
The student chapter of the Structural Engineers' Association of California (SEAOC) is a very active professional student club, and we have an excellent network of alumni.


Our limited class sizes encourage greater faculty-to-student interaction. Students take several intensive design labs in which they design actual buildings, and have many opportunities to build models and test building components in the labs. Our department is unique because the curriculum consists of a mix of theoretical and practical courses. Beyond structural engineering courses, students take several architecture and construction management courses, giving them an appreciation for these disciplines as well. By focusing on building design students are able to take many more structural engineering courses than is possible in a traditional civil engineering program. The accredited programs throughout the United States, while sharing a common general mission, all have their own specialties supplemented by other specific proficiencies related to the field.Ĭal Poly's Department of Architectural Engineering's (ARCE) curriculum focuses on the structural engineering of buildings. The architectural engineering program was created originally as an academic body of knowledge primarily concerned with people occupied structures. If you have a question that you would like to ask a current CAED student, click here Program Overview The tours are given by the CAED ambassadors, if you would like to get to know some of the ambassadors, please click here! Information about tour times and locations can be found here.
