Civil Engineering Design Electives and Concentrations
Six credit hours of civil engineering design electives are required. These must be selected from the following list. Any pair of courses can be selected providing that prerequisites are met, but students most often select a combination focused on a specific area of concentration. The terms in which courses are offered are listed in parentheses.
Construction Engineering
CIVL-4070 Steel Design (Fall)
CIVL-4080 Concrete Design (Spring)
CIVL-4010 Foundation Engineering (Fall)
CIVL-4150 Experimental Soil Mechanics (Spring)
Structural Engineering
CIVL-4070 Steel Design (Fall)
CIVL-4080 Concrete Design (Spring)
CIVL-4010 Foundation Engineering (Fall)
Environmental Engineering
ENVE-4200 Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (Spring)
ENVE-4350 Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering (Fall)
ENVE-4310 Applied Hydrology and Hydraulics (Spring)
ENVE-4340 Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering (Spring)
Geotechnical Engineering
CIVL-4010 Foundation Engineering (Fall)
CIVL-4140 Geoenvironmental Engineering (Fall)
CIVL-4150 Experimental Soil Mechanics (Spring)
Transportation Engineering
CIVL-4620 Mass Transit Systems (Spring)
CIVL-4640 Transportation Facility Design and Planning (Spring)
CIVL-4660 Traffic Engineering (Fall)
CIVL-4670 Highway Engineering (Spring)
Civil Engineering Technical Elective
Any of the design electives listed above can be taken as a CE technical elective, provided the necessary prerequisites are met. The following other civil engineering courses can also be selected:
CIVL-2040 Professional Practice CIVL-4270 Construction Management
CIVL-2130 Surveying CIVL-4440 Structural Analysis
CIVL-4240 Intro. to Finite Elements
With adviser approval, courses from related disciplines can also be taken. These include architecture, environmental engineering, earth and environmental sciences, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and operations research. Graduate level courses (6000-level) are allowable under certain circumstances. A representative list of such courses is as follows:
ARCH-4510 Construction Industry Seminar ENVE-4200 Solid & Hazardous Waste
ARCH-4530 Systems Building Seminar Engineering
ARCH-4550 Building Economics ENVE-4310 Appl. Hydrology & Hydraulics
ENGR-4750 Eng. Economics and Project MATH-4800 Numerical Computing Management ERTH-2120 Structural Geology
ENVE-4110 Aqueous Geochemistry ERTH-2330 Earth Materials
ERTH-4710 Ground Water Hydrology
Humanities or Social Sciences Electives
In this area, the electives are based on the Institute and School of Engineering requirements. Students are urged to elect humanities and social science sequences through which they will obtain adequate breadth and depth in subject areas. Students desiring minors in Humanities and Social Sciences must consult the school or department in which the courses are offered to obtain further information and specific requirements
updated 11/16/05 |
