CEE Course List
CEE Courses
CE 111 - Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course Description: Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) through interaction with practicing professionals, upper class mentors, and professors in CEE. This course will consider the history, ethical concepts, sustainability issues, and communication in CEE.
CE 112 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Computations
Course Description: Computational techniques in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Development of mathematical techniques to solve engineering problems. Use of statistical and graphical techniques to present engineering data. Introduction to data visualization and computer programming techniques in engineering.
CE 112L - Civil and Environmental Engineering Computations Laboratory
Course Description: See department for course description.
CE 115 - Civil Engineering Drawing and Spatial Analysis
Course Description: The graphic language applied to civil engineering. Projection systems. Multiview and pictorial representation. Introduction to computer assisted drawing software, geographic information systems and spatial analysis. Lecture and laboratory.
CE 115L - CIVIL ENG DRAW & SPATIAL ANALY
Course Description: Laboratory to accompany CE 115. Concurrent enrollment in CE 115 required.
CE 211 - Plane Surveying and Mapping
Course Description: An introductory analytical treatment of the principles of engineering measurements applied to plane surveys. Origin of datums, random error, observation systems, computations, nonrigorous adjustments, and topographic mapping. Computer applications.
Prerequisite: Mth 251
CE 212 - Field Problems in Plane Surveying
Course Description: Care and operation of plane survey instruments. Field projects in testing instrumental adjustment and executing basic survey circuits.
Prerequisite: CE 211 concurrently
CE 315 - The Civil and Environmental Engineering Profession
Course Description: Introduction to civil and environmental engineering (CEE) practice in structural, environmental, geotechnical, and transportation engineering. Overview of education, training, research, and employment opportunities for each area of CEE. Engineering registration and ethics.
Prerequisite: Junior standing in CEE
CE 321 - CEE Properties of Materials
Course Description: Introduction to structure and properties of civil engineering materials such as steel, asphalt, cement, concrete, soil, wood and polymers. Laboratory tests include evaluation of behavior of these materials under a wide range of conditions. Lectures and laboratory.
Prerequisite: EAS 212
CE 321L - Lab for CE 321
Course Description: Introduction to structure and properties of civil engineering materials such as steel, asphalt, cement, concrete, soil, wood and polymers. Laboratory tests include evaluation of behavior of these materials under a wide range of conditions. Lectures and laboratory.
Prerequisite: EAS 212
CE 324 - Elementary Structural Analysis
Course Description: Methods of analysis of statically determinate planar structures; concepts of stability and indeterminacy; calculations of displacements and rotations by virtual work, Castiglianos theorem, and conjugate beam; approximate analysis of statically indeterminate structures.
Prerequisite: EAS 212 and calculus
CE 325 - Indeterminate Structures
Course Description: Analysis of indeterminate structures by force and displacement methods; consistent deformations and the theorem of least work; slope deflection; moment distribution including sway; approximate methods.
Prerequisite: CE 324
CE 341 - Soil Classification and Properties
Course Description: Determination and interpretation of significant engineering properties and behavior of soils; selected application in mechanics of foundations and earth structures. Three lectures; one 3-hour laboratory period.
Prerequisite: CE 321
CE 341L - Soil Classification and Properties Lab
Course Description: Laboratory to accompany CE 341. Concurrent enrollment in CE 341 required.
CE 351 - Transportation Systems: Planning and Design
Course Description: A study of engineering problems associated with the planning and design of urban and intercity transportation with emphasis on systems approach to problems definition and solution. Vehicle operation characteristics and traffic control devices for land, air, and water, data collection methods and development of transportation models for the establishment of design criteria for transportation structures.
Prerequisite: Stat 451 and junior standing in engineering
CE 361 - Fluid Mechanics
Course Description: Properties of fluid; fluid statics; fluid dynamics; control volume and Reynolds transport theorem; conservation of mass, momentum and energy; differential analysis; rotational and irrotational flows, non-viscous and viscous flows, Navier Stokes equations. 3 units Lecture and 1 unit laboratory.
