CIVIL ENGINEERING (CE) COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
1301 Introduction to Civil Engineering
(1-0) 1 hour credit.
Engineering as a career, engineering ethics, and approaches to engineering problem formulation and solution using principles of design and decision making. (Formerly EGR 1301. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 1301 and
EGR 1301.)
1403 Engineering Communication
(2-3) 3 hours credit.
Technical communication: oral, written, and graphic; introduction to engineering analysis, design, and synthesis; and computer-aided graphics. (Formerly EGR 1402. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 1403 and EGR 1402.)
2103 Civil Engineering Measurements
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Corequisites: MAT 1214 and CE 1301.
Principles of measurement and error analysis; application of equipment to acquire, analyze, and control data in civil engineering systems; and introduction to plane surveying.
2633 Environmental Engineering
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 1301 and CHE 1103.
Principles, analysis, and design related to environmental monitoring, protection, and remediation systems. Topics include environmental quality and legislation, modeling, water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, air and noise pollution, and radioactive waste management.
3103 Mechanics of Solids
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: EGR 2103 and EGR 2323.
Internal forces and deformations in solids; stress, strain, and their relations; stresses and deflections in beams column theory and analysis; and engineering applications. (Formerly EGR 3213. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 3103 and EGR 3213.)
3113 Structural Analysis
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 3103.
Forces and deflections in structural systems; considers stationary and moving loads and exact and approximate methods.
3173 Numerical Methods
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EGR 2323.
An introduction to numerical and analytical methods applied to civil and environmental engineering. Techniques for computer solution of linear and non-linear simultaneous equations; eigenvalue analysis; finite differences; numerical integration; numerical solutions to ordinary differential equations. Introduction to Visual Basic in Excel applications. Case studies in the various branches of civil engineering.
3213 Reinforced Concrete Design
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in CE 3113 and CE 3243.
Ultimate strength theory and design for reinforced concrete members.
3233 Steel Design
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in CE 3113.
Analysis and design of tension members, beams, columns, and bolted or welded connections.
3243 Properties and Behavior of Engineering Materials
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 3103 and STA 2303.
Structure, properties, and behavior of engineering materials; measurement and analysis of material properties and behavior. Laboratory exercises illustrate typical material behavior and selected principles of mechanics.
3253 Introduction to Masonry and Timber Design
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in CE 3113 and CE 3243.
Design philosophy and methodology for masonry and timber structures. Flexure design, axial load design, and shear design of basic masonry and timber components.
3413 Geotechnical Engineering and Applications
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 3103. Corequisites: CE 3173 and GEO 4023.
Exploration, sampling, and in-situ measurements; laboratory testing; review of fundamental properties of soil and rock; flow-through porous media; the effective stress principle and computation of in-situ stress distributions; shear strength of soils and one-dimensional consolidation settlement; introduction to slope stability.
3543 Project Design and Construction Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 2103 and EGR 3713.
Civil Engineering design process, project specifications, construction management. Topics covered include design process/practices, project proposals, pricing, specifications, bidding strategies, project management/scheduling and project financing. Course concludes by forming the student teams for CE 4813 Civil Engineering Design and identifying their projects.
3603 Fluid Mechanics
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: EGR 2103 and EGR 2513.
Fluid properties, fluid statics concepts, equations of fluid flow in pipes and open channels, and flow-through porous media.
3633 Water and Wastewater Treatment
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 2633 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in CE 3603.
The application of chemical, biochemical, and physical processes to water treatment, wastewater treatment, and pollution control. (Formerly CE 4633. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 3633 and CE 4633.)
3723 Applied Hydrology
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 3603.
Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, hydrologic abstractions, surface runoff; unit hydrographs; synthetic hydrographs; peak discharge relationships; flood frequency analysis; flood and reservoir routing; and groundwater hydrology.
4123 Highway Engineering
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 2103 and STA 2303.
General characteristics of highway design; horizontal and vertical alignment, cross-sections, earthwork, drainage, and pavement; and economic analysis.
4233 Transportation Systems
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: STA 2303.
Planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation systems; concepts of various modes of transportation. (Formerly CE 4113. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 4233 and CE 4113.)
4313 Computer-Aided Design in Civil Engineering
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 1403 and CE 2103.
Organization and programming of civil engineering problems for computer solutions; application of computer-aided design in civil engineering.
4413 Foundation Analysis and Design
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 3413.
Design of footings, mats and slab-on-grade; earth pressures and design of retaining walls, piles and drilled piers; soil improvement and ground modification.
4603 Water Resources Engineering
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 2633 and CE 3603. Corequisite: CE 3633.
Analysis and design of surface and subsurface water resource facilities. Design of water supply, wastewater collection, and storm water systems.
4653 Design of Pollution Control Systems
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 3633.
Analysis, synthesis, design, and system optimization of integrated processes and operations to handle and treat water, wastewater, and hazardous wastes.
4723 Hydraulic Systems Design
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: CE 4603.
Analysis and design of water resource systems; dam and reservoir design for recharge, flood control, and water supply, and demand forecasting, optimization of multiobjective systems, and allocations planning and management.
4813 Civil Engineering Design
(2-3) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: CE 3213, CE 3233 and CE 3543.
Opportunity to apply design skills to execution of an open-ended integrated civil engineering design project, including field and laboratory investigations, numerical and scale modeling, design, and formal oral and written presentation of results. Considers safety, reliability, environmental, economic, and other constraints, and ethical and social impacts.
4911-3 Independent Study
1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Permission in writing (form available) from the instructor, the student’s advisor, the Department Chair and Dean of the College.
Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 semester credit hours of independent study, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor’s degree.
4953 Special Studies in Civil Engineering
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Studies may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 semester credit hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor’s degree.