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CIVL 101 Engineering Drawing 2
Credit Hours
Required of all civil engineering freshmen.
Use and care of drawing instruments; proper weights and types of lines for clear-cut and
complete graphical representation; auxiliary and sectional views; pictorial representation
with emphasis on isometric drawing, dimensioning, true lengths, and shapes; problems on
points, lines, and planes; development of a reasonable skill in lettering. An introduction
to computer graphics is presented.
Laboratory: four hours.
CIVL 102 Introduction to Civil and Engineering Environmental
Engineering
2 Credit Hours
Required of all civil engineering freshmen.
The engineering process from problem formulation to the evolution of creative design is
demonstrated through the practical solution of engineering problems. Emphasis is placed
upon analytical and problem-solving techniques such as estimation and approximation;
numerical aids to computation; and solutions by digital computer and by graphical methods.
Problems are selected from the various areas of civil engineering such as surveying,
environmental, structural, geotechnical, and highways. Computer instruction includes an
introduction to Windows, MATHCAD and spreadsheets. When authorized by the department head,
ELEC 103 may be substituted for this course.
Laboratory: four hours.
CIVL 202 Statics 3 Credit Hours
Corequisites: MATH 131 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus I) and PHYS 210 (Physics for
Engineers and Physical Scientists)
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Scalar and vector solutions of problems in statics; resultants, reactions, and equilibrium
of forces; analysis of simple trusses; friction; centroids and centers of gravity; and
moments of inertia.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 205 Surveying 3 Credit Hours
Corequisite: CIVL 101, CIVL 235
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Linear measurements, leveling, compass and transit/theodolite, total stations, theory of
errors, latitudes and departures, areas, stadia, plane table, coordinate geometry, state
plane coordinates, standard map projections and introduction to the use of electronic
distance measuring devices.
Laboratory: three hours.
CIVL 207 Geomatics 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 205 and CIVL 235; corequisite CIVL 237, CIVL 102.
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Land surveying and boundary laws, public land surveys, topographic mapping, astronomic
control for mapping, Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing, and Geographic
Information Systems (GIS).
Lecture: two hours.
CIVL 209 Computer Application for Civil and Environmental
Engineering
2 Credit Hours
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Instruction in computer applications to problems chosen from civil engineering fields and
fields clearly related thereto. Development of computer-based methods for analyzing civil
engineering systems. The focus of the course is on algorithm development and
implementation.
Lecture: one hour; laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 235 Surveying I Laboratory 1
Credit Hour
Corequisite: CIVL 205
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Application of principles obtained in CIVL 205 through actual field work. Horizontal
control activities include distance measurements by tape and EDM, angular measurements by
transit/theodolite or total stations, traversing, traverse closure computations, balancing
computations, and preparation of boundary plat. Computer applications and computer-aided
drafting are available.
Laboratory: two hours
CIVL 237 Geomatics Laboratory 1
Credit Hour
Prerequisite: CIVL 235; corequisite: CIVL 207
Required of all civil engineering sophomores.
Applications of principals obtained in CIVL 207 through actual field work and office type
work. Preparation of a topographic map, Geographic Positioning Systems mapping controls,
Geographic Information System applications, and photogrammetric mapping applications.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 301 Dynamics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CIVL 202 with a grade of "C" or better.
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Kinematics and Kinetics of particles or rigid bodies in plane motion with emphasis on the
special cases of translation and rotation. The techniques of vector mathematics are
employed.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 304 Mechanics of Materials 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CIVL 202 with a grade of "C" or better.
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Elastic properties of structural materials, internal stresses and strains, principal
stresses and strains including Mohr's Circle, axial, torsion, flexure, shear, riveted and
bolted joints, combined stresses, shear and moment diagrams, beam deflections.
Supplemented by CIVL 307.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 305 Transportation Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 101, CIVL 102, CIVL 207, CIVL 237
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Development and interrelationships of United States transportation systems; planning,
financing, and design of land transportation, airport, and seaport facilities. Includes
highway and railroad geometric and drainage design, public transportation facilities,
sedimentation and erosion controls, airport layout and design, and design of harbors and
port facilities.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 302 Highway Engineering 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 305; corequisite: CIVL 327
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Alignment and earthwork drawings and computations; earthwork operations; routine tests of
bituminous and nonbituminous highway materials; pavement and basic thickness design;
design and testing of asphalt paving mixtures; construction of roadway elements;
construction surveys; and an introduction into construction specifications. Problems are
solved by both manual and computer methods. Preparation of construction plans for a short
highway, including reducing field notes, plotting, design of horizontal and vertical
control, storm drainage design, earthwork determination, and mass diagram calculations.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 307 Materials Laboratory 1
Credit Hour
Prerequisite: ENGL 102; prerequisites or corequisites: CIVL 209, CIVL 304.
