COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Matrices and determinants; arithmetic and geometric series; solution

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Course Description sets of different types of inequalities and systems involving quadratics;
solution of linear equations using determinants and matrices.
MATHEMATICS
Number of Units for
2 units lecture
Lecture and Laboratory
Course Name COLLEGE ALGEBRA

Number of Contact
Algebraic expressions and equations; solution sets of algebraic equations in one 2 hours lecture
Hours per Week
variable: linear, quadratic, polynomial of degree n, fractional, radical
Course Prerequisites College Algebra
equations, quadratic in form, exponential and logarithmic equations;
Description
decomposition of fractions into partial fractions; solution sets of systems of linear 1. Inequalities
equations involving up to three variables. 1.1. Linear, Quadratic, and Polynomial Inequality
1.2. Linear Inequalities with Absolute Value
Number of 2. Ratio, Proportion, and Variation
Units for 3. Determinants
3 units lecture 3.1. Expansion by Minors
Lecture and
Laboratory 3.2. Solution of Linear Systems by Cramer’s Rule
4. Matrices
4.1. Identity Matrix
Number of
4.2. Cofactor Matrix
Contact Hours 3 hours lecture
4.3. Transpose of a Matrix
per Week
4.4. Adjoint Matrix
1. The Set of Real Numbers 4.5. Inverse of a Matrix
1.1. Integer Exponents 4.6. Algebra on Matrices (Sum and Difference, Scalar
1.2. Polynomials, Operations, Special Products Course Outline Multiplication, Matrix Multiplication)
1.3. Binomial Expansion (Binomial Theorem) 4.7. Solution of Linear Systems Using Matrices
1.4. Factoring Polynomials 5. Sequence and Series
2. Rational Expressions 5.1. Arithmetic and Geometric Means
2.1. Rules of Exponents; Simplification of Rational Expressions; Operations on 5.2. Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Rational Expressions 5.3. Arithmetic and Geometric Series
2.2. Properties of Radicals; Simplification of Radicals 5.4. Infinite Series
2.3. Operations on Radicals 6. Combinatorial Mathematics
2.4. Complex Numbers 6.1. Sequences
3. Equations in One Variable 6.2. The Factorial of a Number
Course 3.1. Linear Equations; Literal Equations 6.3. Fundamental Principles of Counting, Permutation, and
Outline 3.2. Quadratic Equations in One Variable Combination
3.3. Word Problems 6.4. Binomial Theorem
3.4. Other Equations in One Variable: Radical, Fractional, Quadratic in 6.5. Mathematical Induction
Form
1. Dugopolski, Mark. College Algebra, 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2002.
3.5. Polynomial Equation of Degree n
2. Leithold, Louis. College Algebra and Trigonometry. Massachusetts:
4. Functions
Addison-Wesley, 1989.
4.1. Inverse Functions
Suggested References 3. Swokowski, Earl W. and Jeffrey A. Cole. Algebra and Trigonometry
4.2. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
with Analytic Geometry,
4.3. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
4. 10th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2001.
5. Systems of Linear Equations (by Elimination, Substitution and Cramer
Methods)
6. Decomposition of Rational Expressions into Partial Fractions
Course
1. Dugopolski, Mark. College Algebra, 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2002. PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
Name
2. Leithold, Louis. College Algebra and Trigonometry.
3. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1989.
Suggested Course Trigonometric functions; identities and equations; solutions of triangles; law of sines;
4. Mijares, Catalina. College Algebra.
References Description law of cosines; inverse trigonometric functions; spherical trigonometry
5. Swokowski, Earl W. and Jeffrey A. Cole. Algebra and Trigonometry with
Analytic Geometry, 10th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2001.
Number of
3 units lecture
Course Name ADVANCED ALGEBRA Units for
Lecture and Lecture and
Laboratory Laboratory

Number of Number of
Contact Contact Hours 3 hours lecture
3 hours lecture
Hours per per Week
Week
College Algebra
Prerequisite None Prerequisites Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

1. Define angles and how they are measured; After completing this course, the student must be able to:
2. Define and evaluate each of the six trigonometric functions; 1. Set up equations given enough properties of lines and conics;
3. Prove trigonometric functions; 2. Draw the graph of the given equation of the line and the equation of the conic
Course
Course 4. Define and evaluate inverse trigonometric functions; section; and
Objectives
Objectives 5. Solve trigonometric equations; 3. Analyze and trace completely the curve, given their equations in both rectangular
6. Solve problems involving right triangles using trigonometric function definitions for and polar coordinates, in two-dimensional space.
acute angles; and
7. Solve problems involving oblique triangles by the use of the sine and cosine laws.
1. Plane Analytic Geometry
1.1. The Cartesian Planes
1. Trigonometric Functions 1.2. Distance Formula
1.1. Angles and Measurement 1.3. Point-of-Division Formulas
1.2. Trigonometric Functions of Angles 1.4. Inclination and Slope
1.3. Trigonometric Function Values 1.5. Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
1.4. The Sine and Cosine of Real Numbers 1.6. Angle from One Line to Another
1.5. Graphs of the Sine and Cosine and Other Sine Waves 1.7. An Equation of a Locus
1.6. Solutions of Right Triangle 2. The Line
2. Analytic Trigonometry 2.1. Point-Slope and Two-Point Forms
2.1. The Eight Fundamental Identities 2.2. Slope-Intercept and Intercept Forms
2.2. Proving Trigonometric Identities 2.3. Distance from a Point to a Line
2.3. Sum and Difference Identities 2.4. Normal Form
Course
2.4. Double-Measure and Half-Measure Identities 3. The Circle
Outline
2.5. Inverse Trigonometric Functions 3.1. The Standard Form for an Equation of a Circle
2.6. Trigonometric Equations 3.2. Conditions to Determine a Circle
2.7. Identities for the Product, Sum, and Difference of Sine and Cosine Course 4. Conic Sections
3. Application of Trigonometry Outline 4.1. Introduction
3.1. The Law of Sines 4.2. The Parabola
3.2. The Law of Cosines 4.3. The Ellipse
3.3. The Ambigous Case 4.4. The Hyperbola
4. Spherical Trigonometry 5. Transformation of Coordinates
4.1. Fundamental Formulas 5.1. Translation of Conic Sections
4.2. Spherical Triangles 6. Curve Sketching
6.1. Symmetry and Intercepts
1. Dilley, et al. Algebra 2 with Trigonometry. D.C. Heath & Co., 1990.
6.2. Sketching Polynomial Equations
2. Leithold, Louis. College Algebra and Trigonometry. Addison-Wesley, 1992.
Suggested 6.3. Asymptotes (Except Slant Asymptotes)
3. Sobel, Max A. and Norbert Lerner. Algebra and Trigonometry, 4th ed. New
References 6.4. Sketching Rational Functions
Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995.
7. Polar Coordinates
7.1. Polar Coordinates
7.2. Graphs in Polar Coordinates
Course Name ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 7.3. Relationships Between Rectangular and Polar Coordinates
8. Basic Solid Analytic Geometry
Course Equations of lines and conic sections; curve tracing in both rectangular and polar 1. Fuller, Gordon and Dalton Tarwater. Analytic Geometry, 7th ed. Addison-
Description coordinates in two-dimensional space. Wesley, 1993.
Suggested 2. Protter, Murray H. and Philip E. Protter. Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 4th ed.
Number of References 3. Quirino and Mijares. Plane and Analytic Geometry, 2nd ed.
3 units lecture 4. Riddle, Douglas F. Analytic Geometry, 6th ed.
Units for
 5. Swokowski, Earl W. and Jeffrey A. Cole. Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic
Geometry, Course Name DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
6. 10th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2001.
Basic concepts of calculus such as limits, continuity and differentiability of functions;
differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions involving one or more
SOLID MENSURATION Course
Course Name variables; applications of differential calculus to problems on optimization, rates of
Description
change, related rates, tangents and normals, and approximations; partial
differentiation and transcendental curve tracing.
Concept of lines and planes; Cavalieri’s and Volume theorems; formulas for areas of
Course
plane figures, volumes for solids; volumes and surfaces areas for spheres, pyramids,
Description Number of Units
and cones; zone, sector and segment of a sphere; theorems of Pappus.
for Lecture and 4 units lecture
Laboratory
Number of Units
for Lecture and 3 units lecture
Laboratory Number of
Contact Hours 4 hours lecture
per Week
Number of
Contact Hours 3 hours lecture
per Week Prerequisites College Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Solid Mensuration, Plane
and Spherical Trigonometry
Prerequisite College Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Have a working knowledge of the basic concepts of functions and limits;
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Course 2. Differentiate algebraic and transcendental functions with ease;
1. Compute for the area of plane figures;
Objectives 3. Apply the concept of differentiation in solving word problems involving
Course 2. Compute for the surface areas and volumes of different types of solids; and
optimization, related rates, and approximation; and
Objectives 3. Determine the volumes and surface areas of solids using other methods such as
4. Analyze and trace transcendental curves.
the theorems of Pappus.
1. Functions
1.1. Definitions
1. Plane Figures
1.2. Classification of Functions
1.1. Mensuration of Plane Figures
1.3. Domain and Range of a Function
2. Lines and Planes in Space
1.4. Graph of a Function
2.1. Typical Proofs of Solid Geometry
1.5. Functional Notation
2.2. Angles
1.6. Evaluation of a Function
3. Solids for which V = Bh
1.7. Combinations of Functions
3.1. Solid Sections
1.8. One-Valued and Many-Valued Functions
3.2. Cubes
1.9. Odd and Even Functions
3.3. Rectangular Parallelopiped
1.10. Special Function Types
3.4. Cavalieri’s Theorem
1.11. Functions as Mathematical Models
3.5. Volume Theorem
2. Continuity (OPTIONAL)
3.6. Prism
2.1. Definition
3.7. Cylindrical Surface
2.2. Properties of Continuous Functions
Course Outline 3.8. Cylinder (Circular and Right Circular)
Course Outline 3. Limits
4. Solids for which V = ⅓Bh
3.1. Notion of a Limit
4.1. Pyramids
3.2. Definition
4.2. Similar Figures
3.3. Properties of Limits
4.3. Cones
3.4. Operations with Limits
4.4. Frustum of Regular Pyramid
3.5. Evaluation of Limits
4.5. Frustum of Right Circular Cone
3.6. One-Sided Limits
5. Sphere
3.7. Unbounded Functions
5.1. Surface Area and Volume
4. The Derivative
5.2. Zone
4.1. Notion of the Derivative
5.3. Segment
4.2. Definition
5.4. Sector
4.3. Determination of the Derivative by Increments
6. Theorems of Pappus
4.4. Differentiation Rules
Suggested Kern, Willis F. and James R. Bland. Solid Mensuration, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & 5. The Slope
Reference Sons, Inc. 5.1. Definition of Slope as the Derivative of a Function
 5.2. Determination of the Slope of a Curve at a Given Point Application, 6th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993.
6. Rate of Change 7. Harsbarger, Ronald J. and James J. Reynolds. Calculus with Applications.D.C.
6.1. Average Rate of Change Heath & Co., 1990.
6.2. Instantaneous Rate of Change 8. Hoffman, Laurence D. Calculus for Business, Economics and the Social and Life
7. The Chain Rule and the General Power Rule Sciences, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1989.
8. Implicit Differentiation 9. Holder, Leonard L. A Primer for Calculus, 4th ed. Wadsworth Publishing Co.,
9. Higher-Order Derivatives 1987.
10. Polynomial Curves 10. Larson, Roland E. and Bruce H. Edwards. Finite Mathematics with
10.1. Generalities About Straight Lines Calculus. D.C. Heath & Co., 1987.
10.2. Tangents and Normal to Curves 11. Leithold, Louis. The Calculus, 7th ed. Addison-Wesley, 2001.
10.3. Extrema and the First Derivative Test 12. Lial, Margaret L. and Charles D. Miller. Finite Mathematics and Calculus with
10.4. Concavity and the Second Derivative Test Application, 3rd ed. Scott, Foresman and Company, 1989.
10.5. Points of Inflection 13. Protter, Murray H. Calculus with Analytic Geometry. James & Barlett, 1988.
10.6. Sketching Polynomial Curves 14. Swokowski, Earl W. Calculus, 5th ed. PWS-Kent Publishing, 1991.
11. Applications of the Derivative: Optimization Problems 15. Zill, Dennis G. Calculus with Analytic Geometry. PWS-Kent Publishing, 1988.
12. Applications of the Derivative: Related Rates 16. Zitarelli, David E. and Raymond F. Coughlin. Finite Mathematics with Calculus:
13. The Differential An Applied Approach. Sanders College Publishing, 1989.
13.1. Definition
13.2. Applications of the Differential—Comparison of x and dx
Course
13.3. Error Propagation INTEGRAL CALCULUS
Name
13.4. Approximate Formulas
14. Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
14.1. Elementary Properties Concept of integration and its application to physical problems such as evaluation
Course
14.2. Definition of areas, volumes of revolution, force, and work; fundamental formulas and various
Description
14.3. Graphs of Trigonometric Functions techniques of integration applied to both single variable and multi-variable
14.4. Applications functions; tracing of functions of two variables.
15. Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
15.1. Elementary Properties Number of
15.2. Definition Units for
15.3. Graphs of Inverse Trigonometric Functions 4 units lecture
Lecture and
15.4. Applications Laboratory
16. Derivatives of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions
16.1. Elementary Properties
Number of
16.2. Definition
Contact
16.3. Graphs of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions 4 hours lecture
Hours per
16.4. Applications
Week
17. Derivatives of Hyperbolic Functions
17.1. Elementary Properties Prerequisite Differential Calculus
17.2. Definition
17.3. Graphs of Hyperbolic Functions After completing this course, the student must be able to:
17.4. Applications 1. Properly carry out integration through the use of the fundamental formulas
18. Solution of Equations and/or the various techniques of integration for both single and multiple integrals;
18.1. Newton’s Method of Approximation Course 2. Correctly apply the concept of integration in solving problems involving
18.2. Newton-Raphson Law Objectives evaluation of areas, volumes, work, and force;
19. Transcendental Curve Tracing 3. Sketch 3-dimensional regions bounded by several surfaces; and
19.1. Logarithmic and Exponential Functions 4. Evaluate volumes of 3-dimensional regions bounded by two or more surfaces
20. Parametric Equations through the use of the double or triple integral.
21. Partial Differentiation
1. Integration Concept / Formulas
1. Anton, Howard. Multivariable Calculus, 4th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1.1. Anti-Differentiation
Inc., 1992. 1.2. Simple Power Formula
2. Berkey, Dennis D. Calculus for Management and Social Sciences, 2nd ed. 1.3. Simple Trigonometric Functions
Saunders College Publishing, 1990 1.4. Logarithmic Function
3. Cozzens, Margaret B. and Richard D. Porter. Mathematics with Calculus. D.C. Course
Suggested 1.5. Exponential Function
Heath & Co., 1987 Outline
References 1.6. Inverse Trigonometric Functions
4. Ellis, Robert and Benny Gulick. Calculus with Analytic Geometry.Harcourt Brace 1.7. Hyperbolic Functions
Jovanovich, 1990. 1.8. General Power Formula
5. Farlow, Stanley J. Calculus and Its Application. McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1990. 1.9. Constant of Integration
6. Goldstein, Larry J., David C. Lay and David I. Schneider. Calculus and Its
 1.10. Definite Integral Week
2. Integration Techniques
2.1. Integration by Parts Prerequisite Integral Calculus
2.2. Trigonometric Integrals
2.3. Trigonometric Substitution
2.4. Rational Functions After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Course
2.5. Rationalizing Substitution 1. Solve the different types of differential equations; and
Objectives
3. Application 2. Apply differential equations to selected engineering problems.
3.1. Improper Integrals 1. Definitions
3.2. Plane Area 1.1. Definition and Classifications of Differential Equations (D.E.)
3.3. Areas Between Curves 1.2. Order Degree of a D.E. / Linearity
4. Other Applications 1.3. Solution of a D.E. (General and Particular)
4.1. Volumes 2. Solution of Some 1st Order, 1st Degree D.E.
4.2. Work 2.1. Variable Separable
4.3. Hydrostatics Pressure and Force 2.2. Homogeneous
5. Surfaces Multiple Integral as Volume 2.3. Exact
5.1. Surface Tracing: Planes 2.4. Linear
5.2. Spheres 2.5. Equations Linear in a Function
5.3. Cylinders 2.6. Bernoulli’s Equation
5.4. Quadratic Surfaces 3. Applications of 1st Order D.E.
5.5. Double Integrals 3.1. Decomposition / Growth
5.6. Triple Integrals 3.2. Newton’s Law of Cooling
Course
6. Multiple Integral as Volume 3.3. Mixing (Non-Reacting Fluids)
Outline
6.1. Double Integrals 3.4. Electric Circuits
6.2. Triple Integrals 4. Linear D.E. of Order n
4.1. Standard Form of a Linear D.E.
1. Anton, Howard. Multivariable Calculus, 4th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
4.2. Linear Independence of a Set of Functions
Inc., 1992.
4.3. Differential Operators
2. Berkey, Dennis D. Calculus for Management and Social Sciences, 2nd ed.
4.4. Differential Operator Form of a Linear D.E.
Saunders College Publishing, 1990.
5. Homogeneous Linear D.E. with Constant Coefficients
3. Cozzens, Margaret B. and Richard D. Porter. Mathematics with Calculus. D.C.
5.1. General Solution
Heath & Co., 1987.
5.2. Auxiliary Equation
4. Ellis, Robert and Benny Gulick. Calculus with Analytic Geometry. Harcourt
6. Non-Homogeneous D.E. with Constant-Coefficients
Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
Suggested 6.1. Form of the General Solution
5. Farlow, Stanley J. Calculus and Its Application. McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1990.
References 6.2. Solution by Method of Undetermined Coefficients
6. Goldstein, Larry J., David C. Lay and David I. Schneider. Calculus and Its
6.3. Solution by Variation of Parameters
Application, 6th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993.
7. Harsbarger, Ronald J. and James J. Reynolds. Calculus with Applications. D.C. 1. Asin, Ricardo C. Elementary Differential Equations. National Book Store, 1991.
Heath & Co., 1990. 2. Dela Fuente, Feliciano and Uy. Elementary Differential Equations. National
8. Hoffman, Laurence D. Calculus for Business, Economics and the Social and Suggested Book Store, 1999.
Life Sciences, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1989. References 3. Rainville,E. Elementary Differential Equations. Merriam-Webster
9. Leithold, Louis. The Calculus, 7th ed. Addison-Wesley, 2001 Bookstore,1989.

