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The online catalog includes the most recent changes to courses and degree requirements that have been approved by the Faculty Senate, including changes that are not yet effective. Courses showing two entries of the same number indicate that the course information is changing. The most recently approved version is shown first, followed by the older version, in gray, with its last-effective term preceding the course title. Courses shown in gray with only one entry of the course number are being discontinued. Course offerings by term can be accessed by clicking on the term links when viewing a specific campus catalog.
Civil Engineering (CE)
203 Civil Engineering Computer Applications 2 (1-3) Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering; sophomore standing. Advanced civil engineering computer applications including Geographical Information Systems, Revit, and Excel.
211 Statics 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 172, 182, or concurrent enrollment; 4 credits of PHYSICS 201, or PHYSICS 201 and 211 or concurrent enrollment, or PHYSICS 205 or concurrent enrollment. Engineering mechanics concepts; force systems; static equilibrium; centroids, centers of gravity; shear and moment diagrams; friction; moments of inertia. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
215 Mechanics of Materials 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 211 with a C or better. Concepts of stress, strain, and their relationships; axial loads, torsion and bending; combined stress; properties of materials; columns, repeated loadings. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
302 Introduction to Surveying 2 (1-3) Course Prerequisite: MATH 171; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or Construction Management; sophomore standing. Surveying data collection, analysis and application; measuring distances and angles using total stations and global positioning systems; analysis of errors in measurements.
302 (Effective through Summer 2024) Introduction to Surveying 2 (1-3) Course Prerequisite: MATH 171; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or Construction Management; junior standing. Surveying data collection, analysis and application; measuring distances and angles using total stations and global positioning systems; analysis of errors in measurements.
315 Fluid Mechanics 3 Course Prerequisite: ME 212; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Fluid statics, laminar and turbulent flow, similitude, pipe flow, boundary layer, lift and drag and measurement techniques.
317 [M] Geotechnical Engineering I 4 (3-3) Course Prerequisite: CE 215 with a C or better; CE 315 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Structure, index properties, and classification of soils; compaction; effective stress; seepage; consolidation and shear strength.
321 Numerical Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineers 2 (1-2) Course Prerequisite: MATH 220; MATH 273. Computer assisted (numerical) solution of engineering problems; algorithmic thinking skills; programming fundamentals. Recommended preparation: CE 203, STAT 360 or 370.
322 Transportation Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: STAT 360 or concurrent enrollment or STAT 370 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Road-vehicle interaction, geometric design, traffic flow and queuing theory, highway capacity and level of service, and introduction to pavement design and materials. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
330 Introduction to Structural Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 215 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Introduction to structural analysis and design; structural modeling; design philosophies; deflections; indeterminate analysis by the Force Method.
341 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 105. Impact of pollutants on the environment; pollution sources and sinks; engineering aspects of air and water quality; introduction to pollution control.
351 Water Resources Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 315 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Application of fluid mechanics to hydraulic infrastructure, principles of open channel flow, and introduction to surface and ground water hydrology. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
400 Highway Materials Engineering 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: STAT 360 or concurrent enrollment or STAT 370 or concurrent enrollment; ME 220; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering; senior standing. Basic properties and mix designs of aggregates, asphalt, concrete and recycled materials; quality assurance, quality control. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
401 Climate Change Science and Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 105; MATH 172; 4 credits of PHYSICS 201, or PHYSICS 201 and 211, or PHYSICS 205; admitted to any major. Engineering solutions for climate change problems; basic science of climate change, engineering for mitigation and adaptation, and climate change policy. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
405 Decision-Making for Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure 3 Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Architecture, Construction Engr, Construction Mgt, Civil Engr, Electrical Engr, Bioengineering, Chemical Engr, Mechanical Engr, Computer Science, Materials Science Engr, or Computer Engr; senior standing. Decision analysis framework within the context of civil engineering; mathematical (probabilistic) formulations for decision-making; life-cycle assessment; life-cycle cost analysis; theory of sustainability and resilience. Credit not granted for both CE 405 and CE 505. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
414 Structural Design Loads and Load Paths 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 330 with a C or better; STAT 360 or concurrent enrollment, or STAT 370 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Understanding of load, load path determination techniques, performance of various materials, and the interface between material design standards and building codes. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
415 Environmental Measurements 3 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CE 341; STAT 360 or concurrent enrollment or STAT 370 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Theory and laboratory measurement techniques used in analyzing environmental quality parameters. Required preparation for graduate students must include CE 341. Credit not granted for both CE 415 and CE 515. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
