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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog - Evening & Online [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CIVL 409 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

Credit Hours: 3

Required of all Civil and Environmental Engineering Seniors. Introduces the student to the rudiments of theoretical soil mechanics. Topics include engineering uses of soils, laboratory and field determination of soil properties, determination of phase relationships, engineering soil classification, soil-water interaction and seepage flow mechanics, stress effects of loading on soils at depth, and consolidation, compaction, shear strength, and bearing capacity theory.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Mechanics of Materials (CIVL 304 ) with a grade of “C” or better, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (CIVL 322 ), Analytic Geometry & Calculus III (MATH-231), and Applied Engineering Mathematics I (MATH-234).