Course Course
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Name Name
Differentiation and integration in solving first order, first-degree differential
Course
equations, and linear differential equations of order n; Laplace transforms in solving Course Basic principles of statistics; presentation and analysis of data; averages, median,
Description
differential equations. Description mode; deviations; probability distributions; normal curves and applications;
regression analysis and correlation; application to engineering problems.
Number of Number of
Units for Units for
3 units lecture 2 units lecture
Lecture and Lecture and
Laboratory Laboratory

Number of Number of
2 hours lecture
Contact 3 hours lecture Contact
Hours per Hours per
Week Numbers, Laplace and Inverse Laplace Transforms, Power series, Fourier series,
Matrices and Determinants, Vector Analysis and Numerical Methods.
College Algebra
Prerequisite
Number of Units
After completing this course, the student must be able to: for Lecture and Lecture – 2 units
1. Define relevant statistical terms; Laboratory
2. Discuss competently the following concepts:
2.1. Frequency distribution Number of
Course 2.2. Measures of central tendency Contact Hours Lecture – 2 hours
Objectives 2.3. Probability distribution per week
2.4. Normal distribution Prerequisite Differential Equations
2.5. Inferential statistics
3. Apply accurately statistical knowledge in solving specific engineering problem a. After completing this course, the student must be able to:
situations. b. Familiarize themselves with the different parameters, laws, theorems and
Course
1. Basic Concepts the different methods of solutions in advance mathematics,
Objectives
1.1. Definition of Statistical Terms c. Develop their abilities on how to apply the different laws, methods and
1.2. Importance of Statistics theorems particularly in complex problems.
2. Steps in Conducting a Statistical Inquiry
3. Presentation of Data 1. Complex Numbers
3.1. Textual 2. Laplace and Inverse Laplace Transforms
3.2. Tabular 3. Power Series
3.3. Graphical Course Outline 4. Fourier Series
4. Sampling Techniques 5. Vector Analysis
5. Measures of Central Tendency 6. Numerical Methods
5.1. Mean 1. Dulay,Virgilio, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 1996
5.2. Median 2. Kreyszig, Erwin, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, John Wiley and Son
5.3. Mode Publishing 1972
5.4. Skewness and Kurtosis 3. Bromwell,Arthur, Advanced Mathematics in Physics and Engineering, Mc
6. Measures of Variation Textbooks and
Graw Hill Publishing 1953
6.1. Range References
4. Kolman, Bernard Linear Algebra, Mc Millan Publishing Hous1991
Course 6.2. Mean Absolute Deviation 5. Scheid, Francis, Numerical Analysis, Mc Graw Hill Publishing1968
Outline 6.3. Variance 6. MatLab Manuals Rel 12, MSOffice 2000
6.4. Standard Deviation
6.5. Coefficient of Variation
7. Probability Distributions
7.1. Counting Techniques Course Name ENGINEERING ECONOMY
7.2. Probability
7.3. Mathematical Expectations Concepts of the time value of money and equivalence; basic economy study
Course
7.4. Normal Distributions methods; decisions under certainty; decisions recognizing risk; and decisions
Description
8. Inferential Statistics admitting uncertainty.
8.1. Test of Hypothesis
8.2. Test Concerning Means, Variation, and Proportion Number of Units
8.3. Contingency Tables for Lecture and 3 units lecture
8.4. Test of Independence Laboratory
8.5. Goodness-of-Fit Test
9. Analysis of Variance Number of
Contact Hours 3 hours lecture
10. Regression and Correlation
per Week
Sellers, Gene R. and Stephen A. Vardeman. Elementary Statistics, 2nd ed.
Saunders College Publishing, 1982. Prerequisite Third Year Standing ; College Algebra
Suggested
Walpole, Ronald E., et al. Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 7th
References After completing this course, the student must be able to:
ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002.
1. Solve problems involving interest and the time value of money;
Course 2. Evaluate project alternatives by applying engineering economic principles
Course Name ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS FOR CE
Objectives and methods and select the most economically efficient one; and
Course 3. Deal with risk and uncertainty in project outcomes by applying the basic
A study of selected topics in mathematics and their applications in advanced economic decision making concepts.
Description
courses in engineering and other allied sciences. It covers the study of Complex
 1. Introduction
1.1. Definitions
1.2. Principles of Engineering Economy
1.3. Engineering Economy and the Design Process
1.4. Cost Concepts for Decision Making
1.5. Present Economy Studies
2. Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence
2.1. Interest and the Time Value of Money
2.2. The Concept of Equivalence
2.3. Cash Flows
3. Basic Economy Study Methods
3.1. The Minimum Attractive Rate of Return
3.2. The Present Worth Method
3.3. The Future Worth Method
3.4. The Annual Worth Method
3.5. The Internal Rate of Return Method
Course Outline
3.6. The External Rate of Return Method
3.7. The Payback Period Method
3.8. The Benefit/Cost Ratio Method
4. Decisions Under Certainty
4.1. Evaluation of Mutually Exclusive Alternatives
4.2. Evaluation of Independent Projects
4.3. Depreciation and After-Tax Economic Analysis
5. Replacement Studies
6. Break win Analysis
7. Decisions Recognizing Risk
7.1. Expected Monetary Value of Alternatives
7.2. Discounted Decision Tree Analysis
8. Decisions Admitting Uncertainty
8.1. Sensitivity Analysis
8.2. Decision Analysis Models

1. Blank, Leland T. and Anthony J. Tarquin. Engineering Economy, 6th ed.

McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2005.
2. Grant, Eugene L., et al., Principles of Engineering Economy, 8th ed. John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990.
3. Newman, Donald G., Jerome P Lavelle and Ted S. Eschenbach. Essentials
of Engineering Economic Analysis, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2002.
Suggested 4. Park, Chan S. Contemporary Engineering Economics, 3rd ed. Addison
References Wesley, 2001.
5. Riggs, James L., et al. Engineering Economics, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 1996.
6. Sullivan, William G., Elin M. Wicks and James T. Luxhoj. Engineering
Economy, 12th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002.
7. Thuesen, Gerald J. and W.J. Fabrycky. Engineering Economy, 9th ed. COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

ALLIED SCIENCES

Course Name Physics 1

Vectors; kinematics; dynamics; work, energy, and power; impulse

Course
and momentum; rotation; dynamics of rotation; elasticity; and
Description
oscillation.
Number of 3 units: 3 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory 7.2. Conservation of Energy
Units for 8. Impulse and Momentum
Lecture and 8.1. Definition of Impulse and Momentum
Laboratory 8.2. Conservation of Momentum
8.3. Collisions, Coefficient of Restitution
Number of 9. Rotation
Contact Hours 6 hours: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory 9.1. Definition of torque
per Week 9.2. Second Condition of Equilibrium
9.3. Center of Gravity
10. Dynamics of Rotation
College Algebra
10.1. Kinematics of Rotation
Prerequisites Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
10.2. Dynamics of Rotation
10.3. Center of Gravity
11. Elasticity
After completing this course, the student must be able to: 11.1. Hooke’s Law
1. Differentiate a vector from a scalar; 11.2. Stress and Strain
2. Determine the resultant of concurrent vectors; 11.3. Modulus of Elasticity
3. Solve problems in kinematics; 12. Oscillations
4. Apply Newton’s Laws of Motion; 12.1. Definition of Vibration Motion and Simple Harmonic
5. Determine the gravitational force between different masses; Motion
6. Solve problems involving centripetal force for horizontal and 12.2. Kinematics of Simple Harmonic Motion
Course vertical curves; 12.3. Simple Pendulum
Objectives 7. Compute the work done on a given body;
Laboratory
8. Relate work and energy; Physics Laboratory
Equipment
9. Solve problems by applying the law of conservation of energy;
10. Solve problems in impulse and momentum and collisions; Cutnell, J.D. and K.W. Johnsons. Physics, 4th ed.
11. Determine the stress and strain on a body; and Halliday, David, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker. Fundamentals of
12. Determine the period of a body in simple harmonic motion. Physics, 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
Suggested Serway, Raymond A. and John W. Jewett Jr. Physics for Scientists and
References Engineers, 6th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2003.
1. Work, Energy and Power Young, Hugh D. and Roger A. Freedman. University Physics, 10th ed.
Addison Wesley.
1.1. Definition of Work, Energy and Power
1.2. Conservation of Energy
2. Impulse and Momentum
2.1. Definition of Impulse and Momentum
2.2. Conservation of Momentum Course
Physics 2
3. Vector Name
3.1. Vectors and Scalars
3.2. Graphical Method Fluids; thermal expansion, thermal stress; heat transfer;
3.3. Analytical Method Course
calorimetry; waves; electrostatics; electricity; magnetism;
Course 4. Vector Subtraction Description
optics; image formation by plane and curved mirrors; and
Outline 5. Kinematics image formation by thin lenses.
5.1. Equations of Kinematics
5.2. Freely Falling Bodies
Number of
5.3. Projectile Motion
Units for
6. Dynamics 2 units: 2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory
Lecture
6.1. Newton’s Laws of Motion
and
6.2. Friction
Laboratory
6.3. First Condition of Equilibrium
7. Work, Energy and Power 5 hours: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
7.1. Definition of Work, Energy and Power Number of
Contact 5.2. Sounds
Hours per 6. Electrostatics
Week 6.1. Charge
6.2. Coulomb’s Law
Prerequisite Physics 1 6.3. Superposition Principle
6.4. Electric Field Intensity
6.5. Work and Potential
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
6.6. Capacitors, Dielectrics
1. Describe the characteristics of fluids at rest and in
7. Electricity
motion;
7.1. Current
2. Compute the buoyant force on an object immersed in a
7.2. Resistance
fluid;
7.3. EMF
3. Compute the pressure and flow speed of a fluid at any
7.4. Ohm’s Law
point in a flow tube;
7.5. Energy and Power in Circuits
4. Determine the amount of expansion of a given material
7.6. Series and Parallel Connections
in relation to temperature change;
7.7. Kirchhoff’s Rules
5. Determine the change in temperature of a given
8. Magnetism
amount of material that loses or gains;
8.1. Magnetic Field of Moving Changes
6. Solve problems about the law of heat transfer;
8.2. Magnetic Filed of Current Element
7. Describe the three methods of heat transfer;
8.3. Motion of a Charge in a Magnetic Field
8. Discuss the properties of waves;
8.4. Biot-Savart Law
Course 9. Describe the modes of vibration of strings and air
8.5. Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
Objectives columns;
8.6. Torque on a Current-Carrying Loop
10. Solve problems on Doppler Effect;
9. Optics
11. Compute the electric force between electric charges;
9.1. Light as Electromagnetic Waves
12. Compute the electric field due to electric charges;
9.2. Properties of Reflection and Refraction
13. Compute the electric potential due to a charge and
10. Image Formation by Plane and Curved Mirrors
electric potential energy of charges;
10.1. Graphical Methods
14. Define electric current, electric resistance and voltage;
10.2. Mirror Equation
15. Solve problems on resistance and cells in series and
11. Image Formation by Thin Lenses
parallel;
11.1. Graphical Methods
16. State Kirchhoff’s rules and apply them in a given circuit;
11.2. Lens Equation
17. Compute the magnetic field of a given current-carrying
conductors; Laboratory
Physics Laboratory
18. Compute the magnetic torque on a current conductor Equipment
in a magnetic field; and 1. Cutnell, J.D. and K.W. Johnsons. Physics, 4th ed.
19. Describe image formation by mirrors and lenses. 2. Halliday, David, Robert Resnick and Jearl
1. Fluids Walker. Fundamentals of Physics, 5th ed. John Wiley &
1.1. Pressure, Specific Gravity, Density Sons, Inc., 1996.
Suggested
1.2. Archimedes’ Principle 3. Serway, Raymond A. and John W. Jewett Jr. Physics
References
1.3. Rate of Flow and Continuity Principle for Scientists and Engineers, 6th ed. 2004.
1.4. Bernoulli’s Principle 4. Young, Hugh D. and Roger A. Freedman. University
1.5. Torricelli’s Theorem Physics, 10th ed. Addison Wesley.
2. Thermal Expansion, Thermal Stress
3. Heat Transfer
4. Calorimetry
Course
4.1. Specific Heat Engineering Drawing
Name
4.2. Law of Heat Exchange
4.3. Change of Phase
Course 5. Waves Course Practices and techniques of graphical communication;
Outline 5.1. Types of Waves and Their Properties Description application of drafting instruments, lettering scale, and units of
 measure; descriptive geometry; orthographic projections; auxiliary Engineering Drawing, 2nd ed. 1992.
views; dimensioning; sectional views; pictorial drawings;
requirements of engineering working drawings; and assembly and
exploded detailed drawings.
Course
Statics of Rigid Bodies
Name
Number of
Units for
1 unit laboratory Course Force systems; structure analyses; friction; centroids and centers of
Lecture and
Description gravity; and moments of inertia.
Laboratory

Number of
Number of
Units for
Contact 3 units lecture (4 units for CE students)
3 hours laboratory Lecture and
Hours per
Laboratory
Week

Number of
Prerequisite None
Contact 3 hours lecture (4 hours for CE students) including ECE , ME EE and CE
Hours per Board Practice
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Week
1. Understand the importance of technical drawing knowledge
and skills as applied to the various areas of engineering; Prerequisites Physics 1, Integral Calculus, College Algebra
Course
2. Apply the basic concepts of technical drawing and sketching;
Objectives
and
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
3. Prepare technical drawings.
1. Understand the principles of equilibrium of particles;
2. Undertake vector operations such as vector cross and dot
1. Engineering Lettering product;
2. Instrumental Figures 3. Determine forces of 2D and 3D structures;
3. Geometric Construction Course
4. Understand the principles of static, wedge and belt friction;
4. Orthographic Projection Objectives
5. Determine centroids, center of mass and center of gravity of
5. Dimensioning objects;
Course
6. Orthographic Views with Dimensions and Section View 6. Determine moment of inertia, mass moment of inertia; and
Outline
7. Sectional View 7. Analyze the stresses of trusses, beams and frames
8. Pictorial Drawing
1. Introduction to Mechanics; Vector Operations
9. Engineering Working Drawings
2. Force Vectors and Equilibrium of Particles
10. Assembly and Exploded Detailed Drawings
3. Vector Cross and Dot Product
1. Drafting table 4. Moment of a Force
2. Drawing instruments 5. Couples; Moment of a Couple
2.1. One 30-60 degree triangle 6. Equivalent Force Systems in 2D and 3D
Laboratory Course
2.2. One 45 degree triangle 7. Dry Static Friction, Wedge and Belt Friction
Equipment Outline
2.3. One technical compass 8. Centroid; Center of Mass; and Center of Gravity
2.4. One protractor 9. Distributed Loads and Hydrostatic Forces; Cables
1. French, Thomas E., Charles J. Vierck and Robert J. 10. Moment of Inertia; Mass Moment of Inertia
Foster. Engineering Drawing and Graphic Technology, 14th 11. Trusses; Frames and Machines; Internal Forces
ed. McGraw-Hill, 1993. 12. Beams; Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
2. Giesecke, Frederick E. Principles of Engineering Graphics, 2nd 1. Bedford, Anthony and Wallace Fowler. Engineering Mechanics:
Suggested ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993. Statics, 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002.
References 3. Giesecke, Frederick E., et al. Technical Drawing, 12th ed. 2002. Suggested 2. Beer, Ferdinand P. and E. Russell Johnston Jr. Vector Mechanics
4. Luzadder, Warren J. Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing, References for Engineers: Statics, 7th SI ed.
11th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1992. 3. Pacheco, Edgardo S. Statics of Rigid Bodies, SI ed.
5. Luzadder, Warren J. and Jon M. Duff. Introduction to
Course Name Dynamics of Rigid Bodies 14.3. Applications of the Principle of Work and Energy
14.4. Potential Energy
Course Kinetics and kinematics of a particle; kinetics and kinematics of 14.5. Conservative Forces
Description rigid bodies; work energy method; and impulse and momentum. 14.6. Conservation of Energy
14.7. Principle of Impulse and Momentum
14.8. Impulsive Motion
Number of Units
2 units lecture 14.9. Impact
for Lecture and
14.10. Direct Central Impact
Laboratory
14.11. Oblique Central Impact
14.12. Problems Involving Energy and Momentum
Number of 15. Systems of Particles
2 hours lecture
Contact Hours 15.1. Application of Newton’s Second Laws to Motion of a
per Week System of Particles
Prerequisite Physics 1 15.2. Linear and Angular Momentum of a System of Particles
15.3. Motion of Mass Center of a System of Particles
15.4. Angular Momentum of a System of Particles About Its Mass
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Center
1. Understand the principles governing the motion of particles,
15.5. Conservation of Momentum for a System of Particles
velocity and acceleration;
15.6. Kinetic Energy of a System of Particles
2. Understand the principles of Newton’s Second Law and its
Course 15.7. Work-Energy Principle. Conservation of Energy for a
applications;
Objectives System of Particles
3. Understand kinetics of particles in particular energy and
15.8. Principle of Impulse and Momentum for a System of
momentum methods; and
Particles
4. Understand kinematics of rigid bodies, its energy and
16. Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
momentum.
16.1. Translation
1. Introduction to Dynamics 16.2. Rotation About a Fixed Axis
2. Position, Velocity, and Acceleration 16.3. Equations Defining the Rotation of a Rigid Body About a
3. Determination of the Motion of the Particles Fixed Axis
4. Uniform Rectilinear Motion 16.4. General Plane Motion
5. Uniformly Accelerated Rectilinear Motion 16.5. Absolute and Relative Velocity in Plane Motion
6. Position Vector, Velocity, and Acceleration 16.6. Instantaneous Center of Rotation in Plane Motion
7. Derivatives of Vector Functions 16.7. Absolute and Relative Acceleration
8. Rectangular Components of Velocity and Acceleration 16.8. Rate of Change of a Vector with Respect to a Rotating
9. Motion Relative to a Frame in Translation Frame
10. Tangential and Normal Components 16.9. Plane Motion of a Particle Relative to a Rotating Frame;
11. Radial and Transverse Components Coriolis Acceleration
12. Motion of Several Particles (Dependent Motion) 16.10. Motion About a Fixed Point
13. Kinetics of Particles: Newton’s Second Law 16.11. General Motion
Course Outline 13.1. Newton’s Second Law of Motion 16.12. Three-Dimensional Motion of a Particle Relative to a
13.2. Linear Momentum of the Particle, Rate of Change of Rotating Frame; Coriolis Acceleration
Linear Momentum 16.13. Frame of Reference in General Motion
13.3. System of Units 17. Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Forces and Accelerations
13.4. Equation of Motion 17.1. Equation of Motions
13.5. Dynamic Equilibrium 17.2. Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body in Plane Motion
13.6. Angular Momentum of Particle, Rate of Change of 17.3. Plane Motion of a Rigid Body. D’ Alembert’s Principle
Angular Momentum 17.4. Solution of Problems involving the Motion of a Rigid Bodies
13.7. Equations in Terms of Radial and Transverse Components 17.5. Systems of Rigid Bodies
13.8. Motion Under a Central Force 17.6. Constrained Plane Motion
14. Kinetics of Particles: Energy and Momentum Methods 18. Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Energy and Momentum Methods
14.1. Work of Force 18.1. Principle of Work and Energy for a Rigid Body
14.2. Kinetic Energy of a Particle, Principle of Work and Energy 18.2. Work of Forces Acting on a Rigid Body
 18.3. Kinetic Energy of a Rigid Body in Plane Motion 16. Torsional Deformation; Power Transmission
18.4 Systems of Rigid Bodies 17. Flexural Stresses by the Elastic Curve
18.5 Conservation of Energy 18. Moment Equation Using Singularity Function
18.6 Principle of Impulse and Momentum 19. Beam Deflection by the Double Integration Method
18.7 Conservation of Angular Momentum 20. Area Moment Theorems
18.8 Impulsive Motion 21. Moment Diagram by Parts
18.9 Eccentric Impact 22. Beam Deflection by Area Moment Method
Suggested Beer and Johnston. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 7th 23. Statically Indeterminate Beams
Reference SI ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003. 24. Buckling of Long Straight Columns
25. Combined Loadings
26. Analysis of Riveted Connections by the Uniform Shear Method
Course Name Mechanics of Deformable Bodies 27. Welded Connections
Course 1. Hibbeler, Russell C. Mechanics of Materials, 5th ed. Prentice
Axial stress and strain; stresses for torsion and bending; combined Hall, Inc., 2002.
Description
stresses; beam deflections; indeterminate beams; and elastic 2. Higdon, Archie, et al. Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, 4th
instability. Suggested
ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
References
3. McGill, David and Wilton M. King. Engineering Mechanics, An
Number of Units Introduction to Dynamics, 3rd ed. PWS Publishing Co., 1995.
5 units lecture
for Lecture and
Laboratory