416 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory 3 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CE 315; STAT 360 or concurrent enrollment or STAT 370 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Experiments related to fluid flow principles and their application to hydraulic engineering. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
418 Hazardous Contaminant Pathway Analysis V 3-4 Course Prerequisite: CE 341 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Hazardous waste properties, chemodynamics, and health effects; introduction to risk assessment and hazardous waste remediation. Credit not granted for both CE 418 and CE 518. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
419 Hazardous Waste Treatment 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 418 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Principles of operation and application of processes in design of technologies used in hazardous waste treatment and remediation. Credit not granted for both CE 419 and CE 519. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
425 Soil and Site Improvement 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 317 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Compaction theory and methods; deep densification of soils; advanced consolidation theory, preloading, vertical drains, chemical stabilization, grouting; design with geosynthetics. Required preparation for graduate students must include CE 317. Credit not granted for both CE 425 and CE 525. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
430 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 330 with a C or better; MATH 220; E E 221 or CE 321; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering. Stiffness methods for the analysis of trusses, beams, and frames; matrix models; and computer applications. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
431 Structural Steel Design 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 330 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Design of steel structures by load and resistance factor design (LRFD); behavior and design of beams, columns, tension members and connections. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
433 Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 330 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced concrete structures; flexure; shear; bond; serviceability requirements; design of beams, columns, and slabs. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
435 Foundations 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 317 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Site investigation; bearing capacity, settlement and design of shallow foundations, piles and piers; design of retaining walls. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
436 Design of Timber Structures 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 330 with a C or better; CE 414 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. 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: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
442 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 341 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or Environmental Science. Water and wastewater treatment processes and design. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
451 Open Channel Flow 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 351 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Steady, non-uniform flow; controls and transitions in fixed-bed channels. Credit not granted for both CE 451 and CE 551. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
460 Engineering Hydrology 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 351 with a C or better; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Components of the hydrologic cycle; conceptual models; watershed characteristics; probability/statistics in data analysis; hydrographs; computer models; design applications. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
463 Engineering Administration 3 Course Prerequisite: Admitted major in Architectural St, Bioengineering, Chem Engr, Civil Engr, Computer Engr or Sci, Construct Engr or Mgt, Electrical Engr, Interior Des, Land Arch, Materials Sci & Engr, Mech Engr, or Software Engr; sophomore standing. Engineering economy; annual cost, present worth, rate of return, and benefit-cost ratio in engineering decision making; basic contract law.
465 [CAPS] [M] Integrated Civil Engineering Design 4 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CE 203; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering; senior standing. 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.
466 Fundamentals of Civil Engineering Examination Review 1 Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Civil Engr, Construction Engr, Electrical Engr, Bioengineering, Chemical Engr, Mechanical Engr, Computer Science, Materials Science Engr, or Computer Engr; senior standing. Review of topics to prepare for the Civil Engineering Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. S, F grading.
473 Pavement Design 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 317; ECONS 101 or 102; CE 322 or concurrent enrollment; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Pavement performance evaluation, material characterization, traffic analysis, pavement structural response analysis, transfer function application, and pavement design procedures for both flexible and rigid pavements. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
475 Groundwater 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: CE 317 or SOE 315; MATH 140 or concurrent enrollment, or MATH 172 or 182 or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to groundwater occurrence, movement, quality, and resource management, emphasizing physical and biogeochemical principles. Field trip required. (Crosslisted course offered as SOE 475, CE 475.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
476 Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 317; admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Engineering concept and information needed to maintain, evaluate, repair and rehabilitate pavements and design of flexible and rigid overlays. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
480 [M] Ethics and Professionalism 1 Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering; senior standing. Professional aspects of civil engineering.
488 Professional Practice Coop/Internship I V 1-2 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Practicum for students admitted to the VCEA Professional Practice and Experiential Learning Program; integration of coursework with on-the-job professional experience. (Crosslisted course offered as ENGR 488, BIO ENG 488, CHE 488, CE 488, CPT S 488, E E 488, ME 488, MSE 488, SDC 488.) S, F grading.
