# Easiest courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering | UW–Madison

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### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
| ABT       | 20    |
| ACCTIS    | 36    |
| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
| AFRICAN   | 87    |
| AFROAMER  | 70    |
| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 54    |
| ANAT\&PHY | 7     |
| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
| ANSCI     | 53    |
| ANTHRO    | 93    |
| ART       | 124   |
| ARTED     | 10    |
| ARTHIST   | 121   |
| ASIALANG  | 129   |
| ASIAN     | 109   |
| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 70    |
| BIOCHEM   | 52    |
| BIOCORE   | 10    |
| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
| BIOMDSCI  | 18    |
| BME       | 66    |
| BMI       | 41    |
| BMOLCHEM  | 10    |
| BOTANY    | 68    |
| BSE       | 44    |
| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 51    |
| CIVENGR   | 131   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 11    |
| CNSRSCI   | 49    |
| COMARTS   | 137   |
| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 10    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
| COUNPSY   | 78    |
| CRB       | 14    |
| CS\&D     | 71    |
| CSCS      | 39    |
| CURRIC    | 193   |
| DANCE     | 93    |
| DERM      | 8     |
| DS        | 88    |
| DYSCI     | 33    |
| ECE       | 155   |
| ECON      | 144   |
| EDPOL     | 115   |
| EDPSYCH   | 97    |
| ELPA      | 71    |
| EMA       | 52    |
| EMERMED   | 17    |
| ENGL      | 205   |
| ENTOM     | 39    |
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| FOLKLORE  | 38    |
| FOODSCI   | 43    |
| FRENCH    | 62    |
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| GENETICS  | 60    |
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| GERMAN    | 84    |
| GLE       | 47    |
| GNS       | 39    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 43    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
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| HISTSCI   | 54    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
| INTER-LS  | 21    |
| INTEREGR  | 16    |
| INTLBUS   | 21    |
| INTLST    | 52    |
| ISYE      | 82    |
| ITALIAN   | 55    |
| JEWISH    | 56    |
| JOURN     | 87    |
| KINES     | 127   |
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| LINGUIS   | 35    |
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| M\&ENVTOX | 7     |
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| MEDIEVAL  | 32    |
| MEDPHYS   | 39    |
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| NEURSURG  | 5     |
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| ONCOLOGY  | 13    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 10    |
| PHMPRAC   | 41    |
| PHMSCI    | 58    |
| PHYASST   | 38    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
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| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 53    |
| PLPATH    | 37    |
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| POPHLTH   | 54    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
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| PSYCHIAT  | 21    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
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| S\&APHM   | 16    |
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| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 81    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 91    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 24    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 88    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 6     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 90    |

### designations

| family                 | value                                  | label                                                        |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| breadth                | biological-science                     | Breadth - Biological Science                                 |
| breadth                | biological-science-or-social-science   | Breadth - Biological Science or Social Science               |
| breadth                | humanities                             | Breadth - Humanities                                         |
| breadth                | humanities-or-natural-science          | Breadth - Humanities or Natural Science                      |
| breadth                | humanities-or-social-science           | Breadth - Humanities or Social Science                       |
| breadth                | literature                             | Breadth - Literature                                         |
| breadth                | natural-science                        | Breadth - Natural Science                                    |
| breadth                | physical-science                       | Breadth - Physical Science                                   |
| breadth                | social-science                         | Breadth - Social Science                                     |
| breadth                | social-science-or-natural-science      | Breadth - Social Science or Natural Science                  |
| catalog-level          | advanced                               | Level - Advanced                                             |
| catalog-level          | elementary                             | Level - Elementary                                           |
| catalog-level          | intermediate                           | Level - Intermediate                                         |
| communication          | a                                      | Comm QR - Communication A                                    |
| communication          | b                                      | Comm QR - Communication B                                    |
| core-gened             | civics-and-perspectives                | Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives                           |
| core-gened             | communication-and-literacy             | Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy                        |
| core-gened             | humanities-and-arts                    | Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts                               |
| core-gened             | mathematics-and-quantitative-reasoning | Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning            |
| core-gened             | natural-science-and-wellness           | Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness                      |
| core-gened             | natural-science-and-wellness-lab       | Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab                |
| core-gened             | social-and-behavioral-science          | Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science                     |
| ethnic-studies         | yes                                    | Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies                                   |
| frgn-lang              | 1st-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 1st semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 2nd-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 3rd-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 4th-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 4th semester language                            |
| frgn-lang              | 5th-semester-language                  | Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language                          |
| graduate-credit        | yes                                    | Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement |
| honors                 | accelerated-honors                     | Honors - Accelerated Honors (!)                              |
| honors                 | honors-only-courses-h                  | Honors - Honors Only Courses (H)                             |
| honors                 | honors-optional                        | Honors - Honors Optional (%)                                 |
| liberal-arts           | l-and-s-liberal-arts-and-science       | L\&S Credit - L\&S Liberal Arts and Science                  |
| quantitative-reasoning | a                                      | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning A                           |
| quantitative-reasoning | b                                      | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B                           |
| workplace              | workplace-experience                   | Workplace - Workplace Experience                             |

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