Number of
5 hours lecture
Contact Hours
per Week
Course Name ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisite Statics of Rigid Bodies, Physics 1
Course Description - Ecological framework of sustainable development; pollution
environments: water, air, and solid; waste treatment processes, disposal, and
After completing this course, the student must be able to: management; government legislation, rules, and regulation related to the environment
1. Understand the concepts of stress and strain; and waste management; and environmental management system.
2. Calculate stresses due to bending, shears, and torsion under Number of Units for Lecture and Laboratory - 2 units lecture
Course
plain and combined loading; Number of Contact Hours per Week - 2 hours lecture
Objectives
3. Analyze statically determinate and indeterminate structures; and
4. Determine the elastic stability of columns. Prerequisites - General Chemistry

1. Load Classification Course Objectives

2. Concept of Stress, Normal and Shear Stress After completing this course, the student must be able to:
3. Stresses under Centric Loading 1. Understand the various effects of environmental pollution;
4. Stress Concentration 2. Know the existing laws, rules, and regulations of the government on environmental
5. Plane Stress issues;
6. Principal Stresses for Plane Stress 3. Identify, plan, and select appropriate design treatment schemes for waste disposal;
7. Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress and
8. Deformations, Normal and Shear Strains 4. Understand the importance of waste management and its relevance to the
Course Outline
9. Material Properties engineering profession.
10. Working Stresses
11. Deformation in a System of Axially Loaded Members Course Outline
12. Temperature Effects on Axially Loaded Members 1. Ecological Concepts
13. Statically Indeterminate Members 1.1. Introduction to Environmental Engineering
14. Thin-Walled Pressure Vessel 1.2. Ecology of Life
15. Torsional Stresses; Elastic Torsion Formula 1.3. Biogeochemical Cycles
1.4. Ecosystems
2. Pollution Environments a) Understand the basic concepts of thermodynamics and heat transfer and
2.1. Water Environment their application to thermal systems;
2.2. Air Environment b) Know the current design practices and procedures for building electrical
2.3. Solid Environmental services, elevator and escalator, fire protection, intelligent buildings and
2.4. Toxic and Hazardous Waste Treatment green building and apply such concepts, practices and procedures to a term
3. Environmental Management System project.
3.1. Environmental Impact Assessment c) Know the ethical issues which are relevant to the topics discussed.
3.2. Environmental Clearance Certificate d)
Suggested References Course Outline
1. Bellardi, O’Brien. Hazardous Waste Site Remediation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1. Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
1995. 2. Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Principles
2. Crites, Ron and G. Tchobanoglous. Small and Decentralized Wastewater 3. Individual Components Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems
Management Systems. McGraw-Hill, 1998. 4. Cooling Load Calculation and Air Distribution System Design
3. Davis, Mackenzie L. and Susan J. Masten. Principles of Environmental 5. Indoor Air Quality-Comfort and Health
Engineering and Science. McGraw-Hill, 2004. 6. Electrical Services for Buildings
4. Guzmar, Ruth and Roger Guzmar. Environmental Education for Sustainable 7. Elevator and Escalator in Buildings
Development. Wisdom Advocate Publishing, 2000. 8. Fire Protection System
5. Heisketh, Howard. Air Pollution Control - Traditional and Hazardous Pollutants. 9. Illumination and Acoustics
Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., 1996. 10. Building Automated System Design
6. Henze, M., et al. Wastewater Treatment. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1997. 11. Green Building Design
7. Kay, J.G., G.E. Keller and J.F. Miller. Indoor Air Pollution. Chelsea, Michigan: 12. Visitation to construction sites, problem solving and exhibits
Lewis Publishers, 1991.
8. Kiely, Gerard. Environmental Engineering. McGraw-Hill, 1997. Textbooks and References
9. Metcalf and Eddy, Inc. Wastewater Engineering - Collection, Treatment and
Disposal. McGraw-Hill, 1991. 1. Benjamin Stein and John S. Reynolds; Mechanical and Electrical Equipment
10. Mihekic, James. Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering. John Wiley & for Buildings, 8th Ed., c. 1992
Sons, Inc., 1999. 2. David Bearg, Indoor Air Quality and HVAC Systems, c. 1993
11. Nemerow, N.L. and F. Agardy. Strategies of Industrial and Hazardous Waste 3. ASHRAE Journal Articles
Management. International Thomson Publishing Company, 1998. 4. ASHRAE Handbook – Fundamentals
12. Ortolano, Leonard. Environmental Regulation and Impact Assessment. John 5. Charles Fleddermann, Engineering Ethics, 2nd Ed., c. 2004
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
13. Perry, S., D. Rower and G. Tchobanoglous. Environmental Engineering.
McGraw-Hill, 1985. Course Name BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
14. Wark, K., C. Warner and W. Davis. Air Pollution - Its Origin and Control.
Addison-Wesley, 1998. Course Description - This course provides the students a sound background in the
theory and concepts of the fundamental and basic laws of electricity and magnetism.
Course Name BASIC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Practical applications such as electrical equipment, electrical safety, blueprint
reading, house and commercial building wiring, and lighting are introduced
Course Description - This course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of
thermodynamics; heat transmissions in building structures; ventilating and air- Number of Units for Lecture and Laboratory Lecture – 2 units
conditioning systems; air distribution system design; and indoor air quality. It includes Number of Contact Hours per week Lecture – 2 hours
study of design considerations of electrical services, elevator and escalator, fire Prerequisite- College Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Physics 2
protection system, illumination, acoustics and automated system for buildings.
Course Objectives
Number of Units for Lecture and Laboratory: 2 units lecture After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Number of Contact Hours per week: 2
Prerequisite - College Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Physics 2 a. Have a deeper understanding and appreciation about electric circuits.
b. Understand and apply operating principles of AC-DC equipment.
Course Objectives c. Understand basic electrical blueprint, house wiring and lighting and electrical
After completing this course, the student must be able to: safety.
d. Appreciate the importance of the course.
Course Outline
1. DIRECT CURRENT. Ohm’s Law, Series, Parallel Connections, Batteries and Power.
2. ALTERNATING CURRENT. Voltage, Current & Phase, Peak, rms, Average Values.
3. MAGNETISM. Fundamentals, Magnetic Circuits, Units of Magnetics.
4. ELECTRICAL MATERIALS. Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors.
5. DC MACHINES / EQUIPMENT. Fundamental Concepts, Motors, Meters.
6. AC MACHINES / EQUIPMENT. Fundamental Concepts, Motors, Transformers.
7. ELECTRICAL SAFETY. Equipment Protection, Personnel Protection.
8. BLUEPRINT READING. Electrical Symbols, Electrical Diagrams.
9. HOUSE/COMMERCIAL BUILDING WIRING AND LIGHTING

Suggested References
1. National Electrical Code Handbook.
2. Gussow, Milton; Schaum’s Outline Series: Basic Electricity Theory &
Problems.1983
3. Fowler, Richard; Electriity Principles & Applications. 1989.
4. Mullin, Ray C. and Smith, Robert L.; Electrical Wiring (Commercial)

COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Name SURVEYING 1 (Elementary and Higher Surveying)

Theory and practice of surveying techniques and instruments

including tape, compass, transit, theodolite and level; running a
traverse and leveling, preparation of plans of survey, and
Course relocation of boundaries. Topographic surveying methods, Global
Description Positioning System location for latitude, longitude, time and
location of shorelines and sounding, measuring velocity and
discharge of streams, aerial and satellite surveying. Use of a
Global Positioning System in surveying and computer software.

Number of Units for

Lecture, Lecture – 3 units
Laboratory, Fieldwork – 1 unit
Fieldwork and
Tutorial

Number of Lecture – 3 hours

Contact Hours per Fieldwork – 1 ½ hours
week CE Board Review 1 ½ hours

Prerequisite/Co- Advanced Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Solid

requisite Mensuration, Engineering Drawing
 Contact Hours Lecture – 3 hours
After completing this course, the student must be able to: per week Fieldwork – 1 ½ hours
1. Understand the appropriate surveys and investigations CE Board Review 1 ½ hours
required for various civil engineering projects.
2. Know the requirements of various surveys and
Course Objectives
investigations Prerequisite/Co- Surveying 1
3. Know the methodologies of carrying out the more requisite
common surveys and investigations such as topographic
surveys
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Surveying concepts Course Know the methodologies of carrying out the more common surveys
2. Measurements of Vertical and Horizontal Distances Objectives and investigations such as horizontal and vertical curves, line
3. Leveling (Differential, Profile, Cross-section) grades, earthworks and theory of locations as applied to highways
4. Traverse survey and railways, mass diagram and overhaul.
5. Area computation
6. Subdivision 1. Horizontal and vertical curves
Course Outline 2. Lines and grades
7. Topographic survey
8. Triangulation 3. Earthwork computations
Course Outline
9. Hydrographic survey 4. Layout and alignment of civil works structures
10. Global Positioning System 5. Computer applications
11. Computer applications  Measuring tapes
 Measuring tapes  Stadia rods and range poles
 Stadia rods and range poles  Level
Laboratory
 Level  Transit/Theodolite
Laboratory Equipment
 Transit/Theodolite  GPS
Equipment  Surveying software
 GPS
 Surveying software 1. Surveying and Levelling, Basak
1. Elements of Plane Surveying, Benton 2. Surveying Fundamentals, McCormac
2. Surveying Fundamentals, McCormac 3. Railway Track Engineering, Mundry
Suggested
3. Principles & Application of Surveying, Kavanagh 4. Surveying For Construction, Irvine
References
Suggested 4. Higher Surveying, La Putt 5. Surveying; Theory and Practice,Anderson, James M.; Mikhail,
References 5. Surveying, Moffit & Bouchard Edward M.
6. Surveying; Theory and Practice,Anderson, James M.; Mikhail,
Edward M., Course Name: BUILDING DESIGN 1

A study on building parts and its construction, i.e. from the

Course Name SURVEYING 2 (Engineering Surveys) foundation to the roofing. Study of the National Building Code and
Course other pertinent codes. A practical subject that will develop in the
Design and Layout of Horizontal and Vertical curves, line grade; Description student the skills required in building design and construction. This
earthwork volumes, theory of location as applied to highway and includes interpretation of building plans and actual observation
Course and study.
railways, mass diagram, overhaul and estimate of cost. Use of
Description
computer software for mass diagram. Layout and alignment of civil
works structures. Number of Units
Lecture – 1 unit
for Lecture,
Laboratory – 1 unit
Number of Units Laboratory,
Lecture – 3 units Fieldwork and
for Lecture,
Fieldwork – 1 unit Tutorial
Laboratory,
Fieldwork and Number of Lecture – 1 unit
Tutorial Contact Hours Laboratory – 3 unit
Number of per week
Prerequisite/Co- 1. After completing this course, the student must be able to:
requisite Engineering Drawing 2. Interpret the various building codes of the Philippines.
Course 3. Prepare drafting plans.
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Objectives 4. Differentiate different electrical and construction materials
5. Understand actual plumbing and electrical layout.
Course
1. Have knowledge in drafting building plans. 1. Plumbing works
Objectives
2. Read and interpret building plans. 2. Electrical works
3. Apply the theoretical knowledge into the actual construction 3. Mechanical works
Course Outline
1. Interpretation and reading of building plans 4. Carpentry and finishing works
2. Foundation plan and details 5. Fire Protection
3. Floor plans and elevations Laboratory
4. Floor and roof framing plan and details Drafting Room
Course Outline Equipment
5. Structural plans and details
1. Simplified Plumbing Design and Estimates by Max Fajardo
6. Detailed cross and longitudinal sections
2. Simplified Electrical Design and Estimates, Max Fajardo
7. Formworks and scaffoldings
3. Plumbing Code of the Philippines
Laboratory 4. Mechanical Code of the Philippines
Drafting Room Suggested
Equipment 5. Fire Code of the Philippines
References
1. Building Construction books 6. Electrical Code of the Philippines
2. Planning and Designers Handbook, Max Fajardo 7. Uniform Building Code
3. Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching 8. Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching
Suggested 4. Actual Building Plans in Blueprint
Textbooks and 5. Uniform Building Code
References 6. National Building Code
7. National Structural Code of the Philippines Course Name: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
8. Simplified Building Construction, Max Fajardo
This course deals with the development of highways in the
Philippines, highway design, and the materials that are used in
road construction and maintenance. The course includes highway
Course Name: BUILDING DESIGN 2 administration; traffic, driver, pedestrian and vehicle
characteristics; geometric design, roadside design, highway and
Course
related structures; intersection, interchanges, terminals; drainage
The study of the plumbing code, fire code and electrical code of Description
Course structures; traffic engineering; asphalt and concrete pavements,
the Philippines, its interpretation and application in building design survey, plans, estimates, contracts and supervision, earthworks,
Description
and construction. bases and sub-bases, highway maintenance and rehabilitation.
The Standard Specification for Public Works and Highways will also
Number of Units be discussed and be given emphasis in the discussion.
for Lecture, Lecture – 1 unit Number of Units
Laboratory, Laboratory – 1 unit for Lecture,
Fieldwork and Laboratory, Lecture – 2 units
Tutorial Fieldwork and
Tutorial
Number of Number of
Lecture – 1 unit Contact Hours Lecture – 2 hours
Contact Hours
Laboratory – 3 unit per week
per week
Prerequisite/Co-
Surveying 2
requisite
Prerequisite/Co-
Building Design 1
requisite
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
 1. Discuss the highway development in the Philippines from the
early part of 1900 to the present era.
2. Explain the importance of community involvement in the
planning stage of a proposed road construction project.
3. Be familiar with the items involved in highway design using the
Standard Specification for Public Works and Highways.
4. Identify materials used in road construction and
Course maintenance.
Objectives 5. Use the methods of analysis and design relevant to highway
engineering.
6. Prepare documents, plans and details.
7. Understand the factors that affect the performance of
highways and related structures.
8. Use computer-aided design methods.
1. The Highway and its Development: Highway in the
Philippines,,
2. Planning difficulties. Highway programming. Community
involvement. Highway economy. Location of the proposed
highway. Highway plans and specifications.
3. Designing the Highway: Consistency. Design speed. Cross-
section of typical highway. Road shoulder. Cut or fill slope.
Cross slope. Highway median. The grade line. Right of way.
Road alignment. Widening of curves. Islands. Types of
interchange. Highway intersection. Freeway entrance and
exit.
4. Soil: Soil and its origin. Soil types. Characteristics of soil. Soil
classification.
5. Road materials: Aggregates. Aggregates for bituminous
pavement. Aggregates for Portland Cement Concrete.
Mineral fillers. Bituminous materials and binders. Bituminous
concrete pavement. Asphalt concrete pavement. Bituminous
pavement failure. Macadam asphalt. Surface treatment.
6. Road Bed Construction: Treated and Untreated base courses.
Course Outline
DPWH standard specifications on: Aggregate sub-base
course, Clearing and grubbing, Excavation, Freehaul-
overhaul, Construction of fills and embankment, Subgrade
preparation, Compaction and stabilization.
7. Concrete Pavement: Concrete pavement characteristics and
behavior. Transverse expansion, longitudinal and construction
joints. Reinforcement of joints. Sub-grade and sub-base for
concrete pavement. Concrete proportions and mixtures.
Curing of concrete pavement. DPWH specifications on
concrete pavement. Preparation of grade. Handling,
measuring and batching of materials. Placing of concrete.
Removal of forms.
8. Drainage and Slope Protection: Drainage. Hydrology.
Drainage economic considerations. Draining the highway.
Manholes, inlets and catch basins. Channels and culverts.
Stabilization the unsupported slope. Improving the stability of
slope. Retaining wall. Highway bridges.
9. Design of Pavement: Rigid pavement. Flexible pavement.
Thickness of pavement using McLeod’s method, U.S. Corps of
Engineers, California Resistance Value Method, Expansion
pressure method, Stress at the corner of a slab using
Goldbecks formula, Width of widening of a curve section of
road, Thickness of base course using triaxial test method.
10. Highway Maintenance and rehabilitation.
11. Recycling equipments and methods.
1. Mannering Fred, Washburn Scott, Kilaresky Walter.
2004.Principles of Highway Engineering & Traffic Analysis. Muze
Inc.
2. Wright, Paul H. 2003. Highway Engineering. Wiley & Sons.
3. Garber, Nicholas; & Hoel, Lester. 2001. Highway and Traffic
Engineering. Brookes/Cole Publishing.
Suggested 4. Fajardo, Max Jr. B., Elements of Roads and Highways, Second
References Edition, 5138 Merchandising Publisher, Manila, 1998.
5. Department of Public Works and Highways. 1995. Standard
Specification for Public Works and Highways (Volume II –
Standard Specification for Highways, Bridges and
Airports),DPWH, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port
Area, Manila.
Course Name: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Course Description:
Design and construction aspects of Highway Surfaces and Railways’ Guideways;
Capacity and Level of Service of Air, Rail, and highways. Environmental impacts and
their mitigation of transportation system; Traffic-Analysis Techniques; Traffic Flow and
Control.
Number of Units for Lecture, Laboratory, Fieldwork and Tutorial : Lecture – 2 units
Number of Contact Hours per week : Lecture – 2 hours
Prerequisite/Co-requisite : Highway Engineering , Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
Course Objectives
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Use the methods of analysis and design relevant to transportation structures
and systems
2. Gather traffic data.
3. Generate traffic models.
4. Analyzed traffic data.
5. Formulate mathematical and computer models
6. Prepare documents, plans and details
7. Apply transportation-engineering software.
Course Outline :
1. Components in Transportation systems
 2. Urban transportation problems
3. Land use – transport interaction
4. Design of Surfaces and Guideways
5. Mitigation of Environmental Impacts
6. Traffic-Analysis Techniques
7. Traffic Flow
8. Pedestrian, Vehicle Flow and motion studies
9. Capacity and Level of Service
10. Traffic Control

