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Course Descriptions for Civil Engineering Technology

CET 1100-3 Introduction to Civil Engineering Technology (3 + 0)
Pre or Corequisite: MTH 1410 with a grade of "C" or better
This course is a cross section of topics in contemporary engineering disciplines, with emphasis on the tools of engineering problem solving. It includes discussion of the problem, the influencing factor, the analysis, and the creative design process itself.

CET 1200-3
(MET 1200) Technical Drawing I (1 + 4)

This is an introductory course in technical drawing. It covers the use of instruments, lettering, and geometric construction, and includes basic principles of descriptive geometry to solve problems involving the relative position of points, lines, and planes in space. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 1210-3
(MET 1210) Technical Drawing II (1 + 4)

Prerequisite: CET 1200 or MET 1200 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course is mechanical drawing using AutoCAD and manual drafting, and includes orthographics, axiometric and oblique projection, sectioning, dimensioning, and tolerancing. The student is also introduced to fluid power diagrams, piping weldments, and electrical and electronic diagrams. The final project is an assembly drawing of a mechanical component or subsystem. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 2100-4 Structural Drawing (2 + 4)
Prerequisite: CET 1210 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course is designed to prepare the necessary drawings of structural members and connections, including engineering layouts and detail drawings.

CET 2150-3
(MET 2150) Mechanics I-Statics (3 + 0)

Pre or Corequisite: MTH 1410 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course examines principles of statics, studies of vectors, their resolution and composition, forces and moments, force systems and their resultants. It also covers force systems in equilibrium, static friction, centroids, moments of inertia and radii of gyration of areas, shear and moment diagrams. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3100-3 Construction Methods (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor
This course provides a basic understanding of the methods used by a general contractor to determine earthwork costs. The student is introduced to the application of engineering fundamentals for the analysis of heavy earthmoving equipment, as well as to the basic concepts of CPM. Also taught in this course is a basic understanding of cost estimating of reinforced concrete structures.

CET 3110-3 Construction Estimating (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor
This course provides a basic understanding of the methods used to prepare a building and/or bridge construction cost estimate. The students learn to do quantity survey utilizing plans and specifications, with emphasis on concrete.

CET 3120-3 Engineering Economy (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor
This course examines the "time value of money" as a basis for evaluating economic alternatives required in engineering decision-making.

CET 3130-3
(MET 3130) Mechanics of Materials (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: CET 2150 or MET 2150 and MTH 2410 all with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
Corequisite: CET 3140 or MET 3135
This course introduces the theory of strength of materials; stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, and shear; flexural and shearing stresses beams; deflection of beams; column analysis; principal stresses; and introduction to indeterminate structures. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3140-1
(MET 3135) Mechanics of Materials-Laboratory (0 + 2)

Prerequisites: CET 2150 or MET 2150 and COM 2610 all with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
Corequisite: CET 3130 or MET 3130
This course is a laboratory course to accompany the lecture course CET 3130-3, Mechanics of Materials. This laboratory course is structured to give the student experience in the use of laboratory equipment for conducting torsion, shear and bending tests on various materials. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3150-3
(MET 3110) Thermodynamics (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: MTH 1410 and PHY 2010 or PHY 2311 with grades of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
The fundamental laws of thermodynamics are studied. Basic concepts of energy, the thermodynamic system, dimensions and units, and the ideal-gas equation of state are treated. Closed and open systems are studied. Heat engines are introduced. Reversible and irreversible processes are investigated. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3160-3
(MET 3160) Mechanics II-Dynamics (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: CET 2150 or MET 2150 and MTH 2410 with grades of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course covers the principles of dynamics: kinematics, the study of the geometry of motion of a body without reference to the forces that cause the resulting motion; and kinetics, the study of the relation existing between the forces acting on the body, the mass of the body, and the motion of the body. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3170-3 Introduction to Structural Analysis (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3130 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course presents first principles of structural analysis applied to statically determinate and indeterminate structures.

CET 3180-3
(MET 3180) Fluid Mechanics I (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: CET 3160 or MET 3160 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course covers physical properties of fluids, hydrostatics, kinematics, energy considerations, momentum, and incompressible flow in pipes. Compressible fluid flow will also be studied. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CET or MET.

CET 3190-3 CET Fluid Mechanics II (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3180 with a grade of "C" or better
This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in CET 3180, Fluid Mechanics I, with emphasis on the analysis of forces on immersed bodies, steady flow in open channels, fluid measurements, and the problems associated with unsteady fluid flow.

CET 3320-3 Environmental Impact Statements (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor
This course is a study of the physical and legal requirements of the environmental impact assessment process. Students will learn to do information research and prepare a draft environmental impact statement.

CET 3330-3 Environmental Technology Processes (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: CHE 1100 with a grade of "C" or better, junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor
This course covers chemistry basics, acid-base reactions, biochemical processes and reactions. Also included is an overview of water and wastewater process. The course introduces basic laboratory tests and introduces bacteria and microbes in waste treatment processes.

CET 4120-3 Concrete Design I (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3170 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course is a basic introduction to the fundamental principles of reinforced concrete design.

CET 4130-3 Soil Mechanics (2 + 2)
Prerequisites: CET 3130 and CET 3180 with grades of "C" or better, and senior standing
In this course, students are introduced to the physical and mechanical properties of soils and effects of soil conditions on the design and construction process. They design and evaluate solutions related to the foundation design of an engineering structure. Students will perform standard laboratory soil tests analyzing variations in behavior of soils under different loading conditions. (Senior Experience)

CET 4140-3 Concrete Design II (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 4120 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Concrete Design I, with an emphasis on the analysis and design of concrete structural members based on the latest editions of the American Concrete Institute Building Code requirements for reinforced concrete.

CET 4400-3 Steel Design I (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3170 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course focuses on the analysis and design of structural steel members, based on the latest edition of AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.

CET 4410-3 Steel Design II (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 4400 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course is a continuation of the fundamentals introduced in Steel Design I, with emphasis on the analysis and design of structural steel members, connections, and composite members, based on the latest AISC design requirements and specifications for structural steel.

CET 4450-3 Timber Design (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3170 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course focuses on the analysis and design of wood structures based on the latest edition of the National Design Specifications for Wood Construction and Supplement.

CET 4570-3 Construction Law (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: CET 3100 with a grade of "C" or better, or permission of instructor
This course provides the student with a basic understanding of contract laws and regulations, laws that govern the execution of the work being performed under the contract, laws that relate to the settling of differences and disputes, and licensing laws.



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