Prerequisite: EAS 215, Mth 256
CE 361L - Fluid Mechanics Lab
Course Description: Lab for CE 361 Fluid Mechanics.
CE 362 - Engineering Hydraulics
Course Description: Application of the principles of fluid mechanics to flow in closed conduits, turbomachinary and open channels. Topics include flow resistance, laminar and turbulent flow and introduction to boundary layer theory; flow in pressurized closed conduits including pipes in series and parallel; turbomachinary including pump systems and turbines; uniform and non-uniform flow in open channels, gradually and rapid varied flow; dimensional analysis and similitude. 3 units lecture and 1 unit laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 361
CE 362L - Hydraulics Lab
Course Description: See department for course description.
CE 364 - Water Resources Engineering
Course Description: Principles of hydrology and hydraulic engineering applied to water supply systems design. Collection and distribution, pump stations, water quality and treatment, economic considerations.
Prerequisite: CE 362
CE 371 - Environmental Engineering
Course Description: Effect of air, land, and water pollutants on environment. Transport and fate of pollutants in environment. Flow and mass balances of reactors. Mathematical modeling of water quality in rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Water and wastewater treatment processes. Air quality management. Solid waste management.
Prerequisite: CE 361
CE 407/507 - Seminar (Credit to be arranged)
Course Description: See department for course description.
Also Listed As: Also listed under Televised Distance Education Courses as USP 407/407/507/507
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
CE 410/510 - Selected Topics (Credit to be arranged)
Course Description: See department for course description.
Also Listed As: Also listed under Chemistry as Ch 410/510 and under Environmental Science & Management as Esm 410/510
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
CE 423/523 - Vibration Analysis in Structural Engineering
Course Description: Fundamentals of vibration theory; applications in structural engineering. Free, forced, and transient vibration of single and multi-degrees of freedom systems including damping, normal modes, coupling, and normal coordinates.
Prerequisite: EAS 212, Mth 261
CE 432/532 - Structural Steel Design - LRFD Method
Course Description: Design of components of steel structures based on load and resistance factor design method.
Prerequisite: CE 321, CE 325
CE 434 - Principles of Reinforced Concrete
Course Description: Loads, load factors and structural safety, ultimate strength analysis; short column behavior, design of simple and continuous beams; one-way slabs; serviceability and detailing requirements with reference to current codes.
Prerequisite: CE 321, 325
CE 435 - Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Course Description: Development and splicing of reinforcement; design of long columns, retaining walls, footings, and slabs with reference to current codes; lateral loads; laboratory demonstration of beam and column behavior.
Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 436/536 - Masonry Design
Course Description: Materials of construction; design of masonry elements, lateral load resisting systems, and connections with reference to current codes.
Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 437 - Timber Design
Course Description: Design of solid and glued-laminated structural members including arches, connections, plywood components, and diaphragms; design provisions for lateral forces.
Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 442/542 - In Situ Behavior and Testing of Soils
Course Description: Introduction to field behavior of soils related to engineering properties; site investigation procedures and in situ testing. Development of fundamental analytical solution techniques for engineering with soil, the use and limitations of elasticity assumptions. Three lectures, one 3-hour laboratory period.
Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 443/543 - Introduction To Seismology And Site Evaluation
Course Description: Earthquakes and exploration seismology, the origin and occurrence of earthquakes, nature and propagation of seismic waves in the earth, earthquakes as a hazard to life and property. Uses of reflection and refraction exploration seismology, borehole velocity measurements, seismic remote sensing, and direct measurement techniques. Earthquake hazard assessment including liquefaction, ground failure, and site amplification. Techniques for evaluating the susceptibility, potential, and severity of the hazards and other science and engineering applications. This course is the same as G 475/575; course may be taken only once for credit.
Prerequisite: Senior/graduate standing
CE 444 - Geotechnical Design
Course Description: Effect of soil conditions upon the behavior and choice of type of foundation; study of earth pressure theories; design of foundations and earth-retaining structures.
Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 450/550 - Transportation Safety Analysis
Course Description: Incorporating safety in highway engineering and transportation planning that includes 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; analyzing data sets for recommendations and prioritization; principles of driver and vehicle characteristics in relation to the roadway.