Laboratory Equipment : Transportation engineering software

Suggested References
1. Transportation Engineering & Planning, Papacostas
2. Urban Mass Transportation Planning, Black
3. Transportation Engineering Planning and Design, Wright & Ashford COURSE SPEFICATIONS
4. Introduction to Transportation Engineering, James H. Banks Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Course
STRUCTURAL THEORY 1
Name

Course The course covers the different types of structural systems, loads and its
Description combinations and placement, applicable codes and specifications, and
methods of analysis for statically determinate structures.
Number of
Units for
Lecture – 3 units
Lecture,
Laboratory – 1 unit
Laboratory,
Fieldwork
and Tutorial
Number of
Contact Lecture – 3 hours
Hours per Laboratory – 3 hours purely Technical Lab and CE Board Review Sessions
week

Prerequisite Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, Statics of Rigid Bodies

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

a. Know the history of history of structural engineering, identify various
types of structural systems, appreciate the importance of codes and
specifications and decide the appropriate loads to apply into the
structures;
Course b. Idealize real structures to obtain analytical models; identify the state
Objectives of determinancy and stability of structures; to know the various
structural analysis theorems and principles;
c. Apply the equations of static equilibrium to analyze the trusses,
beams, frames, cables and arches;
d. Develop intuition on deflected shapes of structures under loading;
e. Analyze moving loads on highway and railway bridges using
 influence lines; Name
f. Develop confidence in structural analysis in preparation for design
courses;
The course covers the theory of structures analysis as applied to
g. Reflect on the consequences of analysis results to life and safety of
indeterminate structures such as indeterminate beams, planar and
people;
Course space frames and trusses subject to static loads; method of
h. Develop ethnical responsibility to their clients to produce strong and
Description consistent deformation; three-moment equation; slope-deflection
safe structures.
method; moment distribution; energy methods, matrix methods; and
1. Introduction to structural Engineering; the analysis and design of approximate method of analysis.
process; types of structural forms, of loading conditions and building
materials. Number of Lecture – 3 units
2. Analysis of statically determinate Structures Units for Laboratory – 1 unit
3. Analysis of statically determinate Trusses Lecture,
Course 4. Internal loadings developed in structural members Laboratory,
Outline Cable and arches Fieldwork
5. Influence lines on statically determinate Structures and Tutorial
6. Deflections
7. Approximate analysis of statically indeterminate Structures Number of Lecture – 3 hours
Textbooks Contact Laboratory – 3 hours
1. Structural Analysis, 4th Ed, Prentice Hall 1999., N.J. By: Hibbler, R. C. Hours per
2. National Structural Code of the Philippines, 5th ed. Association of week
Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Manila 2001 by Association of
Structural Engineers of the Philippines Prerequisite Structural Theory 1
References
1. Utku, Senol, Norris C.H. and Wilbur, J.B., Elementary Structural After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Analysis, 4th ed.McGraw-Hill Inc. N.Y. 1991 1. Apply the fundamental principles of structural analysis for
2. The National Building Code of the Philippines and its Implementing indeterminate structures.
Rules and Regulations, Philippine Law Course 2. Evaluate the structural behavior of indeterminate structures
3. Gazette, Manila, 2000 by Foz, V.B. ed Objectives 3. Be analytical and systematic in the approach to problem
4. Hagen, K.D., Introduction to Engineering Analysis, Prentice Hall, New solving
Jersey, 2001 4. Prepare for design work
5. Rajan, S.D., Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 2001
Suggested
6. Gahli, A.And Neville A.M., Structural Analysis, A Unified Classical and 1. Review of deflections of structures
References
Matrix Approach, 4th ed. E&FN Spon, London 1997 Theory of 2. Introduction to statically indeterminate structures
Structures, Vol. 11, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 3. Approximate analysis of statically indeterminate structures
1999 by Gupta, S.P., Pandit, G.S., And Gupta, R. Course 4. Analysis of statically indeterminate structures by method of
7. Lin, T.Y. and Stotesbury, S.D., Structural Concepts and Systems for Outline consistent deformation; three-moment equation
Architects and Engineers, 1981 5. Displacement method of analysis slope-deflection method;
8. Kassimali, A., Structural Analysis, 2nd Ed, Brooks/Cole Publishing moment distribution;
Company, 1999 6. Introduction to matrix structural analysis
9. McCormac, J.C. and Nelson J.C., Structural Analysis, A Classical and
Matrix Approach,_1997
10. John Wiley byWest, H., Fundamentals of Structural Analysis,_1993,_ Textbooks
11. Harrison, H.B., Structural Analysis and Design: Some Microcomputer 1. Structural Analysis, 4th Ed, Prentice Hall 1999., N.J. By: Hibbler, R. C.
Applications, 2nd Ed, Pergamon Press, 1990 2. National Structural Code of the Philippines, 5th ed.Association of
12. John Wiley by West, H., Analysis of Structures: An Integration of Suggested Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Manila 2001 by Association of
Classical and Modern Methods, 1989, References Structural Engineers of the Philippines
References
1. Elementary Structural Analysis, 4th ed.McGraw-Hill Inc. N.Y. 1991
Course STRUCTURAL THEORY 2 by Utku, Senol, Norris C.H. and Wilbur, J.B.
 2. Develop techniques in structural design in reinforced concrete.
2. The National Building Code of the Philippines and its
3. Formulate correct design strategies based on theoretical and
Implementing Rules and Regulations, Philippine Law Gazette,
situational experiences.
Manila, 2000 by Foz, V.B. ed
4. Formulate correct design strategies based on theoretical and
3. Introduction to Engineering Analysis, Prentice Hall, New Jersey,
situational experiences.
2001 by Hagen, K.D.
5. Produce different types of loads to structures using National
4. Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design, John Wiley &
Structural Code of the Philippines.
Sons, Inc. New York, 2001 by Rajan, S.D.
6. Appraised the local code of practice, i.e., the National
5. Structural Analysis, A Unified Classical and Matrix
Structural Code of the Philippines.
Approach,4th ed. E&FN Spon, London 1997 by Gahli, A. And
7. Identify advanced design methods.
Neville A.M.
8. Develop design skills and proficiency.
6. Theory of Structures, Vol. 11, Tata McGraw-Hill PublishingCo. Ltd.,
9.
New Delhi, 1999 by Gupta, S.P., Pandit, G.S., and Gupta, R.
7. Structural Concepts and Systems for Architects and Engineers, 1. Introduction: Engineering Structures; Their importance and
1981 by Lin, T.Y. and Stotesbury, S.D. relation to real-life situations.
8. Structural Analysis, 2nd Ed, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2. Physical and Structural Properties of Reinforced Concrete.
1999 by Kassimali, A. Reinforced Concrete Materials. Concrete, Steel Reinforcement.
9. Structural Analysis, A Classical and Matrix Approach,_1997 by 3. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Beam Descriptions,
McCormac, J.C. and Nelson J.C. Theoretical and Practical Considerations. Rectangular
10. Fundamentals of Structural Analysis,_1993,_John Wiley by West, Sections—Singly Reinforced. Rectangular Sections—Double
H. Reinforcement. T-Sections.
4. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Shear and Diagonal
Tension. Design of Stirrups.
5. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Bond, and Anchorage.
Course Name: STRUCTURAL DESIGN 1 (Reinforced Concrete) Development Length, and Splices.
This course is concerned with the design, applications and code 6. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Serviceability—
specifications used in structural reinforced concrete members Deflection and Crack Control.
subjected to flexure (beams, girders, joists, lintels, girts, etc.), tension, 7. Structural and Architectural Provisions for Beams.
and compression members (columns), combined stressed 8. Continuous Reinforced Conrcete Structures—NSCP
members(beam-columns), beam-column connections using Specification.
Course 9. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Design of Slabs—One
the Elastic Limit Method, also known as the Alternate Stress Design
Description Way Reinforcement.
(ASD) or Working Stress Design (WSD), and the Plastic Limit Method or
the Ultimate Strength Design (USD). Applications and specifications as 10. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Design of Slabs—Two
applied to buildings, bridges, and other reinforced concrete Course Outline Way Reinforcement: Direct Method.
structures are also given emphasis. A thorough knowledge and 11. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Design of Slabs—Two
proficiency in Structural Theory is imperative. Way Reinforcement: Equivalent Frame Method.
12. Structural and Architectural Provisions for Slabs.
Number of Units
13. Design and Analysis of Compression Members: Axial
for Lecture, Lecture – 4 units
Compression. Lateral Ties and Spirals.
Laboratory, Laboratory/Field/Tutorial - 1 unit
14. Compression and Bending—Direct Method. Plastic Centroid.
Fieldwork and
15. Design and Analysis of Compression Members: Compression and
Tutorial
Bending—Interaction Diagrams and Bresler’s Equation.
Lecture – 4 hours lecture 16. Design of Walls
Number of
Laboratory/Field/Tutorial – 3 hours extensive exercises and tutorials 17. Design and Analysis of Composite Structures: Composite Beam-
Contact Hours
(especially in CE Board Exams) Slab Bridges, Composite Beam-Slab Building Floors.
per week
18. Design and Analysis of Retaining Walls.
Prerequisite/Co- Prerequisite: Structural Theory 1, Mechanics of Deformable Bodies 19. Connections: Beam-Column Connections.
requisite Co-requisite: Structural Theory 2 Laboratory
CE Board Review Sessions
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Equipment
Course
1. Identify the constituent materials of reinforced concrete and
Objectives 1. Mc Cormac, Jack C. 2005. Design of Reinforced Concrete,
understand their behavior.
Suggested 7thEditionJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. . New York.
References 2. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 2001.The understand their behavior.
National Structural Code of the Philippines, 2. Apply the fundamental principles of Timber and Steel Design.
5th Edition.Manila: Association of Structural Engineers of the 3. Apply techniques in structural design and analysis of structural
Philippines. wood and steel.
3. Nilson, Arthur H. and Winter, George et. al. 2000. Design of 4. Formulate correct design strategies based on theoretical and
Concrete Structures, 13thEditionMc-Graw Hill, Inc. . New York. situational experiences.
4. Mosley, V. H., Bungey, J. H., Hulse, R. 1999. Reinforced Concrete 5. Formulate correct design strategies based on theoretical and
Design. Mac Millan. USA. situational experiences.
5. Dobrowski, Joseph A.1998. Concrete Construction Handbook, 6. Understand and apply the different types of loads to structures
4th Edition. Mc Graw-Hill, New York, USA. using National Structural Code of the Philippines.
6. Meyer, Christian. 1996. Design of Concrete Structures. Prentice 7. Appraised the local code of practice, i.e., the National
Hall. New Jersey. Structural Code of the Philippines.
8. Identify advanced design methods.
1. Properties of Philippine Wood and Lumber.
Course Name: STRUCTURAL DESIGN 2 (Steel and Timber) 2. Working Stresses of Structural Timber .
3. Analysis and design of flexural members: Theoretical and
This course is concerned with the design of structural wood practical considerations. NSCP Specifications.
members subjected to flexure, compression and tension members, 4. Analysis and design of compression and tension members:
combined stresses and connections. The presentation of the course Theoretical and practical considerations. NSCP Specifications.
is aligned with the provisions of the National Structural Code of the 5. Analysis and design of combined flexure and axial members:
Philippines. Theoretical and practical considerations. NSCP Specifications.
This course is also concerned with the design of structural steel 6. Timber Connectors and Fasteners. NSCP Specifications
members subjected to flexure (beams, girders, joists, lintels, girts, 7. Physical and Structural Properties of Steel. Structural Steel
Course etc.), tension, and compression members (columns), combined Shapes and Sections.
Description stressed members (beam-columns), riveted, welded, and bolted 8. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Theoretical and
connections using the Elastic Limit Method, also known as the Practical Considerations. Code Specification: Compactness,
Allowable Stress Design (ASD), and the Plastic Limit Method. The Slenderness, Lateral Support, Bending Stresses, Shear Stresses,
course also deals with an introduction to the Load Resistance Deflection, Beam Bearing Plates, Web Crippling.
Factor Design Method (LRFD) in designing structural steel. 9. Design and Analysis of Flexural Members: Beams with Cover
Applications and specifications as applied to buildings, bridges, Course Outline Plates. Ideal Sections. Built-Up Sections. Unsymmetrical
and other steel structures are also given emphasis. A thorough Bending. Structural and Architectural Provisions for Beams
knowledge and proficiency in Structural Theory is imperative. 10. Plate Girders.
11. Design and Analysis of Tension Members:
12. Code Specification: Gross Area, Net Area, Effective Net Area.
Number of Units Effect of Holes, Staggered Holes. Stiffness Criterion.
Lecture – 4 units
for Lecture, 13. Design and Analysis of Compression Members:
Laboratory – 1 unit
Laboratory , 14. Code Specification: Euler’s Formula. Short, Intermediate, and
Fieldwork and Long Columns. Stiffness Criterion. Struts, Columns.
Tutorial 15. Design and Analysis of Combined Stressed Members:
16. Code Specification: Tension and Bending, Compression and
Lecture – 4 hours. Bending. Beam-Columns, Eccentrically Loaded Columns.
Number of
Laboratory – 3 hours extensive exercises especially in CE Board 17. Connections: Riveted, Bolted, Welded Connections.
Contact Hours
Exams. 18. Theory of Plastic Design: Plastic Modulus.
per week
19. Introduction to the Load Resistance Factor Design Method
(LRFD).
Prerequisite/Co-
Structural Theory 1 and 2. bqLaboratory
requisite CE Board Review Sessions
Equipment
1. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 2001.The
Course After completing this course, the student must be able to: Suggested National Structural Code of the Philippines,
Objectives 1. Identify the constituent materials of steel and timber and References 5th Edition.Association of Structural Engineers of the
 Philippines.
2. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 2004.ASEP
Steel Handbook 2004, 3nd Edition. Association of Structural
Engineers of the Philippines.
3. Nethercot, David A.2001. Limit States Design of Structural
Steelwork, 3rd Edition. Spect Press, London, England. Course
4. Booth, William D. 1999. Metal Buckiling Curtailing and CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING
Name:
Construction. Mc Graw-Hill, USA.
5. Spiegel, Leonard and Limbrunner George F. 1997. Applied
The course deals with the physical properties of common construction
Structural Steel Design, 3rd Edition. Mc Graw-Hill, New York,
materials primarily metals, plastics, wood, concrete, coarse and fine
USA.
Course aggregates, asphalt and synthetic materials; examination of material
6. Salmon, Charles and Johnson John E. 1996. Steel Structures:
Descript properties with respect to design and use of end product, design and
Design and Behavior, 4th Edition. Mc Graw-Hill, New Jersey.
ion control of aggregates, concrete and asphalt mixtures, principle of testing;
7. 2005. National Building Code of the Philippines: Implementing
characteristics of test; properties of materials and materials testing
Rules and Regulations, Philippine Gazette, Manila.
equipment.
8. Parker, Harry and Ambrose, James. 1988. Simplified Design of
Structural Wood, 4th ed., National Bookstore, Manila, 1988
9. Morrow, Harold W. 1987 Elements of Steel Design. Mc Graw- Number
Hill, New York, USA. of Units
10. Parker, Harry. 1974. Simplified Design of Structural Steel, for
4thEdition. National Book Store, Manila. Lecture, Lecture – 1 unit
Laborat Laboratory – 1 unit
ory,
Fieldwor
k and
Tutorial

