You are in the official 1998-99 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Department of Civil and Geomatics
Engineering and Construction
Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements
Civil Engineering Major
Major requirements (68 units)
C E 20, 85, 121, 121L, 123, 123L, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 142, 142L,
150, 180, 185 (36 units)
G M E 15 (3 units)
ECE 70, 90 or 91 (6 units)
I E 160 (2 units)
M E 26, 112, 136 (9 units)
Technical Area Courses (12 units)
Select mandatory technical area courses in one or more of the following
groups subject to the Design Courses statement below.
Environmental and Water Resources: C E 140, 141, 143, 144
General Professional: C E 110, 161, 190, 191T; I E 161
Geotechnical: C E 125, 134
Structures: C E 131, 135, 136, 137, 138
Geomatics: G M E 151, 173
Transportation: C E 151, 152, 153
Design Courses: at least 6 units of technical area courses must be selected from the following design courses: C E 110, 125, 134, 135, 136, 141, 143, 144, 151
Additional requirements (16 units)
Geol 1; Math 76, 77, 81
General Education (52 units)
CORE: Engl 1; Hist 11 or 12; Math 75; Pl Si 2 or 101; Spch 3, 7, or 8; I
E 182W; G M E 5 or C Sci 1 (22 units)
BREADTH: Biol 10; Chem 1A; Phys 4A, 4AL, 4B, and 4C; 3 units from Division 4 (select from H S 124; I E 125; Psych 132, 171); 3 units from Division 5 or 7; Phil 120; Pl Si 120 (30 units)
CAPSTONE: Satisfied by Phil 120 and Pl Si 120 from BREADTH (0 units)
Total (136 units)
Advising Notes
- Courses in mathematics, the physical sciences, or engineering taken CR/NC are not counted toward fulfillment of degree requirements in civil engineering.
- Since the civil engineering major curriculum is very demanding, many students, especially those not fully prepared in mathematics, chemistry, and/or physics take 41/2 or more years to graduate rather than the traditional 4 years. Students not fully prepared in mathematics and/or chemistry should consider taking Math 71 and 72 in lieu of Math 75, and Chem 3A in lieu of Chem 1A. If needed, students also may go to the Learning Resource Center in the Keats Building and request tutorial assistance.
Recommended Program
First Semester
C E 85 Introduction to Civil Engineering (1 unit)
ECE 70 Engineering Computations Using C and Fortran (3 units)
Engl 1 Composition (3 units)
G M E 5 or C Sci 1 (see note 4) (3 units)
Math 75 Mathematical Analysis I (4 units)
Spch 3, 7, or 8 (3 units)
Total (17 units)
Second Semester
M E 26 Engineering Graphics (3 units)
G M E 15 Engineering Surveying (3 units)
Hist 11/12 American History (3 units)
Math 76 Mathematical Analysis II (4 units)
Phys 4A, L Mechanics and\ Wave Motion/Lab (4 units)
Total (17 units)
Third Semester
C E 20 Engr Mechanics: Statics (3 units)
Biol 10 Life Science (see note 2) (3 units)
Chem 1A General Chem and Qual Analysis (5 units)
Math 77 Mathematical Analysis III (4 units)
Phys 4B Electricity and Magnetism (3 units)
Total (18 units)
Fourth Semester
Geol 1 Physical Geology (4 units)
Humanities (see note 3) (3 units)
Math 81 Applied Analysis (4 units)
Phys 4C Light and Modern Physics (3 units)
Pl Si 2/101 American Constitution (3 units)
Total (17 units)
Fifth Semester
C E 121, L Mechanics of Materials (4 units)
C E 150 Transportation Planning and Design (3 units)
C E 128 Civil Engineering Hydraulics (3 units)
C E 129 Engineering Hydraulics Lab (1 unit)
I E 182W Engineering Writing (3 units)
M E 112 Engineering Mechanics Dynamics (3 units)
Total (17 units)
Sixth Semester
C E 123, L Soil Engineering (4 units)
C E 130 Theory of Structures (3 units)
C E 142, L Environmental Engineering (4 units)
Div. 4 Personal Life and Growth (see note 1)
(3 units)
Phil 120 Contemporary Conflicts of Morals (3 units)
Total (17 units)
Seventh Semester
C E 124 Concrete Laboratory (1 unit)
C E 132 Reinforced Concrete Design (3 units)
ECE 90/91 Principles of Electrical Circuits (3 units)
M E 136 Thermodynamics (3 units)
Technical Area Courses (3 units)
Total (16 units)
Eighth Semester
C E 133 Design of Steel Structures (3 units)
C E 180 Senior Project (2 units)
C E 185 Civil Engineering Practice (1 unit)
I E 160 Engineering Economy (2 units)
Pl Si 120 International Politics (3 units)
Technical Area Courses (6 units)
Total (17 units)
Notes
- Personal Life and Growth: Select one course in Division 4 from I E 125 (recommended); Psych132, 171; H S 124.
