Undergraduate Calendar 1998-1999

The complex problems and needs of current and future societies have created challenges for Engineering unparalleled in our history. To interpret and satisfy these needs, Civil Engineers currently direct the spending of more than one tenth of Canada's gross national product -- more than any other professional group. The Civil Engineer must deal with the human impact of engineering -- the social, moral and legal issues -- to a far greater degree than ever before.

Historically, Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering and dates back at least 5,000 years to the profession of 'master builder' involving pyramids, temples and irrigation projects. Civil Engineering has become an extremely diverse field with opportunities for graduates in many areas of application. Furthermore, the use of electronic data collection methods and the application of computers has revolutionized the practice of Civil Engineering. Consequently, our curriculum is being constantly reviewed in order to produce graduate engineers who can use advanced aids to solve complex problems.

The Civil Engineering program is designed to provide the necessary fundamentals of mathematics and the natural sciences as well as to provide perspectives from the fields of the social sciences and humanities.

The Department of Civil Engineering at Waterloo, being one of the largest in Canada, is able to offer elective courses in each of the following areas.

Structural Engineering

Deals with the design and construction of all types of structures including buildings and bridges. Emphasis is placed on mechanics and the behaviour of materials.

Construction Engineering and Management

Intended for students interested in project management, construction materials and construction engineering.

Water and Waste Management Engineering

Addresses water and waste water treatment, surface and ground water pollution and control, solid and hazardous waste management, contaminant transport and behaviour in the environment. Support areas involving aquatic chemistry, computer modelling, simulation and laboratory experimentation as examples are also stressed.

Transportation Engineering

Deals with the planning, design, construction, traffic operation and evaluation of streets, highways, airports, and transit systems.

Geotechnical Engineering

Familiarizes students with the engineering properties of soils, the fundamentals of soil mechanics, and the application of geotechnical data and fundamentals to the design of foundation elements, earth-retaining structures, excavations, earth embankments and highway pavements.

Engineering Mechanics

For students with a strong interest in a rigorous study of mechanics, applied mathematics and related fields. Leads to an understanding of advanced analysis and serving as a preparation for graduate study in structural engineering, hydraulics, mechanics of solids and fluids, or properties of materials.

Water Resources Engineering

Deals with the planning, management, design and operation of water supply and distribution systems, flood control and flood hazard mapping, hydrologic and hydraulic aspects of environmental issues, and application of remotely-sensed data to hydrologic and environmental problems.

Experimental Mechanics

Intended for students with an interest in experimental investigations of the static and dynamic response of structures and machines, and in the development of improved techniques to obtain and analyse experimental data.

Materials

Courses in this area are intended to provide students interested in structural engineering, mechanics or properties of materials with a background in materials science.

Additional Areas of Study

Alternatively, the student can choose a more general pattern of study involving courses from several topic areas, or a program outside the traditional Civil Engineering field. For instance, with the approval of the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, the student may augment Civil Engineering course programs with elective courses from:
Public Administration
Planning
Management Science
Business Administration
Bioengineering
Environmental Health, and others.

To this end, the Civil Engineering Curriculum has been designed to allow the maximum possible flexibility while still meeting the requirements for the professional degree.

The profession of Civil Engineering is principally involved with the creation, operation and maintenance of structures associated with water resources, transportation, power generation, and a wide range of industrial, commercial and institutional buildings and complexes including whole urban structures. The activities include investigation, planning design, construction and evaluation.

Vocationally, a Civil Engineer may specialize in such areas as biomechanics, solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, elasticity, building structures, bridges, hydrology, hydraulics, sanitation (public health), industrial wastes, water resource structures, irrigation and drainage, inland waterways, harbours, aerospace, highways (roads and streets), railroads, pipelines, geology, meteorology, soil mechanics, foundations, tunnelling (rock mechanics), surveying and cartography, urban and regional planning and overall project planning. A Civil Engineering education may also be combined to advantage with another discipline or profession, such as Economics, Law, Medicine or Biology.

The Civil Engineer, regardless of whether he or she is a generalist or a specialist, draws heavily upon the work of the physical and social sciences, other professions and other branches of engineering. Moreover, as engineers have become involved in many interdisciplinary activities over the last decade, the job demarcation between boundaries of engineering has become much less restrictive. Certainly one of the advantages of completing a Civil Engineering program is that it allows professional registration while simultaneously providing a basis for further study and professional development in a large variety of specialized fields.