Prerequisite: CE 351, senior or graduate standing
CE 453/553 - Freight Transportation and Logistics
Course Description: Components and performance characteristics of the U.S. freight transportation system, with emphasis on data needs, planning, design and operation of the entire supply chain. Discussion of impact of freight on passenger transportation system and economy. Modal emphasis includes freight rail, motor freight, ocean freight and air freight. Terminal operations. Roles of public and private actors in freight system.
Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 454 - Urban Transportation Systems
Course Description: Urban street patterns and transportation demand, highway capacity analysis, process of urban transport planning, travel-demand forecasting and its application to traffic studies. Development of transport models, multiple regression analysis, models of land use and trip generations, stochastic trip distribution models, applications and case studies. Route assignment analysis and traffic flow theory.
Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 469/569 - Subsurface Hydrology
Course Description: Basic principles of aqueous flow in the subsurface, emphasizing the importance of groundwater as a resource. Hydrologic cycle, history of groundwater usage, aquifer classification and properties, Darcy’s experiments and Law, hydraulic head and potential, porosity and permeability, transmissivity and storativity, heterogeneity and anisotropy, saturated vs. unsaturated subsurface flow, and hydraulics of pumping wells (drawdown, flow in confined and unconfined aquifers, steady-state vs. transient flow, slug tests, and aquifer-test design).
Prerequisite: Senior/graduate standing
CE 474/574 - Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering
Course Description: Unit operations of water and wastewater treatment; pretreatment; sedimentation, filtration, aeration, disinfection, sludge treatment and disposal, advanced waste-water treatment processes.
Prerequisite: CE 371
CE 479/579 - Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment
Course Description: Chemical, physical, and biological principles that govern the behavior of toxic materials such as heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds in the environment. Course emphasizes practical ways to represent chemical processes in models of pollutant behavior. Topics include: adsorption of pollutants on soils and sediments; transport across sediment-water and air-water interfaces; bioamplification of pollutants; multiphase fugacity models of organics; case studies of contaminated surface water, sediment and groundwater. This course is the same as ESR 479/579; course may be taken only once for credit.
Also Listed As: Also listed under Environmental Science & Management as Esm 479/579
Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing
CE 480/580 - Chemistry of Environmental Toxins
Course Description: The fate and transport-related behavior of toxic compounds in the environment. Classification, nomenclature, examples of anthropogenic compounds, and case studies. Introducing the physical and chemical processes associated with air-water exchange, organic-liquid exchange, sorption processes, chemical transformations, and bioaccumulation.
Prerequisite: CH 221; CH 222 recommended.
CE 481/581 - The Columbia River as a System
Course Description: Explores the climate and hydrologic processes that shape the Columbia River basin ecosystem, and relates these processes to the basin’s management context. The geographic scope includes the watershed, the mainstem and its reservoirs, major tributaries, the tidal river below Bonneville Dam, the estuary, the Columbia plume, and coastal waters that interact with the plume. Lectures and outside speakers will present or discuss vital issues in contemporary Columbia Basin management, along with relevant background information.
Prerequisite: Expected preparation: CE 361 and CE 371. Prerequisites: junior standing.
CE 482/582 - Introduction to Sediment Transport
Course Description: Fundamentals of sediment transport in natural surface waters. Analysis of the governing equations of mass, momentum, and sediment conservation. Covers bedload and suspended material transport in riverine and estuarine waters, focusing on non-cohesive materials. Cohesive material transport will be briefly introduced.
Prerequisite: CE 361, CE 371
CE 484 - Civil Engineering Project Management and Design I
Course Description: Engineering design process including owner-design professional-constructor relationships, procurement procedures, project evolution; contracts, dispute resolution, bonds, warranties; construction documents, including specifications; cost estimating, planning, and scheduling; construction administration; group process, diversity, and leadership.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Civil or Environmental Engineering.
CE 484L - Civil Engineering Project Management and Design I
Course Description: Laboratory to accompany CE 484. Concurrent enrollment in CE 494 required.
