Corequisite: ENGL 101 | F, S, SI
This course introduces students to principles of biology including basic concepts in biochemistry and bioenergetics, cell biology, genetics, speciation, ecology and conservation biology. It introduces students to the modern techniques and applications in biological sciences especially those relevant to biotechnology, biomedical applications and the sustainable development of natural resources in the environment.

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Corequisite: ENGL 101 | F, S, SI
Fundamental laws and theories of chemical reactions. Topics include atomic structure, bonding theory, stoichiometry, properties of solids, liquids, and gases; chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and kinetics; introduction to organic chemistry.

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Prerequisite: Placement by Computer Proficiency Examination or COMP 101 | F, S, SI
Fundamentals of programming in common microcomputing languages. Program structure, procedural statements, input/output, file handling, and basic algorithms. Applications including sorting and matching.

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Prerequisite: COMP 180| S, SI
Principles of engineering drawing, geometric modeling, multi-view projections, and computer-aided graphics. Three-dimensional representation, geometric perspectives, and solid modeling. Applications in engineering design, including dimensioning, drafting standards, and specifications.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 200, MATH 220, PHYS 210 | F, S
Forces, moments, and equivalent system of forces. Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. Center of gravity, distributed forces, and internal forces. Analysis of simple structures. Friction and moment of inertia.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 260, MATH 231 | S, SI
Kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Work, kinetic energy, impulse and momentum in translational and rotational motion. Vibration analysis of undamped and damped SDOF systems.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 260 | F, S
Analysis of stresses and strains in two and three dimensions. Stress transformation and Mohr’s circle. Torsion of circular sections, bending of beams, shear flow, and buckling of axially loaded members.

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Prerequisites: ENGG 200, ENGG 222 | F, SI
Spatial data collection methods including surveying, leveling, and traversing. Adjustment, error correction, and total station measurements. Geometric design of roadways and highways, and cut and fill sections. Lab and field work.

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Prerequisites: CHEM 201, ECVL 268, ENGG 200| F, S
Physico-chemical properties of construction materials. Atomic structure and phase diagrams. Corrosion and chemical degradation. Material hardness, durability, fracture, ductility, and strengthening mechanisms. Engineering shop experience.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 265; MATH 240 | F, S
Mechanics of fluids with emphasis on control volume analysis of flowing fluids using kinematics, continuity, energy, and momentum principles. Introduction to open channel flow and applications to real fluids.

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Prerequisites: BIOL 201, CHEM 201, ENGG 200 | F, S
Environmental engineering issues associated with water, air, and land pollution. Risk assessment, groundwater contamination, environmental chemistry, global climate change, and sustainable technologies.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 305 | F, S
Transportation planning and facility design. Geometric design of highways. Design of flexible and rigid pavements. Traffic control, flow, capacity and level of service analysis. Multimodal transportation systems and travel demand.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 268, MATH 230 | F, S
Determination of internal forces and deflections in statically determinate trusses, beams and frames. Introduction to analysis of statically indeterminate structures. Compatibility equations, three-moment equation, and moment distribution.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 310, ECVL 360, ENGG 255| F, S
Methodologies and codes for design of reinforced concrete elements. Design of members for flexure, shear, and bond development. Detailing of continuous beams, one-way slabs, short columns, and footings. Design project.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 310, ECVL 330 | F, S
Introduction to engineering classification, mechanical behavior, and compaction of soils. Effective stresses and seepage. Spatial stress distribution and consolidation. Introduction to shear strength, foundation design, and site exploration.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 350, ECVL 360, ECVL 370, PSPK 101| SI
Practical field experience, involving work on real civil engineering projects. Technical work under the supervision of a civil engineer, with emphasis on design and construction. Professional and ethical issues in the engineering workplace.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 399| F
Fundamental concepts in planning, design, and construction of civil engineering projects. Introduction to project scheduling, cost estimating, controls, procurement, construction productivity, value engineering, and quality assurance.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 420 | S
Design of integrated systems for management of civil infrastructure. Life-cycle cost analysis, service life prediction, deterioration modeling, optimization & resource allocation, and data modeling. Role of critical infrastructure in society. Design project.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 330, ENGG 200 | F (even years)
Introduction to surface and groundwater hydrology. Global circulation and the hydrologic cycle. Precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, and runoff analysis. Stream networks, river flow, and reservoir routing.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 330 | S
Applications of fluid mechanics to engineered and natural hydraulic systems. Open channel flow, fluid drag, pipe networks, design of hydraulic structures, and environmental hydraulics. Computational methods in hydraulics. Design project.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 340 | F (odd years)
Implications of sustainability for engineering design and practice. LEED, life cycle analysis, and environmental impact assessment. Models, software tools, and applications in water management, construction material selection, and energy use.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 330, ECVL 340 | F
Unit operations in water, wastewater, and groundwater treatment. Design of water and wastewater treatment operations and processes using bench-scale experiments and software. Preliminary cost estimates. Design project.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 350, ECVL 370 | S (even years)
Analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airfields. Advanced technologies and materials for pavements. Performance evaluation and rehabilitation of distressed pavement.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 350 | S
Human, vehicular and traffic characteristics. Design considerations for traffic systems, including traffic control devices, queuing theory, and highway capacity. Transportation planning and traffic impact studies. Design Project.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 360 | S (even years)
Analysis of structures using matrix methods. Flexibility and stiffness techniques. Influence lines, moving loads, and approximate methods of analysis. Introduction to the finite element method.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 265, ECVL 360 | S (odd years)
Response of single and multiple DOF systems to dynamic excitation under free and forced vibration. Frequency response analysis and response spectra of linear systems. Introduction to earthquake engineering.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 368 | S (even years)
Design, inspection, and repair methodologies for bridges in emerging and mature infrastructures. Structural systems for short-, moderate- and long-span crossings. Design procedures for steel, concrete, and composite elements. Design project.

