Civil Engineering 2000-01

Civil Engineers are concerned with the analysis, design, planning, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, management and the environmental impact of all engineering projects which provide the fundamental infrastructure for communities throughout the world. These projects can be classified into five areas: Environmental, Geotechnical, Hydrotechnical, Structural, and Transportation Engineering. The first two years of the Civil Engineering program are devoted to mathematics, physics and chemistry with the application of these subjects in surveying, mechanics of materials, geology and environmental engineering. In the third and fourth years students may pursue an Infrastructure Option or an Environmental Option. Specialization in any of the five areas of civil engineering can be developed by students in both options through the selection of appropriate fourth year technical electives.

Civil Engineering Curriculum

NOTE Elective courses not on these lists may be taken with the permission of the Chair of Undergraduate Studies.

Second Year Common Core

CIVL 202 Surveying Skills F 4-10-0 14
CIVL 204 Effective Technical Writing FW 7-0-7 14
CIVL 206 Environmental Issues Seminar Series F 6-0-6 12
CIVL 208 Problem Solving FW 8-3-3 14
CIVL 226 Mechanics and Materials FW 72-24-12 108
CIVL 261 Professional Ethics in Engineering F 36-0-0 36
CIVL 283 Environmental Engineering F 36-0-6 42
GEOL 226 Geology for Civil Engineers F 36-0-0 36
MATH 225 Ordinary Differential Equations F 36-0-6 42
CIVL 262 Civil Engineering Planning W 24-0-18 42
CIVL 293 Civil Engineering Analysis W 24-12-0 36
CIVL 295 Computer Simulation for Civil Engineers W 8-6-0 14
STAT 267 Probability and Statistics for Civil and Mining Engineers W 36-0-6 42
Complementary Studies
Humanities and Social Science Elective W 36-0-0 36
MINIMUM UNITS 500

BOTH OPTIONS

CIVL 215 Surveying Field School (Spring) 2-0-28 30

Third Year Common Core

CIVL 305 Effective Oral Presentation F 8-0-6 14
CIVL 306 Leadership and Teamwork Skills F 8-0-6 14
CIVL 336 Structural Steel and Concrete Design F 36-3-9 48
CIVL 340 Soil Mechanics F 36-6-6 48
CIVL 354 Fluid Mechanics F 36-6-6 48
CIVL 371 Design of Highway Systems F 36-0-12 48
CIVL 304 Writing an Engineering Report W 8-0-6 14
CIVL 308 Engineering Report Proposal W 4-0-10 14
CIVL 342 Geotechnical Foundation Design W 36-2-10 48
CIVL 355 Introductory Hydraulic Engineering W 36-6-6 48
Complementary Studies
Humanities and Social Science Elective FW 72

INFRASTRUCTURE OPTION (CE1)

CIVL 320 Infrastructure Rehabilitation W 36-6-0 42
CIVL 335 Structural Analysis W 36-3-9 48
MINIMUM UNITS 518

ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (CE2)

CIVL 382 Groundwater W 36-6-6 48
Technical Elective W 36
MINIMUM UNITS 512

Fourth Year Common Core

CIVL 404 Effective Communication Skills F 8-0-6 14
CIVL 408 Project Management F 8-0-6 14
CIVL 409 Engineering Report F 0-0-36 36
CIVL 452 Hydrology and Water Resources F 36-6-6 48
CIVL 406 Professional Practice W 8-0-6 14
CIVL 463 Engineering Economics W 36-0-0 36
CIVL 467 Civil Engineering Design Project FW 6-0-66 72
CIVL 482 Municipal Water Engineering W 36-12-0 48
Management or Language course W 36

INFRASTRUCTURE OPTION (CE1)

CIVL 434 Structural Design in Steel F 36-0-12 48
CIVL 437 Concrete Design F 36-0-12 48
Technical Electives FW 108
MINIMUM UNITS 522

ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (CE2)

CHEM 387 Organic Chemistry F 36-0-0 36
CIVL 456 Coastal Engineering W 24-6-12 42
CIVL 443 Earth Structures and the Environment F 36-0-0 36
Technical Electives FW 72
MINIMUM UNITS 498

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES

Students may take no more than two technical electives offered by departments other than Civil Engineering.

INFRASTRUCTURE OPTION (select 3)

CHEE 471 Technology, Engineering And Management (TEAM) F 12-0-0 W 24-36-0 72
CIVL 439 Introduction to the Finite Element Method F 24-0-18 42
CIVL 443 Earth Structures and the Environment F 36-0-0 36
CIVL 455 River Engineering F 24-6-12 42
GEOL 445 Site Investigation and Case Histories F 36-0-6 42
GISQ 201 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems F 24-6-6 36
MINE 321 Drilling and Blasting F 36-18-0 54
CIVL 382 Groundwater W 36-6-6 48
CIVL 435 Structural Design in Wood W 24-0-12 36
CIVL 436 Prestressed Concrete W 24-0-18 42
CIVL 456 Coastal Engineering W 24-6-12 42
CIVL 476 Traffic Engineering Operations W 24-0-18 42
GEOL 333 Terrain Evaluation W 36-12-0 48
GISQ 202 Applied Geographic Information Systems W 24-6-6 36

ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (select 3)

CHEE 342 Environmental Biotechnology F 36-0-6 42
CHEE 460 Environmental Combustion F 36-0-0 36
CHEE 471 Technology, Engineering and Management (TEAM) F 12-0-0 W 24-36-0 72
CIVL 455 River Engineering F 24-6-12 42
CIVL 480 Subsurface Contamination by Hazardous Industrial Liquids  F 36-0-6 42
GEOL 445 Site Investigation and Case Histories F 36-0-6 42
GISQ 201 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems F 24-6-6 36
SURP 851 Environmental Policy F 36-0-0 36 (offered every second year)
SURP 853 Environmental Services F 36-0-0 36
CHEE 380 Introductory Biochemical Engineering W 36-0-6 42
CHEE 481 Air Quality Management W 36-0-0 36
CHEE 484 Bioremediation W 36-0-6 42
CIVL 320 Infrastructure Rehabilitation W 36-6-0 42
CIVL 335 Structural Analysis W 36-3-9 48
CIVL 476 Traffic Engineering Operations W 24-0-18 42
GEOL 333 Terrain Evaluation W 36-12-0 48
GISQ 202 Applied Geographic Information Systems W 24-6-6 36
SURP 855 Environmental Planning and Management W 36-0-0 36

Complementary Studies

Students in both options are required to complete 472 units of Complementary Studies. The required linkage, communication, and engineering economics studies are satisfied in the Civil Engineering curriculum. The 108 AU of humanities and social science electives scheduled in the second and third years must be chosen from those courses listed in the H&SS section in the Calendar.