Certificate of Achievement in Civil Engineering
2025-2026 Map
Total Units: 23
Term 1
3 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| ENGR 3: Plane Surveying I | 3.00 | Prerequisite: MATH 20, MATH 28, MATH 28s or high school trigonometry | |
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 20, MATH 28, MATH 28s or high school trigonometry The course applies theory and principles of plane surveying: office computations and design; operation of surveying field equipment; and production of engineering plans/maps. Topics include distances, angles, and directions; differential leveling; traversing; property/boundary surveys; topographic surveys/mapping; volume/earthwork; horizontal and vertical curves; land description techniques; and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Extensive field work using tapes, levels, transits, theodolites, total stations, and GPS. (C-ID ENGR 180). |
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Term 2
3 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| ENGR 4: Plane Surveying II | 3.00 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): ENGR 3 This course introduces students to civil engineering design standards, concepts and procedures related to transportation engineering and construction management. Topics include the standards and design of horizontal curves, vertical curves and earthwork related to transportation projects in addition to survey staking, state plane coordinates, geographic information systems and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) related to project surveying. The laboratory portion of the course includes the application of 3-dimensional graphic modeling software requiring creativity in design, development of construction plans, and operation of modern surveying equipment, such as total stations and GPS. |
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Term 3
9 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| DFT 12: Beginning AutoCAD Drafting | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course introduces students to basic drafting concepts using both freehand sketching and AutoCAD, an industry-standard computer-aided drafting (CAD) application. It is intended for drafting majors, engineering majors, interior design majors and pre-architectural students. Topics include line and geometric shape development, freehand sketching, basic AutoCAD commands, text commands, file management, orthographic and pictorial projection, dimensioning, sectioning, auxiliaries, and architectural drawings using sketching and a two-dimensional (2D) drafting application. Document reproduction, printing and plotting will be introduced and practiced. |
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| ENGR 2: Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB | 3.00 | Prerequisite: MATH 30 or MATH 30s | |
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 30 or MATH 30s This course utilizes the MATLAB environment and commercial electronic spreadsheets to provide students with a working knowledge of computer-based problem-solving methods relevant to science and engineering. It introduces the fundamentals of procedural and object-oriented programming, numerical analysis, and data structures. Examples and assignments in the course are drawn from practical applications in engineering, physics, and mathematics. (C-ID ENGR 220). |
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| ENGR 8: Statics | 3.00 | Prerequisite: MATH 31, PHYS 41 | |
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 31, PHYS 41 A first course in engineering mechanics: properties of forces, moments, couples and resultants; two- and three-dimensional force systems acting on engineering structures in equilibrium; analysis of trusses, and beams; distributed forces, shear and bending moment diagrams, center of gravity, centroids, friction, and area and mass moments of inertia. Optional additional topics include fluid statics, cables, Mohr's circle and virtual work. (C-ID ENGR 130). |
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Term 4
8 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| GEOL 32: Physical Geology with Lab | 4.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 4.00
This course introduces students to the internal and external processes that are at work changing the earth today. Within the context of modern plate tectonics theory, students will explore the origins of rocks and minerals and dynamic earth processes such as volcanism, seismicity and mountain building that are driven by the release of Earth's internal heat. It also examines how wind, running water, and glaciers move in response to gravity and energy from the sun and the sculpting of Earth's surface by erosion. These concepts as well as the interpretation of topographic and geologic maps will be reinforced with an integrated laboratory program. (C-ID GEOL 101). |
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| ENGR 45: Materials Science | 4.00 | Prerequisite: PHYS 41, CHEM 1 | |
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Prerequisite(s): PHYS 41, CHEM 1 This course presents the internal structures and resulting behaviors of materials used in engineering applications, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and semiconductors. The emphasis is upon developing the ability both to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria and to understand the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Laboratories provide opportunities to directly observe the structures and behaviors discussed in the course, to operate testing equipment, to analyze experimental data, and to prepare reports. (C-ID ENGR 140B). |
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