2110. Applied Mechanics I
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: MATH 1132Q.
Grading Basis: Graded
Fundamentals of statics using vector methods. Resolution and composition of forces; equilibrium of force systems; analysis of forces acting on structures and machines; applications of friction; centroids; moment of inertia.
View Classes »2120. Applied Mechanics II
Also offered as: ME 2120
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2110; MATH 2110Q or MATH 2130Q. May not be taken for credit after PHYS 3101.
Grading Basis: Graded
Fundamentals of dynamics using vector methods. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion, translation, rotation, plane motion; work, energy, and power; impulse and momentum.
View Classes »2193. International Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special civil engineering topics taken in a foreign study program. Credits and hours by arrangement, up to a maximum of six credits. Consent of Department Head or Designee required, normally to be granted prior to the student’s departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor and approved plan of study. May be repeated for credit with change in topic.
View Classes »2211. Engineering Economics I
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open only to Civil and Environmental Engineering majors.
Grading Basis: Graded
Time value of money. Simple, compound, nominal, and effective interest rate. Present, future, and annual worth methods. Single payment, annuity series, gradient series. Rate of return method. Evaluation of alternative projects.
View Classes »2251. Probability and Statistics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Also offered as: ENVE 2251
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: MATH 1131Q or 1151Q. May not be taken out of sequence after passing CE 3220 or 4210.
Grading Basis: Graded
Fundamentals of probability theory and statistics. Hypothesis testing, linear and multiple regression.
View Classes »2310E. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
Also offered as: ENVE 2310E
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CHEM 1125Q or CHEM 1128Q or CHEM 1148Q; CHEM 1128Q or CHEM 1148Q may be taken concurrently.
Grading Basis: Graded
Concepts from aqueous chemistry, biology, and physics applied in a quantitative manner to environmental problems and solutions. Mass and energy balances, chemical reaction engineering. Quantitative and fundamental description of water and air pollution problems. Environmental regulations and policy, pollution prevention, risk assessment. Written and oral reports.
View Classes »2410. Introduction to Geospatial Analysis and Measurement
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: MATH 1060 or 1131.
Grading Basis: Graded
Elementary plane surveying, geospatial coordinate systems, error and accuracy analysis, introduction to geographic information systems, theory and uses of global positioning systems, introduction to land-surface remote sensing in the context of civil and environmental engineering.
View Classes »2411. Introduction to Computer Aided Design
Also offered as: ENVE 2411
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the School of Engineering; this course and CE 2410 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to computer-aided design and drawing, emphasizing applications in civil and environmental engineering and landscape design. Introduction to fundamental CAD concepts and techniques, such as drawing commands, dimensioning, layers, editing techniques, and plotting, and additional software packages to create planimetric and topographic maps. Related topics include scale, coordinate geometry, and terrain representation.
View Classes »2500. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Fundamental principles of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include history of the field, components of a GIS, the nature and characteristics of spatial data, methods of data capture and sources of data, database models, review of typical GIS operations and applications. Laboratory exercises provide experience with common computer-based systems.
View Classes »2710. Transportation Engineering and Planning
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 1201Q or 1401Q or 1501Q. Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 2251 or STAT 1100Q; CE 2411 or ENVE 2411.
Grading Basis: Graded
Design of transportation facilities. Traffic flow and capacity analysis. Travel demand analysis and planning methods.
View Classes »3110. Mechanics of Materials
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2110; enrollment in School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Simple and combined stress, torsion, flexure and deflection of beams, continuous and restrained beams, combined axial and bending loads, columns.
View Classes »3120. Fluid Mechanics
Also offered as: ENVE 3120
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2110; MATH 2110Q and 2410Q; open only to students in the School of Engineering. Recommended preparation: CE 2120. Not open for credit to students who have passed ME 3250.
Grading Basis: Graded
Statics of fluids, analysis of fluid flow using principles of mass, momentum and energy conservation from a differential and control volume approach. Dimensional analysis. Application to pipe flow and open channel flow. Laboratory activities and written lab reports.
View Classes »3193. International Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: Consent of Department Head or Designee required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor and approved plan of study.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special advanced civil engineering topics taken in an international study program.
View Classes »3220. Principles of Construction I
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2251, which can be taken concurrently; enrollment in School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Concepts and techniques of construction, including construction process and procedures, contracts and delivery methods, scheduling, cost estimation, project control, project change management, and construction safety issues.
View Classes »3251. Civil and Environmental Engineering Applications of Probability and Statistics
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: STAT 1100Q; open only to CE and ENVE majors. This course and CE 2251 or ENVE 2251 may not both be taken for credit. Recommended preparation: MATH 1121 or 1131Q or 1151Q.