CE 494 - Civil Engineering Project Management and Design II
Course Description: Synthesis of civil engineering specialties in a diverse multi-disciplinary project. Teamwork approach in design of components and systems to meet stated objectives. Consideration of alternative solutions, methods, and products including constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, and ethics. Preparation of design documents, including: memoranda, computations, drawings, cost estimates, specifications, bidding materials; written and oral presentations. Two lectures, one 3-hour design project laboratory period.
Prerequisite: CE 484
CE 494L - Civil Engineering Design Lab
Course Description: Laboratory to accompany CE 494. Concurrent enrollment in CE 494 required.
CE 510/610 - Selected Topics (Credit to be arranged)
Course Description: See department for course description.
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
CE 529/629 - Structural Dynamics
Course Description: Determination of normal modes and frequencies for structural systems. Transient and steady state response. Derivation and solution of governing equations using matrix formulation. Analysis of linear response of structures to dynamic loadings. Stresses and deflections in structures.
Prerequisite: CE 423/523
CE 534/634 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
Course Description: Design of spandrel beams, slabs on beams, shear walls, deep beams, corbels, and other components of reinforced concrete structures with reference to current codes.
Prerequisite: CE 435
CE 535/635 - Prestressed Concrete Design
Course Description: Analysis and design of components of prestressed concrete structures with reference to current codes.
Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 537/637 - Earthquake Engineering
Course Description: Response of structures to ground motions; determination and use of response spectra; seismic design criteria and provisions for buildings and other structures; and review of current practices for earthquake resistant design.
Prerequisite: CE 529/629
CE 539/639 - Advanced Steel Design
Course Description: Analysis and design of metal structures including connections, plate girders, composite steel-concrete construction, design loads, structural systems, and bracing.
Prerequisite: CE 333
CE 541/641 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
Course Description: Study of the advanced principles of soil behavior related to stress-strain, shear strength, permeability, and consolidation.
Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 549/649 - Deep Foundation Design and Analysis
Course Description: Comprehensive study of both driven and augered pile foundations, including concrete, steel, and timber. In-depth review of design methods for axial and lateral capacity. Special emphasis on the differences between driven piles and drilled shafts, including the role of full-scale load testing in the semi-empirical methods. Introduction to group theory in elasticity and plasticity.
Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 565 - Watershed Hydrology
Course Description: Study of the movement and storage of water in watersheds, emphasizing physical processes. Includes systems analysis of watersheds, precipitation, snowmelt, infiltration, evapotranspiration, ground-water flow, stream flow generation, open channel flow, hydrograph analysis, and an introduction to watershed hydrological modeling. This course is the same as ESR 525; course may be taken only once for credit.
Prerequisite: Mth 252, Ph 201, Stat 244; recommended: ESR 320 and/or an undergraduate course, such as CE 464
CE 571/671 - Subsurface Contaminant Transport
Course Description: Principles associated with the transport and fate of contaminants in subsurface systems. Complex, heterogeneous factors and processes (both physical and geochemical) influencing contaminant transport. Emphasis on the impact of these processes on contaminant fate across the multitude of scales in the subsurface. Case studies linking theory and measured/observed transport behavior.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
CE 573/673 - Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Course Description: Introduction to the mathematical solution of partial differential equations by finite difference and finite element techniques. Development of solution approaches to water quality and hydraulic problems in surface and groundwater systems. Analysis of model sensitivities, calibration and verification.
Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing in civil or environmental engineering.
CE 576/676 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Course Description: Introduction to the fundamentals of the fluid dynamics of natural surface waters by analysis of the governing equations of mass, momentum, and heat conservation. Applications include turbulence modeling, finite depth water motions, stratified flow phenomena, and seiche phenomena.
Prerequisite: CE 361, 362, 371
CE 578/678 - Water Quality Modeling
Course Description: Introduction to descriptive modeling approaches for analyzing water quality changes in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries. Applications include modeling dissolved oxygen, temperature, nutrients, and algal dynamics.
Prerequisite: CE 361, 371