488 (Effective through Spring 2024) Professional Practice Coop/Internship I V 1-2 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Practicum for students admitted to the VCEA Professional Practice and Experiential Learning Program; integration of coursework with on-the-job professional experience. (Crosslisted course offered as ENGR 488, BIO ENG 488, CHE 488, CE 488, CPT S 488, E E 488, ME 488, MSE 488, SDC 488). S, F grading.
495 Engineering Experience V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 credits. Course Prerequisite: By interview only. Leadership, service, or professional experience commensurate with departmental requirements. S, F grading.
498 Special Topics in Civil Engineering V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering. Contemporary topics in civil engineering.
499 Special Problems V 1-4 May be repeated for credit. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Independent study conducted under the jurisdiction of an approving faculty member; may include independent research studies in technical or specialized problems; selection and analysis of specified readings; development of a creative project; or field experiences. S, F grading.
501 Advanced Topics in Transportation Engineering V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 credits. Special topics course in transportation engineering. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
505 Decision-Making for Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure 3 Decision analysis framework within the context of civil engineering; mathematical (probabilistic) formulations for decision-making; life-cycle assessment; life-cycle cost analysis; theory of sustainability and resilience. Credit not granted for both CE 405 and CE 505. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
508 Concrete Durability 3 Introduction to concrete durability, serviceability, and life cycle assessment; physical and chemical mechanisms of concrete degradation; corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete; materials selection, specification, proportioning, and construction for durable concrete; testing and appraisal for durable concrete; and repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
511 Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 credits. Soil dynamics, theoretical soil mechanics, numerical methods in soil mechanics, and geohydrology, engineering geology, cold regions geoengineering. Required preparation must include CE 317. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
512 Dynamics of Structures 3 Equations of motion, free vibration, damping mechanisms, harmonic, impulse, and seismic loading; shock and seismic response spectra, time and frequency domain analysis, modal analysis, structural dynamics in building codes. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
514 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 3 Elastic stress-strain relations, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, elastic stability, elastically supported beams, energy methods, thin plates, shells. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
515 Environmental Measurements 3 (1-6) Theory and laboratory measurement techniques used in analyzing environmental quality parameters. Required preparation for graduate students must include CE 341. Credit not granted for both CE 415 and CE 515. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
517 Mechanics of Sediment Transport 3 Cohesive and non-cohesive sediments; initiation of sediment motion; sediment transport; suspended and bed load entrainment; models of sediment transport for alluvial and gravel bed streams, sediment-flow interaction; river morphology and ecological restoration. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
518 Hazardous Contaminant Pathway Analysis V 3-4 Hazardous waste properties, chemodynamics, and health effects; introduction to risk assessment and hazardous waste remediation. Credit not granted for both CE 418 and CE 518. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
519 Hazardous Waste Treatment 3 Principles of operation and application of processes in design of technologies used in hazardous waste treatment and remediation. Credit not granted for both CE 419 and CE 519. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
521 Data Science in the Built Environment 3 Fundamentals of modern data science and its applications in built environments including transportation, water, and other distributed civil infrastructure systems, including principles, skills, and tools of data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, and data-driven modeling to tackle real-world problems.
525 Soil and Site Improvement 3 Compaction theory and methods; deep densification of soils; advanced consolidation theory, preloading, vertical drains, chemical stabilization, grouting; design with geosynthetics. Required preparation for graduate students must include CE 317. Credit not granted for both CE 425 and CE 525. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
531 Probability and Statistical Models in Engineering 3 Engineering applications of probability and statistics; Monte Carlo simulation; model estimation and testing; probabilistic characterizations of loads and material properties; risk and reliability analyses. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
532 Finite Elements 3 Theory of finite elements; applications to general engineering systems considered as assemblages of discrete elements. (Crosslisted course offered as CE 532, ME 532.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
533 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Composite design; slab design; limit state design; footings; retaining walls; deep beams; brackets and corbels; torsion; seismic design; shear walls. Required preparation must include CE 433. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
538 Earthquake Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 512. Seismology, size of earthquakes, seismic ground motion, seismic risk, behavior of structures subjected to earthquake loading seismic response spectra, seismic design codes, lateral force-resisting systems, detailing for inelastic seismic response. Recommended preparation: CE 512. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
541 Physicochemical Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 Principles of physical and chemical operations used in water and wastewater treatment, including chemical reactor theory, sedimentation, filtration, precipitation, mass transfer, coagulation/flocculation, disinfection, adsorption and ion exchange. Recommended preparation: CE 442. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
542 Biochemical Wastewater Treatment 3 Principles of biochemical operations used in wastewater treatment including biochemical energetics, kinetics, activated sludge and fixed film reactors, nutrient removal, and sludge handling and treatment. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
543 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering Practice V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 credits. Analysis and evaluation of air/water/soil pollution problems, new measurement methods, hazardous waste treatment, global climate change, and water/wastewater treatments. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
544 Water Quality 3 Water quality, pollution, and remediation of regulated and protected water bodies. Recommended for graduate students in Engineering or Applied Sciences.
