2017-18 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-18 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions in this section are reasonable summaries only and are neither completely inclusive nor completely exclusive of total course content for any given course.

Courses listed herein may or may not be offered each term.

Courses are listed alphabetically according to prefix.

Numbering Code

Courses are grouped into a three-digit number series which indicates the normal teaching levels. Some variations may occur.

1-99 Preparatory and Developmental Courses. Courses numbered below 100 are not applicable toward a degree even though units are assigned, grades are awarded and tuition is assessed.

Lower-Division Courses (freshman and sophomore)
100-199 First-Year Courses
200-299 Second-Year Courses

Upper-Division Courses (junior and senior)
300-399 Third-Year Courses
400-499 Fourth-Year Courses

Graduate Courses
500-599 Graduate Courses

Other Codes

Each Term:

Some courses in this section have a code following the course title. This code designates when the course will be offered. F indicates Fall, W indicates Winter, S indicates Spring.

Lecture, Lab, Credit Hours:

The three numbers following the course title. For example:

CST 101 Introduction to Personal Computing
(3-3-4) = weekly lecture hours – lab hours – total credits

For more information, see Baccalaureate General Education Requirements  

Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements: 
C - Communication H - Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS - Social Science

Special Terms

As Required: This term designates a course or series of courses which will be offered only as enrollment, student interest, or individual department needs demand and as staffing allows. A course so designated may be offered if special student needs, situations of extreme hardship, or other unusual circumstances deem it in the best interest of both the student(s) and the institution to do so.

Hours to be Arranged Each Term: Normally students negotiate individually with faculty members and/or departments and arrange to have courses so designated offered for the term most suitable to their unique situation.

Corequisite: A course that must be taken simultaneously with another course. Corequisites are noted at the end of each course description.

Prerequisite: A course that must be passed satisfactorily before another course may be taken. Prerequisites are noted at the end of each course description. Courses transferred in to Oregon Tech with a C- or better meet the prerequisite requirement of obtaining a C or better.

Quarter Credit: A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:

  1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
  2. At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practicals, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

A numerical credit value assigned to certain number of lecture or laboratory hours. A lecture class meeting for three 50-minute periods a week would be assigned three units of credit. Students have traditionally been expected to spend an additional six hours of outside class work per week for each three units of lecture class credit. Generally, a lab class requires three hours per week for one unit of credit, or a total of nine in-lab hours with no additional outside class work expected for three units of lab class credit.

Reading and Conference: A course taken on an independent study basis with the supervision of an instructor, usually consisting of weekly conferences, assigned readings, research papers, etc.

Seminar: A class taught by a group discussion process rather than by means of formal lecture. Student research and reporting are usually expected.

Sequence: A series of classes in the same subject area that, taken as a whole, comprise a full year’s work. Generally, course sequences are numbered consecutively, and often (though not always) should be taken in the numerical order listed (i.e., CHE 201  should be taken before CHE 202 , etc.).

 

Civil Engineering

  
  • CE 207 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 212 - Civil Engineering Materials


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Study of the engineering properties of soil as well as Portland cement and asphaltic concretes. Field and laboratory testing methods for classifying soil. Mix design of concretes.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 102  and MATH 111 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 299 - Independent Studies


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 307 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 308 - Principles of Professional Practice


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Civil engineering professional practice topics including project acquisition, development, management and delivery. Business in civil engineering including ethics, economics, leadership, communication and legal matters. Current and emerging trends in practice.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 102  and MATH 111 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 311 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering


    (F,W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Soil permeability, seepage, filters, effective stress, consolidation, settlement, shear strength, slope stability, stresses in soils, and stresses under loaded areas. Includes laboratory testing.

    Prerequisites: CE 212  and ENGR 213 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 312 - Earth Pressures and Foundations


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis and design of shallow footings, deep foundations including piles, caissons and earth retaining structures design. Use of computer applications for design of these structures.