Grading Basis: Graded
Multiple regression. Analysis of variance. Student project applying probability or statistics in a civil or environmental engineering context.
View Classes »3300. Environmental Engineering Laboratory
Also offered as: ENVE 3200
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2251, CE/ENVE 2310E; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Aqueous analytical chemical techniques, absorption, coagulation/flocculation, fluidization, gas stripping, biokinetics, interpretation of analytical results, bench-scale design projects, written and oral reports.
View Classes »3320. Water Quality Engineering
Also offered as: ENVE 3220
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2251, CE/ENVE 2310E; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Biological unit processes in wastewater treatment systems, disinfection, and bioremediation scenarios. Applications to design of wastewater treatment systems.
View Classes »3510. Soil Mechanics
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3110, which can be taken concurrently; enrollment in the School of Engineering. Recommended preparation: CE 3120.
Grading Basis: Graded
Fundamentals of soil behavior and its use as a construction material. Effective stress principle, seepage and flow nets, consolidation, shear strength, limit equilibrium analysis. Written reports.
View Classes »3520. Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3110 and CE 3510, which may be taken concurrently; enrollment in School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Engineering properties of steel, Sieve and Hydrometer analysis, properties and performance of soil, Portland cement concrete, Bituminous cement concrete, and timber; laboratory measurement of properties; interpretation of results. Written reports.
View Classes »3530. Engineering and Environmental Geology
Also offered as: ENVE 3530, ERTH 3710
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ERTH 1050 or 1051.
Grading Basis: Graded
Application of geological principles to engineering and environmental problems. Topics include site investigation, geologic hazards, slope processes, earthquakes, subsidence, and the engineering properties of geologic materials. Course intended for both geoscience and engineering majors.
View Classes »3610. Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3110, which may be taken concurrently; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Structural loads and load combinations; analysis and design philosophies; analysis of statically determinate structures; influence lines; deflection of trusses, beams, and frames; introduction to indeterminate analysis; matrix analysis of structures; structural analysis and design software.
View Classes »3630. Design of Steel Structures
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3610; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Steel material and structural shapes; LRFD and ASD design philosophies; design of steel members for tension, compression, bending, and combined effects of axial forces and bending moments; design of simple connections; design project.
View Classes »3640. Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3110; enrollment in the School of Engineering. Corequisite: CE 3610.
Grading Basis: Graded
Loads; design philosophies, current design codes to analyze and design reinforced concrete beams, columns, slabs, foundations for flexure, shear, axial loads and torsion; serviceability considerations; applications to buildings, design project.
View Classes »3995. Special Topics in Civil Engineering
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Announced separately for each course; open only to School of Engineering students.
Grading Basis: Graded
Classroom or laboratory courses as announced for each semester. For independent study see Civil Engineering 4999.
View Classes »3997. Directed Research in Civil Engineering
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Individualized or group research conducted under the supervision of the instructor.
View Classes »4210. Operations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2251; MATH 2110Q; and enrollment in the School of Engineering. This course and CE 5200 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Critical path method for scheduling and managing engineering project tasks. Resource allocation subject to constraints. Facility location problems. One and two-phase simplex method for linear programming. Optimization of non-linear problems. Introduction to integer programming and network flow problems.
View Classes »4220. Principles of Construction II
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2211 and 3220.
Grading Basis: Graded
Time, cost, productivity, decision-making, and sustainability challenges in the construction industry. Advanced scheduling, construction sequencing, economic analysis, financial management, construction equipment and methods, risk management, and sustainability issues.
View Classes »4310. Environmental Modeling
Also offered as: ENVE 4310
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2310E; CE 3120 or CHEG 3123; enrollment in School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Systematic approach for analyzing contamination problems. Systems theory and modeling will be used to assess the predominant processes that control the fate and mobility of pollutants in the environment. Assessments of lake eutrophication, conventional pollutants in rivers and estuaries and toxic chemicals in groundwater.
View Classes »4410. Computer Aided Site Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2410 or CE 2411 or ENVE 2411; enrollment in the School of Engineering. Recommended preparation: CE 2710
Grading Basis: Graded
Roadway and street network design and site development using computer software, including grading and earthwork, runoff and drainage structures.
View Classes »4510. Foundation Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3510; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Application of soil properties to design of foundations, retaining structures, excavation drainage, shallow footings, deep foundations, specifications, subsurface exploration.
View Classes »4530. Geoenvironmental Engineering
Also offered as: ENVE 4530
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENVE 2310E; open to juniors or higher in the School of Engineering. Recommended preparation: CE 3510.
Grading Basis: Graded
Subsurface contaminant fate and transport, site characterization, overview of soil remediation techniques.
