark of I automatically changing to a grade of F or NP, depending on the grading option chosen by the student at registration.
Repeat Policy
Grades earned in all courses remain on students' permanent academic records; however, University policy holds that repeated courses affect the calculation of official G.P.A. as follows:
- Credit is retained on the first A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, and all grades in subsequent attempts are included when calculating G.P.A., and
- the first PSU grade of D+, D, D-, or F is excluded in calculating G.P.A. if the course is repeated at Portland State University for a differentiated grade (not Pass/No-Pass). Credit is retained on the last grade received.
Students who have repeated course work must submit a completed Notice of Repeated Course form to the Registration windows in the lobby of Neuberger Hall to ensure that an initial D or F grade is excluded when calculating G.P.A. and that the official G.P.A. is reflected on student transcripts.
Curious to know how GPA is calculated? Click HERE to find out!
Access and Computer Accounts
Go to Neuberger Hall and purchase a PSU ACCESS BADGE - Activate your afterhours building access and computer lab (EB 325) with the Office of Student Services in the Engineering Building suite 100
Activate your College of Engineering and Computer Science account ‘cecs’ with the CAT (computer action team) - Check your ‘cecs’ e-mail account regularly or forward it to where you do check E-mail
Scholarships
Internship Opportunities
Study Abroad
Portland State University offers the National Student Exchange (NSE) and the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE). For more information about these programs please refer to the following websites:
National Student Exchange (NSE)
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Get Involved!
The Department sponsors and supports several student groups. Through participation in a student organization you can give yourself a great way to get to know your classmates while developing your professional skills and having fun.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Students in Transportation Engineering and Planning (STEP)
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
Tau Beta Pi
CEE Honor Society
Honors Program
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Honors Program gives highly motivated engineering students the chance to develop undergraduate degree programs that reflect their particular interests. Working closely with an advisor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Honors Program students will choose an area of research interest and complete an Honors thesis, usually during their senior year.
The End of the Road : Graduation
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