Preparing the Civil Engineer of Tomorrow By 'Raising the Bar'

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Since 1998, when ASCE’s Board of Direction adopted Policy 465, which “supports the attainment of a body of knowledge for entry into the practice of civil engineering at the professional level,” the Society has aggressively advocated elevating educational standards for engineers. Through the work of its Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (CAP³), ASCE has sought to develop the body of knowledge required for entry into civil engineering practice at the professional level. In January 2004 the Body of Knowledge Committee, a group set up by CAP³, published the report Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future. In response to the expanding use of this document by various stakeholders and to questions that have been raised and suggestions that have been offered, CAP³ formed a new committee in late 2005—known formally as the Second Edition of the Body of Knowledge Committee. This second committee has refined the body of knowledge and is now seeking comments on it. This article is a distillation of the revised body of knowledge and was prepared by the new committee.