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CHAPTERTWOPREPARATIONFORBEINGACIVILENGINEER

Thefirststeptobeacivilengineerisgenerallytostudycivil

engineeringinauniversityorcollege,ormajorin主修civil

engineeringorotherrelatedprograms.Inmostcountries,the

certificate（adocumentattestingtothetruthofcertainstated

facts）ofRegisteredEngineer注册工程师isonlygiventothose

whohaveacceptedhighereducationinaccredited（given

officialapprovaltoact）programs.Inthischapter,thereaderwill

acquiretheinformationaboutthetypical（ofafeaturethathelps

todistinguishapersonorthing）contentoftheseprograms.

2.1WhatKindsofKnowledgeAreNecessaryforacivil

Engineer?

Engineeringeducationinuniversitiesdomesticandabroad

includesgeneraleducationandspecialengineeringeducation.At

first,scienceandmathematicsshouldbementionedingeneral

education.Engineeringisasystemoftheapplyingofscienceand

technology,soscientificprinciplessetthefoundationof

engineering.Thisisthemostimportantdifferencebetween

moderncivilengineeringandancientconstructionactivities,

althoughconstructionhasalwaysdependedtosomeextenton

scientificprinciples.SincetheIndustrialRevolution工业革命,and

evenasfarbackas早在，远在theRenaissance（therevivalof

learningandculture）,civil