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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of the history, theories, techniques and current trends in the field of urban planning. Included are discussions of the cultural origins of urban settlements, historical planning efforts, and planning process, urban design factors, land use and zoning, environmental concerns, plan evaluation, travel behavior and characteristics. The types of planning discussed include physical, environmental, land use, transportation, public facilities, site, and fiscal planning. Corequisite: CE 312A or permission of the instructor. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
The economic comparison of alternative engineering investments. Topics studied include the time value of money, cash flows and economic equivalence, minimum attractive rate of return, benefitcost ratios, depreciation, effects of taxation, inflation, and facility retirement and replacement analysis. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an introduction to hydrologic principles followed by applications to rainfall- runoff analysis, floodplain hydraulics and groundwater hydrology. A strong emphasis is placed on computational methods and computer programs are used for problem solving. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Two lecture hours per week and one two-hour computer/problem laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
A study of environmental law beginning with traditional common law remedies, then progressing to the introduction of early environmental statutes and continuing to present emphasis on government agency control and protection of natural resources and health. Course materials, emphasizing a survey of selected court cases and statutes, will integrate ecological analysis, environmental politics, public policy, economic factors, and risk assessment into the legal process to present a balanced overview of environmental law. Supplemental material on the creation of laws and the judicial system will be introduced to an extent determined by the background of the students. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing. Open to all majors. Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Construction management process and methods; estimating construction cost and bidding, construction activity planning and scheduling, project planning; project cost and progress control; construction organization costs control; computerized project scheduling. Three hours a week.
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4.00 Credits
A capstone design course which draws together into a single project material learned during the first three and one-half years of study. The design team approach will be utilized in the course. A project suggested by the college or community group will be designed so that a team-client relationship exists. Prerequisite: senior standing. Two three-hour design periods a week.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures, reading, study and research on topics of importance in civil engineering. This course is tailored to the interest of faculty and students and offered only on demand. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Hours to be arranged.
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3.00 Credits
Qualified students may propose a course of individual study and work to be conducted under the direction of a member of the department. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Hours to be arranged.
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3.00 Credits
Topics include the scientific method, basic principles of chemistry, air and water pollution, worldwide chemical uses and problems, radioactivity, atomic structure, and political chemical issues. No prerequisite. Offered every semester. Three lectures a week. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement for non-science majors. Not open to science and engineering majors or any student that has completed any other chemistry course. Not open to first year students.
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4.00 Credits
Science and engineering students will take this course. Topics include the composition of matter, the mole, stoichiometry, atomic structure, molecular bonding and structure, and the solid and liquid states. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving techniques. The laboratory offers experiments to supplement the lecture material. Prerequisite: one year of High School Chemistry and MA 100A or place out of MA 100A on the math placement test. Offered every fall semester. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week.
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