1. Core Program
   
• Credit Courses
  CIV E 125 Civil Engineering Concepts 1
  CIV E 126 Civil Engineering Concepts
  CIV E 127 Statics
  CIV E 204 Mechanics of Solids 1
  CIV E 205 Mechanics of Solids 2
  CIV E 221 Advanced Calculus
  CIV E 222 Differential Equations
  CIV E 224 Probability and Statistics
  CIV E 253 Geology for Engineers
  CIV E 265 Structure and Properties of Materials
  CIV E 280 Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
  CIV E 300 Civil Engineering Project 1
  CIV E 303 Structural Analysis 1
  CIV E 342 Transport Principles and Applications
  CIV E 353 Geotechnical Engineering 1
  CIV E 375 Water Quality Engineering
  CIV E 392 Engineering Economics
  CIV E 400 Civil Engineering Project 2
  CIV E 491 Engineering Law

Plus one of:
CIV E 313 Structural Concrete Design 1
CIV E 413 Structural Steel Design


• Non-Credit Courses
  CIV E 298 Civil Engineering Seminars
  CIV E 299 Civil Engineering Seminars
  CIV E 398 Civil Engineering Seminars
  CIV E 399 Civil Engineering Seminars
  CIV E 498 Civil Engineering Seminars
  CIV E 499 Civil Engineering Seminars
• Civil Engineering Seminar
  These seminars are designed to enrich the undergraduate program by providing guest lectures, informal lectures, mock trials and films relating to principles, methods and practice of Civil Engineering and the role of the engineer in society.
  
2. Electives

Each student is responsible for selecting his or her own program of electives, in keeping with the ultimate career objectives after graduation. The program must satisfy the requirements of the Department of Civil Engineering. This includes having to meet minimum requirements in:
Mathematical Foundations
Basic Sciences
Engineering Sciences
Engineering Design
Complementary Studies



• Technical Electives*
  Elective courses may be selected from the following list, in accordance with the academic program for the term, and in consultation with the Faculty Advisor. A number of elective courses may be taken from the offerings of other departments including Wilfrid Laurier University.

CIV E 306 Mechanics of Solids 3
CIV E 313 Structural Concrete Design 1
CIV E 343 Traffic Engineering
CIV E 344 Urban Transport Planning
CIV E 354 Geotechnical Engineering 2
CIV E 381 Hydraulics
CIV E 401 Civil Engineering Project 3
CIV E 403 Structural Analysis 2
CIV E 404 Structural Analysis 3
CIV E 405 Structural Dynamics
CIV E 407 Building Science & Technology
CIV E 413 Structural Steel Design
CIV E 414 Structural Concrete Design 2
CIV E 415 Structural Systems
CIV E 422 Finite Element Analysis
CIV E 440 Transport Systems Analysis
CIV E 442 Pavement Structural Design
CIV E 454 Geotechnical Engineering 3
CIV E 460 Orthopaedic-Bioengineering
CIV E 472 Waste Water Treatment
CIV E 473 Contaminant Transport
CIV E 483 Design of Urban Water Systems
CIV E 486 Hydrology
CIV E 493 Engineering in the Canadian North
CIV E 496 Construction Engineering

* With the exception of CIV E 313 and CIV E 413, the offering of these courses is contingent upon sufficient demand and/or available teaching resources.

• Complementary Studies Electives

Four elective courses in approved non-technical subjects, must be taken. The marks obtained in these courses will be included in the calculation of term averages. These courses are organized on a Faculty basis and detailed in this Calendar under the section 'Complementary Studies in the Faculty of Engineering.'

Term 1A (Fall)
MATH 115, 117, CH E 102, PHYS 115, CIV E 125

⁺Work Term Report, Engineering

Faculty Options

Complete details of designated options available to engineering students are provided in this Calendar in the Engineering section entitled 'Complementary Studies Requirements, 'Options and Electives'. Students who satisfy the option requirements will have the appropriate designation shown on their transcript. The following three options are of primary interest to Civil Engineering students. (Note: To qualify for these options, the student must achieve a grade of at least 50% in each course and must obtain a cumulative average of 60% or more in these courses.)

Civil Engineering with an Option in Environmental Engineering

This Option is for students who wish to pursue their education with an emphasis on environmental concerns, assessment of the environmental impact of new or existing products or processes, methods for solving problems resulting from pollution in the air, in the water, or in the earth, and on the management of resources in order to minimize pollution in the environment. This is a Faculty option and includes course material related to all of the disciplines but applied specifically to environmental concerns. The Option is described earlier in this chapter within the 'Complementary Studies Requirements, 'Options and Electives for Engineering Students' section.

Civil Engineering with an Option in Water Resources

This is a designated Engineering Faculty Option available to Civil Engineering students interested in the development, management and protection of our water resources. Students may choose from the water and waste management elective courses or the water resources engineering elective courses as well as from a list of approved courses from other departments. Students who complete the Option will have both a Water Resources and a Civil Engineering designation on their transcript. The Option is described earlier in this chapter within the 'Complementary Studies Requirements for Engineering Students' section.

Civil Engineering with an Option in Management Sciences

This Option provides an understanding of the issues, concepts and techniques related to the management of technology. The Option consists of a sequence of seven courses. A student who wishes to follow the Management Sciences Option must declare his or her intent before starting the 2B term. For further details see the 'Engineering Management Sciences' section.

Combined Bachelor's - Master's Program in Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering offers a combined Bachelor's - Master's Program. See 'Engineering Combined Bachelor's - Master's Program' section for more details.

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Revised February 1998