Apr 19, 2024  
2021-2022 General Catalog 
    
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Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 7640 - Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (Topic)


    1-3 credits

    Students study topics of current interest in analytical chemistry.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    One of the following:

    • CHEM 5640  
    • Graduate standing
    • Instructor permission


    Repeatable for credit.

  
  • CHEM 7770 - Special Topics in Biochemistry (Topic)


    1-3 credits

    Topics of current interest in biochemistry.

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHEM 7800 - Seminar


    1 credit

    Graduate seminar.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
  
  • CHEM 7970 - PhD Dissertation Research


    1-12 credits

    This course allows students to pursue research toward the Ph.D. degree.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHEM 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement


    1-9 credits

    This course provides graduate students with continued advisement. It is usually taken following completion of all coursework required for the degree.

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.

Chinese

  
  • CHIN 1010 - Chinese First Year I


    4 credits

    This course teaches communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing with exposure to cultures and customs. This course is only for students with no previous background in the Chinese language.

  
  • CHIN 1020 - Chinese First Year II


    4 credits

    This course teaches communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing with exposure to cultures and customs. Native speaker instructor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 1010  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 1080 - Intensive Chinese Reading and Writing


    3 credits

    This course is designed to fine tune and strengthen reading and writing skills for students studying Chinese. Students at varying levels of experience can benefit from this intensive review.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 1010  

  
  • CHIN 1800 - Chinese I Study Abroad


    1-5 credits

    Intensive study in a Chinese-speaking country, advancing proficiency in the four language skills and multicultural knowledge at the beginning level.

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHIN 2010 - Chinese Second Year I


    4 credits

    This is a second-year overview of speaking, listening, reading, and writing with exposure to cultures and customs. Native speaker instructor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 1020  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 2020 - Chinese Second Year II


    4 credits

    This is a second-year overview of speaking, listening, reading, and writing with exposure to cultures and customs. The instructor is a native speaker.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2010  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 2050 - Chinese Conversation


    3 credits

    This course covers the development of advanced verbal communication skills. It is designed to increase vocabulary and to teach students how to express and justify facts, opinions and emotions in Chinese. It is designed for non-native speaking students.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2010  or instructor permission

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 2800 - Chinese II Study Abroad


    1-5 credits

    Intensive study in a Chinese-speaking country, advancing proficiency in the four language skills and multicultural knowledge at the second-year level.

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHIN 3010 - Chinese Third Year I


    4 credits

    First segment of the third-year overview of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with additional exposure to cultures and customs. Readings include excerpts from televised drama.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 3020 - Chinese Third Year II


    4 credits

    Second segment of the third-year overview of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with additional exposure to cultures and customs. Readings include short essays, Chinese proverbs and folktales, and other literary selections.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 3010  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 3060 - Chinese Grammar and Composition


    3 credits

    Students review major grammatical elements in Chinese, read short works of different writing styles from modern Chinese literature, and write on various topics. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or equivalent 

  
  • CHIN 3080 - Chinese Outreach Practicum


    1-3 credits

    This course provides students of Chinese at the intermediate and advanced levels with the opportunity to apply Chinese language skills in a  Chinese community setting. Students will perform service that requires their language skills.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Repeatable for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits


  
  • CHIN 3090 - Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature and Film


    3 credits

    Students read selected texts by famous modern and contemporary Chinese authors, including short stories, poems, plays, and selections from novels. The primary texts are Chinese, accompanied by films adapted from these texts or reflecting related themes.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or equivalent course, or instructor permission

  
  • CHIN 3100 - Readings in Contemporary Chinese Culture (DHA)


    DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
    3 credits

    This course provides an introduction to contemporary Chinese culture through readings from newspapers and other source materials.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or instructor permission

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3116 - Exploring China - Past, Present and You


    3 credits

    This course explores Chinese history and traditional cultural values, and connects their influences on the modern Chinese-speaking world. Students utilize knowledge and language skills learned from the class to understand and discuss both ancient and modern Chinese culture and society. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: The equivalent of CHIN 2020  or permission of instructor

  
  • CHIN 3117 - Chinese Legacies - Tradition and Modernity


    3 credits

    This course explores the impact of traditional Chinese legacy on the formation and transformation of modern Chinese cultural identity. Students practice using Chinese in a variety of settings as they apply course knowledge.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Students must have passed the Chinese AP Language and Culture exam (score of 3 or higher) or have permission of the instructor.