Number
of
Lecture – 1 hour
Contact
Laboratory – 3 hours
Hours
per
week

Prerequi
site/Co- Mechanics of Deformable Bodies , CE Estimates
requisite

a. After completing this course, the student must be able to:

b. Understand the range of various materials for civil engineering
projects;
c. Understand relevant properties of common construction
Course materials;
Objecti d. Understand applicable local, international and foreign standards
ves on materials and materials testing;
e. Perform measuring, testing and evaluating the results;
f. Ability to test, measure, evaluate the best use of building and
construction materials
1. Introduction to Construction Materials & Testing;
Course 2. Familiarization with apparatus & equipment used in testing of
Outline materials; k and
3. General Properties of Materials; Tutorial
4. Specific Weight, Water Absorption, Abrasion, Density and Uniformity
of Aggregates; Number
5. Preparation and Curing of Concrete Test Specimens; of
6. Determination of Setting Time of Hydraulic Cement; Lecture – 3 hours
Contact
7. Familiarization with the Parts and Functions of the Universal Testing Fieldwork – 3 hours
Hours
Machine; per
8. Testing of Wood: Samples for Bending, Compression, Shear, Tension, week
and Water Content;
9. Determine the Compressive Strength of Concrete Hollow Blocks;
Prerequi
10. Determining the Time of Setting of Portland Cement
site/Co-
11. Testing the Tensile Strength of Steel Bars 5th Year Standing , Engineering Management
requisite
12. Field Tests of Construction Materials
Marshall Stability Test
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Centrifuge Extraction Test (recommended)
a. Understand the construction project cycle from inception,
Universal Testing Machine (recommended)
Laborat planning, execution, testing and certification.
Curing Tank
ory b. Understand construction project requirements such as permits
Oven
Equipm and licenses, clearance, and compliance to all applicable laws
Molds for mortar and Concrete Specimens
ent and ordinances, etc;
Vicat Apparatus
c. Read and interpret construction plans, working drawings, and
Weighing Scales
revise contract documents, estimates and technical
Course
1. Basic Construction Materials 2002, Theodore W. Marotta specifications;
Objecti
2. Civil Engineering Materials 1992 Davis, Troxell & Hawck d. Understand the components of the Terms of Reference (TOR) for
ves
3. Construction Materials, Smith professional services and bidding/tendering processes, award
Suggest
4. Materials of Construction 4Ed 1990 Chandigarah and acceptance;
ed
5. Testing of Engineering Materials 1982 Gildey, Murphy & Bragman e. Prepare and update construction schedule and work programs;
Referen
6. Materials Testing Blackowski & Ripling f. Understand construction methods, equipment, materials and
ces
7. Strength & Structure of Engineering Materials manpower control;
g. Understand temporary facilities requirements of a construction
project;
h. Understand the existing local labor laws and regulations
Course CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1. Contracts and Specifications;
Name: 2. Construction Project Organization;
3. Planning and Scheduling (PERT/CPM);
The course deals with the principles of construction methods and 4. Construction Estimates and Values Engineering
equipment, management and their applications. It covers project 5. Construction Methods and Operations;
Course 6. Construction Equipment Operations and Maintenance
planning, scheduling, monitoring and control. It also includes concepts on Course
Descript 7. Construction Manpower Safety;
organization, safety, information systems and computer applications. Outline
ion 8. Computer Applications in Construction Management;
Students are given opportunities to visit actual project sites and observe
the application of these theories in construction projects. 9. Construction Reports
10. Construction Fieldwork
11. Construction Disputes
Number
12. Fieldwork: Observation of construction projects
of Units
for Lecture – 3 units 1. Construction Planning Equipment & Methods, latest edition
Suggest
Lecture, Fieldwork – 1 unit 2. Project Management for Engineering and Construction, latest
ed
Laborat edition
Referen
ory, 3. Construction Management Handbook, CMDF
ces
Fieldwor 4. Constructors Performance Evaluation System (CPES) Implementing
 Guidelines, CIAP
5. Project Construction Management by Fajardo, Max.
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Course
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 (Soil Mechanics)
Name
This course deals with the study of the identification and classification of
soils and rocks, Site investigation and subsurface exploration, the physical
and index properties of soil, compaction, water flow through soils,
Course
subsurface stress and deformation phenomena in soils, laboratory testing,
Descripti
and the relevance of these topics as they affect soil strength,
on
compressibility, stability, and drainage. A thorough knowledge of
engineering geology and the mechanics of deformable bodies is
imperative

Number
of Units
for
Lecture – 4 units
Lecture,
Laboratory – 1 unit
Laborato
ry,
Fieldwork
and
Tutorial

Number
Lecture – 4 hours
of
Laboratory – 3 hours including CE Board Practice
Contact
Hours per
week

Prerequisi
Mechanics of Deformable Bodies ,
te/Co-
requisite

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

a. Define soil mechanics and its importance in civil engineering.
b. Show proficiency in determining soil and rockproperties, selecting
soil parameters for analysis and design relevant to geotechnical
Course
engineering.
Objectiv
c. Describe the fundamentals of geotechnics.
es
d. Demonstrate concepts and principles of field exploration.
e. Understand various subsurface explorations equipments, soil
laboratory tests and equipments
 1. Introduction: Soil: Its Importance in Civil Engineering and Man’s Most Laboratory Exercise No.11-- Permeability Tests: Constant Head Test, Variable Head Test,
Common and Complex Construction Material. Origin of soils and Field Test.
rocks. Laboratory Exercise No.12--Seepage Analysis
2. Soil identification and classification. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINNERING LABORATORY
3. Formation of Soil and Soil Deposits. Site investigation and subsurface
exploration. Soil Description and Field Tests.
Course 4. Index Properties of Soil. Mass—Volume Relationship,Consistency of Laboratory Exercise No. 0--Laboratory Policies and Procedures.
Outline Soils: Atterberg Limits,Classification Tests for Soils: AASHTO, USDA,
Unified Tests.
5. Soil Compaction and Field Tests.
Laboratory Exercise No. 1a--Determination of Soil Profiles.
6. Soil Taxonomy
7. Permeability of Soils 1. Digging Instruments.
8. Capillarity of Soils. Seepage and Drainage of Soil. 2. Small bottles.

Laboratory Exercise No. 1--Soil Sampling, Labelling, and Storage.

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory 1. Soil Auger.
2. Spade or Shovel.
Laboratory Exercise A: Civil Engineering Board Exam Review Sessions 3. Digging Tools.
4. Moisture tight sample containers.
Laboratory Exercise B: Usage of Geotech Lab
5. Petrowax or Paraffin.
Laboratory Exercise No. 0--Laboratory Policies and Procedures. 6. Cardboard or illustration boards.Carpet tape.
7. Drawing Instruments.
Laboratory Exercise No. 1--Soil Sampling, Labelling, and Storage.

Laboratory Exercise No. 1a--Determination of Soil Profiles. Laboratory Exercise No. 2--Dry Preparation of a Disturbed Soil Sample.
Laboratory Exercise No. 2--Dry Preparation of a Disturbed Soil Sample.
1. Triple Beam Balance or Digital Weighing Scale.
Laboratory Exercise No. 3--Wet Preparation of a Disturbed Soil Sample. 2. Oven with temperature control.
3. Pans.
Laboratory Exercise No. 4--Preparation of an Undisturbed Soil Sample. 4. Standard Sieves Nr. 40 and Nr. 10.
5. Rubber Mallet or Rubber-covered Pestle.
Laboratory Exercise No. 5--Simple Visual and Manual Tests: Identification of Soil Sample 6. Mortar and Rubber Pestle.
in the Field. Physical Properties of Soil. 7. Spoon or Trowel.
8. Sample Splitter.
Laboratory Exercise No. 6--Unit Weight, Moisture Content, Specific Gravity, Void Ratio,
Porosity, and Degree of Saturation Determination.

Laboratory Exercise No.7--Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, Shrinkage Limit, and Plasticity Index Laboratory Exercise No. 3--Wet Preparation of a Disturbed Soil Sample.
Determination.
1. Triple Beam Balance or Digital Weighing Scale.
Laboratory Exercise No. 8--Grain Size Analysis: Sieve Test, Hydrometer Test. 2. Oven.
3. Pans with at least 300 mm and 75 mm deep.
Laboratory Exercise No.9--Compaction Tests: Standard Proctor Test, Modified AASHTO 4. Standard Sieves Nr 40.
Test.
5. Funnel.
Laboratory Exercise No. 10--In-Place Density Determination Test: Sand-Cone Method, 6. Filter Paper.
Water Balloon Method, Calibrated Bucket Method, Immersion Method.
Laboratory Exercise No. 4--Preparation of an Undisturbed Soil Sample.
 1. Soil Lathe. 5. Thermometer graduated to 0.10 C.
2. Wire Saw. 6. Bunsen Burner with iron stand or Single Burner Electric Stove.
3. Miter Box. 7. Water Bath.
4. Knife. 8. Sieve Nr. 10.
5. Vernier or micrometer calipers. 9. Drying Cans.
6. Magnifying Glass 10. Medicine dropper or pipette
7. Cellophane or Wax Paper. 11. Pair of Tongs.
8. Extruder (if the tube sample is used).
Laboratory Exercise No.7--Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, Shrinkage Limit, and
Laboratory Exercise No. 5--Simple Visual and Manual Tests: Identification of Plasticity Index Determination.
Soil Sample in the Field. Physical Properties of Soil. Liquid Limit Determination.
1. Erlenmeyer Flask. 1. Liquid Limit Device with Grooving Tool (Casagrnde’s Cup).
2. Oven, with temperature control. 2. Mixing Bowl.
3. Mixing Containers. 3. Oven with temperature control.
4. Spoons. 4. Balance, accurate to 0.10 gram.
5. Rolling Pan. 5. Sieve No. 40.
6. Glass Plates. 6. Pans.
7. Drying Cans.
8. Metric Scale.
Laboratory Exercise No. 6--Unit Weight, Moisture Content, Specific Gravity, 9. Pair of tongs.
Void Ratio, Porosity, and Degree of Saturation Determination. 10. Spatula.
Unit Weight Determination. 11. Distilled Water
1. Beaker. Plastic Limit Determination.
2. Vernier Caliper. 1. Glass Plate.
3. Balance. 2. Mixing Bowl.
4. Paraffin or Candle Wax. 3. Oven with temperature control.
5. Soil Lathe. 4. Balance, accurate to 0.10 gram.
6. Distilled Water. 5. Sieve Nr. 40.
7. Knife or Wire Saw. 6. Pans.
8. Pair of Tongs. 7. Drying Cans.
9. Oven with temperature control. 8. Pair of tongs.
10. Triple beam balance. 9. Spatula.
11. Small metal drying cans. 10. Distilled Water.
12. Pair of tongs. Shrinkage Limit Determination.
13. Dessicator. 1. Shrinkage Mold (45 mm and 13 mm deep).
Moisture Content Determination. 2. 50 mm Glass Cup.
1. Oven with temperature control. 3. Petroleum Jelly.
2. Triple beam balance. 4. Mercury Supply.
3. Small metal drying cans. 5. Medicine Dropper.
4. Pair of tongs. 6. 115 mm Evaporating Dish.
5. Dessicator. 7. Graduated Cylinder.
Specific Gravity Determination. 8. Glass Plate.
1. Pycnometer or any Volumetric Flask. 9. Prongs.
2. Oven. 10. Spatula.
3. Balance. 11. Oven with temperature control.
4. Distilled Water. 12. air of Tongs.
 13. Dessicator. Compaction Mold. This consists of a cylindrical metal mold with an internal
14. Balance, accurate to 0.10 g. diameter of 4.00 inches, height about 4.60 inches, and having a volume of
15. Sieve Nr. 40. 1/30 cu. ft. with a detachable mold collar about 2.50 inches high and 4.00
16. Straight edge. inches diameter.
Plasticity Index Determination. Metal rammer having a 2.00 inches diameter, weighing 5.50 lbs. and with a
1. Cone Penetrometer. suitable means for controlling their drops.
2. 50 mm Tin Cup.
3. Prongs. 1. Weighing scale, with a minimum capacity of 12 kg.
4. Spatula. 2. Balance, with a 100 g capacity and sensitive to 0.10 g.
5. Oven with temperature control. 3. Oven with temperature control.
6. Pair of Tongs. 4. Drying cans.
7. Balance, accurate to 0.10 g. 5. Straight edge.
8. Sieve Nr. 40. 6. Large mixing pan.
9. Straight edge. 7. Mixing bowl.
8. Sieve No. 4.
Laboratory Exercise No. 8--Grain Size Analysis: Sieve Test, Hydrometer Test. 9. Mortar with rubber pestle.
1. Sieve Test. 10. Scoop and spoons.
2. Set of Standard Sieves. 11. Beaker.
3. Oven with temperature control. 12. Distilled Water.
4. Balance. 13. Tools or suitable material or mechanical device for extruding the
5. Pans. compacted sample from mold.
6. Pair of tongs. 14. Moisture Sprayer or any suitable device for thoroughly mixing soil
7. Manual or Mechanical Sieve Shaker. sample with water.
8. Mortar and Pestle.
9. Hydrometer Test. Modified AASHTO Test
10. Balance, sensitive to at least 0.10 gram.
11. Mechanical Stirring Apparatus and Dispersion Cup. Compaction Mold. This consists of a cylindrical metal mold with an internal
12. Hydrometer, heavy and calibrated for soil. diameter of 4.00 inches, height about 4.60 inches, and having a volume of
13. 1-liter graduated cylinder. 1/30 cu. ft. with a detachable mold collar about 2.50 inches high and 4.00
14. Thermometer. inches diameter.
15. Set of Standard Sieves. Metal rammer having a 4.00 inches diameter, weighing 10.00 lbs. and with a
16. Water Bath of constant temperature. suitable means for controlling their drops.
17. Oven with temperature control.
18. Beaker, 400 ml capacity. 1. Weighing scale, with a minimum capacity of 12 kg.
19. Timer or Stopwatch. 2. Balance, with a 100 g capacity and sensitive to 0.10 g.
20. Sodium Silicate. 3. Oven with temperature control.
21. Distilled Water. 4. Drying cans.
22. Drying Pans. 5. Straightedge.
23. Dessicator 6. Large mixing pan.
7. Mixing bowl.
Laboratory Exercise No.9--Compaction Tests: Standard Proctor Test, Modified 8. Sieve No. 4.
AASHTO Test. 9. Mortar with rubber pestle.
10. Scoop and spoon
Standard Proctor Test. 11. Beaker.
12. Distilled Water.
 13. Tools or suitable material or mechanical device for extruding the 9. Plastic bags, buckets with lid, shovels or spades and a straightedge
compacted sample from mold. for leveling and preparing test location.
14. Moisture Sprayer or any suitable device for thoroughly mixing soil 10. Calibration equipment. Thermometer accurate to 0.50 , glass plate
sample with water. 6mm or thicker, and grease.