- Bot 10 or Zool 10 can be used in lieu of Biol 10.
- Humanities: Select one course from Divisions 5 or 7.
- Critical thinking course must be completed before the end of the third semester.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
(See also Admission to Graduate
Standing, Advancement to Candidacy,
Program Requirements, and Criteria for Thesis and Project.)
Admission. The requirements for graduate admission to California State
University, Fresno must be met. To be admitted to the program, applicants
should possess a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, surveying engineering,
or a related field from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology. To be admitted, students must have a 2.7
grade point average in the last 60 semester-units of engineering courses
attempted, on the basis of 4.0 being A, or the approval of
the Graduate Committee of the Department of Civil and Surveying Engineering.
If an applicant's preparation is deemed insufficient by the Graduate Committee
of the Department of Civil and Surveying Engineering, the applicant is required
to take additional courses which are specified in writing to remove the
deficiency. Such courses, taken as an unclassified student, are in addition
to the minimum of 30 semester hours credit for the master's degree in engineering.
The department graduate program coordinator shall appoint an interim graduate
adviser for each student when that student is accepted into the graduate
program. The coordinator will take into account student interests and correlated
faculty interests when making this appointment.
A student must satisfactorily complete a written examination administered
by the department before being eligible for Advancement to Candidacy. The
purpose of the examination is to satisfy both the university's graduate
writing requirement and to demonstrate the student has sufficient technical
proficiency to continue in the program.
Continuation in the Program. Prior to being admitted to classified
standing, a student is required to take the Graduate Record Examination.
The minimum grade considered passing is quantitative 450. The advanced portion
of the examination for engineering is not required.
The student then should select a graduate adviser before completing 12 units
of graduate study and advancing to candidacy. Other members of his or her
graduate committee shall be selected in consultation with the graduate adviser
if the student has selected Plan A. This committee shall consist of at least
three tenure/tenure track faculty. One or more external committee members,
as identified by the graduate adviser and the graduate student, may also
be included on this committee as long as the majority of the committee is
composed of tenure/tenure track faculty members. The graduate student shall
notify the department's Graduate Committee with a letter signed by both
the student and the graduate adviser of the membership of the students'
Graduate Committee. This letter shall be placed in the student's academic
folder.
A graduate student may change graduate advisers when he or she justifies
the reasons for such change in writing to the department graduate program
coordinator and when such change is approved by the department's Graduate
Committee. The student, together with his or her graduate adviser, completes
a contract program within his or her first semester of coursework taken
for graduate credit. This program must be approved by the department's Graduate
Committee. Satisfactory progress toward completion of the contract program
is a requirement for continuation in the program. Students must maintain
a 3.0 average on all coursework attempted while enrolled as a gradu ate
student. A minimum of 12 semester hours must be earned before the average
is determined.
Campus graduate disqualification procedures shall be enforced by the department
graduate program coordinator. Graduate students in the Department of Civil
and Surveying Engineering shall maintain a 3.0 grade point average (4.0
scale) each semester and cumulatively throughout all graduate program coursework.
Any semester for which the grade point average falls below 3.0 shall result
in placing the affected graduate student on probation. Normally, a second
consecutive offense shall lead to disqualification. Such probation shall
be for at least one semester or shall continue until the cumulative grade
point average has again been raised above 3.0.
Program. Each master's degree student selects, as early as possible
during the first semester of attendance, and upon consulting with and securing
the approval of the graduate adviser, a program best suited to the student's
interests and objectives.
The M.S. degree in Civil Engineering requires the completion of one of three
programs of study containing the following requirements:
Plan A
a. 200-series engineering courses (12-24 units)
b. 100-series civil engineering or geomatics engineering undergraduate elective
courses (0-6 units)
c. Outside of the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction
-- 100-series upper-division and 200-series graduate courses in engineering,
mathematics, statistics, management, business, geology, physics, chemistry,
health sciences, biology, or other disciplines best suited to the student's
graduate program as approved by the program adviser (0-12 units)
d. Thesis 299 (6 units)
Total (30 units)
Under this plan the total units from (b) and (c) may not exceed 12 units
with not more than 6 units being 100-series upper-division courses.
Plan B
a. 200-series engineering courses (15-27 units)
b. 100-series civil engineering or surveying engineering undergraduate elective
courses (0-6 units)
c. Outside of the Department of Civil and Surveying Engineering and
Construction -- 100-series upper-division and 200-series graduate courses
in engineering, mathematics, statistics, management, business, geology,
physics, chemistry, health sciences, biology, or other disciplines best
suited to the student's graduate program as approved by the program adviser
(0-12 units)
d. Project 298 (3 units)
Total (30 units)
Under this plan the total units from (b) and (c) may not exceed 12 units
with not more than 6 units being 100-series upper-division courses.
Plan C
a. 200-series engineering courses (18-30 units)
b. 100-series civil engineering or surveying engineering undergraduate
elective courses (0-6 units)
c. Outside of the Department of Civil and Surveying Engineering and Construction
-- 100-series upper-division and 200-series graduate courses in engineering,
mathematics, statistics, management, business, geology, physics, chemistry,
health sciences, biology, or other disciplines best suited to the student's
graduate program as approved by the program adviser (0-12 units)
d. Comprehensive Final Examination (0 units)
Total (30 units)
Under this plan the total units from (b) and (c) may not exceed 12 units
with not more than 6 units being 100-series upper-division courses.
Undergraduate courses that may be used as electives:
M E 144 Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3 units)
I E 161 Legal Aspects of Engineering (2 units)
C E 110 Computer Application in Civil Engineering (3 units)
C E 125 Geotechnical Engineering Design (3 units)
C E 131 Intermediate Theory of Structures (3 units)
C E 134 Foundation Design (3 units)
C E 135 Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design (3 units)
C E 136 Design of Timber Structures (3 units)
C E 137 Seismic Design of Building (3 units)
C E 138 Structural Mechanics (3 units)
C E 141 Water Resources Engineering (3 units)
C E 143 Engineering Hydraulics (3 units)
C E 144 Design of Water Quality Control Processes (3 units)
C E 151 Pavement Design (3 units)
C E 153 Traffic Operations and Control (3 units)
C E 191T Topics in Civil Engineering (3 units)
G M E 125 Analytical Photogrammetry (3 units)
G M E 126 Digital Mapping (3 units)
G M E 135 Advanced Survey Computations (3 units)
G M E 140 Earth Resources Surveying (3 units)
G M E 145 Geopositioning (3 units)
G M E 152 Real Property Descriptions (3 units)
G M E 153 Advanced Boundary Law (3 units)
G M E 161 Data Interface Design (3 units)
G M E 174 GIS Applications (3 units)
G M E 175 GIS Design Problems (3 units)
G M E 177 GIS Database Design (3 units)
G M E 191T Topics in Surveying Engineering (1-3 units; max total 3 units)
Graduate Courses (C E)
205 Computing in Engineering Analysis (3 units)
206 Environmental Engineering and Planning (3 units)
220 Advanced Foundation Engineering (3 units)
230 Advanced Theory of Structures (3 units)
232 Advanced Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete (3 units)
233 Advanced Steel and Timber Design (3 units)
234 Theory of Plates and Shells (3 units)
235 Finite Element Analysis (3 units)
237 Dynamics of Structures (3 units)
240 Engineering Hydrology (3 units)
242 Water Resources Planning and Management (3 units)
245 Advanced Unit Operations and Processes (3 units)
246A, B Advanced Water Quality (3 units, 3 units)
247 Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering (3 units)
251 Advanced Boundary Law (3 units)
261 Geoprocessing (3 units)
271 Geodetic Systems Optimization (3 units)
275 Satellite Surveying (3 units)
280 Surveying Engineering Seminar (1 unit; max total 3 units)
281 Civil Engineering Seminar (1 unit; max total 3 units)
283 Digital Remote Sensing (3 units)
285 Advanced Analytical Photogrammetry (3 units)
286 Geographic Information Systems Design (3 units)
290 Independent Study (1-3 units)
291T Topics in Civil Engineering (1-3 units; max total 15 units)
298 Project (3 units)
299 Thesis (2-6 units; max total 6 units)
Civil Engineering Courses