Undergraduate Course List
Enrollment in the following courses will be restricted to certified majors in Civil Engineering, or by instructor permission: C E 301, 317, 322, 330, 351, 400, 414, 415, 416, 425, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435, 436, 450, & 451.
Description of Courses (PDF)
- CE120 Innovation in Design 2 Engineering and architectural creativity; role, function, enhancement, integration in design methods.
- CE174 Introduction to Meteorology and the Atmospheric Environment 3 Introduction to meteorology, the atmospheric processes; weather, air pollution, and environmental topics.
- CE211 Statics 3 Prereq Math 172 or c//; Phys 201 or c//. Engineering mechanics concepts; force systems; static equilibrium; centroids, centers of gravity; shear and moment diagrams; friction; moments of inertia. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (Engr 210).
- CE215 Mechanics of Materials 3 Prereq C E 211. Concepts of stress, strain, and their relationships; axial loads, torsion and bending; combined stress; properties of materials; columns, repeated loadings. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (Engr 350).
- CE301 Introduction to Surveying with CAD 4 (2-6) Prereq M E 103; Math 171; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Analysis of errors in measurements; basic principles of measuring distances and angles; introduction to global positioning systems in civil engineering; principles and applications for aerial mapping techniques.
- CE315 Fluid Mechanics 3 Prereq M E 212; Math 315. Fluid statics, laminar and turbulent flow, similitude, pipe flow, boundary layer, lift and drag and measurement techniques.
- CE317 [M] Geotechnical Engineering 1 3 (2-3) Prereq C E 215, 315 or c//; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Structure, index properties, and classification of soils; compaction; effective stress; seepage; consolidation and shear strength.
- CE322 Transportation Engineering 3 Prereq Math 360 or c//; 301; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Transportation engineering; demand and performance functions; geometric design; capacity and control of transport modes.
- CE330 Introduction to Structural Engineering 3 Prereq C E 215; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Introduction to structural analysis and design; structural modeling; design philosophies; deflections; indeterminate analysis by the Force Method.
- CE341 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3 Prereq Biol 102 or MBioS 101; Chem 105. Impact of pollutants on the environment; pollution sources and sinks; engineering aspects of air and water quality; introduction to pollution control.
- CE351 Water Resources Engineering 3 Prereq C E 315; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Application of fluid mechanics to hydraulic infrastructure, principles of open channel flow, and introduction to surface and ground water hydrology.
- CE400 Civil Engineering Materials 3 (2-3) Prereq Engl 402; senior standing; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Basic properties and mix designs of aggregates, asphalt, concrete and recycled materials; quality assurance, quality control.
- CE403 Environmental Geology 3 Prereq Geol 101 or 102. Same as Geol 403.
- CE408 Air Pollution Control Engineering3 Prereq senior in engineering or physical sciences. Measurement and control of air pollution; engineering design calculations; equipment and process. Credit not granted for both C E 408 and 508. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (Ch E 575).
- CE409 Air Quality Modeling 3 Prereq one semester calculus and physics. Theory and practice of air quality modeling with an emphasis on use of EPA regulations; principles of atmospheric pollutant dispersion and air quality models.
- CE414 Structural Design Laboratory 3 (1-6) Prereq either C E 431, 433, 434, 436, or c//, Engl 402; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Senior lab requiring integration of previous course work into the execution of design projects and the assessment of experimental test data; design codes and standards, load determination, load path, influence lines; applications in concrete, masonry, steel, and wood.
- CE415 Environmental Measurements 3 (1-6) Prereq C E 341, Engl 402; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Theory and laboratory measurement techniques used in analyzing environmental quality parameters. Credit not granted for both C E 415 and 515.
- CE416 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory 3 (1-6) Prereq C E 315, Engl 402; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Experiments related to fluid flow principles and their application to hydraulic engineering.
- CE418 Hazardous Waste Engineering 3 or 4 Prereq C E 341 or graduate standing. Hazardous waste properties, chemodynamics, and health effects; introduction to risk assessment and hazardous waste remediation. Credit not granted for both C E 418 and 518. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 435).