Laboratory Exercise No. 10--In-Place Density Determination Test: Sand-Cone Calibrated Bucket Method.
Method, Water Balloon Method, Calibrated Bucket Method, Immersion
Method. 1. Calibration Bucket.
2. Guide plate, about 300 mm * 300 mm * 5 mm (12” * 12” * 3/16”) with
Sand Cone Method. a 150 mm (6”) diameter hole at the center. This will serve as the base
Density Apparatus. This shall consist of a 4-liter (1-gallon) jar, and a for tests of soft soil.
detachable cone consisting of a cylindrical valve with an orifice of 13 mm 3. Sand. It must be clean, dry and free-flowing; preferably having few
(½”) in diameter. The valve shall have stops to prevent rotating the valve past particles passing Sieve Nr. 40 or retained on Sieve Nr. 10.Use Ottawa
the completely open or completely closed positions. Sand, if available.
1. Guide plate, about 300 mm * 300 mm * 5 mm (12” * 12” * 3/16”) with 4. Digging tools. These may consist of an earth auger, a crowbar, a
a 150 mm (6”) diameter hole at the center. This will serve as the base chisel, a knife, and a copping saw.
for tests of soft soil. 5. Balances: 10-kg, and 500-gram capacities.
2. Sand. It must be clean, dry and free-flowing; preferably having few
particles passing Sieve Nr. 40 or retained on Sieve Nr. 10.Use Ottawa 6. Oven with temperature control.
Sand, if available. 7. Sieve Nr. 40.
3. Digging tools. These may consist of an earth auger, a crowbar, a 8. Sand Funnel.
chisel, a knife, and a copping saw. 9. Soil Pan.
4. Balances: 10-kg, and 500-gram capacities. 10. Drying Cans.
5. Oven with temperature control. 11. Container.
6. Sieve No. 40. 12. Straightedge.
7. Sand Funnel. 13. Thermometer.
8. Soil Pan. 14. Distilled Water.
9. Drying Cans. Immersion Method.
10. Container. 1. Digging tools. These may consist of an earth auger, a crowbar, a
11. Straightedge. chisel, a knife, and a copping saw.
12. Thermometer. 2. Balance, sensitive to 0.10g.
13. Distilled Water. 3. Oven with temperature control.
4. Spatula.
Water Balloon Method. 5. Soil Pan.
1. Balloon Apparatus. This is a calibrated vessel containing a liquid 6. Drying Cans.
within a relatively thin flexible, elastic membrane (plastic balloon). 7. Paraffin or Petrowax.
2. Base Plate. A rigid metal plate machined to fit the base of the 8. Distilled Water.
balloon apparatus.
3. Balances, one of the 10 kg capacity readable to 1.00 g, another of Laboratory Exercise No.11-- Permeability Tests: Constant Head Test, Variable
2.00 kg capacity readable to 0.10g. Head Test, Field Test. Constant Head Test.
4. Oven, with temperature control.
5. Drying Cans 1. Permeameter Set. The set must be complete with pipe fittings and
6. Pair of Tongs. head with air escape valve and fitting.
7. Soil Pan. 2. Standpipe.
8. Digging Tools. These may include crowbars, augers, small picks, 3. Vacuum Pump.
chisels, spoons, brushes, screwdrivers, and copping saw. 4. Balance, sensitive to 0.10g.
 5. Sieve Nr. 200. 15. Funnel.
6. Distilled Water. 16. Graduated Flask.
7. Thermometer, sensitive to 0.10 C. 17. Meterstick.
8. Stop Watch. 18. Rubber Tubing.
9. Tamping Device. 19. Support Frames, and Clamps.
10. Graduated Cylinder. 20. Field Test.
11. Oven, with temperature control. 21. Bottomless Can, about 1.50-liter capacity.
1. Mc Carthy, David F. 2001. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: 22. Hammer.
2. Basic Geotechnics, 6th Edition. New Jersey, USA : Prentice Hall. 23. Wooden Board.
3. Liu, Cheng. 2000. Soils and Foundations. New York, USA : John Wiley & Sons. 24. Meterstick.
4. Liu, Cheng. 2000. Soil Properties Testing Measurement and Evaluation, 25. Bucket or Jar, with 2.00-liter capacity.
4th Edition. New Jersey, USA : Prentice Hall. 26. Distilled Water.
5. Budhu, Muni. 2000. Soil Mechanics and Foundations. New York, USA : John
27. Stop Watch.
Wiley & Sons.
6. Das, Braja. 1999. Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering.Brooks/Cole 28. Masking or Electrical Tape.
Publishing Co.
7. Bowles, Joseph. 1995. Foundation Analysis and Design,, 5thEdition., USA. Laboratory Exercise No.12-- Seepage Analysis.
8. Cernica, John N. 1995. Soil Mechanics. USA:John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1. Computer.
9. Terzaghi, Karl et. al. 1995. Soil Mechanics For Engineering Practice. John 2. Software Package on Geotechnical Engineering (Seepage Analysis).
Wiley and Sons, Inc. 3. Printer or Plotter.
10. Sowers, George F., Sowers, George B. 1979. Introductory Soil Mechanics and
Foundation. Macmillan, New York. Suggested References:
12. Drying Cans.
13. Calipers. Course Name: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 2 (Foundation)
14. Scoop.
Course Description
15. Funnel.
The introductory part of this course deals with the some fundamentals of geotechnical
16. Graduated Flask. engineering that includes compressibility of soil, shear strength of soils, triaxial tests of
17. Meterstick. soils, settlement, lateral earth pressure, soil bearing capacity, slope stability, and earth
18. Rubber Tubing. retaining structures.
19. Support Frames, and Clamps. The second part of this course deals with the design of reinforced concrete footings
such as wall footing, square isolated footing (subject to axial load, and to axial load
Variable Head Test. and bending moment), rectangular footing (isolated and combined), trapezoid
1. Permeameter Set. The set must be complete with pipe fittings and footing, footing on piles, and strap footing.
head with air escape valve and fitting.
Number of Units for Lecture, Laboratory, Fieldwork and Tutorial
2. Standpipe.
3. Vacuum Pump. Lecture – 3 units
4. Balance, sensitive to 0.10g. Laboratory – 1 unit
5. Sieve Nr. 200.
6. Distilled Water. Number of Contact Hours per week
7. Thermometer, sensitive to 0.10 C.
8. Stop Watch. Lecture – 3 hours
Laboratory – 3 hours extensive exercises/CE BOARD PRACTICE
9. Tamping Device.
10. Graduated Cylinder.
11. Oven, with temperature control. Prerequisite/Co-requisite
12. Drying Cans.
13. Calipers. Geotechnical Engineering 1, Reinforced Concrete
14. Scoop.
Course Objectives Load Machine. This loading machine must have a capacity of at least 44.5 kN, and
equipped with a movable head or base that travels at a uniform (not pulsating) rate of
After completing this course, the student must be able to: 1.25 mm (0.05”)/min., for use in forcing the penetration piston into the specimen. The
a. Understand the principles of soil compressibility as applied to different types machine shall be equipped with a load-indicating device that can read to 44 KN or
of soil profiles. less.
b. Discuss the procedures on how to solve problems regarding the effective
stress concepts that include vertical stress on a point below the ground 1. Mold. Metal and cylinder in shape. It shall be provided with metal
surface, subsurface stress below water surface and other different current extension collar, and a perforated metal base plate.
conditions of soil. 2. Spacer Disk.
c. Analyze the effects of vertical and horizontal stresses of soil on the structure 3. Metal Rammer.
that is to be constructed at a depth below the ground surface. 4. Expansion-Measuring Apparatus.
d. Calculate the magnitude of the lateral earth pressure that can be produced 5. Sets of Weights.
on soil using the Rankine and Coulomb’s theories. 6. Penetration Piston.
e. Use new geotechnical engineering materials. 7. Gages – two dial gages
f. Apply geotechnical engineering software.
g. Apply different methods of analysis and design of the foundation Miscellaneous Apparatus such as mixing bowl, straightedge, scales, soaking tank or
components of structures. pan, oven, drying cans, scoops, filter paper and dishes.
h. Design various types of reinforced concrete footings of the structures to be
erected at specific locations Laboratory Exercise No. 2--Consolidation Test.

Course Outline 1. Casagrande type oedometer, which includes:

1. A. Compressibility of Soils: Settlement due to primary consolidation of soil (for 2. Consolidation ring, internal diameter 75 mm, height 20 mm.
normally consolidated of soil and overconsolidated clays), 3. Fixed ring, consolidation cell.
2. Consolidation settlement due to stresses caused by footing. 4. Dial gauge reading to 0.01 mm having a travel of at least 10 mm.
3. Shear Strength of Soils: Direct shear test (normally consolidated and 5. Loading device.
overconsolidated clays). 6. Flat glass plate, approximately 100 mm * 100 mm.
4. Triaxial Tests of Soil: Consolidated-drained test. 7. Oven with temperature control.
5. Consolidated-undrained Triaxial Test (normally consolidated and 8. Top pan weighing balance reading accurate to 0.10 g.
overconsolidated clays) 9. Vernier calipers.
6. Lateral Earth Pressure: Lateral Earth pressure using Rankine and Coulomb’s 10. Pcket of 75 mm Filter Papers.
theories. 11. Silicone Grease or Petroleum Jelly.
Soil Bearing Capacity: Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity. 12. Set of Standard Weights.
7. Foundation Structures (Shallow and Deep Foundations)-- Design of Reinforced 13. Stopwatch or Clock readable to 1 second.
Concrete 14. Palette Knife
8. Footing
8.1 Wall footing. Laboratory Exercise No. 3--Standard Penetration Test.
8.2 Square isolated footing subjected to axial load, and axial load and 1. Drilling Equipment.
bending moment. 2. Split-Spoon sampler
8.3 Rectangular isolated footing. Footing on piles. 3. Standard Penetration Test Set.
8.4 Rectangular combined footing. 4. Labels, data sheets, sample container and other necessary materials.
8.5 Trapezoidal footing.
8.6 Strap footing. Laboratory Exercise No. 4--Direct Shear Test, Vane Shear Test, Triaxial Shear for
9. Settlement Analysis. Cohesionless Soil, Triaxial Shear for Cohesive Soil.
10. Slope Stability Analysis.
11. Retaining Walls and Slope Protection. Direct Shear Test.
12. Geosynthetics, Geotextiles, Soil Stabilization and Improvement.
Sample Former – a cutter or mold for forming samples to fit the shear box. Samples can
Laboratory Exercise A: Civil Engineering Board Exam Review Sessions be compacted directly in the shear box.
1. Direct shear Machine
Laboratory Exercise No. 1--Bearing Ratio Capacity of Compacted Soil. 2. Proving shear assembly.
3. Extensometer assembly , 2 sets
 4. Remolding Cylinder and tamper
5. Stop Watch
6. Other laboratory equipment, as oven with temperature control, drying
cans,balances,caliper and pans.

Vane Shear Test.

1. Vane Shear Set.
2. Steel Torque Rods.

Triaxial Shear Test.

1. Vacuum shear base and cap.
2. Rubber membrane-for holding sample.
3. Forming jacket, funnel, tampers-for molding sample.
4. Vacuum gage and source-for internal vacuum.
5. Loading machine-to apply axial load.
6. Balance, protractor, scale, calipers.

Laboratory Exercise No.5--Unconfined Compression Test.

1. Unconfined compression machine.
2. Sample molder and tamper
3. Extensometer Assembly.
4. Protractor and calipe.r
5. Wax Paper.
6. Other laboratory equipment, such as oven with temperature control, drying
cans, balances and pans.

Laboratory Exercise No. 6—Applications of Geotechnical Engineering Software.

1. Computer.
2. Software Package on Geotechnical Engineering.
3. Printer or Plotter.

1. Mc Carthy, David F. 2001. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and

Foundations: Basic Geotechnics, 6th Edition. New Jersey, USA :
Prentice Hall.
2. Liu, Cheng. 2000. Soils and Foundations.New York, USA : John
Wiley & Sons.
3. Liu, Cheng. 2000. Soil Properties Testing Measurement and
Evaluation, 4thEdition. New Jersey, USA : Prentice Hall.
4. Budhu, Muni. 2000. Soil Mechanics and Foundations. New York,
USA : John Wiley & Sons.
Suggested 5. Das, Braja. 1999. Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering.
References Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
6. Bowles, Joseph. 1995. Foundation Analysis and Design,,
5th Edition. USA.
7. Cernica, John N. 1995. Soil Mechanics.USA:John Wiley and
Sons, Inc.
8. Terzaghi, Karl et. al. 1995. Soil Mechanics For Engineering
Practice. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
9. Sowers, George F., Sowers, George B. 1979. Introductory Soil
Mechanics and Foundation. Macmillan, New York.
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used in earthquake design;

f. Design civil engineering structures subject to earthquake and other
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS lateral forces such as wind;
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering g. Develop design skills and proficiency.
ELECTIVES
1. Introduction to Earthquake Resistant Design: Earthquakes and
Urbanization. History of Major International & Philippine
Course
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING Earthquakes. The Ring of Fire.
Name:
2. Elements of Seismology: Earthquake Faults; Theory of plate
Tectonics.
This course deals with the fundamentals and basic concepts of seismic 3. Earthquake Records and Measuring Instruments:Seismographs;
design as well as the minimum standards for the analysis, design, and Accelerographs; Seismoscopes; Earthquake Networks. Design of
construction of earthquake resistive structures. The course covers the an Improvised Seismograph.
introduction to seismology and seismic analysis of buildings and 4. Propagation of Seismic Disturbances: Earthquake Waves.
structures, effects of earthquake on bearing capacity, procedure for 5. Earthquake Descriptors: Earthquake Magnitude; Seismic Moment;
the design of earthquake resistant structures, calculation of seismic Seismic Energy; Th eCentroid Moment Tensor Propject; Magnitude
forces, and dynamic analysis of structures. It also deals with the and Faulting; Foreshocks, Aftershocks, and Swarms; Seismic
Course
determination of loads of structures due to motions, methods of analysis Intensity (Rossi-Forrel Scale, Modified Mercalli Scale, USSR GEOFAN
Description
for lateral forces, approximate dynamic analysis, time history analysis, Scale, MSK-64 Scale).
concepts of mass, damping, stiffness of structures, design for inelastic 6. Major Earthquake Zones in the Philippines: PHIVOLCS Information
behavior and retrofitting of existing building. Critical building 2000; PHIVOLCS Earthquake Portfolio 2004.
configurations and appropriate methods of analysis are also given 7. Earthquake Load Analysis: Introduction to NSCP 2001
emphasis. Applications and specifications as applied to vertical and Specification—Design Basis.
horizontal structures are also given importance. A thorough knowledge 8. Earthquake Load Analysis: Criteria Selection. System Limitations,
and proficiency in Structural Theory is imperative. Site Categorization Procedure.
9. Minimum Design Lateral Forces and Related Effects:Earthquake
Number of Loads and Modelling Requirements, P Effects.
Units for 10. Lateral Force Procedures for Building Structures: Selection of Lateral
Lecture, Lecture – 2 units Force Procedure, Seismic Design and Analysis, The Static Lateral
Laboratory, Course Force Procedure. Vertical Distribution of Forces.
Fieldwork and Outline 11. Lateral Force Procedures for Building Structures: The Simplified
Tutorial Static Lateral Force Procedure, P Effects, Storey Drift Limitations.
Vertical Component of Force.
12. Lateral Force Procedures for Non Structural Elements: Design of
Number of
Lateral Force, Specification of Lateral Forces, Relative Motion
Contact Lecture – 2 hours
Equipment Attachment, Alternative Designs.
Hours per
13. Lateral Force Procedures for Non Building Structures:Definition and
week
Criteria, Weight, Period, Drift, Interaction Effects, Non Building
Structures, Rigid Structures, Tanks with Supporting Bottom, Other
Prerequisite/C Structural Theory 2. , Reinforced Concrete 1, Steel & Timber Design 1 Non Building Structures.
o-requisite 14. Analysis of Frames Subjected to Lateral Loads: Forces, Distribution
of Lateral Forces—Portal Method, Distribution of Lateral Forces—Q
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Factor Method.
a. Identify earthquake engineering. 15. Introduction to the Response Spectrum Analysis and Design:Time
b. Understand the general theory of vibration of single and multi Histories, Earthquake Response Spectrum, Earthquake Design
degree-of-freedom systems and its applications to civil engineering Spectrum.
Course
structures. 1. PHIVOLCS. 2004. Earthquake Portfolio. Manila, Philippines.
Objectives
c. Differentiate and design structural elements to resist seismic ground Suggested 2. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines.
motions. References 2003.Earthquake Design Manual Volume 1—Code Provisions for
d. Identify advanced seismic design methods. Lateral Forces. Manila: Association of Structural Engineers of the
e. Acquire a thorough knowledge of the Code and Specifications
 33

Philippines. 3. Elastic design of prestressed concrete beams.

3. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 4. Losses of prestress
2003.Earthquake Design Manual Volume 2 —Earthquake Resistant 5. Deflections due to prestress
Design of Structures: Manila: Association of Structural Engineers of 6. Anchorage stresses
the Philippines. 7. Statically indeterminate prestressed concrete beams.
4. Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 2001.The 8. Ultimate strength analysis.
National Structural Code of the Philippines, 5th Edition.Manila: 1. Association of Strutural Engineers of the Philippines.
Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines. 2001.National Structural Code of the Philippines Vol. 1 &
5. Rotterdam, Balkens. 2001. Dynamic Analysis and Earthquake
2.Philipppines.
Resistant Design. New York, USA: Mc Graw-Hill. 2. Hurst, M. K. 1998. Prestressed Concrete Design. Spon Press.
6. Hart, G., Kai Fai Wong, K. 2000. Structural Dynamics for Structural 3. Gilbert, R. I., Mickelborough, Neil. 1990. Design of Prestressed
Engineers. Wiley & Sons, New York. Suggested
Concrete. Routledge.
References
4. Nilson, Arthur H. 1987. Design of Prestressed Concrete. Wiley &
Sons.
Course Name:
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN 5. Naaman, Antoine. 1982. Prestressed Concrete Analysis and
Design. McGraw-Hill.
This course is concerned with the elastic and ultimate strength
Course analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. The course
Description covers the calculations of stresses due to bending, shear, torsion Course Name: BRIDGE ENGINEERING
and anchorages, losses of prestresses and deflections. Behavior of
statically indeterminate prestressed concrete beams is also studied.
This course deals with the structural analysis and design of modern
Number of Units bridge structures. The course covers the study of influence lines and
for Lecture, their application to moving loads, applications of AASHTO and
Laboratory, Lecture – 2 units Course
NSCP Volume 2 Specifications to bridge design especially steel,
Fieldwork and Description
reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridges,
Tutorial aerodynamic performance of bridges under wind loads,
earthquake response of bridges, maintenance and rehabilitation.
Number of
Lecture – 2 hours
Contact Hours Number of Units
per week for Lecture,
Laboratory, Lecture – 2 units
Prerequisite/Co- Structural Design 1 (Reinforced Concrete) Fieldwork and
requisite Tutorial
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Number of
Understand the behavior of prestressed concrete beams under Contact Hours Lecture – 2 hours
elastic and ultimate loading conditions. per week

Calculate stresses due to bending, shear, and torsion. Prerequisite: Structural Design 1 & 2 , Structural Theory 1 and 2
Course Prerequisite/Co-
Objectives Co-requisite: Prestressed Concrete Design
Calculate anchorage stresses and deflections of prestressed requisite
concrete beams.
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Analyze the behavior of statically indeterminate prestressed
concrete beams. Course
Gain thorough knowledge of the principles of designing various
Objectives
types of bridges in accordance with the recent design referral code
1. Difference between prestressed and reinforced concrete such as the NSCP and the AASHTO code requirements.
Course Outline 2. Stresses in bending, shear and torsion
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a. Review of statistically indeterminate beams. control and drainage.

b. Influence lines. (Can be studied in Struc 1)
c. Types of bridges. Irrigation: Water Requirement, Soil Water Relation, Water Quality,
d. Bridge loadings. Methods and Structures.
e. Slab bridge design.
Course Outline f. T-girder bridge design. Flood Control: Design Flood, and Flood Control Structures.
g. Prestressed concrete deck girder design. Course Outline
h. Composite steel deck girder design. Drainage: Estimate of Flow, Storm Drainage, Land and Highway
i. Substructure design. Drainage, Culverts and Bridges; and Drainage Structures.
j. Maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges.
1. Tonias, Demetrios E.; Chen, Stuart; Grabbrabt, Richrd. Water Containment Structures.
2004. Bridge Engineering: Design, Rehabilitation and 1. American Society of Civil Engineers. 2005. Journal of
Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges. McGraw-Hill Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.
2. Association of Strutural Engineers of the Philippines. 2001 & 2. Chin, David A. 1999. Water Resources
2010. National Structural Code of the Philippines Vol. Engineering. Prentice Hall.
Suggested 2. Philipppines. 3. Department of Public Works and Highways. 1995. Standard
References 3. AASHTO.1998. LRFD Bridge Design Specifications Set (SI Specification for Public Works and Highways (Volume I – Standard
Units). AASHTO. Suggested Specification for Irrigation, Flood Control and Drainage). DPWH
4. Xanthakos, Petros. 1993. Theory and Design of Bridges. Wiley- References Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila.
Interscience. 4. Cuenca, R.H. 1989. Irrigation Systems Design - An
Engineering Approach. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA.
5. National Irrigation Administration (NIA). 1995. NIA Design
Course Name: IRRIGATION, FLOOD CONTROL, AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING Manual. National Irrigation Administration, Philippines.
6. CIAP. ____. CPES Implementing Guidelines for Irrigation
and Flood Control.
This course deals with the planning and design of structures for
Course irrigation, flood control and drainage, reservoir storage, flood
Description routing, urban run off, drainage, water flow and similar control
structures. Course Name: SANITARY ENGINEERING

Course Description
Number of Units
for Lecture,
This course deals with the principles and applications of sanitary engineering and
Laboratory, Lecture – 2 units
other related sanitary sciences to the control of man’s environment, sources of
Fieldwork and
infection; modes of transmission, diseases vectors, rural sanitation, control of animal
Tutorial
and insects vectors of diseases, industrial hygiene, air pollution, radiological health
and stream sanitation.
Number of
Contact Hours Lecture – 2 hours
per week Number of Units for Lecture, Laboratory, Fieldwork and Tutorial
Prerequisite/Co-
Structural Theory 1 & 2, Hydrology, Water Resources Engineering.
requisite Lecture – 3 units

After completing this course, the student must be able to: Number of Contact Hours per week
a. Prepare plan and design the control structures for
Course Lecture – 3 hours
irrigation, flood control and drainage.
Objectives
b. Use frequency histograms and graphs of floods as well as
rainfall. Prerequisite/Co-requisite
c. Analyze the forces on control structures for irrigation, flood
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Environmental and Safety Engineering Description principles of water treatment, water process analyses and
treatment, wastewater characterization, principles of wastewater
Course Objectives treatment and wastewater treatment process analysis and
selection.
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Number of Units
Understand the principles and the applications of engineering methods to control
for Lecture,
man’s environment.
Laboratory, Lecture – 2 units
Fieldwork and
Understand and identify transmission of infections, diseases, rural sanitations and
Tutorial
other environmental problems.