View Classes »4541. Advanced Soil Mechanics
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3510 or equivalent; enrollment in the School of Engineering. Not open for credit for students who have passed CE 5541.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction of soil as a multi-phase material; stress and strain analysis in soil; soil compression and consolidation; shear strength of sand and clay; critical state soil mechanics; advanced topics in complex constitutive relationships; introduction to fracture mechanics.
View Classes »4542. Earthquake Engineering
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3510 and 3610. Recommended preparation: CE/ENVE 3530/ERTH 3710. Not open for credit for students who have passed CE 5542.
Grading Basis: Graded
Global tectonics and earthquake sources, seismic wave propagation, strong ground motion analysis, seismic hazards, site effects and liquefaction, seismic load to slopes, retaining structures and foundations, structure response to dynamic loads.
View Classes »4560. Coastal Hazard Engineering
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Characteristics of wind hazards; characteristics of flooding and wave hazards; design of coastal infrastructures and resilience assessment. Group project and report.
View Classes »4610. Advanced Structural Analysis
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3610; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of indeterminate structures using force method and moment distribution method, matrix analysis of truss, beam, and frame structures using computer programming and graphical finite element software, particle dynamics, introduction of dynamic analysis of single degree of freedom structures under various loads.
View Classes »4710. Case Studies in Transportation Engineering
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2710; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of case studies in transportation and urban planning and design. Application of transportation engineering and planning skills. Oral and written group reports, group discussions, individual written papers.
View Classes »4720. Street and Highway Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2710; enrollment in the School of Engineering. Recommended preparation: CE 4410. This course and CE 5720 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
History of street and highway design; land-use context, street design data collection and analysis, speed, safety and street network characterization; pedestrian and bikers in design, cross-section and alignment design.
View Classes »4730. Transportation Planning
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2211,CE 2251, and CE 2710; enrollment in the School of Engineering. This course and CE 5730 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Transportation economics, urban transportation planning process, evaluation of transportation improvements, transportation systems management.
View Classes »4740. Traffic Engineering I
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 2210 or 2251, CE 2710; enrollment in the School of Engineering. This course and CE 5740 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Traffic flow characteristics; traffic control devices; traffic signs and markings; traffic data collection; traffic signal timing and operation; capacity of streets, intersections, and highways; traffic impact studies; traffic simulation.
View Classes »4750. Pavement Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3110 and 3520; enrollment in the School of Engineering. This course and CE 5750 may not both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements; testing and characterization of paving materials.
View Classes »4810. Engineering Hydrology
Also offered as: ENVE 4810
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3120 or ENVE 3120 or CHEG 3123; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Hydrologic cycle: precipitation, interception, depression storage, infiltration, evaportranspiration, overland flow, snow hydrology, groundwater and streamflow processes. Stream hydrographs and flood routing. Hydrologic modeling and design. Computer applications. Design project.
View Classes »4820. Hydraulic Engineering
Also offered as: ENVE 4820
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 3120 or both CHEG 3123 and CHEG 3124; enrollment in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Design and analysis of water and wastewater transport systems, including pipelines, pumps, pipe networks, and open channel flow. Introduction to hydraulic structures and porous media hydraulics. Computer applications.
View Classes »4896. Thesis in Civil Engineering
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to research through literature review and preparation of a research proposal, execution of the research proposal, preparation of written report and oral defense.
View Classes »4910W. Civil Engineering Projects I
2.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011. Prerequisites or corequisites: CE 2251; CE 2411 or ENVE 2411; two courses from the list: CE 2710, CE 3510, CE 3610, ENVE 2310E, ENVE 3120. Open only to senior Civil Engineering majors. Not open for credit to students who have passed CE 4900W.
Grading Basis: Graded
Issues in the practice of civil and environmental engineering: management, business, public policy, leadership, importance of professional licensure, professional ethics, procurement of work, law/contracts, insurance/liability, global/societal issues (e.g. sustainable development, product life cycle), and construction management. Students working singly or in groups prepare proposals for civil engineering design projects, oral presentation and written reports.
View Classes »4920W. Civil Engineering Projects II
2.00 credits
Prerequisites: CE 4900W or 4910W; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011; open only to senior Civil Engineering majors.
Grading Basis: Graded
Design of civil engineering projects. Students working singly or in groups implement previously developed proposals for civil engineering design projects from first concepts through preliminary proposals, sketches, cost estimations, design, evaluation, consideration of realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability, oral presentation and written reports.
View Classes »4997. Independent Research in Civil Engineering
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Independent research conducted under the supervision of the instructor.
View Classes »4999. Independent Study in Civil Engineering
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the School of Engineering.
Grading Basis: Graded
Individual study in specialized area of civil engineering as mutually arranged between student and instructor.
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