Civil Engineering (CIVE)

CIVE101
Introduction to Civil Engineering

Description: Introduction to engineering design process through hands-on projects supported by instruction of underlying engineering science and fundamentals, model development, and the required tools. Exploration of civil engineering disciplines and introduction to civil engineering profession with focus on ethics and professional skills.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 102

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE102
Geomatics for Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: CIVE 101

Description: Introduction to the theory and application of measurements and geospatial data for civil engineering. This includes error theory, measurements of elevation, distance, direction, and location using optical, mechanical, electronic, and global navigation satellite systems, and applications in geographic information systems (GIS). Project based.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 361

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE112
Overview of Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor

Description: Overview of civil engineering as a career by use of case studies; alternate approaches to engineering designs illustrated by use of engineering principles.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE131
Civil Engineering Graphics

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor

Description: Use of computer-aided design software to communicate engineering ideas. Dimensioning, 2- and 3-D model development, topographic mapping, and process layout with emphasis on Civil Engineering applications.

Course details
Credit Hours:2
Max credits per semester:2
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:2

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CIVE201
Civil Engineering Analysis I

Prerequisites: CSCE 101 (grade of C or better)

Description: Incorporating programming logic into spreadsheet solutions in the context of authentic civil engineering projects; emphasis on integrating professional skills, data analysis and management, and technical skills. Project based.

Course details
Credit Hours:2
Max credits per semester:2
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:2

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CIVE202
Civil Engineering Analysis II

Prerequisites: Prerequisite CSCE 101 and Corequisite CIVE 371

Description: Expanding programming logic to data analysis & visualization, solution of linear systems of equations, and ordinary differential equations. Control of sensors and visualization of scientific data. Use of authentic civil engineering projects linking engineering mechanics and materials of construction. Emphasis on integrating professional skills, data analysis, and technical skills. Project based.

Course details
Credit Hours:2
Max credits per semester:2
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:2

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CIVE301
Civil Engineering Synthesis I

Prerequisites: Corequisite: CIVE 310 or CIVE 361 or CIVE 341

Description: Explores the co-disciplinary connections in civil engineering through authentic engineering projects; focus on synergies among fluid dynamics, transportation, and structures; emphasis on integrating professional skills, data analysis, and technical skills. Project based.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE302
Civil Engineering Synthesis II

Prerequisites: Corequisite: CIVE 331 or CIVE 351 or CIVE 321

Description: Explores the co-disciplinary connections in civil engineering through authentic engineering projects; focus on synergies among geotechnical engineering, water resources, and environmental engineering; emphasis on integrating professional skills, data analysis, and technical skills. Project based.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE310
Fluid Mechanics

Prerequisites: MECH 223 (grade of C or better) and MATH 221 (grade of C or better)

Description: Fluid statics, equations of continuity, momentum, and energy dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude. Applications to: flow meters; fluid pumps and turbines; viscous flow and lubrication; flow in closed conduits and open channels. Two-dimensional potential flow.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE310H
Honors: Fluid Mechanics

Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation; MECH 223 (grade of C or better), MATH 221 (grade of C or better)

Honors students will be expected to study beyond the students in the normal sections and do a special project.

Description: Fluid statics, equations of continuity, momentum, and energy dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude. Applications to: flow meters; fluid pumps and turbines; viscous flow and lubrication; flow in closed conduits and open channels. Two-dimensional potential flow.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE310L
Hydraulics Laboratory

Prerequisites: Corequisite: CIVE 310 or MECH 310

Description: Hydraulics experiments and demonstrations. Velocity, pressure and flow measurements; pipe flow, open channel flow; hydraulic structures and machinery, hydrologic and sediment measurements and student projects.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE321
Principles of Environmental EngineeringCrosslisted with BSEN 321

Prerequisites: CHEM 109A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 109L or CHEM 110A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 110L or CHEM 113A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 113L, and MATH 107 (grade of C or better)

Description: Introduction to principles of environmental engineering including water quality, atmospheric quality, pollution prevention, and solid and hazardous wastes engineering. Design of water, air, and waste management systems.

This course is a prerequisite for: BSEN 321L, CIVE 321L; CIVE 401; CIVE 420; ENVE 322; ENVE 401; ENVE 410; ENVE 430

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE321H
Honors: Principles of Environmental EngineeringCrosslisted with BSEN 321H

Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation; CHEM 109A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 109L or CHEM 110A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 110L or CHEM 113A (grade of C or better) & CHEM 113L, and MATH 107 (grade of C or better)

Description: Introduction to principles of environmental engineering including water quality, atmospheric quality, pollution prevention, and solid and hazardous wastes engineering. Design of water, air, and waste management systems.

