The manner in which civil engineering is practiced must change. That change is necessitated by such forces as globalization, sustainability requirements, emerging technology, and increased complexity with the corresponding need to identify, define, and solve problems at the boundaries of traditional disciplines.Beginning in 1998, ASCE?s Board of Direction adopted, refined, and confirmed ASCE Policy Statement (PS) 465??Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice??which ??supports the attainment of a body of knowledge (BOK) for entry into the practice of civil engineering at the professional level.? PS 465 recognizes that the profession?s principal means of changing the way civil engineering is practiced lies in reforming the manner in which tomorrow?s civil engineers are prepared?through education and early experience?to enter professional practice.According to PS 465, the BOK will be fulfilled by means of formal education and experience?that is, a bachelor?s degree
