Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. Shahram Pezeshk, P.E., Chair
Room 104A, Engineering Building

CIVIL ENGINEERING (CIVL)

A minimum grade of "C" must be earned in all CIVL courses that are prerequisites for other CIVL course before taking those courses.

Undergraduate and graduate level engineering courses require an additional $20 per credit hour.
 

CIVL 1101. Civil Engineering Measurements. (3). Theory of measurements, linear measurements, angles, topographic surveys, and mapping with applications in Civil Engineering; emphasis on individual and group problem solving, techniques of data collection and analysis, and project documentation. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week.

CIVL 1112. Civil Engineering Analysis. (3). Microcomputer applications for data analysis, presentation, documentation; emphasis on algorithm design and logic; fundamental numerical analysis; elementary programming. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1101. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: MATH 1910 and ENGL 1020.

CIVL 2101. Civil Engineering Visualization. (3). Using engineering drawings and computer-aided drafting packages to communicated information and solve engineering problems; emphasis on group work, project documentation, and oral presentation. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1112.

CIVL 2107. Civil Engineering Computation. (3). Incorporating programming logic into spreadsheet solutions to engineering problems; emphasis on group work, project documentation, oral presentation. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2101.

CIVL 2131. Statics. (3). Analysis of two and three dimensional force systems; centroids and moments of inertia; friction. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: MATH 1920, PHYS 2110/2111.

CIVL 3103. Approximation and Uncertainty in Engineering. (3). Application of fundamental numerical methods to obtain approximate solutions to engineering problems; application of fundamental probabilistic methods to quantify uncertainty in engineering data. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2107.

CIVL 3121. Structural Analysis I. (3). Analysis of statically determinate structures; reactions, shear, and moment; truss analysis; deflections; influence lines and moving loads. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2107, 2131. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3322. [C]

CIVL 3131. Design of Steel Structures. (3). Current design concepts for structural steel members and their connections. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121, 3322.

CIVL 3137. Civil Engineering Materials. (3). Properties of aggregates, mix design and use of Portland cement concrete, masonry products and construction, use of wood and timber products in construction, bituminous materials and mixtures and other engineering materials. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3322.

CIVL 3140. Environmental Systems Engineering. (4). Fundamentals of environmental engineering systems with emphasis on the integration of the concepts of chemistry, hydraulics, economics, English, and social sciences as they can be applied to benefit mankind. Three lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3180.

CIVL 3161. Transportation Systems Engineering. (3). Development and function of transportation systems; operational control and characteristics; system coordination, traffic flow and patterns. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2107, MECH 2332, MATH 2110. COREQUISITE: CIVL 3103.

CIVL 3180. Civil Engineering Hydraulics. (3). Basic principles of incompressible fluid mechanics with emphasis on hydrostatics, conservation of energy and momentum with application on engineering analysis of pipe networks, pumps, and open channel systems. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2107, MECH 2332.

CIVL 3181. Hydrology and Hydraulics. (3). Quantification of precipitation and runoff, reservoir and channel routing, groundwater, and design of drainage systems and open channels. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3180.

CIVL 3182. Hydrology and Hydraulics Laboratory. (1). Principles of fluid mechanics, open channel hydraulics, and collection of hydrologic data; fluid instrumentation, measurement techniques, data collection methods, and organization of written reports of experimental investigations. Two laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3180.

CIVL 3322. Mechanics of Materials. (3). (Same as MECH 3322). Analysis of components subjected to tension, compression, bending moment, torque; combined loading; Mohr’s stress circle; deflection of beams; simple treatment of column buckling. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2131.
CIVL 3325. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory. (1). Materials testing and evaluation. Three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3322.

CIVL 4111. Engineering Economics. (3). Application of economics and decision theory to engineering alternatives in planning, developing, constructing, and managing engineering projects. Three lecture hours per week.

CIVL 4122-6122. Structural Analysis II. (3). Analytical and numerical solutions for statically indeterminate structures. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121, 3322.