This course is a prerequisite for: BSEN 321L, CIVE 321L; CIVE 401; CIVE 420; ENVE 322; ENVE 410; ENVE 430

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE321L
Environmental Engineering LaboratoryCrosslisted with BSEN 321L

Prerequisites: CIVE 321 or parallel

Description: Environmental engineering experiments, demonstrations, field trips, and projects. Experiments include the measurement and determination of environmental quality parameters such as solids, dissolved oxygen, biochemical and chemical oxygen demand, and alkalinity.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee:$50

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE331
Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MECH 325 (grade of C or better); Corequisite CIVE 310

Description: Soil composition, structure and phase relationships; soil classification. Principles of effective stress; loading induced subsurface stresses; load history; deformation and failure of soils. Elastic and limit analysis with applications to design for bearing capacity, settlement, retaining walls, and slope stability. Steady-state seepage.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 401

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:4

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CIVE341
Structural Analysis Fundamentals

Prerequisites: MECH 325 (C or better)

Description: Introduction to the analysis of structural systems. Analyses of determinate and indeterminate trusses, beams, and frames.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:FALL
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE342
Structural Design Fundamentals

Prerequisites: MECH 325 (C or better)

Description: Introduction to structural engineering design philosophy, steel and concrete design criteria, and procedures for trusses, simple beams, continuous beams, and frames. Introduction to structural experiments and software used in structural analysis and design.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE351
Introduction to Water Resources Engineering

Prerequisites: CIVE 310 or MECH 310

Description: Introduction to water resources engineering design and planning, surface hydrology, ground water hydraulics, reservoirs, and other control structures. Introduction to field measurement and computational methods in water resources.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 401

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE361
Highway Engineering

Prerequisites: CIVE 102 (C or better), MECH 223 (C or better)

Description: Introduction to the principles of highway engineering and traffic operations and control.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 401

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE371
Materials of Construction

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MECH 223 (grade of C or better); Corequisite: MECH 325

Description: Introduction to the behavior, testing, and design of soil, portland cement concrete, steel, wood and composites. Experiments covering the concepts of stress and strain under axial, torsional, shear and flexural loading conditions. Common ASTM laboratory test procedures and specifications, field quality control tests and statistical applications.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE385
Professional Practice and Management in Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: Junior standing and CIVE major.

Description: Basic elements of civil engineering practice. Roles of all participants in the process-owners, designers, architects, contractors, and suppliers. Basic concepts in business management, public policy, leadership, and professional licensure. Professional relations, civic responsibilities, and ethical obligations for engineering practice. Project management, contracts, allocation of resources, project estimating, planning, and controls.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 489; CIVE 489H

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE401
Civil Engineering Design I

Description: The first of two courses in the capstone sequence. Practical application of the engineering design process in a team project focused on an authentic and comprehensive civil engineering design project.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 402

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE402
Civil Engineering Design II

Prerequisites: CIVE 401

Description: The second of two courses in the capstone sequence. Practical application of the engineering design process in a team project focused on an authentic and comprehensive civil engineering design project.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product
Experiential Learning:Case/Project-Based Learning

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

CIVE410
Sustainable Infrastructure

Prerequisites: Sophomore or higher standing

Description: Introduction to infrastructure sustainability. Overview of the Envision framework for evaluating infrastructure sustainability. Use of the Envision framework for evaluation of real-world projects to improve their sustainability.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:1

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CIVE419
Flow Systems DesignCrosslisted with CIVE 819

Prerequisites: CIVE 321; parallel CIVE 351.

Description: Application of hydraulic principles to the design of water distribution systems, wastewater and stormwater collection systems, channelized flow systems, and treatment facilities.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE420
Environmental Engineering Process Design

Prerequisites: CIVE/BSEN 321; and CIVE 310 or CHME 332

Description: Design of unit operations and processes associated with drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities, and other environmental treatment systems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE422
Pollution Prevention: Principles and PracticesCrosslisted with BSEN 422, BSEN 822, CIVE 822

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Introduction to pollution prevention (P2) and waste minimization methods. Practical applications to small businesses and industries. Legislative and historical development of P2 systems analysis, waste estimation, P2 methods, P2 economics, and sources of P2 information.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE424
Solid and Hazardous Waste ManagementCrosslisted with CIVE 824

Prerequisites: CIVE 321

Description: Planning, design and operation of solid and waste collection processing, treatment, and disposal systems including materials, resources and energy recovery systems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE425
Design of Water Treatment FacilitiesCrosslisted with CIVE 826