545 Stochastic Analysis and Modeling for Engineers 3 Sources of uncertainty in modeling and data analysis of natural processes and concepts and methods used to quantify and manage uncertainty (e.g., Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo, and data mining and assimilation); skills for representing knowledge and judgment, communicating risk, and improving decision-making.
550 Hydroclimatology 3 Water and energy budgets as they relate to climate, dynamics; and remote sensing, statistical, and modeling techniques for hydroclimatology. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
551 Open Channel Flow 3 Steady, non-uniform flow; controls and transitions in fixed-bed channels. Credit not granted for both CE 451 and CE 551. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
560 Advanced Hydrology 3 Principles of the hydrologic cycle including precipitation, lower atmosphere, evaporation, fluid mechanics of free surface flow, overland flow, flow routing, infiltration, baseflow. Recommended preparation: Introductory hydrology and differential equations. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
562 Environmental Flow and Transport Processes 3 Environmental flow mechanisms and contaminant transport behaviors; applications to open-channel flows and groundwater systems. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
564 Numerical Simulation Methods 3 Numerically assisted solution of linear and nonlinear systems of equations with an emphasis on environmental applications. Eulerian and Lagrangian solutions of systems of steady-state and transient partial differential equations including various flow, transport, and geochemical problems; fundamentals of parallel solution techniques. Recommended preparation: fluid mechanics, differential equations, and basic knowledge of computer programming. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
572 Advanced Pavement Design and Analysis 3 Design of new and rehabilitated asphalt and Portland Cement concrete pavements; mechanistic-empirical design procedures, performance models; deflection-based structural analysis, overlay design, environmental effect; long-term pavement performance (LTPP), and introduction to research topics in pavement engineering. Required preparation must include CE 473. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
580 Graduate Seminar 1 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 credits. Lectures and reports on current developments in research and practice.
580 (Effective through Fall 2024) Graduate Seminar 1 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 credits. Lectures and reports on current developments in research and practice.
583 Aquatic Chemistry 3 Chemical principles as applied to natural environmental system, water supply and pollution and control engineering. (Crosslisted course offered as CE 583, BSYSE 560.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
585 Aquatic System Restoration 3 Study of natural, damaged and constructed ecosystems with emphasis on water quality protection and restoration of lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands. Required preparation must include CHEM 345; MBIOS 101. (Crosslisted course offered as CE 585 and BSYSE 554.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
586 Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste 3 Applications of bioremediations to in situ subsurface treatment of hazardous waste; subsurface microbial degradation as related to microbial ecology. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
588 Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modeling 3 Physical aspects of atmospheric turbulence, theoretical developments in atmospheric diffusion, and applied computer modeling with regulatory and research models. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
595 Polymer and Composite Processing 3 Polymer and composite processing from fundamental principles to practical applications. (Crosslisted course offered as MSE 545, CE 595.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
600 Special Projects or Independent Study V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent study, special projects, and/or internships. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor before enrolling in 600 credit, which cannot be used toward the core graded credits required for a graduate degree. S, F grading.
700 Master's Research, Thesis and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent research and advanced study for students working on their master's research, thesis and/or final examination. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 700 credit. S, U grading.
701 Master's Independent Capstone Project and /or Examination V 1-6 May be repeated for credit. Capstone project or final examination for professional master's degree under the Graduate School. The credits will include a balloted evaluation of the student's completion of the program's capstone/examination requirements by the program's graduate faculty. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and obtain approval from their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 701 credit. S, U grading.
702 Master's Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent research in special problems, directed study, and/or examination credit for students in a non-thesis master's degree program. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 702 credit. S, U grading.
800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the Civil Engineering or Engineering Science PhD program. Independent research and advanced study for students working on their doctoral research, dissertation and/or final examination. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 800 credit. S, U grading.