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Laboratory supplement to CIVL 304. Introduction to the use of testing machines and
equipment; strength and deformation measurements of ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
concrete, and wood; properties of materials as determined by results of tests in
compression, tension, bending, torsion; behavior of columns; use of electric resistance
strain gages; use of ASTM specifications and test procedures. Taken concurrently with or
subsequent to CIVL 304.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 309 Structural Analysis 4
Credit Hours
Prerequsites: CIVL 304 with a grade of "C" or better and MATH 132 (Analytic
Geometry and Calculus II)
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Structural analysis of determinate and indeterminate beams and frames using classical,
approximate and computer-based methods.
Lecture: four hours.
CIVL 310 Statics and Mechanics of Materials for
Non-Civil Engineers 3 Credit Hours
Prerequsites: MATH 132 and PHYS 210/260
Vector solutions of problems in statics; principles of statics, resultants, reactions, and
equilibrium of forces. In addition, the brief study of mechanics of materials including
stress and strain relationships and various types of loading on structural members.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 312 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequsites: CHEM 151/161
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Introduction to water, air, solid and hazardous waste (including radioactive material),
and noise pollution and its control. Included are social and ethical considerations, legal
and regulatory principles, risk analysis, the effect of pollutants on the environment, and
the engineering principles governing the generation and control of these pollutants.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 313 Hydrology and Water Resources
3 Credit Hours
Prerequsites or corequisite: CIVL 315
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Hydrologic principles and application; hydrologic cycle which includes precipitation,
evaporation/transportation, and infiltration; groundwater flow theory and application;
measurement of surface water flow; hydrography development; extreme flow analysis; flood
routing; design of storm water conveyance systems; and water storage applications.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 314 Engineering Administration
2 Credit Hours
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
An elementary course in engineering administration with primary attention given to the
basic principles of engineering economy as applied to the economic analysis of the costs
of construction and operation of various engineering works. Computer applications in cost
analysis. In addition, the course covers engineering ethics as applied by practicing
engineers.
Lecture: two hours.
CIVL 315 Fluid Mechanics 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 209
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
An introduction to fluid characteristics, properties, and the fundamentals of fluid
statics, fluid dynamics, fluid flow, and fluid measurements. Hydraulics, a practical
application of fluid mechanics involving the flow of water, investigates the properties of
orifices, weirs, flumes, pipes, and open channels, including their engineering
applications. Classroom assignments will include design problems and problem solving using
computers.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 327 Asphalt and Concrete Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite CIVL 307; corequisite CIVL 302.
Required of all civil engineering juniors.
Laboratory applications involving design, preparation, curing and testing of asphalt and
Portland cement concrete. Includes testing for component properties, component selection
and grading, material handling, mix design, blending, applicable standards and
specifications, construction practices, quality control, specimen testing and safety.
Emphasis is placed on professional laboratory report preparation.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 402 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisites: CIVL 409; corequisite: 410
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Field and laboratory applications of typical methods for determining engineering
properties of cohesive and granular soils. Experimental topics include specific gravity,
particle size distribution, clay soil consistency, engineering classification,
permeability, compaction, consolidation, in situ soil properties, soil boring and
sampling techniques, and shear strength parameter determination using unconfined direct,
triaxial, vane shear and penetration apparatus.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 404 Reinforced Concrete Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 309
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Design of reinforced concrete structures using strength design theory. Design of beams,
columns, combined stress members, footings, and retaining walls. Special attention is
given to the use of current specifications for design and construction. The use of
computer programs to facilitate analysis and design during the comprehensive problem is
encouraged.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 406 Steel Design 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 309
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Theory and design of steel structures using the load and resistance factor design method.
Design of tension and compression members, beams and columns. Computer solutions are
utilized for design shears, moments, and axial loads.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 408 Water and Wastewater Systems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 315, CHEM 152/162, CIVL 312.
