AN ASPIRATIONAL VISION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING IN 2025: THE BOK AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULA

摘要

The report entitled Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge was published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in January 2004. This report, which is generally referred to as the BOK report, outlined the fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the practice of civil engineering at the professional level in the 21st century. This report by ASCE is consistent with the report entitled The Engineer of 2020 prepared by the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) in 2004. As stated by the NAE, the engineers in 2020 will need more technical and business practice skills than are currently expected of engineers today. These reports are forward looking in that they have tried to articulate that which will be needed in the future if civil engineers are to continue having the significant impact on society and public welfare that they have in the past. For reference, the outcomes specified by ASCE are presented in Appendix I.