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Prerequisites: ECVL 310, ECVL 360 | F
Behavior of structural steel in tension and compression. Design methods for tension and compression members and beams. Design and analysis of welded and bolted connections. Design project.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 368 | S (odd years)
Short columns under biaxial bending, slender columns, and torsion in beams. Direct design and equivalent frame method for two-way slabs, and flat slabs. Design of prestressed concrete for flexure and shear, and loss of prestress.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 370 | F
Design and analysis of geotechnical structures, including shallow and deep foundations, and earth retaining structures. Analysis and remediation of slope instability. Ground improvement techniques. Design Project.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 470 | S (odd years)
Design of shallow and deep foundations using settlement-based criteria and LRFD. Design and construction of shoring, cofferdams and dewatering methods for site excavations. Site investigation, assessment of in-situ soil properties, and evaluation of recommendations for foundation engineering reports.

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Prerequisite: Approval of the Dean | Upon demand
Topics of interest to students and faculty which are not available in the existing Civil Engineering curriculum can be offered through this course. Prior approval of the course material and syllabus by the Dean is required.

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Prerequisite: ECVL 399, Corequisites: ECVL 420, ECVL 470 | F, S
Interdisciplinary course covering a broad range of civil engineering topics. Integrated team design project involving structural and geotechnical design, transportation planning, environmental assessment, construction management, cost estimates, plans and specifications.

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Prerequisite:MATH 220| F, S, SI
Introduction to random variables and probability. Discrete and continuous distributions, mathematical expectation, and statistical parameters. Estimation, and hypothesis testing. Linear regression and correlation.

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Prerequisites: COMP 180, MATH 230, MATH 231 | S, SI
Numerical and computational solutions of nonlinear equations and simultaneous-linear equations. Curve fitting and interpolation functions. Numerical integration and differentiation. Solutions to differential equations and boundary and initial-value problems.

