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COURSES

 


COURSES

 

Civil Engineering (C E)

20. Engineering Mechanics: Statistics (3)
Prerequisite: Math 77 (or concurrently), Phys 5A. Analysis of force systems, equilibrium problems, section properties; graphic, algebraic, and vector methods of problem solution. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

121. Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prerequisite: C E 20. Application of principles of mechanics to find stresses and deformations in machine and structural members.

121L. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: C E 121 or concurrently. Application of principles and methods of testing to verify theory and determine limitations of principles of mechanics of materials. (3 lab hours)

123. Soil Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: C E 121, ECE 70. Physical and mechanical properties of soil as an engineering material; studies and design applications in permeability, one and two dimensional flows, seepage through earth dams and coffer dams, porewater pressure and excess porewater pressure; compressibility, stress-strain relationships and strength characteristics; computer-aided analysis case histories.

123L. Soil Engineering Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: C E 121L, 123 or concurrently. Experiments to illustrate and amplify the principles of soil mechanics. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

124. Concrete Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: C E 121L. Proportioning of concrete mixes; admixtures; workability tests; compressive, flexural, and tensile strength tests; reinforced concrete. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

125. Geotechnical Engineering Design (3)
Prerequisites: C E 123, ECE 70. Design and theory of embankment and cut slopes, surcharging and sand drains, dewatering systems and ground control, excavation and support systems, field compaction and grouting systems; construction considerations, computer-aided design, and case histories.

130. Theory of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: C E 121. Trusses and frames analyzed by algebraic and graphic procedures; influence lines and live loading analysis; riIDH frames analyzed by slope deflection and moment distribution. Introduction to matrix methods.

131. Intermediate Theory of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: C E 130. Analysis of statically indeterminate beams, trusses, and frames; advanced topics in slope deflection and moment distribution; matrix methods.

132. Reinforced Concrete Design (3)
Prerequisite: C E 130. Design of reinforced concrete structural elements using the Ultimate Strength Design Method. Introduction to the Alternate Method. Introduction to prestressed concrete. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required)

133. Design of Steel Structures (3)
Prerequisite: C E 130. Design of steel members and systems for buildings. Design areas include: tension members, compression members, beams, beam-columns, connections and plate girders. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

134. Foundation Design (3)
Prerequisites: ECE 70, C E 123, 132 or concurrently. Design and theory of spread and continuous wall, rectangular, cantilever and trapezoidal footings; earth pressures and cantilever as well as gravity retaining walls; pile foundations; pile driving; construction considerations; load tests; subsurface investigations; case histories; and computer-aided design of foundations. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

135. Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design (3)
Prerequisite: C E 132. Design of typical reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required)

136. Design of Timber Structures (3)
Prerequisite: C E 130. Design of timber members and systems for buildings. Design areas include: loads, properties of wood, tension members, beams, columns, beam-columns, connections, diaphragms, shear walls, and glued laminated arches.

137. Seismic Analysis of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: C E 130, M E 112. Analysis of response of structures to dynamic loads with emphasis on response to earthquake ground motion. Basic concepts in design of earthquake-resistant buildings. (Field trips) required)

140. Hydrology (3)
Prerequisites: ECE 70, C E 128 or concurrently. The hydrologic cycle, atmospheric conditions, precipitation, infiltration, ground water, soil moisture, evaporation, runoff, streamflow, hydrographs, flood routing, hydrologic statistical analysis; applications to water resources planning and management. (Field trips required)

141. Water Resources Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: C E 140. Design of water distribution, sewerage, pavement and other drainage systems, and selected water resource projects. (Field trips required)

142. Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: M E 116. Introduction to water supply, urban water distribution, storm drainage, and sanitary sewer systems. Study of water purification methods and wastewater treatment processes.

142L. Water Quality Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: C E 142 or concurrently. Study and analysis of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of raw and waste waters. (Field trips required)

143. Engineering Hydraulics (3)
Prerequisite: C E 128. Design of pressure-conduit and open-channel flow systems with applications to hydraulic structures and control works, hydraulic power conversion, sediment transport, and channel stabilization.

144. Design of Water Quality Control Processes (3)
Prerequisites: C E 142 or permission of instructor. The process and hydraulic design of selected physical, chemical, and biological facilities for water purification and wastewater treatment facilites for water quality control. (Field trips required)

145. Unit Operations and Processes (3)
Prerequisite: C E 142L. Analysis of the unit operations and unit processes used In the physical, chemical, and biological control of raw and waste waters quality. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

150. Transportation Planning and Design (3)
Prerequisite: S E 15. Transportation as a multimode system: functions, development, elements, and characteristics. Transportation planning; design of geometric elements of route and terminal. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

151. Pavement and Drainage Design (3)
Prerequisite: C E 123 (or concurrently). Factors affecting drainage and loadbearing elements of transportation facilities. Capacity design of drainage facilities. Structural design of flexible and riIDH highway and airfield pavements. Pavement overlays, recycling and management system.

152. Transportation Engineering Materials (2)
Prerequisite: C E 123. Properties, design, and testing of bituminous paving mixtures for pavement construction. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

153. Traffic Operations and Control (3)
Prerequisite: C E 150 or concurrently. Highway traffic characteristics and studies; comprehensive transportation planning; traffic regulation and control; environmental considerations; traffic engineering administration.

161. Construction Engineering I (3)
Prerequisite: C E 123. Basics of civil engineering contracting, organization of construction firms, legal structures, project funding, cash flow, equipment costs, labor relations, and safety.

170. Pollution and Society (3)
Not open to civil engineering majors. A description of the natural environment. Identification of both man-made and natural environmental impacts. The incorporation of a rational process into environmental decision making. Case histories of specific environmental problems. (Field trips required)

180. Senior Project (1)
Prerequisite: senior standing in civil engineering or permission of Instructor; approved subject; I E 182W or concurrently. Study of a problem under supervision of a faculty member; final typewritten report required. Individual project except by special permission.

185. Civil Engineering Practice (1)
Prerequisites: senior standing in civil engineering. Practice of civil engineering; opportunities in civil engineering; transition from student to professional engineer; engineering ethics. (Field trips required.)

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

191T. Topics in Civil Engineering (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected civil engineering subjects not in current courses.

193. Internship in Civil Engineering (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: permission of adviser. Engineering practice in a consulting, industrial, or government work setting. Each cooperative internship period usually spans a summer-fall or spring-summer interval. This course cannot be used to meet graduation requirements. CR/NC grading only.


GRADUATE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)

Civil Engineering (C E)

204. Engineering Planning and Operations (3)
Planning, scheduling, and allocation of resources for engineering processes, including long-range planning, work breakdown structures, network analysis, computer modeling, and engineering communications. (Former Engr 204)

205. Computing in Engineering Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering. Solution of engineering problems using digital computation. Modeling of engineering systems for numerical analysis. (Formerly Engr 205)

206. Engineering Environmental Impact (3)
Evaluation of environmental impacts due to engineering projects. The incorporation of environmental considerations into engineering design. Alternative solutions to engineering problems. Case histories of selected engineering projects. (Formerly Engr 206)

230. Advanced Theory of Structures (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Analysis of indeterminate structures by force (flexibility) methods and by displacement (stiffness) methods; Matrix methods suitable for digital computer solutions. Virtual work, real and complementary energy. Classical structural theorems. Introduction to the finite element method. (Formerly Engr 230)

232. Prestressed Concrete (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Properties of hardened concrete. Failure mechanisms, influence of load, and environment history. Structural behavior and design of prestressed concrete elements and systems: continuous beams, frames, slabs. Partial prestress. (Field trips required) (Formerly Engr 232)

233. Advanced Steel and Timber Design (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Material behavior and design of basic structural units. Topics in steel: inelastic buckling, lateral-torsion buckling, plate girders, composite design, plastic design. Topics in wood: glulam structural units, pole-type structures, structural diaphragms. (Formerly Engr 233)

234. Theory of Plates and Shells (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Methods of calculating stresses and deformations in plates and shells used in engineering structures. Bending of circular and rectangular plates under various conditions. Membrane and flexural analysis of shells of revolution. (Formerly Engr 234)

235. Finite Element Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Theoretical and conceptual bases for formulation of finite element representations in solid mechanics. Development of element stiffness matrices for plane stress and plane strain problems, bending of plates and deformation of shells. (Formerly Engr 235)

240. Engineering Hydrology (3)
Prerequisites: C E 128, 140. Analysis of the physical and stochastic processes governing the occurrence and movement of water in its natural environment. Applications to hydraulic engineering practice. (Formerly Engr 240)

242. Water Resources Planning and Management (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. A study of the interrelations of engineering, economic, legal, political, administrative, ecological, and social factors involved in the planning and management of water resources. (Formerly Engr 242)

245. Industrial Wastes Treatment and Disposal (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing with C E 145 or graduate standing. The application of engineering process design to treatment and disposal of waterborne industrial wastes. Treatment and disposal alternatives are explored and recover processes are emphasized.

247. Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering (3)
Design of waste collection systems. Waste segregation and energy impact related to recovery and recycling practices. Identification, control, and environmental impact of hazardous wastes. Alternative final waste disposal methods.

290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 3)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering. See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

291T. Topics in Engineering (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected engineering topics. May be offered with a lab. (Formerly Engr 291T)

298. Project (3; max total 3)
Prerequisite: graduate status in engineering. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Independent investigation of advanced character such as analysis and/or design of special engineering systems or projects; critical review of state of the art of special topics, as the culminating requirement for the master's degree. Abstract required.

299. Thesis (6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for master's degree. (Formerly Engr 299)


IN-SERVICE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)

Civil Engineering (C E)

311. Professional Examination Review
(2; may be repeated in different fields)

321. Professional Engineering Seminar

(1-3; may be repeated in different fields)


Surveying Engineering (S E)

11. Plane Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: Math 5. Principles of surveying measurements; distances, directions, elevations, reduction of surveying data; planimetric mapping.

11L. Plane Surveying Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: S E 11 or concurrently. Field practice in measurements of distance and use of level, transit, and tape in solution of practical problems. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

12. Advanced Plane Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: S E 11L. Principles of engineering mapping, curve design, construction surveying; introduction to land surveying, description writing. (Former S&P 12)

12L. Advanced Plane Surveying Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: S E 12 (or concurrently). Field practice in land surveying, mapping, earthwork and route layout. (3 lab hours; field trips required) (Former S&P 12L)

21. Photographic Processes in Engineering (3)
Theory of photographic processes, optics, lenses, emulsions, and developers. Photographic systems in photogrammetry and remote sensing; digital image processing. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) (Former S&P 21)

23. Photogrammetry (2)
Prerequisite: S E 11, L or 12L; S E 23L concurrently. Theory of photographic processes, optics, lenses, emulsions, and developers. Image quality control. Characteristics of metrical photography; extraction of metrical data from single and overlapping photographs. Flight planning.

23L. Photogrammetry Laboratory (l)
Prerequisite: S E 23 concurrently. Planning photography for extraction of metric data. Photographic measurements. Orientation and use of stereoplotters. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

34. Survey Computations (3)
Prerequisites: S E 16, L; S E 61, Math 76. Probability, error theory, adjustment of simple survey networks, and matrix methods; digital computer solutions of surveying computation and adjustment problems.

41. Route Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: S E 12L. Computations and theory covering surveys for highway, irrigation, construction, and other kinds of engineering projects. Includes computer solutions. (Field trips required)

41L. Route Surveying Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: S E 41 or concurrently. Survey for highway location, stakeout of roads and intersections from plans. Collection of digital survey data for computer processing. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

100. Technology and Society (3)
Prerequisite: CORE math, Engl 1, ,junior standing. Technological developments and their effects on society; evaluation of technology writings; ecology and environment; future projections; selected examples.

102. Geodetic Surveying (2)
Prerequisite: S E 34, 108 (or concurrently). Triangulation, trilateration, and traverse; adjustment of geodetic figures, precise leveling; astronomy for azimuth; map projections and state plane coordinates. (2 lecture hours)

102L. Geodetic Surveying Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: SE 102 (or concurrently). Field applications and practice with triangulation, trilateration, traverse, precise leveling and astronomy for azimuth. (3 lab hours; field trips required)

108. Geodesy (3)
Prerequisites: Math 77, Phys 5A, permission of instructor. Size and shape of the earth; three-dimensional coordinate systems; computations on the spheroid; introduction to gravity measurements; reduction to plane coordinates.

109. Surveying Astronomy (3)
Prerequisite: S E 108. Celestial sphere, star, and earth coordinates; altitude and hour-angle methods of solar observation; astronomical and instrumental corrections to observations; time systems; determination of latitude, longitude, and azimuth. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)

123. Photogrammetric Instrumentation (3)
Prerequisite; S E 23, 34 (or concurrently). Applications of theory of optics to photogrammetric and surveying instruments. Theory of stereoorientation; theory of optical and optical-mechanical plotting instruments;.calibration and maintenance of plotting instruments; mapping with stereo-plotting instruments, orthophoto mapping. (1 lecture, two 3-hour labs; field trips required) (Former S&P 123)

125. Advanced Photogrammetry (3)
Prerequisites: S E 123, 135. Introduction to analytical photogrammetry; strip and block aerial triangulation. Design and operating principles of analytical plotters. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) (Former S&P 125)

126. Map Design and Reproduction (3)
Prerequisite; S E 21, 123. Cartographic color separation, scribing, line and hall-tone copy, single and multicolor photolithographic reproduction; edge enhancement and photo-tone techniques. Theory of map projections. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) (Former S&P 126)

135. Advanced Survey Computations (3)
Prerequisites: S E 34, 102. Statistics, propagation of errors, advanced theory of least squares optimization algorithms. Computer programming for complex surveying and photogrammetry adjustment applications. Project design. (Computer lab fee, $15)

140. Earth Resources Surveying (3)
Prerequisite: S E 125 (or concurrently.) Extraction of quantitative data from aerial and space imagery for monitoring environment and management of earth resources. Data input for Geographic Information Systems.

145. Electronic Surveying (3)
Prerequisite: Phys 5B, S E 108 (or concurrently). Applications of electronic principles for establishing geodetic locations on land and water. Satellite and inertial positioning systems. (Field trips required) (Former S&P 145)

147. Electronic Distance Measurements (3
Prerequisite: S E 145. Introduction to electronic surveying systems. Analysis of main elements in electronic surveying instruments; geometrical concepts in electronic measurements. Use of electronic distance measurements in surveying, traverse and trilateration. Navigation systems. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips required) (Former S&P 147)

151. Boundary Control and Legal Principles (3)
Prerequisite: S E 50 or permission of instructor. Legal principles that control the boundary location of real property.

152. Surveying Systems (3)
Prerequisite: S E 151. Concepts of property, land tenure, land ethics; property description and recording systems; water boundary systems, tidelands, the California Coastal Act, hydrographic surveys.

159. Subdivision Preparation (2)
Prerequisites: S E 151. Subdivision map act, title search, zoning study. Tentative and final subdivision layout, map drafting; environmental impact study. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)

161. Data Collector Interfacing (3)
Prerequisites: S E 61. Introduction to programming for data collectors, file system generation, manipulation, and transfer, microcomputer interface to data collector, digital theodolite, mono stereo comparator, analytical plotter and digitizer/plotter.

171. Project Design (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing. Design of control, boundary location, and photogrammetric systems. Evaluation of design requirements, economic, and social considerations. Case Studies. (Field trips required)

173. The Multipurpose Cadastre (3)
Existing geographic and land record information systems. Optional system organization and mechanisms for change. Government, institutional, and technological issues. The geodetic framework and cadastral overlays. Environmental, resource, and regulatory applications and limitations. (Former S E 191T section)

180. Senior Project (1)
Prerequisites: senior standing in surveying engineering; approved subject; I E 182W (or concurrently.) Study of a problem under supervision of a faculty member; final typewritten report required. Individual project except by special permission. (Former S&P 180)

186. Surveying Engineering Practice (1)
Prerequisites: senior standing in surveying engineering. Introduction to contract law; professional registration, organization, conduct and ethics. (Field trips required)

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

191T. Topics in Surveying Engineering (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected surveying engineering subjects not in current courses.

193. Internship in Surveying Engineering (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: permission of adviser. Engineering practice in a consulting, industrial, or government work setting. Each cooperative internship period usually spans a summer-fall or spring-summer interval. This course cannot be used to meet graduation requirements. Report will be required of the student at the termination of each implemented experience.

 

 


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