土木工程学士学位的目标是培养能够：能够执行入门级土木工程师的技术分析和设计任务，能够成功地获得专业工程执照，通过口头和书面进行有效沟通的毕业生： ，了解领导技巧，团队建设和道德操守的重要性，重视通过研究生学位或专业学习获得的终身学习和进步，认识到社区参与和社会贡献的重要性，土木工程师致力于改善我们的生活环境。土木工程在建筑物，城市基础设施的设计，建造和维护，交通系统（包括高速公路，机场，快速运输线，铁路和港口设施），水资源开发（包括水库）的设计，建造和维护方面提供了有趣而富有挑战的职业建筑业中用于基础设施
Civil engineering offers an interesting and challenging career in the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and urban infrastructure, in transportation systems, including highways, airports, rapid transit lines, railroads, and harbor facilities, in the development of water resources, including reservoirs for storage, canals for irrigation, dams for power generation, stormwater management for drainage, groundwater recharge for contamination prevention, wastewater treatment for environmental protection, and water purification for drinking purposes, in the construction industry, including foundations, bridges, concrete and steel structures, in problems concerned with environmental preservation, and in the sustainable development of cities. In preparing for work in such a broad field, the civil engineering student studies mathematics, basic science, communication, social science and humanities, engineering science and civil engineering design. CU Denver's civil engineering graduates usually find their first professional employment with consulting engineering firms, government agencies and various industries.