Course Outline : Number of

Contact Hours Lecture – 2 hours
1. Introduction per week
2. Diseases and Immunity
3. Statistics in Public Health Prerequisite: Chemistry, Environmental Engineering.
Prerequisite/Co-
4. Rural Water Supply Co-requisite: Hydrology, Water Resources Engineering, Irrigation,
requisite
5. Rural Excreta Disposal Flood Control and Drainage Engineering.
6. Refuse Disposal
7. Rodent Control
8. Mosquito Control After completing this course, the student must be able to:
9. Fly Control
10. Milk and Food Sanitation Understanding the quality and quantity of the different water
11. Stream Sanitation supply sources.
12. Housing and Swimming pool sanitation Course
13. Industrial Hygiene Objectives
Understand water and wastewater processes of treatment.
14. Air Pollution
15. Radiological Health Identify the appropriate water and wastewater treatment
16. Odor Control technology.
17. Noise Pollution
1. Introduction/Review of Hydrology aspects of water
Laboratory Equipment supply. Water quality and quantity. Drinking water
None standards.
2. Water treatment processes. Aeration, Coagulation,
Suggested References : Flocculation, Chemical treatment, sedimentation, slow
1. Tchobanoglous, G.; Burton, F.; Stensel H. 2002. Wastewater Engineering, sand filter, rapid sand filter, softening, activated carbon,
4th Edition. Royal Society of Chemistry. UK. disinfection, saline water conversion.
2. Wise, A. F. E. 2002. Water, Sanitary, and Waste Services for 3. Wastewater characterization. Constituents, sampling
Course Outline
Buildings. Butterworth-Heinemann. procedures and physical characterization. Chemical
3. Miner, Ronald, et. al. 2001. Managing ivestock to Preserve Envoronmental Characteristics. Biological characterization.
Quality. Iowa Stae University Press. 4. Process Analysis and selection.
4. Tebbutt, T. H. Y. 1997. Principles of Water Quality Control.Butterworth- 5. Physical unit operation.
Heinemann. 6. Chemical unit operation.
5. Wolley L. 1988. Drainage Details. Spon Press. 7. Biological treatment.
8. Aerobic and Anaerobic treatment.
Laboratory
None
Course Name: WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING Equipment
Binnie, C. et. al. 2003. Basic Water Treatment. USA.
Course This course covers water pollutants, water quality and quantity, Tchobanoglous, G.; Burton, F.; Stensel H. 2002. Wastewater
 36

Engineering, 4th Edition. Royal Society of Chemistry. UK. Experience the dynamics of participating on a business team and
Nathanson, Jerry. 2002. Basic Environmental Technology: Water the power inherent in a team relative to individual effort.
Supply, Waste Management and Pollution Control.,
4thEdition. Prentice Hall. USA. Create and present a business plan for a technology idea.
Drinan, Joanne. 2001. Water and Wastewater treatment: A Guide
Suggested for Nonengineering Professional. Technomic Publishing Co. UK. Provide the background, tools, and life skills to participate in the
References Twort, A. C. 2000. Water Supply. Butterworth-Heinemann. UK. entrepreneurial process within a large company, in a new venture,
Fair, Gordon. 1971. Elements of Water Supply and Wastewater or as an investor.
Disposal. John Wiley & Sons. New York, USA. 1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship.
Maskew, Fair, et. al. 1966. Water and Wastewater Engineering.John 2. Idea and Opportunity Generation: Attributes an Myths of
Wiley & Sons. New York, USA. Entrepreneurs. Sources of Opportunity. Creativity. The
DAO 35. Philippine Drinking Standard. Origin and Evolution of New Business. The mindset of the
Entrepreneur Leader. Entrepreneurial Opportunity and
Course Name: ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ENGINEERS Feasibility Analysis.
3. Business Planning and the Value Proposition: Company
This course is designed to introduce the upper level undergraduate Research. Entrepreneurial Market Research. Business
students to the concepts and practices of entrepreneurial Course Outline Plans. Value Proposition Presentation. Company
thinking. Using a combination of lectures, case studies, student led Formation. Financials, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Analysis,
discussions, team business plans, and investor presentation formats, Income Statement, Pro-formats.
Course the course teaches life skills in entrepreneurial thought and action 4. Building a Winning management Team.
Description that students can utilize in careers ranging from starting companies 5. Intellectual Property.
to instigating cutting edge R&D projects in large company 6. Company Valuation and Deal Making: Obtaining
intrapreneurial endeavors. Major course themes include: Capital.
Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Idea Generation and Feasibility 7. Team Final Presentation.
Analysis, and Business Planning.
Kawasaki, Guy. 2005. The Art of the Start: The time-tested, battle-
Number of Units hardened guide for anyone starting anything. USA.
for Lecture,
Laboratory, Lecture – 3 units Timmons, Jeffry. 2005. New Venture Creation
Fieldwork and 6th Edition. USA.
Suggested
Tutorial References
Komisar, Randy. 2005. The Monk and the Riddle. USA.
Number of
Michaelson, Steven. 2005. Sun Tzu for Success: How to Use the Art
Contact Hours Lecture – 3 hours
of War to Master Challenges and Accomplish the Important Goals
per week
in Your Life. USA.

Prerequisite/Co-
Engineering Management, Engineering Economy.
requisite
Course Name CONSRUCTION COST ENGINEERING

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

The course covers conceptual estimate of projects, parametric
Course estimating, work breakdown structure, estimated/schedule interface
Explore the entrepreneurial mindset and culture that has been
Description planning, earned value, detailed estimating, special estimates and
developing in companies of all sizes and industries.
Course use of estimating manuals.
Objectives
Examine the entrepreneurial process from the generation of
creative ideas to exploring feasibility to creation of an enterprise for Number of Lecture - 3 units
implementation of the ideas. Units for Laboratory - 0
Lecture and
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Laboratory
CE ESTIMATES, Engineering Management , Construction Project After completing this course, the student must be able to:
Prerequisite
Management
Deal with strategic issues regarding information engineering,
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Course
database modeling, and use of database management systems.
Objectives
Analyze the cost implication of project scope Develop, evaluate and make decisions regarding short and long
term information strategies
Optimize the balance between cost and time implication of design
Course decisions.
Objectives 1. Civil Engineering Information Systems.
Avoid costly and time-consuming errors due to poorly prepared 2. Information engineering and Architectures.
estimates. 3. Information Strategy Plan.
4. Enterprise – Wide Information Strategy Planning: Top-Down
Accrue time and cost savings by implementing a cost engineering Approaches, Analysis of Goals and Problems, Critical Success
program. Factor Analysis, Technology Impact Analysis, Strategic
Systems Vision.
1. The Conceptual Estimate. 5. Case Tools: Matrices, Hierarchies, Process Modeling
2. Parametric Estimating Course Outline
Relationship Framework.
3. Work Breakdown Structure 6. Relational Database Modeling and Normalization.
4. Estimate/Schedule Interface Planning 7. Zachman’s Framework.
Course
5. Earned Value 8. Object Oriented Modeling and Design.
Outline
6. Detailed Estimating 9. Database Management Systems: Access and Oracle.
7. Special Estimates 10. Automating Information Discovery: Data Warehousing and
8. Estimating Manuals Data Mining

Suggested Text Laboratory

Ostwald, Engineering Cost Estimating, Prentice Hall, 1992. Computers and Special Software’s
book/Referenc Equipment
es Paulson, Computer Application in Construction, MC Grew Hill,
Dagostino, Estimating in Building Construction, Prentice Hall, 1993.
1995.
Rumbaugh, et al. Object-Orientation Modeling and Design,
Suggested
Prentice-Hall, 1991.
Course Name DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION References
Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, Addison-Wasley,
1990.
The course covers Civil Engineering Information Systems, Martin, Information Engineering, Books II and III, Prentice-Hall, 1990
information Engineering and Architectures, Information Strategy,
Course Enterprise-wide Information Strategy planning, Case tools, Course Name: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Description Relational Database, Modeling and Normalization, Zachman’s
Framework, Object Oriented Modeling and Design, Data Course Description
Warehousing and Data Mining.
Urban transportation planning process, design of urban transportation models
Number of Units Lecture - 2 units including trip generation; urban transit planning and Operations; Transportation
for Lecture and Laboratory – 1 unit Demand Analysis; Transportation Project Evaluation
Laboratory
Number of Units for Lecture, Laboratory, Fieldwork and Tutorial
Prerequisite Engineering Management, Construction Project Management
Lecture – 3 units

Number of Contact Hours per week

Lecture – 3 hours
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Prerequisite/Co-requisite After completing this course, the student must be able to:
a. Understand the principles of systems analysis as they relate to the
Transportation Engineering / Fifth year standing planning, design, operation and evaluation of transportation systems.
b. Develop plans, policies, projects, actions and strategies that address the
Course Objectives issue of transportation of growing urban areas.

After completing this course, the student must be able to: Course Outline :
a. Prepare trip generation models and traffic distribution models 1. Introduction, Current Issues in Transportation.
b. Formulate mathematical and computer models 2. Project Planning.
c. Prepare route planning, route location, and stop location design. 3. Systems Design Process.
d. Do economic evaluation techniques in a transportation project. 4. Transportation Supply.
e. Prepare environmental impact assessment in a transportation project. 5. Evaluation of Costs, Sunk Cost, Opportunity Cost, Non-quantifiable Costs,
f. Apply transportation-engineering software. Uncertainty.
6. Measuring Effectiveness, Values, Social Impact, Economic Impact, and
Course Outline : Environmental Impact.
1. Transit Operations (Route Planning, Route Location, Route 7. Cost-effectiveness Evaluation, Standardized Approach, Objectives, Goals,
Schedules, Stop locations) Criteria, Economic Framework.
2. Transportation Demand Analysis (Travel behavior, Travel demand
modeling, Trip generation models, Trip Distribution models, Trip Recommended Textbook: Vuchic, V. Transportation for Livable Cities.
assignment models)
3. Transportation Planning (Planning process, Planning regulations,
Transportation and Air quality planning, Planning studies,
Planning study organization Course
4. Transportation Project Evaluation (Economic evaluation HIGHWAY DESIGN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
Name
techniques, Environmental Impact assessment)
This course is intended to provide the fundamentals of highway
Laboratory Equipment: Transportation engineering software
Course design and operation, human factors and vehicular characteristics
Suggested References:
Description and how they interact with the roadway, and highway safety analysis
 Transportation Engineering & Planning, Papacostas
and different statistical techniques employed in the analysis.
 Urban Mass Transportation Planning, Black
 Transportation Engineering Planning and Design, Wright & Ashford
 Introduction to Transportation Engineering, James H. Banks Number of
Lecture - 3 units
Units for
Laboratory - 0
Course Name : TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DESIGN Lecture and
Laboratory
Course Description
Prerequisite Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
This course is directed to the overall design of transportation systems. Emphasis will
be upon the principles of systems analysis as they relate to the planning, design, After completing this course, the student must be able to:
operation and evaluation of transportation systems. The central feature of the a. Design different highway facilities and apply relevant
course is a project and/or a seminar delivery to be coordinated with class Course highway design standards.
activities. Objectives b. Analyze crash and traffic data employing the appropriate
statistical techniques.
Number of Units for Lecture and Laboratory : Lecture - 3 hrs. c. Conduct traffic safety studies, identifying high-accident
locations and propose engineering solutions.
Prerequisite : Transportation Engineering 1. Highway Functions, Roadway Design, Driver Vehicle
Characteristics.
Course
Course Objectives 2. Design Speeds, Horizontal Alignment, and Super elevation.
Outline
3. Vertical Alignment, Sight Distance, Special Curves.
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4. Cross Sections Design, Earthwork, Drainage.

5. At-Grade Intersection, Low Volume Intersections, Left-Turn Number of
Lecture - 3 hrs.
Treatments. Contact Hours
6. Freeway Interchanges, Design Project I. per week
7. Signing and Marking Traffic Calming, Evaluation.
8. Highway Safety, Safety Analysis. Prerequisite/Co Geotechnical Engineering 1 & 2.
9. Statistical Models for Safety Analysis. -requisite
10. Safety Enhancements Projects, Crash Counter Measures.
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
11. Risk Management, Assessment of High Collision Sites.
12. Safety at Construction Zone, Design Project 2.
Course Identify geosynthetics and their applications in civil and
13. Design Guides for elderly Drivers, Liability in Design and
Objectives environmental engineering.
Operations.
14. Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety and Signal Timing, Accident
Investigation.
15. Accident Reconstruction, Expert Witness Analysis, Design Project 1. Seepage through dams.
3. 2. Earth filtering design.
3. Slope stability analysis.
 Lamn, Psarianos and Mailand Highway Design and Traffic
4. Overview of geosynthetics. Description of geosynthetics,
Safety Engineering Handbook, Mc Graw Hill Handbooks,
Functions of geosynthetics, Polymers, Geosynthetics tests.
Suggested 1999 (ISBN 0-07-038295-6)
5. Geotextiles. Separation. Unpaved roadway reinforcement.
References  ASSHTO Green Book, A Policy on Geometric design of
6. Filtration. Reinforced walls. Drainage.
Highways and Streets, 2001 MUTCD, Manual on Uniform Course
7. Geogrids. Reinforced walls.
Traffic Control Devices Outline
8. Geonets. Drainage.
9. Geomembrances. Liquid containment (pond) liners. Solid
material (landfill) liners.
10. Cap and enclosures.
11. Geosynthetic clay liners.
Course Name: GEOSYNTHETICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 12. Geo-others.
Laboratory
This course involves the design techniques and applications for None
Equipment
geotextiles, geosynthetics, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes and
geocomposites as they are used in environmental, geotechnical, and Recomme
Koerner, Robert M.1997. Designing with Geosynthetics, 4th
other construction engineering projects. The course first studies natural nded
Edition.Prentice Hall.
slopes and embankments for their stability and seepage problems. Textbook
Course The proceeding sessions deal with applications of geosynthetic  Horvath, J.S.1995. Geoform Geosynthetics. Horvath Engineering.
Description construction materials to designs of those earth structures. In the Suggested  Holtz, R.D., Christopher, B.R., and Berg, R.R. 1995. Geosynthetic
recent years, geosynthetics became very practical and economical References Design & Construction Guidlines, Participant Notebook, NHI
materials to be used in earth reinforcement, filtration, pond liner, Course No. 13213, prepared for National Highway Institute, FHA.
landfill liner, and many other subsurface constructions and earth  IFAI,. 1990. A Design Primer: Geotextile and Related Materials.
structures. The class reviews different types of available geosynthetic  Wu, J.T.H. 1994. Design and Construction of Simple, Easy and Low
materials, those applications, and design techniques. Cost Retaining Walls. Colorado Transportation Institute.

