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Undergraduate Course Descriptions

To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

142. CIVIL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS. (0, 4, 2). Fundamentals of data presentation, interpretation, and analysis, including object sketching, graphing, computer-aided drafting and graphing, data base management and geographic information systems.

225. SURVEYING (2, 3, 3). Surveying operations and computations; errors and analysis; horizontal and vertical linear and angular measurements, and control systems; route surveying; traverse computations, topographic maps; geo-positioning; and state plane coordinate systems. Prereq: CIVE 142.

242. CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN I. (1, 3, 2). Includes lectures on the process of design and professional development with an original design problem. Prereq: CIVE 225.

315. CIVIL ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP I. (3, 0, 3). Supervised work experience. Does not apply toward degree requirements in Civil Engineering. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Grading Option: CR/NC.

322. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I. (2, 3, 3). Man and environment; general water and wastewater quality; laboratory examination of water and wastewater; determination of water and wastewater flows; introduction to water system design; wastewater collection system design, and water and wastewater treatment design. Prereq: ENGR
304.

328. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. (2, 3, 3). Fundamental chemical and physical properties of soil. Basic structure and composition; index and classification of soils, compaction, capillarity, permeability, seepage, effective stress, settlement, stresses in a soil mass, shear strength, earth retaining structures. Prereq: ENGR 203. Coreq: ENGR 304.

332. STRUCTURAL MECHANICS I. (3, 0, 3). Statically determinate and indeterminate analysis. Deflections by geometrical and energy methods, flexibility and stiffness methods of interdeterminate analysis, slope-deflection equations, moment distribution methods. Prereq: ENGR 203.

335. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. (3, 0, 3). Mathematical and graphical analysis of structural systems; moment and shear diagrams; stresses and strains in structural members; stability, equilibrium, and deformation of structural systems; longspan structural systems. Prereq: MATH 210, PHYS 208. Not available for Civil Engineering majors.

336. STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN WOOD AND STEEL. (3, 0, 3). Analysis and design of structural members, connections, and frames in wood and steel; application of codes and construction practices; earthquake and other lateral forces; stability of structural systems. Prereq: CIVE 335. Not available for Civil Engineering majors.

342. CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN II. (1, 3, 2). Includes lectures on the process of design and professional development with an original design problem. Prereq: CIVE 242, CIVE 328, and CIVE 332.

404. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. (2, 3, 3). Software applications in civil engineering analysis and design, graphic documentation and construction drawings. Includes integrated computer aided drafting/design (CAD) software and geographic information system software (GIS) used in civil engineering practice. Prereq: CIVE 142, CIVE 225, and senior standing.

415. CIVIL ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP II. (3, 0, 3). Supervised work experience. Does not apply toward degree requirements in Civil Engineering. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Grading Option: CR/NC.

422(G). ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING II. (3, 0, 3). Survey of mass and energy transfer, environmental chemistry, mathematics of growth, water pollution, hazardous substances and risk analysis, treatment of water and wastes, air pollution, global atmospheric change. Prereq: CIVE 322.

426. STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN METALS. (2, 2, 3). Properties of structural steel; design of steel members: tension, compression, bending, axial and bending stress combined. Design criteria and interpretation of codes, allowable stress and load resistance factor designs, aluminum structural elements. Prereq: CIVE 332.

427. REINFORCED CONCRETE. (2, 2, 3). Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced columns, beams, slabs, retaining walls, and footings. Prereq: CIVE 332.

429 (G). HYDROLOGY. (3, 0, 3). Principles of hydrologic science and their application to hydraulic, hydrologic, environmental, and water resources engineering problems; environmental restoration and protection techniques. Prereq: ENGR 304 or consent of instructor.

430(G). STRUCTURAL MECHANICS II. (3, 0, 3). Formulation and calculation of: structural stiffness matrix, nodal displacements, reactions, and internal loadings. Includes tapered members and influence lines. Software applications. Prereq: ENGR 310, CIVE 332.

434. HYDRAULICS. (2, 3, 3). Flow in open channels; flow through hydraulic structures; coastal hydraulics, drainage, experimental fluid mechanics. Prereq: CIVE 322.

435. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PLANNING. (3, 0, 3). Introduction to urban transportation planning and traffic engineering. Fundamental transportation planning models, traffic characteristics and measurement, traffic signals, and highway capacity and level of service analysis.

436(G). CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). The development of a system methodology and its application to the design and operation of civil engineering systems including transportation design, traffic control, water resource design and operation, structural design, and construction management. Prereq: MATH 302. Restr: Senior standing.

438. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING. (2, 2, 3). Theory of consolidation, stress-strain relationship of soils, drained and undrained conditions, design of shallow and deep foundations, settlements, retaining structures, and structural design of foundations. Prereq: CIVE 328.

439. STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN CONCRETE. (3, 0, 3). Analysis and design of reinforced concrete members and systems; masonry structures; foundation and retaining structures; application of codes and construction practices; earthquake and other lateral forces; stability of structural systems. Prereq: CIVE 336. Not available to Civil Engineering majors.

442. CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN III. (1, 3, 2). Includes lectures on the process of design and professional development with an original design problem. Prereq: Credit or registration in all required civil engineering courses in the current curriculum.

450(G). HIGHWAY ENGINEERING. (2, 2, 3). Analysis and design of transportation systems, geometric and pavement design, human factors, environmental impact assessment, and economic analyses of transportation alternatives. Applications to largescale problems. Prereq: CIVE 225, 328.

460(G). WASTEWATER TREATMENT. (3, 0, 3). Pollutants of importance; design approach; pretreatment; primary, secondary, tertiary treatment alternatives; biological process design; sludge characterization and treatment. Wastewater treatment and 260 University of Louisiana at Lafayette collection system technical management. Prereq: CIVE 322.

470(G). ADVANCED REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). Continuity of reinforced concrete structures. Continuous floor beams and girders. Retaining walls. Length effects on columns. Design of flat slabs. Approximate design of cylindrical shells and spherical domes. Footings. Prereq: CIVE 427 or equivalent.

472(G). WOOD ENGINEERING DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). Structural characteristics of wood. Design of timber beams, columns, and other members. Design and selection of connectors. Glued-laminated components. Particular emphasis on wood design codes. Prereq: Senior standing, CIVE 332.

474(G). BRIDGE DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). Highway loadings and design methods currently used for short and medium span bridges constructed of concrete and/or steel. Prereq: CIVE 426, 427.

480. CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). Introduction to the principles and methods of construction planning, scheduling, and control. Includes reading and understanding contract drawings and specifications, avoiding construction claims, legal structures, equipment productivity, project funding and cash flow, labor relations and cost, and resource-leveling and scheduling. Prereq: Senior standing in Civil Engineering. Restr: If prerequisites not met, permission of instructor is required.

497. SPECIAL TOPICS. (3, 0, 3). Special topics in Civil Engineering. Prereq: Senior standing in Civil Engineering.