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CIV 421 - Foundation Introduction to hardware, software,
Engineering Major Elective and methods of data collection is
Credit Hour: 3 provided. Applications of GIS in the
different fields of civil engineering are
Prerequisite: CIV 324 emphasized.
CIV 405 - Sustainability in the
This course presents: Subsurface CIV 430 - Traffic Engineering
exploration, types of shallow Built Environment
foundations, bearing capacity of Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hour: 3
foundations, settlements, design of Prerequisite: Junior Status Prerequisite: CIV 332
isolated footings, special types of The objective of this course is to
footings, rectangular combined and Introduction to sustainable design
strap footings, lateral earth pressure and construction. Introduction provide in- depth understanding
of traffic engineering and analysis
and retaining walls; introduction to to the different climate zones.
Pile foundation. Topics include the design process of different control systems with
for high-performance sustainable an emphasis on analyzing the level
CIV 442 - Hydrology and Urban buildings. Other topics include of service on different classes of
Water Systems high-performance building highways (freeways, multi-lane
design strategies, green building highways, and two lane highways)
Credit Hour: 3 materials, environmental quality as the level of service for signalized
Prerequisite: CIV 343 issues, health and safety planning, and un signalized intersections. The
This course provides an introduction and economic analysis of green course also provides insights on the
to engineering hydrology and the buildings. Students will also be design of traffic signals and parking
design elements of urban storm introduced to the U.S. Green Building facilities. Intelligent Transportation
water systems. This includes the Council’s Leadership in Energy systems (ITS) and safety analysis of
effects of watershed development and Environmental Design (LEED) traffic systems are also covered. .
on quantity and quality of surface standards, the characteristics and The students will also be introduced
runoff and stream flow. The influences of climatic conditions on to computer applications relevant to
practical applications of hydrology the natural and built environments, course materials.
encountered in this course include the responses to different climatic CIV 416 - Matrix Methods of
urban storm water management, conditions, the optimization of Structural Analysis
flood control and groundwater building performance to meet human
engineering. thermal comfort requirements, and Credit Hour: 3
real-life applications on the local Prerequisite: CIV 316
CIV497 - Capstone Design Project I environments in the UAE.
Credit Hour: 1 CIV 403 - Fundamentals of A course that deals with the
application of matrix methods in the
Prerequisite: 103 CHs. + CIV 316, CIV Geographical Information analysis of structural systems like
318, CIV324, CIV 332, CIV 352 and System plane and space trusses, beams and
CIV 343 grids, and plane and space frames.
Credit Hour: 3
This course is a capstone project Prerequisite: CIV 205 Topics covered include – Linear
for civil engineering students. The analysis by hand and computer
project typically involves the design This course traces the origins and of two dimensional planar truss
of a civil engineering system that development of GIS, outlining elements, two-dimensional beam and
simulates real-life engineering the differences between GIS frame elements, two-dimensional
projects. The designed system and the related technologies of plane stress and plane strain
must have a multi-discipline nature digital mapping, provides a clear elements, Superposition of loads
that involves three or more of understanding and management of and elements. The main objective
the civil engineering disciplines common GIS database systems. The is to enable the student to have a
(e.g. structural, transportation, different models that GIS employs good grasp of all the fundamental
environmental, geotechnical … etc.) to represent real-world entities are concepts in these advanced topics in
reviewed (Earth-map relationship, structural analysis, besides enjoying
CIV498 - Capstone Design Project map projection, coordinate systems, the learning process, and developing
II raster, vector). Elements of graphic analytical and intuitive skills. The
course also provides students with
Credit Hour: 3 design and communication are a hands-on introduction to matrix
reviewed with the intention of
Pre-requisite: CIV 497 ensuring results are comprehensible programing using commercial
A continuation of CIV 497. and effectively portrayed. software such as ANSYS, MATLAB and
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