Undergraduate Catalog

1999-2001

Courses: Civil Engineering (CIVE)


1188: The Challenge of Civil Engineering
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisite: Course required for freshmen and transfer students during their first fall semester enrollment in civil engineering. A study of the scope of the civil engineering profession and the vision of civil engineering for the twenty-first century.

1331: Computing for Engineers (also CHEE 1331, INDE 1331)
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisite: MATH 1431. Credit may not be received for more than one of CHEE 1331, CIVE 1331 and INDE 1331. Introduction to the computing environment; matrix arithmetic; programming essentials; spreadsheets; symbolic algebra tools; solution of typical engineering problems using computer tools.

2330: Mechanics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2433. Composition and resolution of forces, free-body diagrams, analysis of forces acting on structures and machines, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.

2331: Mechanics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CIVE 2330 and MATH 2433. Dynamics of rigid bodies; force-mass-acceleration, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and introduction to mechanical vibrations.

2332: Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 2330. Stress and strain in elastic bodies; statically determinate and indeterminate members; axial force, shear, moment and torsion; beam deflections; columns; combined stresses.

3331: Environmental Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEM 1112, CHEM 1332. Introduction to air, water, and environmental pollutants, and concepts of design for treatment.

3332: Engineering Materials
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: CIVE 2332. Analysis of properties of solid materials related to engineering design, introduction to metallurgical processes and materials testing.

3337: Theory of Structures
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 2332. Structural analysis of determinate trusses, beams, frames, using analytical and graphical methods; influence lines, deflections, approximate and exact (classical) methods of analysis of indeterminate structures.

3339: Geotechnical Engineering
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: CIVE 2332. Laws of mechanics and hydraulics applied to soils. Physical and mechanical properties of soils and introduction to geotechnical engineering concepts.

3434: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: CIVE 2331 and MATH 3321 or equivalent. Fluid properties, hydrostatics, basic equations of fluid mechanics, inviscid and viscous flows, flow through pipes, open channel flow, groundwater seepage, and hydraulic structures.

4198:4298:4398:4498: Special Problems
Cr. 2-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

4311: Innovative Design for Civil Engineers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CIVE 3337, 3339, and 3434 . The generation of ideas and concepts for design and the development of innovative approaches to problem-solving in civil engineering. 100 percent design.

4312: Civil Engineering Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 4311 and either 4331 and 4333, or 4369, 4363, or 4364. Complete design of a civil engineering project including land use, environmental impact, social impact and coupling of various subsystems. Communication of final designs to others. 100 percent design.

4331: Water Quality Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEM 1332, 1112, and CIVE 3434. Introduction to environmental chemistry and biology with applications to engineering problems in the natural environment. Emphasis on chemical and biological reactions of contaminants as they move through surface and ground waters and the resulting corrective actions.

4332: Hydrology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3434. Hydrologic cycle, rainfall and runoff, water losses, snowmelt, ground water, unit hydrograph, floods and flood routing, stream flow records, reservoir design, and sedimentation. 50 percent design.

4333: Water and Wastewater Treatment
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3434. The fundamental principles of design for municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities. 100 percent design.

4335: Ocean Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3334. Engineering concepts in the ocean, including ocean environment, wave mechanics, naval architecture, and ocean instrumentation. 50 percent design.

4337: Transportation Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CIVE 3339 and ECON 2305. Highway, rail, water, air, and other modes of transportation emphasizing the problems related to their planning, use, operation, and maintenance. 50 percent design.

4363: Concrete Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3337. Analysis and design of members and structures. 100 percent design.

4364: Structural Steel Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3337. Analysis and design of members and structures. 100 percent design.

4369: Foundation Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3339. Applications of soil mechanics to foundation engineering. Exploration techniques, foundation selection criteria, design, and construction. 100 percent design.

4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

5331: Geotechnical Engineering in Highway Practice
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: CIVE 3339. Application of soil mechanics to pavement design, slope stability, and seepage. 100 percent design.

5360: Urban and Regional Planning
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: senior standing in civil engineering or consent of instructor. Review of collection and analysis of data for urban planning; development of master plan emphasizing engineering aspects of utilities, transportation, and other city facilities. 50 percent design.

5367: Advanced Construction Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: INDE 3333 and MATH 3321. Construction costs and bidding; planning, organizing, and controlling construction; CPM diagrams and PERT techniques; computer applications.

5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3 per semester (3-0). May be repeated for credit when topics vary.


Files Archived: October, 2001