Civil Technology Course Descriptions 

Concepts of lines and line drawings; pictorial drawings, lettering, dimensioning, scales, free hand drawing, isometric and orthographic drawing; architectural symbols, details, concepts and methods; electric and plumbing details; site layout (including contours, basic scale drawings of structures). Lab hrs. 4. Offered fall and spring semesters.

This survey course examines three major areas of technology (Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical) and is taught by faculty in each area. Topics include environmental, wood framing, basic electricity, measurements and fluids. Class hrs: 3. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Owner-architect-builder relationship; zoning ordinances and building codes; site factors; soil considerations; wood, steel, concrete; concrete forms; footing, foundation walls; wall, floor, and roof systems; prefabricated and precast units; insulation; exterior finish. Class hrs. 2; Lab hrs. 2. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Co-op courses are designed to promote career awareness through cooperative work experience in a specific field. Students integrate classroom theory with a monitored and supervised work experience. Periodic meetings with faculty advisor and written assignments are required. 225 work hours required. Prerequisite: Approval of Curriculum or Department Chair; GPA of 2.5 or higher; 9 earned credits in curriculum-required courses and 3 credits in ENG 101 Comp & Lit I or equivalent for total of 12 credits; and a major declared in this specific curriculum. For CIVIL 131, CIVIL 130 is required. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters.

General principles of stress analysis; practical approaches to the design of floor and roof systems, walls, columns; riveted and welded connections and related topics using timber, steel, and concrete structural members. Some time is devoted to shafts and thin-walled pressure vessels. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: MATH 110A College Algebra with Trigonometry, PHYSC 107A, 108 Tech Physics I. Offered fall and spring semesters.

The names and functions of various structural steel and concrete members and systems are discussed and analyzed. Several structural steel systems are assigned, both as individual and class projects. These systems are designed according to current specifications using appropriate design techniques, manuals, and theory. They are then drawn and detailed by the students, according to current practice. Class hrs. 2; Lab hrs. 2. Corequisite: CIVIL 201 Elements of Strength of Materials. Not offered every semester.

Basic principles of highway planning, administration, and finance; surveys and plans, including design considerations; drainage and erosion, materials for roads, roadbeds and surfa, including methods of construction and machinery; comparison of various surfaces in relation to initial cost, durability, load-bearing qualities, and economic life. Class hrs. 1; Design Lab hrs. 2. Prerequisite: MATH 110A College Algebra with Trigonometry. Offered fall and spring semesters.

An elementary plane surveying course. Topics include the principles of and calculations for taping and corrections required; differential leveling; traverse and transit computations including linear error, accuracy, correction to computations, area and stadia. The principles and uses of levels, transits, taping equipment, and rods are demonstrated in laboratory field assignments. Class hrs. 2; Lab hrs. 2. Prerequisite: MATH 110A College Algebra with Trigonometry. Offered fall semester.

Advanced course designed to prepare the student more fully for technical and construction positions; field and class work in traversing, stadia, vertical and horizontal curves, earthworks, subdivision layout and calculations, topography; profile leveling, computations, mapping. Class hrs. 2; Lab hrs. 2. Prerequisite: CIVIL 214 Surveying I. Offered spring semester.

General principles of stress analysis; riveted and welded connections; thermal stress and strain; Poisson’s Ratio; biaxial and triaxial stress and strain; two material members; thin-walled pressure vessels; torsion and power transmission systems; shear and moment equations and diagrams; beam stresses and design; beam deflection using double integration and area-movement methods; column stresses and design; Mohr’s Circle. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: MATH 121 Calculus I and PHSYC 101A Engineering Physics. Offered fall semester.

Relation of estimating to building construction; construction relations; functions and use of check lists; catalogs, cost records, price lists, labor probabilities, forms, quality surveys; techniques of estimating, approximate and complete estimates. Class hrs. 2; Lab hrs. 2. Prerequisites: CIVIL 111 Construction Methods and Materials and CIVIL I Architectural Drawing I. Offered spring semester.

A study of equipment, methods, and systems used in the home, industry, and municipalities in sanitary sewage treatment, solid waste disposal and water sources, distribution and treatment control, and containment of atmosphere conditions with emphasis on preventive control of environmental pollution. Class hrs. 3. Corequisite: CIVIL 226 Environmental Problems and Control Lab. Offered spring semester.

Application in laboratory by means of projects, field trips, films, and reports. Lab hrs. 2. Corequisite: CIVIL 225 Environmental Problems and Controls. Offered spring semester.

Metals; extraction, processing, and fabrication; clay and clay products; concrete; rubber and plastics; wood and wood products; cement and gypsum products. Class hrs. 3. Offered spring semester.

Management of the construction process; record keeping; forms, records, and procedures necessary for proper control of all aspects of job operations; superintendence of various phases of work to ensure adherence to plans and specifications. The use of the Critical Path Method (CPM) for planning and scheduling in the construction industry. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: CIVIL 111 Construction Methods and Materials and CIVIL 223 Construction Estimating. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Relation of contracts and specifications to engineering construction. A detailed study of contract documents with respect to the responsibilities, liabilities, and protection of the contracting parties, development of a set of contract documents. An introduction to engineering law as applied to contracts. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: CIVIL 111 Construction Methods and Materials. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Functional design principles, balance, harmony, proportion, rhythm and color applications to architecture; perspective; plans; elevation development with regard to design and representation; use of handbooks, periodicals, and reference files. Lab hrs. 4. Prerequisite: CIVIL 101 Architectural Drawing I. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Special Projects or Independent Study in Civil Technology, supervised and evaluated, adapted to the needs and interests of the specially qualified Civil Technology student. Content evaluation and number of credits to be determined by the Special Projects Committee of the Civil Technology Department.