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3118 - Chinese Popular Culture


    3 credits

    This course considers the role that current film, media, and entertainment play in the Chinese-speaking world. Students in this course are exposed to the historical and cultural perspectives presented through these media.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  

  
  • CHIN 3510 - Chinese Business Presentations


    3 credits

    This course is designed to develop students’ Chinese language skills and cultural competencies as they relate to a business environment. It focuses on creating a variety of business presentations in Chinese and how to write a business proposal in Chinese.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or equivalent

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3520 - Chinese Business Strategies


    3 credits

    Students learn the concept of face, Chinese vs. western business letters, Chinese face-saving strategies, and Chinese business behavior analysis.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3540 - Translating Into and From Chinese (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    3 credits

    This course introduces students to translation concepts and strategies. Students are exposed to different translation tools and become acquainted with the cultural knowledge and ethical principles relevant to both oral and written translation.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or instructor permission

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3600 - Contemporary Children’s Literature in Chinese


    3 credits

    This course introduces students to contemporary children’s literature in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other Sinophone communities. Students enhance their reading and writing in Chinese through analysis of the literary, aesthetic, sociopolitical and cultural issues in children’s literature.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 3010  or instructor permission

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CHIN 3800 - Chinese III Study Abroad


    1-4 credits

    Intensive study in a Chinese-speaking country, advancing proficiency in the four language skills and multicultural knowledge at the third-year level.

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHIN 3880 - Individual Readings in Chinese


    1-4 credits

    Individual study of selected readings in Chinese. Designed to broaden student’s reading comprehension beyond the level addressed in CHIN 3020 .

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Repeatable for credit


  
  • CHIN 3900 - Topics in Chinese Studies


    3 credits

    This course provides an in-depth exploration of issues central to understanding language, literature, and culture as they pertain to Chinese-speaking communities. Topics vary by semester and instructor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or permission of instructor

    Repeatable
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Spring 2021.
  
  • CHIN 4010 - Chinese Multimedia


    3 credits

    Students learn about recent social, economic, and cultural changes in China through authentic television news reports and newspapers.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 4090 - Readings in Masterworks of Classical Chinese Fiction


    3 credits

    Students explore traditional Chinese vernacular fiction that examines the seminal features of traditional society, including such things as religious and philosophical beliefs, the imperial system and dynastic change, gender relations, notions of class, ethnicity, virtue, kinship, family, and romance.

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CHIN 4100 - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language


    3 credits

    This is a methods course for prospective Chinese language teachers. It explores effective teaching techniques for the language classroom and focuses on meaningful individual and group projects. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 3010  or equivalent or instructor permission

    Cross-listed as: CHIN 6100 

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CHIN 4210 - Chinese/Sinophone Theatre and Performance


    3 credits

    Students learn about theatrical and cultural performance in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Sinophone communities. The content covers major playwrights and performance events in the context of Chinese history and Chinese performance traditions.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 2020  or equivalent

  
  • CHIN 4800 - Chinese IV Study Abroad


    1-4 credits

    Intensive study in a Chinese-speaking country, advancing proficiency in the four language skills and multicultural knowledge at the fourth-year level.

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHIN 4920 - Chinese Language Tutoring


    1 credit

    Allows students to develop tutoring skills by assisting professors in lower-division courses or fulfilling instructional duties for a comparable amount of time in the language laboratory, public schools, or similar activities with departmental approval. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 credits.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Repeatable for credit.
  
  • CHIN 6100 - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language


    3 credits

    This is a methods course for prospective Chinese language teachers. It explores effective teaching techniques for the language classroom and focuses on meaningful individual and group projects. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHIN 3010  or equivalent or instructor permission

    Cross-listed as: CHIN 4100  

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  
  • CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications


    1 credit

    Orients students to programs of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, professional and academic advising, student services, professional societies, and engineering careers. Laboratory activities emphasize problem solving using computer applications, such as spreadsheets and the HP48 Scientific Calculator.

  
  • CEE 2240 - Engineering Surveying


    3 credits

    Experience with a wide variety of common surveying equipment, including use and operation of levels, theodolites, total station equipment, and GPS. Prior to graduation, computer applications and field exercises prepare students for civil engineering employment early in their careers.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ACT Math score of 27 or higher or equivalent SAT Math score  or AP Calculus AB score of 3 or higher or credit for MATH 1050  and MATH 1060  Enrollment is limited to students having majors within the College of Engineering

  
  • CEE 2270 - Computer Engineering Drafting


    2 credits

    This course introduces the computer-aided drafting environment, including hand CAD techniques, AutoCAD, Civil 3-D and Revit, and provides background in drafting theory and applications. Students prepare to employ creative thinking and graphical communication skills in team and workplace environments.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to students having majors within the College of Engineering

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CEE 2620 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology


    2 credits

    This course explores environmental microbiology foundations with emphasis on engineering applications. Topics include: metabolism, classification, growing and enumerating microorganisms, biogeochemical nutrient cycling, pathogens in environmental media, indicator organisms, water and wastewater treatment, and microbial ecology applications in treating hazardous pollutants.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • BIOL 1010  or score of at least 3 on the AP Biology or AP Environmental Exam
    • CHEM 1220  


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 2870 - Introduction to Computer Programming for Civil and Environmental Engineers


    2 credits

    An introductory class for teaching the principles of computer programming to civil and environmental engineering students at the  undergraduate level. The programming language will be Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:   or   or   or AP Calculus AB score of 3 or higher

  
  • CEE 2890 - Environmental Engineering Sophomore Seminar


    1 credit

    Introduces students to the field of environmental engineering, emphasizing design, ethics, and leadership in the environmental engineering profession. Emphasizes creative thinking, organizational skills, team work, professional ethics, and social responsibility.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Sophomore standing in environmental engineering

  
  • CEE 3020 - Structural Analysis


    3 credits

    Classification of structural types and development of loads. Analysis of trusses, beams, frames, cables, and arches (determinate and indeterminate). Calculation of deflections using superposition, geometric and energy methods. Utilization of approximate methods to analyze large structures.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:   and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 3080 - Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures


    3 credits

    Design of reinforced concrete structural elements, simple and continuous reinforced beams, columns, joints, and one-way slabs. Includes concrete materials laboratory.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3020  (may be taken concurrently) and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 3160 - Civil Engineering Materials


    2 credits

    This course introduces the measurement of engineering properties of various civil engineering materials. It emphasizes load-deformation characteristics and failure modes of natural and fabricated materials. The required laboratory includes experiments on data collection, data analysis, interpretation and presentation of results.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    • ENGR 2140  
    • Admission to the professional program


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CEE 3165 - Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory


    1 credit

    This laboratory teaches measurement of the mechanical behavior of civil engineering materials.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:

  
  • CEE 3210 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering


    3 credits

    Introduction to basic concepts of roadway geometric design, and intersection and highway capacity analysis. Other topics include: traffic flow characteristics, traffic studies, signal design, and transportation project evaluation.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program.

  
  • CEE 3430 - Engineering Hydrology


    3 credits

    Provides a basic understanding of engineering hydrology through the hydrologic cycle, watershed characteristics, atmospheric water, rainfall-runoff processes, infiltration and evaporation, stream flow analysis, groundwater flow, and related designs.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 3500 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Fluid Mechanics


    3 credits

    Explores fluid properties, hydrostatics, fluid dynamics similitude, energy and momentum principles, closed conduit flow, open channel flow, and flow measurement.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1220 ; MATH 2210  or MATH 2250 ; ENGR 2010 , ENGR 2030  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 3510 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Hydraulics


    3 credits

    Steady flow in open channel and closed circuits, nonuniform flow in open channels, combined energy losses in pipelines, and distribution in pipe networks. Includes laboratory and computer exercises in data collection, pipe networks, and unsteady and nonuniform flow.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 3610 - Environmental Management


    3 credits

    This course provides an introduction to environmental health, emphasizing relationships among environmental quality, public health, environmental and occupational health regulations, human health risk assessment, institutions, and engineered systems in environmental health management.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:

    Cross-listed as: PUBH 3610  

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 3640 - Drinking Water Engineering


    3 credits

    Engineering analysis and design of processes for treatment of drinking water. Major topics include regulations; water quality evaluation; physical, chemical, and biological treatment systems; design of facilities for production and conveyance of drinking water; and management of residuals from water treatment facilities.
     

