Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Industrial Systems and Technology
College of Science, Engineering, and Technology

ARTICULATION COURSES

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Candidates for admission to the Graduate Program should typically have an undergraduate degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering area. In special cases, for candidates to the Graduate Program with Civil/Environmental Engineering emphasis area, who do not have an undergraduate degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering field, there are two options:

Option 1. First obtain a B.S. in Civil engineering, and then pursue a MS degree. This is a much more preferred option. With this option, you are much better prepared to take FE Exam and PE Exam, and you get a broad knowledge of civil engineering. This option takes longer to complete since you have to satisfy all course degree requirements for the B.S. in Civil Engineering Program, and the engineering courses are typically offered once a year. Your adviser and the Department will determine what courses can be transferred. See also information for transfer students.

Option 2. The second option is to take articulation courses first and then pursue a graduate program. This option can be completed faster, but does not give you a broad knowledge of civil engineering. In this case, you would
take additional courses based on the courses your have already taken. The engineering courses are typically offered once a year. The articulation classes are described below.

Articulation Courses for Civil Engineering Emphasis Area

Candidates for the Civil Engineering emphasis area, who do not have an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering or in closely related field, are required to satisfy, as a minimum, all the articulation courses listed in Table 1 in addition to satisfying four courses from the five articulation courses listed in Table 2. In addition,
required pre-requisites (such as Calculus courses, Calculus-based Physics courses, Chemistry, etc.) to all articulation courses must be fulfilled as is required by the individual course. In addition to courses listed in table 1 and Table 2, the students are required to take several other undergraduate courses in specialty areas (structural
engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, and transportation engineering). The adviser
and the Dept. will determine what additional courses are needed based on the student’s program of study. As a result, a student may be required to take many more courses than the ones listed in Table 1 and Table 2.

Table 1. Required three courses

Table 2. Choose four from the following five courses in consultation with the faculty adviser.

***Note: In addition to the courses listed in Tables 1 and 2, the students are required to take several other courses in specialty areas (structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, and transportation engineering). The adviser and the Dept. will determine what additional courses are needed based on the student’s program of study.***

Articulation Courses for Environmental Engineering Emphasis Area

Candidates for the Environmental Engineering emphasis area, who do not have an undergraduate degree in
Civil/Environmental Engineering, are required to satisfy, as a minimum, the articulation courses listed in
Table 3. Required pre-requisites (such as Calculus courses, Calculus-based Physics courses, Chemistry, etc.) to all articulation courses must be fulfilled as is required by the individual course. In addition to courses listed in Table
3, the students may be required to take several other undergraduate courses. The adviser and the Dept. will determine what additional courses are needed based on the student’s program of study and his/her background. As a result, a student may be required to take many more courses than the ones listed in Table 3.

Table 3. Required courses for Environmental Engineering Emphasis area

***Note: The students may be required to take several additional courses. The adviser and the Dept. will determine what additional courses are needed based on the student’s program of study.

Important Notes for Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering Emphasis Area:

1. Required pre-requisites to all articulation courses must be fulfilled as is required by the individual course.
2. The above articulation courses serve as general guidelines. The students are required to meet with their faculty adviser. The adviser and the Dept. will determine what additional courses are needed.
3. Undergraduate civil engineering classes are typically offered once a year, either in Fall or in Spring semester.
   Please see the undergraduate curriculum.

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Civil Engineering Articulation Courses Descriptions

CIV 222 (3) Engineering Mechanics I. Co-requisite: PHY 211.
Calculus-based statics of particles and rigid bodies; equilibrium; distributed
forces; centroids; structures, trusses, frames, machines; forces in beams and
cables; friction; moments of inertia, real life examples for engineering
applications and systems approach.

CIV 240 (3) Strength of Materials. Prerequisite: EN 222. Forces
and stresses, axial loading, torsion, pure bending, transverse loading, shear
force and bending moment diagrams, transformation of stress and strain, design
of beams and shafts, deflection of beams, statically indeterminate problems,
energy methods, columns, real life examples and systems approach.

CIV 320 (3) Structural Analysis. Prerequisite: EN 240. Analysis of
statically determinate and indeterminate structures for fixed and moving loads.
Equations of equilibrium and compatibility. Influence lines, and shear
and moment envelopes. Analysis of forces
and deflections in structures
by methods of moment distribution, consistent deformation, and virtual work,
computer analysis of structures, real life examples.

CIV 330 (2) Fluid Mechanics. Prerequisites: EN 223, EN 240, Co-requisite: MATH 368, CIVL

330. Fluid properties and definition; fluid statics; fluid dynamics;
Bernoulli equation and linear momentum; viscous flow; drag forces and boundary
layer concepts; ideal flow; velocity
potential and stream functions; dimensional analysis and dynamic
similitude, real life problems.

CIVL 330 (1) Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. Co-requisite: CIV 330.
Laboratory experience to measure fluid properties and apply principles for
application in engineering design. The experiments will include pressure and
velocity measurement, application of mass, energy, and momentum principles, energy losses, forces
on immersed bodies,
and flow measurement devices; critically analyze and interpret data, report writing.

CIV 340 (3) Introduction to Environmental Engineering. Prerequisites:
CHEM 141; co- requisites; CIVL 340, CIV 330, and CIVL 330. Basic concepts of
environmental engineering, local and global environmental issues, scientific,
social, ethical, regulations and public policy on environmental protection;
quantitative engineering analysis of sources, transformations, and effects of
pollutants in water, air, and soil; introduction to water and wastewater
treatment processes, air pollution control technologies, solid waste and
hazardous waste management. This course requires the completion of a service
learning component in specific areas of environmental
engineering.

CIVL 340 (1) Environmental Engineering Laboratory. Prerequisite:
CHEM 141 , Co- requisites: CIV 340, CIV 330, CIVL 330. Experiments for the
analysis of water, wastewater and certain solid wastes. Selected experiments
may include determinations of water’s or wastewater’s
pH, alkalinity, turbidity, hardness, and electric conductivity; solids,
nitrogen species, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical
oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon, and chlorinated compounds. Also
included will be contaminant leaching test of some solid or hazardous wastes
and absorption of contaminants by solid media. Critical analysis of
experimental and interpretation of data and scientific presentation (reporting)
of results are emphasized.

CIV 380 (3) Introduction to Geotechnical Enineering. Prerequisites:
EN 240, and CIV 330. Co-requisite: CIVL 380. Engineering soil classification,
flow of water in soils, soil permeability and seepage, concepts of effective
stress, stress and compressibility of soils, primary and secondary consolidation settlement, time rate of
settlement, soil compaction, soil shear strength, introduction to slope
stability, critical thinking and engineering judgment.

CIVL 380 (3) Geotech. Engrg. Laboratory. Co-requisite: CIV 380.
Laboratory experiments to be performed by students to obtain soil parameters
required for designed problems. Engineering classification of soils, grain size
distribution, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, unconfined compression,
compaction, in-situ field tests, consolidation, and shear strength
determination, applications to design problems, critically analyze and
interpret data, report writing.

CIV 390 (3) Introduction to
Transportation Engineering. Co-requisite: CIV 380. Introduction to planning practice and procedure, design,
operation, management, and maintenance of transportation systems, with emphasis
on urban issues. General characteristics of transportation engineering systems
including streets, highways, transit, airways.
Capacity considerations including time-space diagrams. Elementary dynamics of
traffic and functional consideration of routes and terminals. Components of
transportation engineering facility design including geometric design,
earthwork, and pavements.

CIV 430 (3) Foundation Engineering. Prerequisite: CIV 380. Shallow
foundation analysis and factors to consider for design, subsurface
investigations for design, bearing capacity and settlement, mat foundations, piles,
caissons, lateral earth pressures and retaining walls, site improvement techniques, design of sheet pile walls and support systems, critical thinking and engineering judgment, ethical considerations.