Coursedescriptions

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XYZUniversity

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Course
Description
(units)

Designof Highwayloading;loaddistribution;movingloads;deckgirderbridges;designofbridge
Bridges(3) elements;piers,abutments;specicationsandcodes;bridgeconstruction

Civil Matrices,determinants,linearequations,lineartransformations,eigenvaluesand
Engineering eigenvectors,leastsquaresandcurvetting,rootsofnonlinearequations,numerical
Mathematics integrationofordinarydierentialequations,andsoftwareforspreadsheetsandCAD
(3)

SteelDesign Alaboratorycomponentwhereinstudentsaretrainedtoperformcompletestructuralanalysis
Laboratory anddesigncalculationsofsteelstructures.Studentcreatesadesignofoneofthefollowing:
(1) commercialbuilding,bridge,transmissiontower,orindustrialbuilding.

Construction Estimating,scheduling,planning;criticalpathmethod;projectorganization;monitoring;
Project evaluation;recording/reporting;investigationofprojectsinprogress
Management
(3)

Civil Useandfunctionofdrawinginstruments,appliedgeometry,mechanicaldrawing,lettering,
Engineering alphabetoflinesandapplications,orthographicprojections,isometricdrawing,dimensioning,
Drawing(2) scaling,obliquedrawing,sectioning

Electrical FundamentalsofDCandACcircuits,intendedfornon-electricalengineeringmajors.Covers
Analysisof principles,basiclaws,andtheoremsusedinanalysisofAC/DCelectricalcircuits
AC/DC
Circuits(3)

Literary Generalintroductiontopoetry,ction,anddrama.Explorationofthemesinliteraturerelevant
Forms(3) touniversitystudents.Coursedesignedtopreparestudentstobemoreperceptivereadersof
imaginativeliterature.

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