    Prerequisite: CE 311  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 331 - Structural Analysis


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Structural loads according to ASCE 7. Analysis of statically determinate trusses and frames. Shear and moment diagrams, deflections, and influence lines for statically determinate structures. Analysis of statically indeterminate structures by force and displacement methods. Software applications emphasized in labs.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 213  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 341 - Elementary Structural Design


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Fundamentals of structural element design: emphasis on structural steel, reinforced concrete, and timber beams and short columns as well as reinforced masonry lintel s and walls due to gravity loads. Labs include construction, material and destructive testing, and software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 331  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 351 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to the design, planning, operation, management and maintenance of transportation systems with a focus on the highway and railway modes. Principles for planning multi-modal transportation systems, layout of roadways, traffic flow modeling and capacity analyses.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 211  and GME 161 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 354 - Traffic Engineering


    (F,S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of traffic engineering and operation, traffic engineering studies, signalized intersection design, traffic analysis software.

    Prerequisite: CE 351  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 371 - Closed Conduit Design


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Population and factors influencing water supply demands, fire flows, peaking factors and storage requirements. Flows in pressure pipe systems, pipe networks analysis and design techniques. Estimation of wastewater flows including I/I considerations. Gravity-fed collection system design, construction and maintenance.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 318  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 374 - Hydrology


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Study of the hydrologic cycle, measurement of rainfall, runoff and streamflow. Curve fitting, hydrographic analysis, statistical analyses of extreme flows, flood routing and storage capacity. Runoff modeling and design of hydrologic structures and systems.

    Prerequisite: CE 371  with grade “C” or better
    Corequisite: MATH 361  
  
  • CE 401 - Civil Engineering Project I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 5

    First term of a two-term sequence integrating civil engineering design, group dynamics and technical communications. Students receive two credit hours in civil engineering (CE 401) and three credit hours in communication for general education (COM 401 ).

    Prerequisites: WRI 227  and advisor consent
  
  • CE 402 - Civil Engineering Project II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 5
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 7

    Second term of a two-term sequence integrating civil engineering design, group dynamics and technical communications. Students receive four credit hours in civil engineering (CE 401 ) and three credit hours in communication for general education (COM 401 ).

    Prerequisites: CE 401  and COM 401 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 405 - Sustainability and Infrastructure


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Integrating sustainability concepts and key social, economic and environmental issues and processes relevant to civil engineering. Sustainable design practices in each civil engineering sub-discipline will be studied and existing and proposed infrastructure projects will be evaluated.

    Corequisite: CE 401 
  
  • CE 407 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 408 - Workshop


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 411 - Engineering Geology


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A study of the interaction of geology, including structure, geologic processes (current and historic), lithology and mineralogy with civil engineering structures.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 413 - Advanced Soils


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Advanced laboratory and in situ techniques for characterizing soils for use in civil engineering applications.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 421 - Seepage and Earth Structures


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers material related to analyzing steady state and transient seepage conditions, erosion and piping, and the stability of earth slopes and embankments.

    Prerequisites: CE 311 CE 312 , and GEOL 201 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 422 - Advanced Shear Strength of Soils


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course is designed to give students an advanced understanding of the shear strength of soils including drained and undrained strength of fine and coarse grained soils.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade of “C” or better
  
  • CE 423 - Deep Foundations


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers the design of deep foundation systems including driven piles and drilled shafts. These systems are designed for both axial and lateral loading.

    Prerequisites: CE 311 , CE 312 , and GEOL 201 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 432 - Structural Loading and Lateral Forces


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Gravity loads (dead, live, roof live, and snow) and lateral loads (wind and seismic) according to ASCE 7 and Oregon Structural Specialty Code. Introduction and design of basic lateral force resisting systems.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 433 - Structural Matrix Analysis


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Static analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures using the direct stiffness method with heavy emphasis on computer models and solutions. Students will design and develop their own structural analysis program.

    Prerequisite: CE 331  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 439 - Highway Bridge Rating


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to bridge types, bridge design philosophies and bridge rating procedures. Load rating of short-span highway bridges using AASHTO provisions and ODOT procedures. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 442 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Design, analysis, and detailing of reinforced concrete elements, including: T-beams, doubly-reinforced beams, continuous beams, shear walls, slender columns, slabs, footings, and moment frames. Seismic resistance and the development, anchorage, and splicing of steel reinforcement are introduced.

    Prerequisite: CE 341 
  
  • CE 444 - Intermediate Steel Design


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Design of structural steel tension members, frameworks, composite beams, and bolted and welded connections. Application of the AISC Steel Construction Manual structural stability provisions and software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 447 - Masonry Design


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis and design of masonry beams, walls and columns using computer solutions with emphasis on lateral design considerations.

    Prerequisites: CE 341  with grade “C” or better, and gravity elements with software applications as appropriate
  
  • CE 448 - Timber Design


    (W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis and design of simple (determinate) timber beams, columns, trusses and connections using dimensioned lumber, plywood and laminated members, with an emphasis on lateral force design. Computer solutions introduced.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 449 - Bridge Design


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Design and analysis of short and medium span highway bridge superstructures including reinforced concrete, slab bridges, steel deck girder bridges, and prestressed concrete bridges. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 450 - Transportation Structures


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Design and analysis of common transportation structures including culverts, sign structures, light poles, and railings according to current AASHTO provisions and ODOT procedures. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 456 - Pavement Engineering


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Hot mixed asphalt materials testing and mixture design. Methods of manufacture, transport and placement of rigid and flexible pavements. Structural design of rigid and flexible pavements. Pavement rehabilitation and management.

    Prerequisites: CE 212 , CE 351 , and ENGR 213 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 457 - Transportation and Land Development


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Study of interactions between land development activity and the transportation network. Application of planning and engineering design techniques to manage the impacts of development upon the transportation system.

    Prerequisite: CE 354  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 458 - Transportation Safety


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Safety concepts in highway engineering including highway design, operation, and maintenance, as well as human factors, statistical analysis, traffic control and public policy. Design concepts of intersections, interchanges, signals, signs and pavement markings.

    Prerequisite: CE 354  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 468 - Travel Demand Modeling


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to travel demand analysis and forecasting. Models studied from a theoretical, applied and practical perspective. Students will become familiar with the traditional four-step travel forecasting process, including model development, application and interpretation of outputs.

    Prerequisite: CE 351  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 472 - Hydrometry


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Measurement of variables in the hydrologic cycle. Principles, methods, instruments, and equipment for obtaining surface and ground water quantity and quality data in nature to support design and water management efforts.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 473 - Groundwater


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Offers an introduction to the physical properties and principles of groundwater. Topics include groundwater and the hydrologic cycle, fundamental fluid flow laws, groundwater resource evaluation, and groundwater contamination.

    Prerequisite: CE 311  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 476 - Applied Hydraulic Design


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Flow analysis for constructed channels; principles of hydraulic design of culverts, bridge waterway openings, highway inlets, rundowns, and appurtenant water control structures. Computer modeling of bridge and culvert hydraulics. Design of appropriate Best Management Practices (BMPs) for storm water quality and erosion control. Design project.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 481 - Environmental Engineering I


    (F,W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to environmental engineering principles, fundamental concepts and supporting calculations. Physical, chemical and biological elements of the natural environment. Environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities. Control and pollution prevention technologies. Legal and regulatory framework governing environmental management.

    Prerequisites: CHE 221  and ENGR 318 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 489 - Treatment Wetlands


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Treatment wetland features; biological, chemical and physical properties. Planning, design and performance assessment principles for municipal, agricultural and storm water treatment wetlands. Considers vegetation and microbiology, aerobic and anaerobic biogeochemistry, hydraulics and treatment efficiencies. Local case studies.

    Prerequisites: CHE 221  and ENGR 318 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 499 - Independent Studies


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CE 501 - Civil Engineering Graduate Seminar


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 1

    Civil Engineering graduate students will meet regularly with faculty members to share progress on their graduate project selection and report writing.

    Prerequisite: Advisor consent
  
  • CE 511 - Seepage and Earth Structures


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers material related to analyzing steady state and transient seepage conditions, erosion and piping, and the stability of earth slopes and embankments.

    Prerequisites: CE 311 , CE 312 , and GEOL 201 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 512 - Earthquake Engineering


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course describes basic earthquake engineering in terms of regional seismicity, predicted ground motions, probabilistic methods for seismic analysis, liquefaction and steady-state shear strength analysis.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 513 - Deep Foundations


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers the design of deep foundation systems including driven piles and drilled shafts. These systems are designed for both axial and lateral loading.

    Prerequisites: CE 311 , CE 312 , and GEOL 201 , all with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 522 - Advanced Shear Strength of Soils


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course is designed to give students an advanced understanding of the shear strength of soils including drained and undrained strength of fine and coarse grained soils.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 533 - Structural Matrix Analysis


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Static analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures using the direct stiffness method with heavy emphasis on computer models and solutions. Students will design and develop their own structural analysis program.

    Prerequisite: CE 331  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 534 - Advanced Solid Mechanics


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Three-dimensional stress and strain, failure theories, elasticity and plasticity, curved beams, beams on elastic foundations, un-symmetric bending and shear centers.

    Prerequisite: CE 442  or CE 444  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 535 - Structural Dynamics


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis of single degree of freedom structural systems to harmonic and general dynamic loading. Free vibrating and forced vibration of multiple degree of freedom systems, modal superposition, earthquake engineering, current IBC methods.

    Prerequisite: CE 331  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 539 - Highway Bridge Rating


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to bridge types, bridge design philosophies and bridge rating procedures. Load rating of short-span highway bridges using AASHTO provisions and ODOT procedures. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 542 - Prestressed Concrete Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis, behavior, and design of prestressed concrete structures and elements including beams, composite beams, box-girders and flanged beams, continuous beams and indeterminate frames, slabs, and compression members. Precast member design and behavior also introduced.

    Prerequisite: CE 442  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 544 - Advanced Steel Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Torsion members, plate girders, and lateral force resisting systems. AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings. Advanced topics in structural stability and connection design.

    Prerequisite: CE 444  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 549 - Bridge Design


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Design and analysis of short and medium span highway bridge superstructures including reinforced concrete slab bridges, steel deck girder bridges, and prestressed concrete girder bridges. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 550 - Transportation Structures


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Design and analysis of common transportation structures including culverts, sign structures, light poles, and railings according to current AASHTO provisions and ODOT procedures. Software applications.

    Prerequisite: CE 341  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 551 - Geometric Design of Roadways


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course will provide students with an understanding of the principles and techniques of highway design. Topics include laying out potential routes, design of the alignment and intersections, evaluation of earthwork requirements, and safety considerations.

    Prerequisite: CE 354  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 554 - Advanced Traffic Engineering


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Traffic studies including volume, speed, travel time and delay. Freeway and rural highway facility design, signing and marking. Urban un-signalized and signalized intersection design. Arterial planning and design.

    Prerequisite: CE 354  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 556 - Advanced Pavement Design


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers advanced topics in the design and analysis of pavement materials and structures.

    Prerequisite: CE 456  with a grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 558 - Transportation Safety


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Safety concepts in highway engineering including highway design, operation, and maintenance, as well as human factors, statistical analysis, traffic control and public policy. Design concepts of intersections, interchanges, signals, signs and pavement markings.

    Prerequisite: CE 354  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 568 - Travel Demand Modeling


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Introduction to travel demand analysis and forecasting. Models studied from a theoretical, applied and practical perspective. Students will become familiar with the traditional four-step travel forecasting process, including model development, application and interpretation of outputs.

    Prerequisite: CE 351  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 571 - Open-Channel Hydraulics


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Application of basic principles of hydraulics to open channel flow. Theory and analysis of critical, uniform, unsteady, and gradually and rapidly varied flow. Flow characteristics in natural and constructed channels. Computer modeling of open-channel flow systems. Floodplain delineation methods.

    Prerequisite: CE 371  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 572 - Hydrometry


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Measurement of variables in the hydrologic cycle. Principles, methods, instruments, and equipment for obtaining surface and ground water quantity and quality data in nature to support design and water management efforts.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 574 - Environmental River Mechanics


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    River response to watershed modification and infrastructure, including introduction to fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport and stream restoration. Management of waterways and floodplains.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 576 - Applied Hydraulic Design


    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Flow analysis for constructed channels; principles of hydraulic design of culverts, bridge waterway openings, highway inlets, rundowns, and appurtenant water control structures. Computer modeling of bridge and culvert hydraulics. Design of appropriate Best Management Practices (BMPs) for storm water quality and erosion control. Design project.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 586 - Water and Wastewater Treatment


    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Water and wastewater characteristics, chemistry, quality and supply. Engineering design and water demand projection. Theory of individual treatment processes, design guidelines for components for water/wastewater treatment.

    Prerequisites: CE 371  and CHE 221 , both with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 587 - Environmental Remediation Technologies


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Potential human activity effects on natural systems (air, soil, water). Physical, chemical, and biological processes in contaminant fate and transport. Regulatory aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and prioritization. Remediation/restoration technologies and strategies.

    Prerequisite: CE 481  with grade “C” or better
  
  • CE 590 - Civil Engineering Graduate Project


    (F,W,S)
    Credit Hours: (Vary 1-9)

    Research and preparation pertaining to the master’s project.

    Prerequisite: Advisor consent

Chemistry

  
  • CHE 101 - Introduction to General Chemistry


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A brief presentation of introductory chemical concepts including atomic structure, the chemical equation, the behavior of gases, the chemistry of solution and acid-base chemistry. For students with good knowledge of algebra.

    Corequisite: CHE 104  (lab)
    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 100 
  
  • CHE 102 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Continuation of CHE 101  with emphasis on organic chemistry. The role of organic chemistry in life and industrial processes is discussed.

    Prerequisite: CHE 101  with grade “C” or better or instructor consent
    Corequisite: CHE 105  (lab)
  
  • CHE 103 - Introduction to Biochemistry


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A continuation of CHE 102  with emphasis on biochemistry. The organic chemistry of biochemicals including proteins, carbohydrates and fats, as well as nucleic acids is discussed. Basic elements of metabolism are also explored.

    Prerequisite: CHE 102  with grade “C” or better or instructor consent
    Corequisite: CHE 106  (lab)
  
  • CHE 104 - Introduction to General Chemistry Laboratory


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 101 .

    Corequisite: CHE 101 
  
  • CHE 105 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 102 .

    Corequisite: CHE 102 
  
  • CHE 106 - Introduction to Biochemistry Laboratory


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 103 .

    Corequisite: CHE 103 
  
  • CHE 107 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CHE 201 - General Chemistry I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solution (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions) gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Emphasis on engineering applications.

    Prerequisite: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , or high school chemistry or equivalent
    Corequisite: CHE 204  (lab)
    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111 
  
  • CHE 202 - General Chemistry II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transitions, and properties of solutions. Emphasis on engineering applications.

    Prerequisite: CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221 
    Corequisite: CHE 205  (lab)
  
  • CHE 203 - General Chemistry III


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Chemical kinetics and equilibrium, applications of aqueous equilibria (including acid-base reactions, buffers, solubility, and complexation reactions), thermodynamics, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222 
    Corequisite: CHE 206  (lab)
  
  • CHE 204 - General Chemistry I Laboratory


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Laboratory experiments to accompany CHE 201 .

    Corequisite: CHE 201 
  
  • CHE 205 - General Chemistry II Laboratory


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Laboratory experiments to accompany CHE 202 .

    Corequisite: CHE 202 
  
  • CHE 206 - General Chemistry Laboratory


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Laboratory experiments to accompany CHE 203 .

    Corequisite: CHE 203 
  
  • CHE 207 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CHE 210 - Clinical Pharmacology


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    The drug action of selected pharmaceutical. Emphasis is placed on drug interactions, routes of administration and effects on body systems.

    Prerequisites: BIO 231  and BIO 232  
  
  • CHE 221 - General Chemistry I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solution (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions) gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , or high school chemistry or equivalent
    Pre- or Corequisite: MATH 111 
  
  • CHE 222 - General Chemistry II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transitions, and properties of solutions. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221 
  
  • CHE 223 - General Chemistry III


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 5

    Chemical kinetics and equilibrium, applications of aqueous equilibria (including acid-base reactions, buffers, solubility, and complexation reactions), thermodynamics, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Includes lab component.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222 
  
  • CHE 260 - Electrochemistry for Renewable Energy Applications


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Development of electrochemistry concepts, including thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, charge transport and mass transport. Topics are presented in the context of fuel cells, electrolysis, electroplating and batteries. Also discussed, the chemistry of hydrogen; its properties, production, storage and transportation.

    Prerequisite: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222 
  
  • CHE 305 - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 4

    Survey of chemical and physical phenomena as applied to nanoscale materials, including metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures. Discussion of major synthesis and characterization techniques. Biological and engineering applications of nanoscale materials.

    Prerequisites: CHE 202  and CHE 205 , or CHE 222 , and PHY 222  or PHY 223 
  
  • CHE 307 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CHE 315 - Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Mechanisms and toxicological effects of chemical reactions in water, soil and air. Global and regional concerns about atmospheric and marine contaminants, thermal pollution, pesticide and heavy metal disposal, radioisotope properties and effects of pollutants on living organisms. Organic nomenclature and selected biochemistry principles.

    Prerequisite: CHE 331  or instructor consent
  
  • CHE 331 - Organic Chemistry I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    The structures and reactions of carbon compounds with emphasis on thermodynamics, reaction pathways and spectroscopy.

    Prerequisite: CHE 203  and CHE 206 , or CHE 223 
  
  • CHE 332 - Organic Chemistry II


    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Organic stereochemistry with emphasis on biologically important molecules.

    Prerequisite: CHE 331 
  
  • CHE 333 - Organic Chemistry III


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Free radical chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and the mechanistic aspects of enzymatic catalysis.

    Prerequisite: CHE 332 
  
  • CHE 341 - Instrumental Methods/ Data Acquisition I


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    An introduction to the theory and practical applications of computer/instrument interfacing and data acquisition techniques and software. Includes a survey of optical measurement techniques.

    Prerequisite: CHE 235
    Corequisite:CST 116  or MIS 115  or instructor consent
  
  • CHE 342 - Instrumental Methods/ Data Acquisition II


    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Principles and techniques of instrumental methods and data analysis. Methods appropriate for chemical analysis including spectroscopy, gas chromatography, potentiometric and flame photometric methods. Emphasis on sample preparation, instrumental response, sensitivity and accuracy.

    Prerequisite: CHE 341 
  
  • CHE 345 - Corrosion Chemistry


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    A survey of the chemical kinetics and thermodynamics of corrosion, the various types of corrosion, inhibition of corrosion and industrial applications.

    Prerequisites: CHE 101  and CHE 104 , CHE 201  and CHE 204 , or CHE 221 , and PHY 202  or instructor consent
  
  • CHE 346 - Corrosion Chemistry Laboratory


    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Laboratory accompanying CHE 345 . Providing practical experience with electrochemical equipment used to measure corrosion processes.

    Corequisite: CHE 345 
  
  • CHE 350 - Clinical Pharmacology for Nuclear Medicine


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and a survey of the major drug families developing familiarity with commonly prescribed drugs, their clinical application, mechanism of action and side effects. Emphasis is on drugs of importance to nuclear medicine and the common radiopharmaceuticals.

    Prerequisite: BIO 233  or BIO 333  or instructor consent
  
  • CHE 360 - Clinical Pharmacology for the Health Professions


    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and a survey of the major drug families developing familiarity with the most commonly prescribed drugs, their clinical application, mechanism of action and side effects.

    Prerequisite: BIO 233  or BIO 333  or instructor consent
  
  • CHE 407 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: (Hours to be arranged each term.)

  
  • CHE 450 - Biochemistry I


    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 4

    Molecular and cellular biochemistry with emphasis on DNA structure, replication, the process and cellular regulation of RNA transcription, and analyzing and constructing DNA.

    Prerequisites: BIO 213  and CHE 332  
 

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