Prerequisites: CIVE 420

Description: Analysis of water supplies and design of treatment and distribution systems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE427
Design of Wastewater Treatment and Disposal FacilitiesCrosslisted with CIVE 827

Prerequisites: CIVE 420

Description: Analysis of systems for wastewater treatment and disposal.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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CIVE430
Fundamentals of Water Quality ModelingCrosslisted with CIVE 830

Prerequisites: CIVE 321

Description: Comprehensive study of water quality and the effects of various water pollutants on the aquatic environment; modeling of water quality variables.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE436
Foundation EngineeringCrosslisted with CIVE 836

Prerequisites: CIVE 331

Description: Subsoil exploration and interpretation; selection of foundation systems; determination of allowable bearing capacity and settlement; design of deep foundations; pile driving analysis; control of groundwater.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE440
Reinforced Concrete Design I

Prerequisites: CIVE 341

Description: Introduction to the design concepts of reinforced concrete building components. The design of flexural and compression members, simple walls, foundations, and floor systems using the latest American Concrete Institute (ACI) design requirements.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 447, CIVE 847; CIVE 839

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE441
Steel Design I

Prerequisites: CIVE 341.

Description: Introduction to the design concepts for structural steel building components. Design of tension members, bolted and welded connections, column members, and beam members. Limit states design concepts used throughout, and emphasis on behavior of members and code design procedures.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE443
Advanced Structural AnalysisCrosslisted with CIVE 843

Prerequisites: CIVE 341.

Description: Matrix analysis methods and computer solutions for indeterminate structures. Additional topics: static condensation, shear deformations, and non-prismatic members in matrix-based analyses, moment distribution method, load cases and load combinations for buildings and bridges, and influence lines and analysis for moving loads.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 839; CIVE 849

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE444
Structural Design and PlanningCrosslisted with CIVE 844

Prerequisites: CIVE 440 and CIVE 441.

CIVE 444/844 is not available for graduate credit for civil engineering students.

Description: Principles of design of steel and reinforced concrete structural building systems, planning of building vertical and horizontal load resisting systems, and bridge systems. Several design projects involve indeterminate analysis and design concepts for both steel and reinforced concrete.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

CIVE446
Steel Design IICrosslisted with CIVE 846

Prerequisites: CIVE 441

A continuation of the topics covered in CIVE 441.

Description: The principles and procedures used in design of steel buildings, design of plate girders, design and analysis of building systems, design and analysis of composite steel-concrete building systems, innovative building systems, introduction to seismic design of steel buildings. Plate buckling, beam, column and beam-column design, and frame stability. Introduction to connection design.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE447
Reinforced Concrete Design IICrosslisted with CIVE 847

Prerequisites: CIVE 440/840

A continuation of topics covered in CIVE 440/840.

Description: Shear friction theory, strut-and-tie modeling, anchorage, deflection, slender and bi-axially loaded members, torsion, two-way action and punching shear, and footing design. Excel spreadsheets are developed and used for various design tasks.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE448
Reliability of StructuresCrosslisted with CIVE 848

Prerequisites: CIVE 341.

Description: Fundamental concepts related to structural reliability, safety measures, load models, resistance models, system reliability, optimum safety levels, and optimization of design codes.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE452
Water Resources DevelopmentCrosslisted with CIVE 852

Prerequisites: CIVE 351

Description: Theory and application of systems engineering with emphasis on optimization and simulation techniques for evaluating alternatives in water resources developments related to water supply, flood control, hydroelectric power, drainage, water quality, water distribution, irrigation, and water measurement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE454
Hydraulic EngineeringCrosslisted with CIVE 854

Prerequisites: CIVE 352.

Description: Fundamentals of hydraulics with applications of mechanics of solids, mechanics of fluids, and engineering economics to the design of hydraulic structures. Continuity, momentum, and energy principles are applied to special problems from various branches of hydraulic engineering.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 954

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE455
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control EngineeringCrosslisted with BSEN 455, BSEN 855, CIVE 855

Prerequisites: BSEN 321/CIVE 321 or BSEN 355; AGEN/BSEN 350 or CIVE 352 as prerequisite or parallel.

Description: Identification, characterization, and assessment of nonpoint source pollutants; transport mechanisms and remediation technologies; design methodologies and case studies.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE456
Surface Water HydrologyCrosslisted with CIVE 856

Prerequisites: CIVE 352

Description: Stochastic analysis of hydrological data and processes including rainfall, runoff, infiltration, temperature, solar radiation, wind, and non-point pollution. Space-time hydrologic modeling with emphasis on the application of techniques in the design of engineering projects.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE458
Groundwater EngineeringCrosslisted with BSEN 458, BSEN 858, CIVE 858

Prerequisites: CIVE 352 or AGEN 350 or BSEN 350 or equivalent.