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Prerequisites: BIOL 201, PHYS 202 | F, SI
Introduction to the engineering design process. Specifications, product synthesis, iterative analysis, prototyping, testing, evaluation, and economic constraints. Time value of money, equivalence, rate of return, and benefit-cost analysis.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 100 with a P or P+, or placement by International TOEFL and TWE or another internationally-recognized exam | F, S, SI, SII
This course develops students’ ability to write unified, cohesive and coherent essays. The rhetorical modes focused on in depth are Exemplification, Comparison-and-Contrast, and Cause-and-Effect. Because English 101 focuses on the revision stage of the writing process, students will engage in thoughtful analysis of their own as well as others’ writing. Students will explore the Reading/Writing connection and develop those reading skills which will be required throughout their academic and professional careers. Three process essays are required in the course.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 101 | F, S, SI, SII
This course, the 2^nd in the English sequence of the AUD General Education Requirements, builds upon the basic expository skills developed in ENGL 101. ENGL 102 introduces students to the process of producing discussions in the various rhetorical styles of Argument as well as the proper inclusion of outside source material using proper MLA guidelines in order to avoid plagiarism.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 102 | F, S, SI, SII
ENGL 103 is the 3^rd course in the English sequence of the General Education Requirements at AUD. The course gives students the opportunity to interact with texts in the genres of fiction, drama, poetry and essay. Texts represent a wide range of authors, cultures and perspectives. The course reinforces skills students acquired in ENGL 101 and ENGL 102, specifically critical reading, forming and supporting an argument, and research.

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Prerequisite: placement by ACCUPLACER^TM or MATH 191 with a grade of C or higher | F, S, SI
Differential and integral calculus, including anti-derivatives and definite integrals with applications. Techniques for differentiation including trigonometric substitution and integration by parts. Approximate methods and Simpson’s rule.

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Prerequisite: MATH 210 with a grade of C or higher | F, S, SI
Improper integrals, sequence and series including power, Taylor, and Fourier series. Linear approximations and Taylor’s theorem. Polar coordinates and parametric equations. Introduction to functions of several variables.

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Prerequisite: MATH 220 with a grade of C or higher | F, S
Linear systems, matrices, vector spaces and linear independence. Linear transformations, determinants, eigenvalues, and applications. Complex numbers in Cartesian and polar planes. Applications including trigonometric and hyperbolic functions. Cauchy’s integral theorem.

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Prerequisite: MATH 220 with a grade of C or higher | F, S
Methods for obtaining numerical and analytical solutions of linear differential equations. Systems of linear and nonlinear differential equations. Laplace Transform with applications. Introduction to Fourier Transform.

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Prerequisite: MATH 230 | S
Multiple integration and vector calculus including the theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes. Functions of several variables. Double and triple integrals. Line and surface integrals.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 102 (not open to students who have previously been granted credit for BUSI 211) | F, S, SI
Professional responsibility within the context of meta-ethics and applied ethics. Professional interests of clients and employers. Safety and liability, public welfare, whistle-blowing, and legal obligations. Professional codes of ethics and case studies.

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Corequisite: MATH 210 | F, S, SI
Motion in two and three dimensions, Newton’s laws, concepts of energy and potential, rotation, Gravitational fields, statics, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics.

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Prerequisite: PHYS 201, Corequisite: MATH 220 | F, S, SI
Mechanical waves, electrostatics and electrodynamics, DC and AC circuits, Maxwell’s equations, properties of light including interference and diffraction.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 102 | F, S, SI, SII
This course develops confidence and poise in the public speaker. Students learn to 1) apply current developments in communications and social psychology as they prepare narrative, persuasive, informative and descriptive speeches, and 2) demonstrate understanding of the interaction between speaker, speech and audience.

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F, S, SI, SII
This course serves as students’ introduction to American university life. The content of the course is designed to give students an understanding of how a modern American university functions, their role as students at the university, and the most important skills involved in successfully fulfilling that role. These skills include critical thinking, problem solving and conflict resolution strategies. Students are introduced to many of the academic skills and philosophies which will ultimately be developed to higher levels in specific required and major courses.

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Prerequisite: ENGL 102 | F
A survey of the culture, ideas, and values of human civilization from their origins in Prehistory to the 17^th Century. Emphasis is on the intellectual and artistic achievements of the ancient Middle East, Classical Greece and Rome, the Christian and Arab/Islamic Middle Ages, and Renaissance Italy showing how culture reflects and influences economic, social, and political development. Students are exposed to the creative process by reading from primary works of literature and philosophy and critically reviewing works of art, music, theater and dance, both in and out of class.

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Prerequisite: WLDC 201 | S
A study of the development of the culture, ideas, and values of the early modern world to the present. Emphasis is on the Protestant Reformation, initial contacts between Europe and other cultures, the rise of modern science, the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern styles in art, music and literature. Students are exposed to the creative process by reading from primary works of literature and philosophy and critically reviewing works of art, music, theater and dance, both in and out of class.

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