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CCE 3101 | Construction Materials (3)
Prerequisite: CEG 2202; Co-requisites: EGN 3331
This course covers physical, index, hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils. Topics include classification, compaction, stress distribution, permeability and seepage, consolidation settlement, and shear strength of soil.

CCE 4004 | Construction Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CCE 3101; EGN 3613
This course covers theories, principles, and applications of construction engineering and management. Emphasis is placed on construction preplanning, delivery systems, contracts and bidding, estimation, scheduling, project control, and professional issues.

CCE 4014 | Construction Cost Estimating (3)
Prerequisites: CCE 3101; EGN 3613
Corequisite: CCE 4004
Topics in this course include construction contracts, organization and cost accounting systems; preliminary cost estimation, and cost indices; estimating material, labor, and equipment costs; construction bidding practices, and bid proposals; and project budgeting and cost systems.

CCE 4031 | Construction Planning and Scheduling (3)
Prerequisites: CCE 4004
Topics in this course include planning, basic arrow diagramming, basic precedence diagramming, establishing activity duration, scheduling computations, bar charts, project controls, overlapping networks, resource leveling, and program evaluation review technique (PERT).

CEG 2202 | Introduction to Geomatics Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: EGN 2123 and MAC 1114
This course explores methods and procedures of surface mapping and subsurface sectioning including distance measurements, traverse computations and topographic mapping, and Global Positioning Systems. Use of field equipment and procedures to measure distances, elevations, angles, and perform complete surveys. Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory for basic engineering drafting.

CEG 2202 Lab | ntroduction to Geomatics Engineering Lab (1)
Corequisite: CEG 2202
Methods and procedures of surface mapping including distance measurements, elevations measurements, traverse computations and topographic mapping, and Global Positioning Systems. Use of field equipment and procedures to measure distances, elevations, angle, and perform complete surveys. Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory for basic engineering drafting.

CEG 3011 | Soil Mechanics (3)
Prerequisites: CEG 2202C; EGN 3331
This course covers physical, index, hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils. Topics include classification, compaction, stress distribution, permeability and seepage, consolidation settlement, and shear strength of soil.

CEG 3011L | Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: CEG 3011
In this course, student will determine physical, index, hydraulic and mechanical soil properties using laboratory and field testing techniques.

CEG 4801 | Geotechnical Design (3)
Prerequisite: CEG 3011 and CEG 3011L
This course covers geotechnical investigation, analysis and design of different geotechnical structures including earth retaining structures, slopes and embankments, earthwork with geosynthetics, and shallow foundations.

CEG 4111 | Foundation Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: CEG 3011, CEG 3011L
This course covers analysis and design of shallow foundations, raft foundations, deep foundations, and sheet piles. The different methods of foundation design will be compared.

CES 3100 | Structural Analysis (4)
Prerequisite: EGM 3512
Co-requisites: EGN 2212, EGN 3331
This course covers loads, load paths, and advanced topics on shear and bending moment, including frames and superposition. Additional topics include influence lines, deflection of determinate structures, and indeterminate analysis methods including flexibility, slope-deflection, moment distribution, and stiffness methods.

CES 4101 | Advanced Structural Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: CES 3100; EGN 3331
This course covers matrix algebra review, direct stiffness method for truss analysis, computer applications, statically indeterminate structures, slope-deflection and moment distribution methods, and computer modeling and analysis of structures using commercial FE codes.

CES 4330 | Optimal Structural Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4605, 4702; EGN 2212; MAP 3305 This course covers standard theories of structural design plus classical optimization and latest structural optimization methods.

CES 4605 | Steel Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331
Topics in this course include design of tension, compression, and flexural steel members and design of bolted and welded connections for steel members, according to AISC specifications.

CES 4702 | Concrete Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331
This course covers design of reinforced concrete structures using the current ACI specifications and building codes. Topics in this course include flexural design of reinforced concrete beams, flanged beams, and one-way slabs. In addition, column design, shear reinforcement design, bond and anchorage, and control of deflections and cracks are discussed.

CES 4704 | Advanced Concrete Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4101, 4702
This course covers advanced topics pertaining to complex reinforced concrete elements and structures. Topics include analysis and design for torsion, biaxial columns, slender columns, two-way slabs, retaining walls, shear walls, deep beams, and the strut-and-tie method.

CES 4711 | Prestressed Concrete (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331
This course covers the behavior and design of prestressed concrete structures. Topics include design of prestressed concrete beams for flexure and shear, design of slabs, prestressing losses, serviceability of prestressed concrete members, and precast members.

CES 4800 | Timber Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331
Topics in this course include design of basic timber structures including beams, columns, walls, and diaphragms. NDS specifications are used.

CES 4830 | Masonry Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331
This course covers the design of basic reinforced masonry structures including walls, columns, and foundations. SBC and code applications are used.

CGN 3508L | Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (1)
Prerequisites: CEG 2202C and EGN 3331
Corequisite: CEG 3011 or CCE 3101
This course is a study of the principal construction materials used in civil engineering practices with special attention to measuring mechanical properties and their importance to the engineer. Hands-on experience in conducting tests on soils, concrete, timber, and steel materials and interpreting test results.

CGN 3949r | Cooperative Work Experience (0)
[S/U grade only]
Field work in an approved civil engineering agency program for integration of theory and professional practice.

CGN 4800 | Pre-senior Design and Professional Issues (2)
Prerequisites: CGN 2327L and senior standing.
This course covers the following topics: engineering and professional ethics; professional practice issues relevant to the design and construction of engineering projects; project planning and scheduling; design under engineering and societal constraints; importance of licensure and continuing education; as well as oral and written communication issues. Inter- or multidisciplinary teams prepare formal proposals addressing engineering challenges; the full design of these proposals is completed in the following semester in the CGN 4802, Senior Design Project course.

CGN 4802 | Senior Design Project (3)
Prerequisites: CGN 2327L or equivalent, CGN 4800, senior standing, completion of all basic and core courses, completion of at least one 4000-level course in each proficiency area, and instructor permission.
This course is a capstone senior-level design course integrating the knowledge and skills gained in undergraduate studies in civil and environmental engineering. Completion of a team-based interdisciplinary design project covering several sub-disciplines in civil or environmental engineering. Industry and professional participation.

CGN 4906r | Honors Work in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1-6)
Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program.
Faculty-directed independent research to be conducted by students in the honors program. Research is conducted on a topic agreed upon by the student and a faculty mentor and relevant to civil and/or environmental engineering. Variable credit is given consistent with the nature and scope of the research project to be conducted. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.

CGN 4930r | Special Topics (1-3)
This course covers topics in civil and environmental engineering with an emphasis on recent developments. Topics and credit may vary. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.

CWR 3200L | Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory (1)
Prerequisites: CHM 1045, CHM 1045L, MAC 2311, and PHY 2048C.
Corequisite: EES 3040 or CWR 3201.
This course is a hands-on introduction to environmental and hydraulic engineering topics. Physical experiments that demonstrate fundamental concepts such as hydrostatics, pipe flow, open channel flow, water quality, and water treatment processes are performed.

CWR 3201 | Hydraulics (3)
Prerequisites: EGN 2212; MAP 3305; EGM 3512
This course covers fundamental concepts of fluid properties, hydrostatics, kinematics, ideal flow viscous effects, transport phenomena; drag, laminar, and turbulent flow in pipes and channels; and dimensional analysis.

CWR 4101 | Engineering Hydrology (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201, 3201L; EGN 2212; or their equivalents.
Topics in this course include a study of the processes of the hydrologic cycle, hydrologic analyses for the planning and design of water management systems, and use of application program packages.

CWR 4120 | Groundwater Hydrology (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201; EES 3040
This course examines the fundamentals of groundwater flow and contaminant transport. Topics include: Darcy's law, flow nets, mass conservation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, 3-D equation of groundwater flow, regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, slug test analyses, and contaminant transport processes.

CWR 4202 | Hydraulic Engineering I (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201, 3201L; EGN 2212; or their equivalents.
This course will review principles of hydrology and hydraulics. Principles will be applied to design of water supply, urban drainage, flood control, and hydraulic energy conversion systems. Computer-aided design of hydraulics systems will be done.

CWR 4203 | Hydraulic Engineering II (3)
Prerequisite: CWR 4202
This course covers methods for analyzing a broad range of unsteady flow conditions and for the design of facilities to cope with problems that may result. Students learn to apply computer programs, based on these methods, to practical water distribution and open channel systems.

CWR 4306 | Urban Stormwater Runoff (3)
Prerequisite: CWR 3201, or consent of instructor.
Co-requisite: ENV 4001
The course will provide an understanding of storm events, stormwater runoff, and effects of urbanization on stormwater quantity and quality; methods of analysis; and planning and design procedures for stormwater facilities.

CWR 4540 | Water Resources Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 4202; EGN 2212
This course covers systems approach to complex water resources problems; application of systems analysis of water resources operations, design, and planning.

CWR 4822 | Coastal and Estuarine Hydraulics (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201; MAC 2313
This course examines numerous topics including coastal hydraulic principles and waves in estuaries and coastal oceans, wave properties and wave forces on coastal structures, tidal motions, mixing and transport in estuaries, and coastal engineering analysis.