Description: Application of engineering principles to the movement of groundwater. Analysis and design of wells, well fields, and artificial recharge. Analysis of pollutant movement..

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE461
Urban Transportation PlanningCrosslisted with CIVE 861

Prerequisites: CIVE 361.

Description: Development of urban transportation planning objectives and goals. Data collection procedures, land use and travel forecasting techniques, trip generation, trip distribution, modal choice analyses, and traffic assignment. Site development and traffic impact analysis.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 864

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE462
Highway DesignCrosslisted with CIVE 862

Prerequisites: CIVE 361

Has an emphasis on design projects.

Description: Design of roadways, intersections, interchanges, parking facilities, and land development site access and circulation. Emphasis on design projects.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 865

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE463
Traffic EngineeringCrosslisted with CIVE 863

Prerequisites: CIVE 361

Emphasizes design projects.

Description: Design of signalized intersections, arterial street and network signal systems, and freeway control systems.

This course is a prerequisite for: CIVE 866

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE468
Airport Planning and DesignCrosslisted with CIVE 868

Prerequisites: CIVE 361.

Description: Planning and design of general aviation and air carrier airports. Land-side components include vehicle ground-access systems, vehicle circulation parking, and terminal buildings. Air-side components include aircraft apron-gate area, taxi-way systems, runway system, and air traffic control facilities and airspace. Emphasis on design projects.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE471
Bituminous Materials and MixturesCrosslisted with CIVE 871

Prerequisites: CIVE 378

Description: Understanding of the physical, chemical, geometrical, and mechanical characteristics and practical applications of bituminous materials and mixtures. Fundamental mechanics for elastic and inelastic materials and basic theories associated with mechanical data analyses and designs. Recent advances and significant research outcomes for further discussions. Applications of theories to laboratory and field testing.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE472
Pavement Design and EvaluationCrosslisted with CIVE 872

Prerequisites: CIVE 334.

Description: Thickness design of flexible and rigid pavement systems for highways and airports; design of paving materials; evaluation and strengthening of existing pavements.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$30

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Capstone course.

Description: Holistic approach to the selection and analysis of planning strategies for protecting water quality from nonpoint sources of contamination. Introduction to the use of methods of analyzing the impact of strategies on whole systems and subsystems; for selecting strategies; and for evaluating present strategies.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

CIVE481
Computational Problem Solving In Civil EngineeringCrosslisted with CIVE 881

Prerequisites: MATH 221 and CSCE 155A or 155E or 155H or 155N.

Description: Introduction of numerical methods to solve problems in civil engineering, including finding roots of equations, solving linear algebra equations, optimization, curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, and finite difference method. Computational methods in numerical integration, matrix operations and ordinary differential equations as they apply to civil engineering problems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

CIVE489
Senior Design Project

Prerequisites: Senior standing and CIVE 385.

Requires the formulation and completion of a civil engineering design project.

Description: Course provides senior civil engineering students with the opportunity to apply engineering concepts and principles to a comprehensive design project of multiple sub-disciplinary nature. The principal objectives are for students to develop an understanding of the entire life-cycle of civil engineering projects with emphasis on the development of a unified and sustainable design that addresses the client's needs; project team work; strong engineer-client relationships; and effective project communications.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product
Experiential Learning:Case/Project-Based Learning

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

CIVE489H
Honors: Senior Design Project

Prerequisites: Senior standing; parallel CIVE 385; good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation.

Requires study beyond the level expected of non-honors section and requires the preparation of a special report.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

CIVE491
Special Topics in Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Special topics in emerging areas of civil engineering which may not be covered in other courses in the civil engineering curriculum.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:12
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:1-6

ACE:

CIVE494
Independent Study in Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Individual study at the undergraduate level in a selected area of civil engineering under the supervision and guidance of a Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:9
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-3

ACE:

CIVE498
Independent Research in Civil Engineering

Prerequisites: Permission.

Description: Independent research work and written findings in a selected area of civil engineering under the supervision and guidance of a Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-6

ACE:

CIVE499H
Honors Thesis

Prerequisites: Senior standing in civil engineering and admission in the University Honors Program.

Description: Honors thesis research project meeting the requirements of the University Honors Program. Independent research project executed under the guidance of a member of the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering which contributes to the advancement of knowledge in the field. Culminates in the presentation of an honors thesis to the Department and College.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:1-3

ACE: