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Civil Engineering Program
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Civil Engineering Program

The Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012; (410) 347-7700.

Lower Division Required Courses

 
UNITS
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D16
Mathematics 22A-22B6
Physics 9A-9B-9C and choice of Physics 9D, Chemistry 2C, Biological Science 2A or Geology 50-50L*19
Chemistry 2A-2B or 2AH-2BH10
Civil and Environmental Engineering 34

(Civil and Environmental Engineering 3 is designed for freshman students and is not open to upper division students. Students who do not take this course will substitute 4 units of additional engineering coursework. Non-engineering units from the approved Technical Elective list** may be substituted if within the four unit maximum.)

 
One course from Civil and Environmental Engineering 19, Engineering 6, or Computer Science Engineering 304
Engineering 17, 35, 4511
Civil and Environmental Engineering 104
English 3 or University Writing Program 1,
or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, or 4, or Native American Studies 54
Communication 1 or 34
General Education electives12
Minimum Lower Division Units
94
*Units in excess of the requirement from Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, or Geology courses may count toward the technical elective requirement. Please consult with the departmental staff adviser.
**Departmental technical elective listing available from staff advisor. Maximum of four units from this list may count toward degree requirements. 

Upper Division Requirements:

Areas of Specialization 

Undergraduates may emphasize one or more of the following areas of specialization, or generalize across all areas. You are urged to consult a departmental adviser when developing your individual program. Additional information on areas of specialization and potential faculty advisers can be obtained from the College of Engi-neering Bulletin and the departmental Web page.

Environmental Engineering. The focus of this area is on the management and improvement of air, land, and water quality in the face of increasing population and expanding industrialization. Examples of environmental engineering problems include innovative analysis and design of air, water, wastewater, and solid waste treat-ment systems; mathematical modeling of natural and engineered systems; sampling, analysis, and transport and transformation of natural and anthropogenic pollutants; and modeling of air pollutant emissions.

Suggested technical electives: 

Applied Science Engineering 116; Atmospheric Science 121A, 158, 160; Chemical Engineering 143, 146, 161A, 161B, 170; Chemistry 107A, 107B, 128A, 128B; Civil and Environmental Engineering 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148A, 148B, 149, 150, 153, 163; Engineering 180; Environmental Science and Policy 150A, 151; Mathematics 128A, 128B, 128C; Mechanical Engineering 161, 163, Microbiology 102, 105, 120, 140, 150; Soil Science 111, 112; Statistics 130A, 130B

Suggested Advisers: C. Cappa, J. L. Darby, T. R. Ginn, B. A. Holmén, M. J. Kleeman, F.J. Loge, J. R. Lund, D. Niemeier, S. G. Schladow, S. Wuertz, T. M. Young
Geotechnical Engineering. This area deals with civil infrastructure and environmental problems that require quantifying the behavior of geologic materials (e.g., soils and rocks). Examples of geotechnical engineering problems include foundations for buildings and bridges, earthwork (e.g., dams, tunnels, highways), earthquake hazards (e.g., ground motions, liquefaction, soil-structure interaction), and geo-environmental problems (ground water flow, subsurface contaminant transport and reme-diation).
Suggested technical electives: 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 131, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 171, 171L, 173, 175, 179; Engineering 180; Geology 17, 50, 50L, 134, 161; Hydrologic Science 146; Mathematics 128A, 128B, 128C

Suggested Advisers: R. W. Boulanger, Y. F. Dafalias, J.T. DeJong, J. T. Harvey, B. Jeremic, B. L. Kutter
Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics. The focus of this area is the conception, design, analysis, construction, and life-cycle modeling of all types of civil infrastructure, including buildings, bridges, dams, ports, highways, and industrial facilities. Structural materials include metals, reinforced concrete, timber, and advanced composites. Loads range from earthquakes to adverse environmental conditions. Structural mechanics emphasizes theoretical and computational tools that may be used in structural engineering.
Suggested technical electives: 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 171, 171L, 173, 175, 179; Engineering 122, 180; Materials Science and Engineer-ing 174; Mathematics 128A, 128B, 128C

Suggested Advisers: J. E. Bolander, Y. K. Chai, L. Cheng, Y. F. Dafalias, J.T. Harvey, A. Kanvinde, S. Kunnath, B. Maroney, M. M. Rashid, N. Sukumar

Transportation Planning and Engineering. This area deals with the movement of people and goods in a manner consistent with society’s environmental (e.g. air and water quality) and socio-economic goals (e.g. equity and mobility). Transportation engineering applies engineering, economic, and behavioral science principles to the planning, analysis, design, and operation of transportation systems such as highways and public transit. Transportation planning involves the formulation and analy-sis of transportation policy, program, and project alternatives in consideration of societal goals, budgetary constraints, economic objectives, and technological feasibilities.
Suggested technical electives:  

Civil and Environmental Engineering 137, 149, 153, 161, 162, 163, 165; Engineering 160; Environmental Science and Policy 167, 168A, 168B, 171, 173, 178, 179

 
Suggested Advisers: Y. Fan, J. T. Harvey, A. Kendall, P. L. Mokhtarian, D. Niemeier, D. Sperling, H. M. Zhang
Water Resources Engineering. This area includes hydrology, hydraulics, fluid mechanics, and water resources systems planning and design. Hydrology deals with quantifying and understanding all aspects of the hydrologic cycle, including the relationships between precipitation, runoff, groundwater, and surface water. Water quality and contaminant transport issues are linked to hydrologic conditions. Hydraulics and fluid mechanics deal with flows in pipes, open-channel water-distribution systems, and natural systems, such as lakes and estuaries. Water resources systems planning and design deals with the comprehensive development of water resources to meet the multiple needs of industry, agriculture, municipalities, recreation, and other activities.
Suggested technical electives:

