Coastal Engineering (BS)
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Date Posted: Oct. 9, 2025
Submitted by: Robin Frederick
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Discipline:
Engineering
Tags:
coastal focus,
engineering
Program Type: Baccalaureate degree
Description
Coastal communities face a wide range of challenges associated with rising seas, hurricanes, long-term shoreline change, human and ecosystem health, and increasing development. An innovative and trained coastal workforce is needed to help communities, and the nation, address these challenges. Students will study engineering statics, mechanics of solids, fluid mechanics, and water resource engineering, dive in to learn about coastal wave mechanics, computational modeling, coastal structures, and laboratory and field data collection, dig into dredging and beach renourishment practices, and top it off with a semester-long capstone design course tackling real-world engineering challenges.