EGM 3512 | Engineering Mechanics (4)
Prerequisites: MAC 2312; PHY 2048
This course covers statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Topics include free body diagrams, couples, resultants, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions, and forces in trusses, frames, and machines. Other topics include centroids, centers of mass, internal shear forces and bending moments in beams, shear and moment diagrams, friction, area moments of inertia, parallel axis theorem, work/energy, and impulse and momentum methods.

EGN 3331 | Strength of Materials (3)
Prerequisite: EGM 3512
This course covers axial, torsional, and flexural stresses and strains, and normal and shear stress. Topics include Mohr's circle, transformation of stress, safety factors, and engineering applications.

EES 3040 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science (3)
Prerequisite: CHM 1045, 1045L
This course covers application of environmental sciences to fundamentals of environmental engineering. Emphasis is on water and air pollution, their sources and treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, and contemporary environmental engineering issues.

ENV 4001 | Environmental Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: CHM 1045; EES 3040, 3040L; CWR 3201
Topics in this course include design of water and wastewater treatment plants, wastewater collection systems, air and water pollution control, solid waste management and contemporary environmental issues.

ENV 4022 | Remediation Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent.
This course reviews various innovative remediation technologies used for cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater at a site such as air sparging, soil vapor extraction, reactive walls, reactive zones, stabilization technologies, hydraulic and pneumatic fracturing pump-and-treat systems.

ENV 4041 | Environmental Systems Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: EES 3040, 3040L; MAP 3305
This course covers systems analysis techniques applied to the solution of environmental problems, with particular emphasis on linear and dynamic programming.

ENV 4053 | Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201 or equivalent; EES 3040; MAP 3305
This course covers the study of the processes of pollutant transport and transformation in and between air, water, and soil or sediments. Topics include advection, dispersion, diffusion, sorption, degradation, phase change processes.

ENV 4341 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: EES 3040, 3040L; ENV 4001
This course covers definitions and characteristics of solid and hazardous wastes. Topics include history, growth, and magnitude of the problem; legislative, regulatory, and technical aspects of waste generation, storage, collection, transportation, processing, transformation, and disposal; design of waste minimization and recycling programs; and case studies of waste management.

ENV 4405 | Water Reuse Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CHM 1045, 1045L; EES 3040
This course covers sources of water for reuse, treatment processes and systems, monitoring and control instrumentation, health and social aspects, and design of facilities/systems.

ENV 4500 | Environmental Unit Processes and Operations (3)
Prerequisite: CWR 3201; ENV 4001
The operational and design features of the physical, chemical, thermal, and biological treatments used in engineering for water and wastewater treatment and the management of solid and hazardous waste.

ENV 4561 | Design of Water Quality Management Facilities (3)
Prerequisites: CWR 3201; EES 3040, 3040L
This course covers analysis of operations, processes, and systems used in the design of facilities for maintaining water supply quality, wastewater control, and aquatic pollution control. Topics include design of small and decentralized wastewater management systems.

ENV 4611 | Environmental Impact Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: EES 3040, 3040L
Topics in this course include analysis of various measures of environmental quality, impact of human activity on water, land, and air resources, and benefit-cost analysis in environmental impact assessment.

TTE 3004 | Transportation Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CEG 2202C; EGN 2212; junior standing.
This course is an introductory study of transportation engineering in the United States with special emphasis on highway and traffic engineering, planning and design, construction, operation, management, and safety.

TTE 4201 | Traffic Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: TTE 3004
This course covers nature, characteristics, and theories of traffic problems. Topics include traffic survey procedures, origin-destination studies, and introduction to theory and design of automatic control of traffic systems.

TTE 4250 | Traffic Operations (3)
Prerequisites: EGN 2212; TTE 3004
This course covers operation of transportation systems, monitoring, regulation, and control traffic.

TTE 4271 | Intelligent Transportation Systems (3)
Prerequisite: TTE 3004
This course covers advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), advanced vehicle control systems, commercial vehicle operations, rural ITS, human factors, institutional issues, architecture and standards, simulation and modeling.

TTE 4804 | Highway Geometric Design (3)
Prerequisites: CEG 2202C; TTE 3004
This course covers principles and procedures for the geometric design of highways and streets, consideration of traffic, land use, and aesthetic factors.

TTE 4830 | Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Design (3)
Prerequisite: CCE 3101
Topics in this course include aggregate properties and tests, tests of asphalt and asphalt concrete mixes, fundamental engineering characteristics of hot mix asphalt concrete, mix design methods for asphalt concrete, Superpave mix design methodology and production and placement of hot mix asphalt.