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Civil Engineering
Professional Development Electives

2004-2005

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
University of Wyoming


Note:Electives are governed by the approved list in effect at the time a course is taken. Students should therefore check the current list before enrolling in a course to confirm that the course is an approved elective.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE SELECTION GUIDELINES:

CE Areas of Emphasis:

  1. Environmental Engineering
  2. Geotechnical Engineering
  3. Structural Engineering
  4. Transportation Engineering
  5. Water Resources Engineering

15 hours of structured Professional Development Electives (PDE) are required and completion of a CDE activity. Electives are to be selected from the 6 areas of emphasis according to the following criteria:

1 Course in 3 of 6 areas 9 hours
A second course in 1 of the 3 areas 3 hours
An additional course in any of the 6 Areas 3 hours
Total = 15 hours


Engineering Design Content: The Professional Development Electives (PDE) and Technical Electives (TE) courses selected must contain adequate design credits to complete the required minimum of 16 hours for the entire curriculum. The design hours are given on the PDE and TE sheets.


Degree Check: When the student has 50 hours or less to completion, the advisor and student must complete a Degree Check in which the complete program of study is given. This includes listing all courses that will be required for graduation. The student should have a program of study laid out prior to the advisor meeting.


Comprehensive Design Experience (CDE): ABET describes the Comprehensive Design Experience as:

Students must be prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework and incorporation engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political. 2002-2003 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs.

Environmental Engineering


Dept. Course
No.		 Title Hours Engr.
Science 		Engr.
Designi		 Prerequisites
(Co)requisites
(Concur)rent		 Semester
Offered
or
Rotation		 CDE Notes
CE 4350 Design of Hydraulic Engineering Systems
3
0
3
CE3300,
CE4800
or Consent
S
 
 
 
CE 4400 Design of Water Treatment Facilities
3
1
2
CE3400
F
 
 
 
CE 4405 Water Treatment Laboratory
1
1
0
CE3400,
Concur CE4400
F
 
 
 
CE 4410 Design of Wastewater Treatment Facilities
3
1
2
CE3400
S
 
 
 
CE 4415 Wastewater Treatment Laboratory
1
1
0
CE3400,
Concur CE4410
S
 
 
 
CE 4440 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
3
1
2
CHEM1030,
CE3400
F
 
 
 
CE 5400 Water Treatment
3
0
3
CE4400
 
 
 
 
CE 5410 Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment
3
1
2
CE4410
or Consent
 
 
 
 
CE 5420 Environmental Engineering Chemistry
3
3
0
CE4400
 
 
 
 
CE 5430 Environmental Transport Processes
3
 
 
MATH2310,
ES2330
 
 
 
 
CE
ENVE		 5440 Harardous Waste Management Engineering
3
2
1
CE3400,
and Consent
 
 
 
 
CE 5445 Hazardous Waste Site Remediation
3
1
2
CE3400,
and Consent
 
 
 
 
CE
ENVE		 5450 Advanced Physical-Chemical Treatment
3
1
2
CE4400,
or Consent
 
 
 
 
CE 5460 Industrial Waste Treatment
3
2
1
CE5410
 
 
 
 
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Geotechnical Engineering


Dept. Course
No.		 Title Hours Engr.
Science 		Engr.
Designi		 Prerequisites
(Co)requisites
(Concur)rent		 Semester
Offered
or
Rotation		 CDE Notes
One of the following is required:
CE 4610 Foundation Engineering
3
1
2
CE3600
F
 
 
 
CE 4630 Geotechnical Engineering
3
1
2
CE3600
3 sem
 
 
 
CE 5620 Earth Retaining Structures and Slope Stability
3
0
3
CE3600
S
 
 
 
Beyond the above, any of the following:
CE 5600 Advanced Soil Mechanics
3
2
1
CE3600
and Graduate Standing
or Consent
 
 
 
 
CE 5820 Design of Small Earth Dams
3
1
2
CE3300,
CE3600,
Co CE4800
3 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5830 Flow in Porous Media
3
2
1
CE5810
3 Sem
 
 
 
SOIL 2010 Introduction to Soil Science
4
0
0
 
S
 
 
 
SOIL 4100 Soil Physics
3
0
0
 
S
 
 
 
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Structural Engineering
Dept. Course
No.		 Title Hours Engr.
Science 		Engr.
Designi		 Prerequisites
(Co)requisites
(Concur)rent		 Semester
Offered
or
Rotation		 CDE Notes
The following is required:
CE 4200 Structural Analysis II
3
3
0
ARE/CE3200
F,S
 