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610  /PUBH 3610  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have instructor consent

  
  • CEE 3650 - Wastewater Engineering


    3 credits

    Engineering analysis and process design for municipal and industrial wastewater. Major topics include water quality evaluation; physical, chemical, and biological treatment; design and analysis of wastewater collection systems; design of municipal and industrial wastewater reclamation facilities; and management of wastewater treatment residuals. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610   and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program (or with instructor consent)

  
  • CEE 3670 - Transport Phenomena in Bio-Environmental Systems


    3 credits

    Biological and environmental engineering students learn principles, concepts, modes, and methods of calculating heat and mass transfer. Emphasis is on contaminant and nutrient flux, their state transformations, and evaluating options for production, clean-up, and control of bio-environmental systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • Admission to the Professional Engineering Program

    One of the following (with a C- or better):

    And one of the following (with a C- or better):



    Cross-listed as:   

  
  • CEE 3780 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management


    3 credits

    Introduction to integrated management of municipal and industrial solid waste; household, commercial, and industrial hazardous waste; and resource recovery, recycling, and sustainability principles. Three lectures augmented by computer modeling and field trip experiences related to modern solid and hazardous waste management principles.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program.

  
  • CEE 3880 - Civil and Environmental Design I


    1 credit

    First of three-semester sequence. Team organization and teamwork, preparing proposals, project planning, scheduling, and management, engineering for government or privately, contracts, ethics and responsibility, marketing services. Students self-organize into teams, identify need, submit design project proposals.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: ENGR 3080  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or graduate standing

  
  • CEE 3890 - Environmental Engineering Design I


    1 credit

    Introduction to senior environmental engineering students’ integrated design experience. Design project identified and proposal for its completion during the senior year is produced, under mentoring of course instructor. Emphasizes project identification, project scoping, manpower and materials budgeting, project scheduling, and completion of design proposal.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

    Corequisite: CEE 3640 , CEE 3670 /BENG 3670 .

  
  • CEE 4200 - Engineering Economics


    3 credits

    This course consists of applications of the mathematics of finance, statistics, and probability to engineering decision making. It should be taken during the junior year of the engineering curriculum.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics


    4 credits

    This course explores the physical and mechanical properties of soils. Topics include: classification, permeability, soil stresses and settlement analysis, soil strength, slope stability, lateral earth pressures, introduction to foundations, numerical solutions, and computer applications.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • ENGR 2140  
    • Admission to the Professional Engineering Program


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 4790 - Environmental Engineering Design II (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    2 credits

    Provides senior environmental engineering students with integrated design experience in two-semester sequence. Design projects proposed in CEE 3890  completed under mentoring of course instructor. Emphasizes team work, scheduling, design calculations, and completion of design report.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3890  and concurrent enrollment in environmental engineering technical elective course during fall semester Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 4870 - Civil and Environmental Design II (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    2 credits

    Second semester of three-semester design sequence. Teams work on projects they proposed in Engineering Design I. Emphasizes teamwork, project management, scheduling, design calculations, communication, presentations, progress toward completing project report.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3880 ; senior design technical elective should be taken concurrently Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 4880 - Civil and Environmental Design III (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    2 credits

    Completion of three-semester sequence. Teams complete professionally-reviewed design projects proposed in Engineering Design I, and begun in Design II, and submit professional reports.  Emphasizes teamwork, project management, scheduling, design calculations, evaluation criteria, presentations peer-review, response to technical review.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4870  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 4890 - Environmental Engineering Design III (CI)


    CI Communications Intensive
    2 credits

    Provides senior environmental engineering students with integrated design experience in two-semester sequence. Completion of design projects begun in CEE 4790 , with presentation, report, and defense.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4790  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program

  
  • CEE 5000 - Irrigation and Drainage of Agricultural Lands


    3 credits

    Soil-water-plant relationships; evapotranspiration and water requirements; effective water use; irrigation scheduling; infiltration; irrigation systems planning, drainage systems and their design and the impact of irrigation on water quality

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430 , CEE 3500  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6000 .

  
  • CEE 5001 - Field Irrigation Systems Design and Evaluation


    3 credits

    Evaluation, design and management of surface, sprinkle, and drip irrigation systems including system automation and maintenance.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6001  

  
  • CEE 5003 - Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces


    3 credits

    Students learn basic principles of radiation and remote sensing. Techniques for ground-based measurements of reflected and emitted radiation, as well as ancillary data collection to support airborne and satellite remote sensing studies in agriculture, geography, and hydrology are taught.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6003  and PSC 5003 /PSC 6003  

  
  • CEE 5005 - Irrigation Conveyance and Control Systems


    3 credits

    Design, evaluation, and operation of irrigation distribution systems. Measurement and monitoring of flows and water levels, and canal and pipeline automation. Simulation of system hydraulics.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6005 .

  
  • CEE 5006 - Agricultural Water Management


    3 credits

    This course covers the study of irrigation water concepts and management and their relationship with other water uses (urban, natural environments) within a water basin. It includes the description of approaches in water management monitoring. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430  or CEE 5000  or PSC 4700  or WATS 3910  (any prerequisite may be taken concurrently)

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6006  

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 5007 - Field Evaluation of Agricultural Irrigation Systems


    2 credits

    Field measurements in pressurized and surface irrigation systems for performance evaluation and determination of water application uniformity and efficiency.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6007 .

  
  • CEE 5008 - Management of Irrigation Systems


    3 credits

    Organizing, administering, and financing irrigation and drainage projects. Operation and maintenance of irrigation distribution systems. Simulation of command area water demands.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430  and CEE 3500  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6008  

  
  • CEE 5009 - Groundwater Systems Engineering I


    3 credits

    Groundwater exploration; well drilling and testing; pumping plant design, operation, and testing; aquifer evaluations; siting of multiple well systems. Development of pumping strategies for water supply and environmental control systems. Introduction to conjunctive use.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5000 /CEE 6000  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6009 .

  
  • CEE 5010 - Matrix Analysis/Finite Element


    3 credits

    Analysis of structures using matrix methods. Application of software based on the stiffness method to practical analysis problems. Introduction of Finite Element method based on stiffness approach and mathematical derivation of simple finite elements, along with application to practical problems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3020  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

  
  • CEE 5015 - Structural Design Loads


    3 credits

    This course provides students with a working knowledge of the structural design loads required for US building design. It presents minimum load requirements for buildings and other structures along with real-world applications, limitations, and practical background understanding for future working professionals. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Professional Engineering Program

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6015 

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 5020 - Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics I


    3 credits

    Introduction to finite element methods and their application to the analysis and design of mechanical engineering systems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: MAE 5020 .

  
  • CEE 5050 - Design of Wood and Masonry Structures


    3 credits

    This course addresses the design of beams, columns, joints, walls, and diaphragms in both wood and masonry materials. Current design codes are utilized.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  
  • CEE 5060 - Mechanics of Composite Materials I


    3 credits

    Students study stress-strain relations for nonisotropic composites (such as fiber-reinforced plastic laminates), properties of composite materials and their uses, strength and life determination, and methods for design using composite materials.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • Admission to the Professional Engineering Program or graduate standing

    And one of the following:



    Cross-listed as: MAE 5060  

  
  • CEE 5070 - Structural Steel Design


    3 credits

    Structural steel design using load and resistance factor design (LRFD) method. Focuses on design of structural beams, columns, and connections utilizing steel design codes.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3020 , CEE 3080  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

  
  • CEE 5080 - Numerical Methods in Elasticity


    3 credits

    Elasticity theory, stress and strain analysis, and yield criteria. Governing equilibrium, kinematic, and compatibility equations. Generalized Hooke’s law. Classical solutions of flex and torsion problems. Energy methods. Introduction to finite difference, finite element, and boundary element methods. Computer applications.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3020  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6080 .

  
  • CEE 5100 - Infrastructure Evaluation and Renewal


    3 credits

    Evaluation of existing structural systems and techniques to improve their performance. Focuses on structures which are seismically deficient.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3080 , CEE 5070  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

  
  • CEE 5190 - Geographic Information Systems for Civil Engineers


    3 credits

    Introduction to GIS concepts addressing data structures, spatial entities, and queries. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, current applications, and institutional and organizational issues.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6190 .

  
  • CEE 5220 - Traffic Engineering


    3 credits

    Topics covered include characteristics, measurements, and analysis of volume, speed, density, and travel time; capacity and level of service analysis; signalization and traffic control devices.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6220 .

  
  • CEE 5230 - Geometric Design of Highways


    3 credits

    Principles of highway location and planning, with full consideration of economic, environmental, and other impacts. Capacity analysis of intersections and highways, passing-lane design, and risk-cost based horizontal and vertical alignment design. Introduction to design software through coursework and term projects.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6230 .

  
  • CEE 5240 - Urban and Regional Transportation Planning


    3 credits

    Examination of travel demand forecasting, data collection, and survey data analysis techniques. Focuses on transportation-land use interactions and impact of market-based policies on travel demand. Theories and applications of traditional and advanced trip distribution, mode choice, and route assignment models.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210  and admitted to the Professional Program or have graduate standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6240 .

  
  • CEE 5250 - Environmental Engineering Cooperative Practice


    2 credits

    Applied environmental employment with primary focus of work experience related to one of the environmental engineering specialty areas.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing. Must have permission of instructor.

  
  • CEE 5255 - Transportation Safety


    3 credits

    This course includes statistical analysis of transportation data, including safety and risk assessment; regression and multivariate analysis, such as discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, and factor analysis; and in-depth study of selected methodologies for analyzing transportation safety and designing countermeasures. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Students must have the following (or graduate standing):

    • CEE 3210  
    • Admission to the Professional Engineering Program


    Cross-listed as: CEE 6255  

  
  • CEE 5350 - Foundation Analysis and Design


    3 credits

    Applications of theories studied in soil mechanics. Design considerations for various foundation types, including shallow foundations, driven piles, drilled shafts, walls, soil anchorages, and mechanically-stabilized earth support systems. Field investigation techniques and computer applications.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6350 .

  
  • CEE 5380 - Earthquake Engineering


    3 credits

    Covers wide variety of earthquake engineering topics, including seismology and earthquake source characterization, strong ground motion, seismic hazard analysis, wave propagation, soil dynamics, ground response, local site effects, liquefaction, seismic slope stability, soil improvement, vibrational analyses, and structural seismic design.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6380 .

  
  • CEE 5410 - Water Resource Systems Analysis


    3 credits

    This course teaches systems formulation of decision problems. Students learn solution by simulation and optimization, constrained and unconstrained optimization algorithms, case studies and applications to water supply, and quality and ecosystems management. Additional work is required for graduate students.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6410  

  
  • CEE 5430 - Groundwater Engineering


    3 credits

    Explores fundamentals of groundwater hydrology by focusing on theory related to aquifer systems and flow analysis, regional groundwater balance, well hydraulics, aquifer testing, capture zone analysis, unsaturated flow, saltwater intrusion, and basics of flow modeling.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430  or a similar hydrology course and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6430 .

  
  • CEE 5450 - Hydrologic Modeling


    3 credits

    Conceptual and numerical flow models and groundwater yield concepts (mining, sage, sustained).  Simulation of management strategies to achieve such yields, including aquifer groundwater flow, watershed runoff from precipitation, and river flow in rivers.  Hydrologic model classification, boundary conditions, and calibration.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6450  

  
  • CEE 5470 - Sedimentation Engineering


    3 credits

    Explores river response, sediment transport, sediment and watershed yield, flow resistance, scour and erosion, and floodplain management.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6470 .

  
  • CEE 5490 - Integrated River Basin/Watershed Planning and Management


    3 credits

    This course introduces students to modern tools, strategies, and challenges to manage river basins. It covers multiple and competing water supplies, hydropower generation, recreation, ecosystem, and other objectives. Students forecast water demands, model operations, assess policies, and communicate with diverse stakeholders. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Professional Engineering Program

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6490 

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  
  • CEE 5500 - Open Channel Hydraulics with an Emphasis on Gradually Varied Flow


    3 credits

    Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 , and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6500 .

  
  • CEE 5540 - Hydraulic Structures Design


    3 credits

    Design of a variety of hydraulic structures is explored, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students’ understanding of hydraulic structures.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500  and CEE 3510  Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6540 .

  
  • CEE 5550 - Hydraulics of Closed Conduits


    3 credits

    Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500  and CEE 3510  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6550  

  
  • CEE 5600 - Environmental Chemistry of Inorganic Contaminants


    2 credits

    Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6600  

  
  • CEE 5610 - Environmental Quality Analysis


    3 credits

    Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210  and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as:  ,  ,   

  
  • CEE 5620 - Aquatic Chemistry


    3 credits

    Provides students with understanding of principles of aquatic chemistry, emphasizing chemical equilibria, acid-base reactions, complex formation, oxidation-reduction reactions, complex formation, and dissolution chemistry.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210  or equivalent and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing

    Cross-listed as: PSC 5620 .

  
  • CEE 5635 - Environmental Engineering in Developing Nations


    3 credits

    The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program and have Graduate Standing.

    Corequisite: CEE 6635  

  
  • CEE 5655 - Green Infrastructure


    3 credits

    Students explore policy, planning, and design aspects of green infrastructure implementation for sustainable communities through lectures, discussions, field trips, homework, and a group design project. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior-level standing or instructor permission

    Cross-listed as: CEE 6655  

 

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