2019-20 University Catalog 
    
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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, Su indicates Summer.

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.).
 

Business
  

  • BUS 420 - Applied Management Internship

    (F,W,S)
    Lab Hours: 9
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course provides credit for an approved intership related to the student’s program. Students work in a supervised setting where they receive training to develop career related skills while applying college learned theory. This course can substitute for BUS 496. Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval from senior project advisor

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent
  

  • BUS 434 - Global Marketing

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Comprehensive study of global business issues that develop strategic visions for market entry in emerging and developed countries, analyzing financial and pricing considerations, evaluating strategies of export versus local manufacturing, developing a marketing program that demonstrates implementation of global business principles.

    Prerequisites: BUS 223  and BUS 308  
  

  • BUS 435 - Marketing III

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Management marketing strategies within a marketing centric business or organization, including the development of new products and services in response to market demands. Development of collaborative strategies in distribution, pricing and product/service mixes for new products, services and line extensions.

    Prerequisite: BUS 318  
  

  • BUS 441 - Leadership I

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

    Role of managers and leaders within an organization. Recognizing styles, competencies and traits of a leader and strategic application within a working environment through case analysis and discussion, introduction and development of personal leadership skills.

    Prerequisite: BUS 349  or instructor consent
  

  • BUS 442 - Leadership II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Leadership in developing and communicating vision/mission and values setting ethical standards. Leading and developing multi-levels of managers. Mentoring high potential managers and transformational leaders. Leadership during conflict, change and diversity. The role of the leader in organizational development.

    Prerequisite: BUS 441  
  

  • BUS 447 - Controversial Issues in Mgmt

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

    Examination of the many controversial issues in management such as social responsibility, whistle blowing, outsourcing, drug testing, Affirmative Action and so on. Students will study opposing views and arguments from a variety of viewpoints. Discussion and debate develops critical thinking skills.

    Prerequisites: BUS 215 , BUS 304  or BUS 317 , PSY 347 , WRI 122 , and Junior standing
  

  • BUS 456 - Business Research Methods

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

    Research design, exploration, and proposals. Hypotheses formulation and testing. Data sources, collection and analysis. Survey design, sampling and census techniques. Library and on-line information retrieval sources. Effective search strategies.

    Prerequisites: MATH 361  and WRI 227  
  

  • BUS 457 - Business Research Methods II

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

    Emphasizes quantitative elements of research methods including presenting and describing information, drawing conclusions about populations using sample information; and improving business processes.

    Prerequisites: BUS 215  or BUS 304  or BUS 317 , and MATH 243  or MATH 361   
  

  • BUS 467 - Service Management

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

    The nature of service and service encounters, strategy, and competitiveness. Design of service systems. Facilities location, design, and layout. Service quality and continuous improvement.

    Prerequisite: BUS 215  or BUS 317  
  

  • BUS 473 - Marketing Plan Development

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

    Development of an in-depth marketing plan for a local community business. All aspects of the plan will be covered in detail.

    Prerequisites: BUS 223  and BUS 319  
  

  • BUS 478 - Strategic Management

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

    Comprehensive study and analysis of businesses and/or case studies. Evaluation of strategic and operational decision making. Performance analysis in areas of finance, marketing and social performance.

    Prerequisites: ACC 203 , WRI 227 , and Senior standing
  

  • BUS 495 - Senior Project Proposal

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

    Examination of senior internship and/or project process and requirements. Definitions of a suitable senior internship or project topic and preparation of a formal proposal. Topics dealing with client contact, task definition, privacy and confidentiality, initial research, presentation of results.

    Pre- or Corequisites: BUS 456  or BUS 457 , and MGT 335  
  

  • BUS 496 - Senior Project

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

    Students finalize project plan and complete data gathering and analysis portion of a project for a client or an independent research project. Topics include completing research, data gathering and analysis. Interim project report is written.

    Prerequisite: BUS 495  
  

  • BUS 497 - Senior Project

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

    Students complete project started in BUS 496 including preparing a detailed project report and delivering a final PowerPoint presentation. Periodic progress reports required. Instructor functions as a consultant.

    Prerequisite: BUS 496  with grade of “C” or better
    Pre- or Corequisite: BUS 356  
  

  • BUS 507 - Seminar

    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • BUS 525 - Marketing Management

    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Topics include concepts related to the marketing management function of segmentation, brand equity, customer value analysis, integrated marketing, internal marketing and various organizational roles in moving a firms’ products or services to end-users profitability and with value to the customers.

Civil Engineering
  

  • CE 107 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 6

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 203 - Engineering Graphics

    (W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 3

    Graphical communication in civil engineering using computer-aided drafting and design software. Includes development of drawings related to civil engineering projects such as roads, subdivisions and buildings, development of scaled plots and reading of engineering drawings.
  

  • CE 205 - Computational Methods

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Credit Hours: 2

    Solve applied problems involving formulas, functions, summation and iteration using Excel and VBA. Use built-in functions and graphing capabilities.

    Prerequisite: MATH 112  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 207 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 6
    Credit Hours: 6

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 208 - Princ of Professional Practice

    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Civil engineering profressional 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.
  

  • 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

    Lecture Hours: 15
    Lab Hours: 15
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 307 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 15
    Lab Hours: 15
    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 308 - Princ of Professional Practice

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Credit Hours: 4

    Civil engineering profressional 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 - Intro to Geotechnical Engr

    (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.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 213  with grade “C” or better
    Corequisite: CE 212  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 312 - Earth Pressures & Foundations

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis and design of shallow footings, deep foundations include 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 lintels 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 - Intro to Transportation Engr

    (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 of 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 presssure 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: 2

    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: 4

    Second term of a two-term sequence integrating civil engineering design, group dynamcis and technical communications. Students receive four credit hours in civil engineering (CE 402) and three cerdit hours in communication for general education (COM 402).

    Prerequisites: CE 401  and COM 401 , both with grade “C” or better
    Corequisite: SPE 321  
  

  • CE 403 - FE Exam Preparation

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lectures and problem work sessions to help civil engineering students successfully pass the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam. Topics covered include mathematics, ethics, economics, statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, materials, fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrologic systems, structures, geotechnical, transportation, environmental, construction, and surveying.

    Corequisite: CE 402  
  

  • CE 405 - Sustainability & Infrastruct

    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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

    Lecture Hours: 12
    Lab Hours: 12
    Credit Hours: 12

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 408 - Workshop

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 411 - Engineering Geology

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    A study of the interaction of geology, including strucutre, 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 & Earth Structures

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 - Adv Shear Strength of Soils

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 course grained soils.

    Prerequisites: CE 311  and GEOL 201 , both with grade of “C” or better
  

  • CE 423 - Deep Foundations

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

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

    Prerequisites: CE 311 , CE 312 , and GEOL 201 , all with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 432 - Struc Loading & Lat. Forces

    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    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 Cod. Introduction and design of basic lateral force resisting systems and gravity elements with software applications as appropriate.

    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 - Adv Reinforced Concrete Design

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Analysis and design of masonry beams, walls and columns using computer solutions with emphasis on lateral design considerations. Prerequisite: Better and gravity elements with software applications as appropriate

    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
    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 fleible 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 & Land Dev.

    (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
    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Offerrs 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 stormwater quality and erosion control. Design project.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 481 - Environmental Engineering I

    (F,W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 managment.

    Prerequisites: CHE 221  and ENGR 318 , both with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 489 - Treatment Wetlands

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Treatment wetland features; biological, chemical, and physical properties. Planning, design, and performance assessment principles for municipal, agricultural and stormwater 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: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 501 - Civil Engr Graduate Seminar

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 1
    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

    Prerequisite: Advisor consent
  

  • CE 507 - Seminar

    Lecture Hours: 9
    Lab Hours: 9
    Credit Hours: 9

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CE 511 - Seepage and Earth Structures

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    This course describes basic earthquake engineering in terms of regional seismicity, predicted ground motions, probabilitistic 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
    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 - Adv Shear Strengths of Soils

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Three-dimensional stress and strain, failure theories, elasticity and plasticity, curved beams, beams on elastic foundations, unsymmetric 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
    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Torsion members, plate girders, and lateral force resisting systems. AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural 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 and 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 unsignalized and signalzied 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 grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 558 - Transportation Safety

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 4
    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, 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 quanitity 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 stormwater quality and erosion control. Design project.

    Prerequisite: CE 374  with grade “C” or better
  

  • CE 586 - Water & Wastewater Treatment

    Lecture Hours: 4
    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 Tech

    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 Grad Project

    (F,W,S)
    Credit Hours: 9

    Research and preparation pertaining to the master’s project. Prerequisite: Advisor consent

    Prerequisite: Advisor consent

Chemistry
  

  • CHE 101 - Intro to General Chemistry

    (F,W,S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 - Intro to Organic Chemistry

    (W)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    A 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 - Intro to Biochemistry

    (S)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    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 - Intro to General Chemistry Lab

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

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 101.

    Corequisite: CHE 101  
  

  • CHE 105 - Intro to Organic Chemistry Lab

    (W)
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 102.

    Corequisite: CHE 102  
  

  • CHE 106 - Elementary Chemistry Lab

    (S)
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 103.

    Corequisite: CHE 103  
  

  • CHE 107 - Seminar

    Credit Hours: 15

    (Hours to be arranged each term.)
  

  • CHE 201 - General Chemistry I

    (F)
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 3

    Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichometry, reactions in aqueous solutions (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions) gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Emphasis on engineering applications. Prerequisite: CHE 101 and 104, or high school chemistry or equivalent.

    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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Electronic structure of atoms, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, intermolecular forces, phase transistions, 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
    Credit Hours: 3

    Chemical kinetics and equilibrium, applications of aqueous equilbria (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 Lab

    (F)
    Lab Hours: 3
    Credit Hours: 1

    Lab accompanying class content in CHE 201.

    Corequisite: CHE 201  
 

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