 
 
Beyond the above, any of the following
CE 4250 Structural Steel Design
3
0
3
Co CE4200
F
 
 
 
CE 4280 Reinforced Masonry Design
3
1
2
CE4200
CE4260
F
CE 4290 Structural Timber Design
3
1
2
Co CE4200
S
 
 
 
CE 5010 Advanced Mechanics of Materials
3
3
0
MATH2310
ARE/CE3200
 
 
 
 
CE 5020 Finite Element Analysis
3
3
0
MATH2310
CE4200
 
 
 
 
CE 5200 Advanced Structural Analysis
3
3
0
CE4200
 
 
 
 
CE 5220 Structural Dynamics
3
3
0
CE4200
MATH2310
 
 
 
 
CE 5230 Advanced Materials
3
1
2
CE4260
 
 
 
 
CE 5240 Structural System Design
5
0
5
CE4200
CE4250
CE4260
 
 
 
 
CE 5260 Prestressed Concrete Design
3
0
3
CE4260
 
 
 
 
CE 5270 Highway Bridge Design
3
0
3
CE4250
CE4260
 
 
 
 
CE 5280 Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
3
1
2
CE4200
CE4260
 
 
 
 
ME 4210 Introduction to Composite Materials
3
2
1
ME3010
F
 
 
 
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Transportation Engineering

Dept. Course
No.		 Title Hours Engr.
Science 		Engr.
Designi		 Prerequisites
(Co)requisites
(Concur)rent		 Semester
Offered
or
Rotation		 CDE Notes
Either of the following is required:
CE 4510 Pavement Design for Airports and Highways
3
1
2
CE3500
or CE3600
3 Sem
 
 
 
CE 4520 Geometric Design of Highways
3
0
3
CE3500
and CE3600
S
 
 
 
Beyond the above, any of the following
CE 3710 Route Surveying
3
2
1
CE2700
or Equiv.
S
 
 
 
CE 4970 WYDOT Design Squad Cooperative Experience.
(May be used for PDE if taken along with
CE 4510 or CE 4520)
3
0
3
Selection for Design Squad Employment
and Consent of Department Head
F,S,SS
X*
May Only
Be Taken
Once For
Credit.
During 2nd or
later Semester
S/U Only
 
CE 4900-5 Comprehensive Design Experience
in Transportation
3
0
3
CE451000
or CE4520
F
X
 
 
CE 5520 Traffic Engineering: Operations
3
1
2
CE3500
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5535 Engineering Decision-Making
3
 
 
CE3900
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5540 Traffic Control
3
1
2
CE3500
and ES2110
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5560 Traffic Safety
3
1
2
CE3500
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5570 Transportation Planning
3
2
1
CE3500
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5585 Pavement Management Systems
3
1
2
CE3500
4 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5590 Pavement Materials
3
1
2
CE3500
4 Sem
 
 
 
X* - CE 4970 may be used for CDE if it is taken with the other course requirements and with
a paper, design and presentation.
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Water Resources

Dept. Course
No.		 Title Hours Engr.
Science 		Engr.
Designi		 Prerequisites
(Co)requisites
(Concur)rent		 Semester
Offered
or
Rotation		 CDE Notes
CE 4350 Design of Hydraulic Engineering Systems
3
0
3
CE3300,
CE4800
S
 
 
 
CE 4800 Hydrology
3
2
1
ES2330
F
 
 
 
CE 4820 Groundwater and Drainage Engineering
3
2
1
ES2330
3 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5300 Open Channel Hydraulics
3
1
2
CE3300
 
 
 
 
CE 5310 Hydraulics of Closed Conduits
3
1
2
CE3300
or Equiv.
 
 
 
 
CE 5330 Design of Hydraulic Structures
3
1
2
CE3300
 
 
 
 
CE 5810 Goundwater Hydrology
3
1
2
CE4800
or Consent
3 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5820 Design of Small Earth Dams
3
1
2
CE3300,
CE3600,
Co CE4800
3 Sem
 
 
 
CE 5860 Soil Erosion and Conservation
3
 
 
CE4300,
CE4800
 
 
 
 
CE 5870 Water Resources Engineering
3
1
1
CE3300
 
 
 
 
CE 5880 Advanced Hydrology
3
 
 
CE3300,
CE4800
 
 
 
 
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