Number of Course
Units for GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Name:
Lecture, Lecture-3 units
Laboratory ,
Course This course concerns plate tectonics and elastic rebound theory of
Fieldwork and
Description earthquakes and faults; characterization of ground motions;
Tutorial
seismicity; deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analyses;
effects of local soil conditions on ground response; development of
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design ground motions; liquefaction; dynamic lateral earth pressures; Relationships for Sand and Clay, Soil Models for Cyclic Loading.
seismic slope stability. Linear Viscoelastic Models, Complex Modulus Model, Masing
Rule. Seismic Response Analysis. Shake Program
Number of 8. Slopes. Seismic Stability Analysis - Planar Mechanism: Extended
Units for Culmann-Francais Analysis - Circular Mechanism: Extended
Lecture, Lecture -3 units Taylor Charts. Permanent Displacement Analysis - Seismic Factor
Laboratory of Safety on Planar Mechanism - Critical Yield Acceleration -
, Fieldwork Permanent Displacement and Rotation
and 9. Liquefaction. Mechanism of Liquefaction - Cyclic Simple Shear
Tutorial and Cyclic Triaxial Tests - Liquefaction and Cyclic Mobility, Phase
Transformation - Excess Pore Water Pressure and Stress Path
Method - Liquefaction Potential based on Simplified Method
Number of
Lecture - 3 hrs. and In-situ Tests. Remediation Methods
Contact
Response and Liquefaction of Ocean Bed Subject to Wave
Hours per
Loading - Cyclic Stresses due to Wave Loading - Liquefaction
week
Strength considering Principal Stress Rotation - Liquefaction
Analysis
Prerequisite 10. Seismic Stability of Slopes and Embankments. Seismic Design of
Geotechnical Engineering 1 & 2., Earthquake Engineering
/Co- Slopes and Retaining Structures. Multi-layer Wave Propagation,
requisite Earth Retaining Structures. Dynamic Earth Pressure Theory
Course After completing this course, the student must be able to: (Mononobe-Okabe Analysis). Displacement-Limit Design of
Objectives Identify ground motion and their applications in geotechnical and Retaining Walls
environmental engineering. 11. Soil Models for Cyclic Loading. Bilinear Model, Hardin -Drnevich
(Hyperbolic Model), Ramberg-Osgood Model, Calibration of
Cyclic Models
1. Seismology and Earthquakes. Introduction to Vibratory Motion.
12. Dynamic Lateral Earth Pressures
Characterization and Prediction of Ground Motions. Review of
13. Composite Breakwater/Caisson under Water Wave Impact.
Dynamics of Discrete Systems (SDOF & MDOF). Strong Ground
Storm/Tsunami
Motion Characterization. Seismicity and Seismic Hazard Analysis.
14. Failures due to Wave Impact
2. Dynamic Soil Properties
15. Goda Wave Pressure Formula
3. Development of Design Ground Motions. Local Site Effects on
16. Sliding Stability
Ground Motions. Ground Response Analysis
17. Permanent Sliding
4. Foundation – Vibrations. Analog Solution, Circular Foundation:
18. Mitigation of Seismic Hazards
Vertical, Sliding, Rocking and Torsional Vibrations
Foundation - Bearing Capacity Considering Earthquake Laboratory
None
Loading. Terzaghi's Equation, Meyerhoff's Equation, Bearing Equipment
Capacity with Eccentricity. One-dimensional Wave Recommende Kramer, Steven L. 1996. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. First
Propagation. d Textbook Edition. Prentice Hall.
5. Longitudinal and Torsional Waves in a Bar (Infinite and Short
Bars). Resonant Column Device. Description of Device,  Ishihara, K. 1996. Soil Behavior for Earthquake Geotechnics,
Determination of Gmax and 2D Suggested Oxford University Press.
Empirical Relationships for Gmax. Gmax for Cohesionless and References  Das, B.M. 1993. Principles of Soil Dynamics .PWS Publishing
Cohesive Soils. Longitunal Wave in a Bar Company.
6. 2D Wave Propagation. Dynamic Equation of Motion. Plane  Richart, Jr., F.E., Hall, Jr., J.R., and Woods, R.D. 1970.Vibrations of
Course Waves: Navier's Equation, Compressional Wave, Shear Wave, Soils and Foundations. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Outline Relationship between vp and vs. Surface Waves: Rayleigh Wave,
Love Wave, Cyclic Behavior of Soils, Laboratory and In-Situ Tests.
Laboratory Tests: Bender Tests, Small Strain Measurements, Course Name: GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LANDFILL DESIGN
Improved Cyclic Triaxial Tests, Up-hole Test, Down-hole Test,
Cross-hole Tests, etc. Course Description
7. Cyclic Behavior: Strain Level Effects, G/Go~gamma, D~gamma
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This course presents geotechnical aspects related to the design of solid waste 8. Contaminant and liquid transport in soil liners for RCRA liners (advection and
landfills. The course teaches settlement analyses, slope stability, liner compaction, diffusion).
and leachate collection systems as they relate designing a landfill. Computer 9. Geosynthetics for waste disposal – overview, Geomembranes-leakage,
software is used to assist design scenarios. transport, and structural stability, Gesosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs).
10. Design of Leachate Collection System for Landfills – Use of gravel and GDLs.
11. Operational aspects of MSW landfills (daily cover, leachate disposal, GW
Number of Units for Lecture, Laboratory , Fieldwork and Tutorial monitoring).
12. Landfill Gas Collection System and Leachate Recirculation System Design.
Lecture - 2 units 13. Landfill Final Cap Design and Water Balance (demonstration of HELP Model).
Computer Laboratory- 1 unit
Laboratory Equipment : Computer Software in Landfill Design (PCSTABL, UNISETTLE,
Number of Contact Hours per week CEBAR)

Lecture - 2 hours Recommended Textbook :

Laboratory- 3 hours La Grega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L., and Evans, J. C. 2001.Hazardous Waste
Management, 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Prerequisite/Co-requisite
Suggested References:
Geotechnical Engineering 1 & 2 , Surveying 2  Quian, et. Al. 2002. Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design.Prentice Hall.
 Tchobanoglous,Theisen,Vigil. 2002. Integrated Solid Waste
Course Objectives: Management. McGraw-Hill.
 Sharma, H. D. 2001. Waste Containment Systems, Waste Stabilization, &
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Landfills. Design & Evaluation. John Wiley & Sons.
a. Identify key sources, typical quantities generated, composition, and
properties of solid and hazardous wastes.
b. Identify waste disposal or transformation techniques (landfills and
incinerators).
c. Recognize the relevant regulations that apply for facilities used for
disposal, and destruction of waste.
d. Conduct invasive and non-invasive site investigation and understand
permitting process for constructing landfills.
e. Identify and design Solid and Hazardous Waste Landfills (RCRA Subtitle D
and C) including closure, post-closure, and rehabilitation issues;
f. Estimate typical waste disposal cost.
g. Identify recycling and reuse options (composting, source separation, and
re-use of shredded tires, recycled glass, fly ash, etc.).

Course Outline:
1. Sources, quantities generated, and physochemical properties of municipal
solid waste and hazardous waste.
2. Solid Waste Management Pyramid – Key Technologies for SWM (collection,
handling, transformation, landfills, incinerators, composting).
3. Relevant environmental regulations for waste disposal, site investigations.
4. Site investigations, Site Selection (NIMBY), Regulatory permitting process.
5. Incineration and composting.
6. Types of Landfills, basic geotechnical considerations, earthen liners for waste
disposal.
7. Clay mineralogy, factors controlling hydraulic conductivity, methods to
measure the coefficient of permeability, k in the laboratory and field,
compatibility of liner materials to chemicals in leachate.
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COURSE SPECIFICATIONS 18. Reynold’s Transport Theorem

19. Mass Transport/Continuity Equation
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 20. Momentum Equations
21. Energy Systems
HYDRAULICS AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING 22. Flow Through Porous Media (optional)
23. Momentum Equations of Fluid Flow
24. Conservation of Momentum
Course Name: MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
25. Applications
26. Impact on Blades
This course deals with properties of fluids; fluid static, hydrokinetics and 27. Bernoulli/Navier-Stokes Equation
Course Description hydrodynamics; ideal fluid flow for past external and internal 28. Equation of Motion Theories
boundaries; flow similitude; computer and laboratory fluid experiments. 29. Application
30. Trajectories
Number of Units for 31. Measuring Devices
Lecture, Lecture – 4 units 32. Pipe Flows
Laboratory , Lab – 1 unit 33. Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic Similitude
Fieldwork and 34. Geometric/Kinetic/Dynamic Similarity
Tutorial 35. PI Buckingham Theorem
36. The Boundary Layer in Incompressible Flow
37. Definition of Boundary layer
Number of Lecture – 4 hrs
38. Momentum Equation Applied to Boundary Layer
Contact Hours per Laboratory – 3 hrs including CE Board Practice
39. Laminar Boundary Flow and Turbulent Boundary Layer
week
Prerequisite/Co- Statics of Rigid Bodies, Dynamics of Rigid Bodies, Mechanics of Software Applications
requisite Deformable Bodies
Laboratory Hydraulic Bench.
Equipment Software: WaterCAD Flowmaster Pondpack
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
a. Develop a good understanding of the properties of fluid and 1. Mays, Larry W. 2004. Water Resources Engineering, 2005
the principles of fluid behavior. Edition. USA.
b. Understand the principles involving physical ideas, as well as 2. Robert L. Daugherty, Joseph B. Franzini and E. John Finnemore.
mathematical ones, and includes derivations and analysis of 2002. Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, SI Metric
resulting equations, which describe fluid behavior. Edition. USA.
Course Objectives c. Solve practical problems, which involve numerical 3. Ray K. Linsley, Joseph B. Franzini, david L. Freyberg and David L.
calculations from working formulas, often with the conclusion Suggested
Tchobanoglous. 1992. Water Resources Engineering, Fourth
of experimentally determined coefficient. References
Edition. USA.
d. Make solutions and decisions on a particular problem 4. John A. Roberson, John J. Cassidy and M. Hanif Chaudhry.
incorporating social and moral impact and put into mind 1988. Hydraulic Engineering, Second Edition. USA.
that a mediocre solutions could cause a loss of life and/or 5. H.W. King, J.O. Wisler and J.G. Woodburn. 1980. Hydraulics, Fifth
property Edition. R. E. Krieger Publishing Company.
1. Fundamental Properties of Fluids (e.g pressure, measurements)
2. Hydrostatic Forces on Surfaces Course Name: HYDRAULICS
3. Total Hydrostatic Pressure on Plane Surfaces
4. Forces on Submerged Plane Surfaces Semi-Graphical
Approaches This course deals with the analysis and hydraulic design of by systems such as
5. Forces on Submerges Curved-Surfaces Course reservoirs dams, spillways, gates, open channels, pipe networks, pumps and
6. Relative Equilibrium of Liquids Description turbines; sediment transport in rivers and reservoir; computer hydraulic
7. Hoop Tension in Circular Pipes and Tanks modeling.
8. Dams
Course
9. Hoop tension in circular pipes and tanks Number of Units for
Outline
10. Principle of Archimedes Lecture, Lecture – 4 units
11. Stability of Submerged Bodies Laboratory , Laboratory – 1 unit
12. Stability of Floating Bodies Fieldwork and
13. Kinematics of Fluid Flows Tutorial
14. Flow of ideal, Real Fluids Number of Lecture – 4 hrs
15. Classification of Flow Types Contact Hours per Laboratory – 3 hrs including CE Board Practice
16. Pathlines, Streamlines and Flow nets week
17. Transport Theorems
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Prerequisite/Co- 1. Mays, Larry W. 2004. Water Resources Engineering, 2005 Edition. USA.
Mechanics of Fluids (pre-requisite), Hydrology (co-requisite)
requisite 2. Robert L. Daugherty, Joseph B. Franzini and E. John Finnemore.
2002. Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, SI Metric
After completing this course, the student must be able to: Edition. USA.
a. Develop a good understanding of the principles of water behavior 3. Linsley, Ray K. ; Franzini, Joseph B.; Freyberg, David L.; Tchobanoglous,
Suggested
under the influence of forces. David L. 1992. Water Resources Engineering, Fourth Edition. McGraw
References
b. Understand the principles involving physical ideas, as well as Hill.
mathematical ones, and includes derivations and analysis of 4. John J. Cassidy & M. Hanif Chaudhry. 1988. Hydraulic Engineering,
resulting equations which describe water behavior. Second Edition. USA.
Course Objectives 5. H.W. King, J.O. Wisler and J.G. Woodburn. 1980. Hydraulics, 5th Edition.
c. Develop skills in solving practical problems, which involve
numerical calculations from working formulas used for hydraulic R. E. Krieger Publishing Company.
analysis design.
d. Make solutions and decisions on a particular problem Course Name: HYDROLOGY
incorporating social and moral impact and put into mind that a
mediocre solutions could cause a loss of life and/or property.
This course is concerned with the discussion of Hydrologic cycle; occurrence
1. Dams Course and analysis of components of hydrologic cycle such as precipitation,
2. Review on fundamental of fluid Description evapotranspiration, infiltration, stream flow and ground water; river and
3. Water flow in pipes reservoir sedimentation; flood routing techniques; probability analysis for
4. Minor and Major Head losses in pipes hydrologic design; computer modeling for hydrologic systems.
5. Pipeline with Pumps and Turbines
6. Branching pipes
Number of Units
7. Pipes in series
for Lecture,
8. Pipes Branching Parallel Lecture – 2 units
Laboratory,
9. Pipe Networks
Fieldwork and
10. Water Hammering and Surges in Pipes Tutorial
11. Open channel flow
12. Open Channel Steady –Uniform Flow Formulas
13. Most Economical and Efficient sections Number of
14. Specific Energy channels Contact Hours per Lecture – 2 hours
15. Celerity, Critical Velocity, Subcritical & Supercritical Flows week
Course Outline
16. Depths of Flow Under Steady Conditions
17. Equations of gradually varying Flow Conditions Prerequisite/Co-
18. Water Surface Profiles Mechanics of Fluids , Hydraulics
requisite
19. Hydraulic Jump Conditions
20. Hydrodynamics
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
21. Hydrodynamics Design
a. Develop a good understanding of the hydrologic cycle in terms
22. Dams and Spillways
of the processes and storage relationships among its
23. Flow Through Culverts and Streets Inlets
components.
24. Water Profiles Under Bridges
b. Understand the physical meaning of different hydrologic models
25. Water Supply Piping Course
which capture/stimulate selected hydrologic phenomena.
26. Spillways Objectives
c. Solve practical problems, which involve numerical calculations
27. Gates
from working formulas used for hydrologic analysis and design.
28. Pumps
d. Make solutions and decisions on a particular problem
29. Turbines
incorporating social and moral impact and put into mind that a
Watershed Simulator mediocre solutions could cause a loss of life and/or property
Laboratory Pipe Network 1. Hydrology and the Hydrologic Cycle
Equipment Software: STORMCAD
1.1 Difference Between Hydrology and Hydraulics.
1.2 The Hydrologic Cycle and the Human Impact.
1.3 Interrelationships of Phases of the Hydrologic Cycle:
Evapotranspiration,
Course Outline
Precipitation, Infiltration/Percolation, Surface/Subsurface
Runoff,
Groundwater.
1.4 Philippine Watersheds: Delineation of Drainage Area, Sub-
Basing/Physical Properties Determination (Application in the
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Term Project). Number of Units

for Lecture,
2. Weather Basics (Meterology): Atmospheric Waters Laboratory,
3. The Atmosphere: Composition, General Characteristics and Stability. Fieldwork and
4. Introduction of Cloud Physics: Nucleation, Growth and Distribution. Tutorial
5. Solar radiation and Earth’s Energy Balance. Number of
6. General Circulation: Thermal Circulation and Earth’s Rotation. Contact Hours per Lecture – 2 hours
7. Temperature: Geographic Distribution, Time Variation and week
Measurement
8. Humidity: Geographic Distribution, Time Variation and Measurement
9. Important Phases of Hydrologic Cycle Prerequisite/Co-
Hydraulics , Hydrology
10. Precipitation: Occurrence and Measurement. requisite
11. Formation, Forms (Philippine Setting), Types and Artificially Induced.
12. Measurement: Gages and Networks, Radar and Satellite Estimates. After completing this course, the student must be able to:
13. Precipitation Data Analysis: Estimation of Missing data, Double-Mass a. Appreciate water resources engineering and its role in
Analysis, Mean Areal Precipitation, Depth-Area-Duration Analysis, infrastructure and socio-economic development of the country.
Frequency Analysis. b. Have a good grasp of the multi-dimensional aspects of water
14. Evaporation, Transpiration, Interception and Depression Storage resources/watershed problems and non-structural and/or
Course
15. Evaporation from Free Surface: Water Balance Method, Energy structural interventions that may be done to solve them.
Objectives
Balance Method, Mass-Transfer Method, Penman Equation, Empirical c. Develop tools/skills in solving practical problems, which involve
Methods and Direct Measurement. numerical calculations from working formulas used for hydraulic
16. Transpiration and Evapo-transpiration. analysis and design of structures.
17. Depression Storage. d. Make solutions and decisions on a particular problem
18. Surface and Subsurface Runoff Phenomenon. incorporating social and moral impact and put into mind that a
19. Rainfall-Runoff Processes: Mechanisms, Cycle, Water Stage-Discharge mediocre solutions could cause a loss of life and/or property.
Relationship, Measurement and Interpretation
1. Definitions and Classifications of Applications: Water Resources and
20. Flood Prediction. Engineering. Control of Water. Use of Water. Water Quality Analysis
21. Graph Analysis: Characteristics, Unit Hydrograph Theory, Instantaneous and Management. Philippine Water Resources Regions.
Unit Hydrograph, Synthetic Unit, Hydrographs, Applications.
2. Watershed Management and Engineering Interventions: Role of
22. Flow Routing Techniques: Channel Routing (Muskingum Method and Hydrology and Hydraulics in WRE. Engineering Hydrology. Aspects in
Reservoir Routing), Hydraulic Routing (St. Venant Equations and hydraulics--Important Hydraulic Structures (selected), Water Supply
Numerical Solutions), Block-Box Models. and Distribution System, Groundwater Development, Sewerage
23. Infiltration and Percolation: Processes and Measurements
Systems, Drainage Structures, River Structures/Coastal Defense, Lahar
Laboratory & Flood Control. Watershed Planning and Management--
Hydrology Apparatus Software
Equipment Definitions/Purpose/Use, Siting of Major Facilities, Role of Geographical
Information Systems in Watershed Planning/Management.
1. Mays, Larry W. 2004. Water Resources Engineering, 2005 Edition. USA.
3. Field Exercise/Case Studies: Case Study on Water Supply and
2. Mays, Larry W.; Todd, David Keith. 2004. Groundwater Engineering.
Distribution, Uses of GIS in WRE, Laguna Lake and Manila Bay
USA Course Outline
Interaction, Tools Development /Softwares/ Approaches-Mini Library,
3. Linsley, Ray K. ; Franzini, Joseph B.; Freyberg, David L.; Tchobanoglous,
Water Infrastructure needs assessment, Presentation of the Work.
David L. 1992. Water Resources Engineering, Fourth Edition. McGraw
Suggested 4. Groundwater Storage and the Flow of Water
Hill.
References 5. Hydrologic Investigations in Determining Subsurface Resource.
4. Chow, Ven Te; Maidment, David R.; Mays, Larry W. 1988.Applied
6. Hydraulics of Low of Groundwater.
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