Highway Design
This course focuses on the highway design process, beginning with transportation requirements and soil mechanics and continuing with highway location, site planning, geometric design and pavement design. The knowledge gained […]
Hydrology/Drainage Design
This is an entry-level course that will teach students the basics of stormwater drainage. They will learn how to delineate a watershed, apply runoff calculations to the watershed, and determine […]
Timber and Steel Design
The study of structural steel and timber members that involves the design and analysis of beams with regard to bending, shear, and deflection. Columns are studied with respect to axial […]
Reinforced Concrete Design
To learn the fundamentals of design and analysis of steel reinforced concrete structures including beams, floor and roof slab systems, columns, foundation footings, and structural walls. Design sketches, based on […]
Surveying
A course to familiarize students with the equipment, procedures, and methodology of modern surveying practice. Includes measurement of distance, elevation, angle, and direction “in the field” with both manual and […]
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design
This course deals with the fundamentals of soil mechanics. Topics covered include moisture-density relations, mechanical and chemical gradation properties, basic shear strength theory, permeability and compression. Lecture topics will be […]
Civil CAD
This course is an introduction to the use of computer aided drawing and design software for the civil engineering discipline. Areas of application of the software within engineering include mapping, […]