- CE419 Hazardous Waste Treatment 3 Prereq C E 418. Principles of operation and application of processes in design of technologies used in hazardous waste treatment and remediation. Credit not granted for both C E 419 and 519.
- CE425 Soil and Site Improvement 3 Prereq C E 317; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Compaction theory and methods; deep densification of soils; advanced consolidation theory, preloading, vertical drains, chemical stabilization, grouting; design with geosynthetics. Credit not granted for both C E 425 and 525. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 567).
- CE430 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures 3 Prereq C E 330; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Classical and matrix-stiffness methods for the analysis of trusses, beams, and frames; computer applications.
- CE431 Structural Steel Design 3 Prereq C E 330; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Design of steel structures by load and resistance factor design (LRFD); behavior and design of beams, columns, tension members and connections.
- CE433 Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Prereq C E 330; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced concrete structures; flexure; shear; bond; serviceability requirements; design of beams, columns, and slabs.
- CE434 Prestressed Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Design 3 Prereq C E 433; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Behavior, analysis, and design of pretensioned and post-tensioned prestressed concrete structures; behavior and design of reinforced masonry structures. Credit not granted for both C E 434 and 534. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 442).
- CE435 Foundations 3 Prereq C E 317; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Site investigation; bearing capacity, settlement and design of shallow foundations, piles and piers; design of retaining walls. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 461).
- CE436 Design of Timber Structures 3 (2-3) Prereq C E 330; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Engineering properties of wood materials; analysis and design of members, connections, trusses, shearwalls and structural diaphragms; durability and moisture effects on engineered wood products. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 443).
- CE442 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design 3 Prereq C E 341; major in engineering or environmental science. Water and wastewater treatment processes and design.
- CE450 Hydraulic Engineering Design 3 Prereq C E 351; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Hydraulic design and planning of facilities associated with gravity controlled and pressurized flow. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 422).
- CE451 Open Channel Flow 3 Prereq C E 351; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Steady, non-uniform flow; controls and transitions in fixed-bed channels. Credit not granted for both C E 451 and 551.
- CE460 Advanced Hydrology 3 Prereq C E 351. Components of the hydrologic cycle; conceptual models; watershed characteristics; probability/statistics in data analysis; hydrographs; computer models; and design applications. Credit not granted for both C E 460 and 560.
- CE462 Engineering Law and Contracts 2 Development of law, courts, and ethics; law on contracts, agency, sales, property, and patterns; specifications; preparation of contract documents. Cooperative course taught by UI (CE 484), open to WSU students.
- CE463 Engineering Administration 3 Engineering economy; annual cost, present worth, rate of return, and benefit-cost ratio in engineering decision making; basic contract law.
- CE465 [M] Integrated Civil Engineering Design 3 (1-6) Prereq senior in C E, Arch, B E, M E, or E E. Civil engineering applications to planning and design; problem synthesis, data analysis, decision making and reporting; design of complete projects that include local and world wide problems through interdisciplinary teams.
- CE473 Pavement Design 3 Prereq C E 215, 317; Econ 101 or 102, Math 360; c// in C E 322. Systems approach to managing pavements; evaluation, design, alternative design selection and characterization of pavement materials. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 475).
- CE474 Intermediate Transportation Engineering 3 (2-3) Prereq C E 322. Fundamentals of geometric design and traffic engineering for urban and rural highways. Cooperative course taught by UI (CE 474), open to WSU students.
- CE475 Groundwater 3 (2-3) Prereq BSysE 351, C E 317 or Geol 315; and Math 140 or 172 or c//. Same as Geol 475.
- CE480 [M] Ethics and Professionalism 1 Prereq senior status; certified major in C E or instructor permission. Professional aspects of civil engineering.
- CE495 Engineering Internship V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 hours. By interview only. Placement in a professional, governmental, or industrial situation for specialized or general experience. S, F grading.
- CE499 Special Problems V 1-4 May be repeated for credit. S, F grading.
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