CIVL 4131-6131. Intermediate Steel Design. (3). Design of plate girders and composite beams; moment connections; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3131.
CIVL 4135. Reinforced Concrete Design. (3). Strength analysis and design of reinforced concrete members; floor systems; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121, 3322.

CIVL 4136-6136. Intermediate Reinforced Concrete Design. (3). Design of two-way slab systems; column design including length effects; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL  4135, PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 4122.

CIVL 4140-6140. Environmental Engineering Design. (3). Detailed design of one component of an environmental engineering system with appropriate consideration of the interactions with the other components; design standards, procedures, and legal constraints. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140.

CIVL 4143-6143. Physical/Chemical Treatment. (3). Basic physical-chemical treatment concepts including sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, neutralization, coagulation, air stripping, dissolved air flotation, disinfection, and ion exchange; application of basic concepts to design of water and wastewater treatment system components. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140.

CIVL 4144-6144. Biological Wastewater Treatment. (3). Basic biological treatment concepts including biological kinetics, activated sludge, fixed-film systems, lagoon systems, and sludge digestion; application of basic concepts to design of biological wastewater treatment system components. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140.

CIVL 4149-6149. Pump Station Design. (3). Detailed design of sumps, pumps, piping, valves, and controls associated with design of pumping systems for wastewater, process water, drinking water, storm water. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3180. COREQUISITE: CIVL 3182.

CIVL 4151. Soil Mechanics. (4). Properties of soil and rock, including identification and classification, hydraulic properties, consolidation characteristics, and stress deformation-strength relationships. Three lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3137.

CIVL 4152. Applied Soil Mechanics. (3). Subsurface exploration, foundation types, foundation construction, selection of foundation type and basis of design, earth retaining structures, and slope stability. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 4151.

CIVL 4162-6162. Traffic Engineering. (3). Traits and behavior patterns of road users and their vehicles. Includes traffic signs and signals, pavement markings, hazard delineation, capacity, accidents and parking analysis. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3103, 3161.

CIVL 4163-6163. Airport Planning and Design. (3). Aeronautical demand and air traffic control; airport and runway configuration; capacity and delay analysis, geometric design of runways and taxiways; airport access and parking; ground movements and baggage movements. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3103, 3161.

CIVL 4164-6164. Route Location and Design. (3). Elements of route location and design; emphasis on horizontal and vertical alignment, curvature, gradient and sight distance. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1101, 3161.

CIVL 4171. Construction Engineering I. (3). Construction process and project management system; planning, cost estimating, bidding and scheduling construction projects; use of optimization techniques to control schedules and costs; computer applications. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 4111.

CIVL 4172. Construction Engineering II. (3). Application of construction engineering and management methods to estimate, bid, plan, and manage actual engineering construction project in safe, efficient manner. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 4171.

CIVL 4180-6180. Advanced Hydrology and Hydraulics. (3). Current methods and techniques used in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for the design of water resources projects; watershed hydrology, groundwater hydrology, flood frequency analysis, flood plain management, hydraulic structures, hydraulic machinery, and project feasibility. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3181.

CIVL 4190-6190. Water Resources Planning and Design. (3). Application of engineering principles to planning and design of multipurpose water resources projects, various physical components and appurtenances of water resources projects and economic, financial, and social feasibility of various purposes. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3181, 4111, or permission of instructor.

CIVL 4191. Civil Engineering Projects. (1-3). Independent investigation of a Civil Engineering problem in consultation with instructor. May be taken for a maximum of 3 hours credit toward graduation. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

CIVL 4199. Civil Engineering Design. (3). Design of a civil engineering system. Establishment of design objectives and criteria; synthesis and computer assisted analysis of alternatives; selection of optimum system design; preparation of detailed system descriptions including design sketches and engineering drawings and reports. Must be taken in student's final semester. Two lecture hours, two laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: ENGL 3603. [W, I]

CIVL 4900-10-6900-10. Special Topics in Civil Engineering. (1-3). Topics are varied and in online class listings.

CIVL 4999. Honors Thesis. (3). Under the direction of a faculty member, the student writes and defends a thesis based upon background reading and research on a topic in civil engineering. PREREQUISITE: approval by the Honors Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering.