Civil Undergraduate
Courses
CE
112 (3 Credits) Spring
Elementary Surveying (2+3)
Basic plane surveying; use of transit, level, theodolite, and total station. Traverses, public land system, circular curves, cross-sectioning and earthwork. (Prerequisite: MATH 108.)
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CE 326W (4 Credits) Spring
Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (3+3)
Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering including soil mechanics and foundation engineering. Identification and classification of soil, physical and mechanical properties of soil, subsurface exploration and laboratory testing techniques, seepage, compaction, bearing capacity, slope stability, deep and shallow foundation design, retaining structure design, frozen ground consideration. (Prerequisites: ES 331, 341, CE 334 or permission of instructor.)
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CE 334 (3 Credits) Fall
Properties of Materials (2+3)
Properties of engineering materials. Bonding, crystal, and amorphous structures. Relationships between microstructure and engineering properties. Modification of properties and environmental serviceability. Concrete and asphalt mixes. (Co-requisite: ES 331.)
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CE 344 (3 Credits) Fall
Water Resources Engineering (3+0)
Fundamentals of engineering hydrology and hydraulic engineering. Precipitation, runoff, statistical methods, flood control, open channels, and groundwater. (Prerequisite: ES 341.)
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CE 400 (0 Credits) Fall, Spring
FE Exam
Complete the FE application and take the State of Alaska Engineering-in-Training Exam in the same semester of course enrollment. (Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering.)
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CE 402 (3 Credits) Fall
Introduction to Transportation Engineering (3+0)
Transportation systems, planning, design parameters, demand and mode specific consideration. (Prerequisite: CE junior standing or permission of instructor.)
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CE 403 (3 Credits) Fall
Traffic Engineering (2+3)
Analysis and design of highways, streets and intersections for traffic consideration. (Prerequisite: CE 402.)
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CE 404 (3 Credits) Spring
Highway Engineering (2+3)
Engineering considerations for highway design including vertical and horizontal alignment, cross sections, drainage, pavements, earthworks, signs and markings, intersection and interchange. (Prerequisite: CE 402.)
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CE 415 (3 Credits) Fall
Advanced Surveying (2+3)
Azimuth by astronomic methods. Route surveying, including horizontal and vertical curves, spirals, cross-sectioning, and earthwork. Reduction of electronic distance measurements. Alaska State Plane Coordinate System, both old (NAD27) and new (NAD83). (Prerequisite: CE 112.)
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CE 416 (1 Credit) As Demand Warrants
Boundary Surveying (1+0)
Surveying problems related to land subdivision with emphasis on the legal aspects. Metes and bounds descriptions and platted subdivisions. (Prerequisite: CE 112 or permission of instructor.)
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CE 422 (3 Credits) Spring
Foundation Engineering (3+0)
Bearing capacity of soils and effects of settlements on structure. Design of footings and rafts, pile and pier foundations, retaining walls and anchored bulkheads. Foundations on frozen soils, and construction problems in foundation engineering. (Prerequisites: CE 326, ES 301.)
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CE 423 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Introduction to Earthquake Engineering (3+0)
Introduction to sources of earthquakes; source mechanism and source parameters; attenuation relationships; earthquake response of single and multi-degree of freedom systems; earthquake response spectra and earthquake-induced liquefaction and densification of soil. (Prerequisite: CE 326. Next offered: 2003 - 04.)
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CE 425 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants
Advanced Soil Mechanics (2+3)
Soil formation, identification and classification, physical and mechanical properties of soil, seepage, drainage and frost action, subsoil investigation, bearing capacity of soils, and lateral earth pressures and stability of slopes. (Prerequisites: CE 326, ES 301.)
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CE 431 (3 Credits) Spring
Structural Engineering I (2+3)
Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures to include: beams, trusses and frames. Internal force resultants, shear and moment diagrams, deflections, internal stresses. Influence lines and criteria for moving loads. Indeterminate analysis to include methods of consistent deflections, slope deflection and moment distribution. Introduction to matrix methods. (Prerequisites: CE 334, ES 331.)
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CE 432 (3 Credits) Fall
Structural Engineering II (2+3)
Concepts of analysis/design using advanced methods of structural analysis and computer techniques. Effects of material behavior, and modes of failure (building, bending, shear, connections) on design decisions examined. (Prerequisite: CE 431.)
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CE 433 (3 Credits) Spring
Reinforced Concrete Design (2+3)
Design philosophies and current practice. Short and long columns, beam-columns, flexural members, to include: rectangular and T-beams, one and two-way slabs. Footings. Crack control, anchorage, development lengths and deflections. Introduction to complete structural systems. Current ACI specifications used. (Prerequisite: CE 431.)
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CE 434 (3 Credits) Spring
Timber Design (2+3)
Essentials of structural design. Design of basic components of solid and laminated timber, connections, arches, pole framing, diaphragms, stressed-skin construction, and timber shells. (Prerequisites: ES 331 and CE 431.)
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CE 438W,O (3 Credits) Spring
Design of Engineered Systems (3+0)
System design principles for large-scale constructed facilities. Application of ethics, liability and legal principles to professional practice. Emphasis on teamwork and leadership. (Prerequisite: Last year of civil engineering B.S. program.)
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CE 441 (4 Credits) Spring
Environmental Engineering (3+3)
Fundamentals of environmental engineering including theory and application of water and wastewater, solid waste, and air quality engineering practice; emphasis on natural processes that influence pollutant fate and how these processes are used in engineered systems for pollution control. (Prerequisite: ES 341 or permission of instructor.)
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CE 442 (4 Credits) Fall
Environmental Engineering II (3+3)
Advanced topics involving environmental, focusing on design of pollution control and remediation systems. Presents an understanding of the theories and principles for the design of engineering systems for environmental protection, management and control. Includes air pollution control, water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and hazardous and toxic waste transport, treatment and disposal. Emphasis on practical application of environmental engineering principles to real-world problems. (Prerequisites: CE 441 and junior standing in civil engineering.)
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CE 445 (3 Credits) Spring
Engineering Hydrology (2+3)
Design and analysis; extended coverage of hydrologic concepts from CE 344. Precipitation, evaporation analysis; groundwater hydraulics; runoff analysis and prediction; statistical hydrology; application of simulation models. (Prerequisite: CE 344.)
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CE 470 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring
Civil Engineering Internship (0+3)
Supervised work experience in engineering organizations. Assignments individually arranged with cooperating organizations and agencies. (Prerequisites: Senior standing, permission of department coordinator.)
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Engineeiring Science Courses
ES 101 (2 Credits) Fall,
Spring
Introduction to Engineering (1.5+2)
Overview of the engineering profession and introduction to the fields of engineering. Basic concepts from engineering, physics and mathematics applied to engineering problem solving. Basic skills required of engineers, including an introduction to engineering communications: word processing, descriptive geometry, orthographic and isometric drawings, graphs, computer graphics and computer aided drawing (CAD). (Prerequisite: MATH 107X; Co-requisite: MATH 108 or calculus placement.)
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ES 201 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Computer Techniques (2+3)
Basic computer programming, in FORTRAN and BASIC, with applications from all fields of engineering. (Prerequisites: MATH 107X and 108 or enrollment in MATH 200X.)
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ES 208 (4 Credits) Spring
Mechanics (3+3)
Engineering-oriented coverage of statics and dynamics. Vector methods used where appropriate. (Prerequisites: ES 101, MATH 201X, and PHYS 211X.)
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ES 209 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Statics (3+0)
Force systems in two and three dimensions. Composition and resolution of forces and force systems; principles of equilibrium applied to various bodies, simple structures, friction, centroids, moments of inertia. Vector algebra used where appropriate. (Prerequisites: ES 101 and MATH 201X; co-requisite: PHYS 211X.)
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ES 210 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Dynamics (3+0)
Motion of particles, kinematics and kinetics of plane motion of rigid bodies, and principles of work and energy, impulse and momentum. Vector methods used where appropriate. (Prerequisite: ES 209.)
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ES 301 (3 Credits) Fall
Engineering Analysis (3+0)
Application of mathematical tools to typical engineering design problems. Selected topics from all fields of engineering. (Prerequisites: ES 201, MATH 302.)
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ES 307 (3 Credits) Fall
Elements of Electrical Engineering (3+0)
Elementary circuits and theorems, natural, forced and steady state response, principles of electronics, circuit models and system parameters, elements of measurement and instrumentation, and characteristics of DC machines, and AC machines and transformers. (Prerequisite: MATH 202X or permission of instructor.)
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ES 308 (3 Credits) Spring
Instrumentation and Measurement (2+3)
(Cross-listed with ME 308)
Instrumentation theory and concepts of digital and analog devices, transducers, data sensing transmission, recording, and display, instrumentation system, remote sensing, and hostile environmental conditions. (Prerequisite: ES 307.)
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ES 331 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Mechanics of Materials (2+3)
Analysis of internal forces in members subjected to axial, torsional, and flexural loads, singly and in combination. Stress-strain relationships and material property definitions; shear and moment diagrams, Mohr's Circle. Applications include beams, columns, connections, indeterminate cases. (Prerequisites: ES 208 or 209 and MATH 201X.)
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ES 334 (3 Credits) Fall
Elements of Material Science/Engineering (2+3)
(Cross-listed with ME 334)
Properties of engineering materials. Crystal structure, defect structure, structure and properties, aspects of metal processing, heat treatment, joining, testing, and failure analysis for engineering applications and design. (Prerequisites: CHEM 106X and PHYS 212X.)
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ES 341 (4 Credits) Fall, Spring
Fluid Mechanics (3+3)
Statics and dynamics of fluids; energy and momentum principles. Dimensional analysis; flow in open channels, closed conduits and around submerged bodies. (Prerequisites: MATH 201X and ES 208 or 210.)
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ES 346 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Basic Thermodynamics (3+0)
Thermodynamic systems, properties, processes, and cycles. Fundamental principles of thermodynamics (first and second laws), and elementary applications. (Prerequisites: MATH 201X and PHYS 211X.)
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