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Introduction to engineering design principles and practices of the collection,
transportation, and treatment of water and wastewater.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 409 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CIVL 304 (with a grade of "C" or better), CIVL 315, and GEOL 303
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Introduces the student to the rudiments of theoretical soil mechanics. Topics include
engineering uses of soils; laboratory and field determination of soil properties;
determination of phase relationships; engineering soil classification; soil-water
interaction and seepage flow mechanics; stress effects of loading on soils at depth; and
consolidation, compaction, shear strength, and bearing capacity theory.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 410 Geotechnical Engineering II
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 409; corequisite CIVL 402
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
An introductory course in geotechnical analysis and design. Topics include shallow
foundations, spread footings, deep foundations, piles and caissons, lateral earth pressure
for cohesive and cohesionless soils, slope stability analysis, subsurface investigations
and special topics including such subjects as soil stabilization methods, geotextile
applications, liquefaction, etc.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 418 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite: CIVL 315
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Accomplishments of laboratory exercises and experiments to illustrate basic concepts of
fluid mechanics and to validate empirical formulas used in hydraulic computations.
Principal emphasis is on the phenomena associated with closed conduit and open channel
flow of water measurement of velocities and flow rates and operational characteristics of
pumps. A minimum of one experiment will involve the use of the computers to evaluate
laboratory data.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 419 Environmental Engineering Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite: CIVL 408
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Accomplishment of chemical, physical, and microbiological determinations used in the
examination of water and wastewater. Laboratory analysis to evaluate water quality will be
performed, such as biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, ph, alkalinity, and
others. A minimum of one laboratory experiment will involve the use of the computer to
evaluate laboratory data.
Laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 430 Senior Research I 1
Credit Hour
Prerequisite: Senior classification.
Required of all civil engineering seniors. One hour seminar course which deals with
professional issues.
CIVL 431 Senior Research II 1
Credit Hour
Required of all civil engineering seniors.
Prerequisite: CIVL 430
Approved Electives
The following courses are offered on demand. They constitute part of a
list of courses (including courses offered by other departments) which are approved by the
head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as satisfying the
requirement that each civil engineering major complete a three-credit-hour technical
elective.
CIVL 411 Engineering Management 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of all freshman, sophomore, and junior courses or approval of the
department head.
Technique of engineering planning and management using the critical path method (CPM) and
program evaluation and review techniques (PERT). Both computer and noncomputer approaches
are used. Relationships between owners, A-Es, and contractors are covered with emphasis on
proper ethics and professional conduct by the engineer.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 416 Modeling Civil Engineering Systems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of required CIVL courses through the junior year or permission of
department head
Modeling the behavior of a wide range of civil engineering systems using various
analytical, computer-based, numerical, and experimental techniques. Introducing the
concepts of probabilistic modeling using Monte Carlo Analysis.
Lecture: three hours.
CIVL 421 Subdivision Planning and Design
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CIVL 313, CIVL 302; corequisite: CIVL 408.
The elements of planning a subdivision including an introduction to planning, zoning,
subdivision requirements, and review procedures; site development including the integrated
design of roadways, storm drainage collection/ retention/ detention systems, sanitary
sewer collection and transportations systems (pumping stations and force mains), potable
water systems, and construction cost estimates and specification; and economic analysis
with individual student participation in preliminary development of single family and
multifamily projects on 20 to 25 acre tracts of land. Computer applications include use of
spreadsheets and cad.
Lecture: two hours; laboratory: two hours.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Electives
Each civil engineering major must complete one of the following design
courses in the spring of the senior year.
CIVL 422 Comprehensive Project Design in Environmental
Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering, CIVL 313, CIVL 314, CIVL 408.
Application to civil engineering principles, through group studies and lecture, to develop
a solution for a comprehensive engineering problem devoted to water resources/
environmental engineering. Lecture: two hours; laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 423 Comprehensive Project Design in Structural
Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CIVL 404; Co-requisite CIVL 406.
Application of civil engineering principles, through group studies and lecture, to develop
a solution for a comprehensive structural engineering problem involving other aspects of
civil engineering.
Lecture: two hours; laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 424 Comprehensive Project Design in Geotechnical
Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering.
Application of civil engineering principles, through group studies and lecture, to develop
a solution for a comprehensive geotechnical engineering problem involving other aspects of
civil engineering.
Lecture: two hours; laboratory: two hours.
CIVL 425 Comprehensive Design Project in Engineering
Practice 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering.
Application of civil engineering principles, through group studies and lecture, to develop
a solution for a comprehensive problem of general engineering practice involving other
aspects of civil engineering. CIVL 421 Subdivision Planning and Design satisfies
this course requirement. Lecture: 2 Credit Hours; laboratory: 2 Credit Hours.
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