Agricultural and Resource Economics 176; Atmospheric Science 121A; Biological and Agricultural Engineering 145; Civil and Environ-mental Engineering 141, 141L, 142, 144, 145, 148B, 153, 155; Environmental Science and Policy 150A, 151; Hydrologic Science 110.
Suggested Advisers: F. Bombardelli, T. R. Ginn, M. L. Kavvas, J. R. Lund, M. A. Marino, S. G. Schladow, B. A. Younis

Civil Engineering

Upper Division Required Courses

Engineering 102, 103, 104, 104L, 105, 10620
Applied Science Engineering 1154
Civil and Environmental Engineering 1144
One course from Applied Science Engineering 116, Civil and Environmental Engineering 153, Mathematics 118A, or Statistics 1084
A minimum of four of the following group options (a minimum of two courses in each of the four areas and a minimum of 19 design units from group option selections, technical electives, and programming elective. Courses listed in more than one group may be counted only once. The design unit content of each course is noted on the Civil Engineering degree requirement advising sheet, available from the department, also shown in its entirety on the department's undergraduate Web site.)28*

Environment: Civil and Environmental Engineering148A or 149 and at least one from courses 140, 143, 148B, 150;

Geotechnical: Civil and Environmental Engineering 171 and 171 Lab and at least one from courses 173, 175, 179;

Structures: Civil and Environmental Engineering 135 and at least one from courses 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 139, 179;

Transportation: Civil and Environmental Engineering 161 or 163 and at least one from courses 162, 165, 179;

Water Resources: Civil and Environmental Engineering 141 and 141 Lab and at least one from courses 142, 144, 145, 146, 155

Technical electives18

Fourteen units to be selected from upper division engineering courses not already used to fulfill another requirement; of these, seven units must be selected from letter-graded Civil and Environmental Engineering courses. Non-engineering units from the Technical Elective list** may be included, not to exceed four units total toward the degree.
General Education electives12
Minimum Upper Division Units
90
Minimum Units Required for Major
184
*Units in excess of the 28 unit requirement may count toward the technical elective requirement. Please consult with the departmental staff adviser. 
**Departmental technical elective listing available from staff advisor. Maximum of four units from this list may count toward degree requirements. 

Civil Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering

Upper Division Required Courses

Engineering 100, 102, 103, 104, 104L, 105, 10623
Applied Science Engineering 1154
Civil and Environmental Engineering 1144
One course from Applied Science Engineering 116, Civil and Environmental Engineering 153, Mathematics 118A, 121, or Statistics 1084
Civil and Environmental Engineering 130, 135, 141, 141L, 148A, 171, 171L21
Three courses from Civil and Environmental Engineering 132, 136, 143, 145, 148B, 150, 155, 162, 173 (and must include one of Civil and Environmental Engineering 136, 145, 148B, 150, 162, or 173)11
Materials Science and Engineering 160, 162, 162L, 164, 174, and one course from Materials Science and Engineering 172, 180, 181, 182, 188A and 188B (these courses must be taken in consecutive quarters to fulfill one course requirement)22
General Education electives12
Minimum Upper Division Units
101
Minimum Units Required for Major
194

Minor in Construction Engineering and Management

To pre-apply to this minor program offered by Civil and Environmental Engineering, find full details regarding admission and completion in the Application Form avail-able from the department Web site or the undergraduate advisor in 2045 Engineering III.

Minor Program Requirements:
Prerequisite courses must be completed prior to enrollment in coursework taken for minor.
 
UNITS
Construction Engineering and Management
24
Civil and Environmental Engineering 137, 143, 153 12
Twelve units from Civil and Environmental Engineering 179, Agricultural and Resource Economics 112, 155, 157, 171A, 171B, Economics 134, 162, Psychology 156; may include one course from Agricultural and Resource Economics 18, Management 11A, 11B 12
Minor advisors. J. Darby, J.T. Harvey, J. Lund  

The Graduate Program

M.S., M.Engr., D.Engr. and Ph.D.
Professional Certificate
Designated Ph.D. emphasis available in Biotechnology
http://cee.engr.ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-1441

With over 30 faculty, over $13 million in annual research expenditures and over 220 graduate students, the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering inte-grates research, education and professional service in areas related to civil infrastructure and the environment. Graduate students benefit from close working relation-ships with professors who are the leading international experts in their field. They are supported in their study and research by robust funding, and they have access to state-of-the-art research centers. For example, one of the experimental laboratories that constitutes NEES, the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, nees@ucdavis.edu, has the largest centrifuge of its kind in the nation and gives researchers access to their peers at other unique centers via high-speed networks. Since 1960, researchers at the J. Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory (JAHL) have served the state of California by solving ecological, biological, environmental and hydraulic engineering problems. Our graduates go on to serve the profession and academia by advancing the leading edge of fundamental knowledge, as well as engineering practice.

Generous financial support is available in the form of research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships and financial aid. About 75% of the graduate students in our program are either fully or partially supported.
Research Highlights:
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrology
  • Systems Planning and Design
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Transportation Planning and Design
  • Alternative Fuel Transportation Infrastructure
  • Environmental Planning and Management
Research Facilities and Partnerships:
  • NSF NEES Geotechnical Centrifuge
  • Institute of Transportation Studies
  • J. Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory (JAHL)
  • Center for Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
  • Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Complete Information on our Web site.  
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Updated: August 6, 2008 1:25 PM