Course Flowsheets

MTH 141LR College Calculus 1

Beginning of a three-semester sequence in calculus for students of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering. Covers differentiation and integration with applications. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office. This course is the same as MTH 136 + 137 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

CHE 107LR Gen Chem for Engineers I

Meets the general chemistry requirement for students wishing to receive an engineering degree. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

CHE 127LAB General Chem for Engineers 1

Laboratory to accompany CHE 107, General Chemistry for Engineers 1. Experiments focus upon stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solutions, thermochemistry, and properties of gases. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

ENG 105LEC Writing and Rhetoric

An introduction to research, writing, and rhetorical practices employed in academic and professional contexts. The course examines the operation of genres, the audiences they address, and the purposes they serve. The course focuses on the analysis and development of student writing and rhetorical practice. Assignments include research essays, digital compositions, and oral presentations. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

MTH 142LR College Calculus 2

Differentiation and integration of transcendental functions; infinite sequences; series and power series; integration methods; additional topics in analytic geometry. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office. This course is the same as MTH 138 and MTH 139 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

GLY 103LEC Geology for Engineers

This course introduces engineers and others to the Earth system, by examining the latest science at the micro (e.g., minerals), human (e.g., why earthquakes are such efficient and massive killers) and global (e.g., water cycle) scales. We examine the use of scientific hypothesis testing and implications for understanding Earth materials and natural hazards. We use case studies to clarify science vs. pseudo-science, current controversies, and how natural (as well as some human-induced) hazards affect us.

GLY 101LEC Natural Hazards

This Scientific Literacy and Inquiry course explores the solid Earth and ways that ongoing, natural processes act to harm people and property. The course aims to put geological hazards in a broader context by examining the latest science at the micro (e.g., minerals), human (e.g., why tsunamis are such efficient and massive killers) and global (e.g., global effects of asteroid impacts or super volcano eruptions) scales. We will examine the history of scientific discovery and thought about natural hazards and global catastrophes on both human and geologic timescales. We will use case studies and debates to clarify science vs. pseudo-science, current controversies, and how natural (as well as some human-induced) hazards affect us in Western New York. Completing all three courses, GLY 101LEC, GLY 102LEC and GLY 105LAB, would fulfill the Scientific Inquiry and Literacy Requirement as well as the Natural Sciences General Education requirement.

GEO 101LEC Earth Systems Science

Earth Systems Science examines modern environmental problems through quantitative methods, analysis, and modeling grounded in basic and applied science and research. The goal of the course is to introduce students to the fundamental processes that dominate the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, their characteristics and complex interactions, and their impact on human life and society.

PHY 107LR General Physics 1

A calculus-based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers kinematics, Newton's laws, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and oscillations. This course satisfies 4 credits as required by different majors and also 4 credits (out of the mandated 7 credits total) of UB's Science Literacy and Inquiry general education requirement sequence. Enrollment is not allowed in PHY107 if a student has current enrollment in PHY101.

EAS 202SEM Impact On Society

EAS 202 is a one credit first year seminar course aimed at broadening students' vision of engineering problem solving, and elucidating how engineers can make a difference in meeting key societal needs. The course focus is the National Academy of Engineering's 'Grand Challenges' for the future. It includes a series of interactive presentations by engineering faculty who are experts in these areas, offering an understanding both of these problems and engineering approaches to solving them. Students also explore a self-selected area of personal interest as a step toward identifying possible niches for their own career path.

MTH 241LR College Calculus 3

Geometry and vectors of n-dimensional space; Green's theorem, Gauss theorem, Stokes theorem; multidimensional differentiation and integration; application to 2- and 3-D space. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

PHY 108LR General Physics 2

A calculus based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers the electric field, Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitance, DC circuits, RC circuits, magnetic field, Faraday's law, inductance, LR circuits, AC circuits, and Maxwell's equations. This course satisfies 4 credits as required by different majors and also 4 credits (out of the mandated 7 credits total) of UB's Science Literacy and Inquiry general education requirement sequence.

PHY 158LAB General Physics Lab 2

PHY-158 is an introductory Physics lab course. This course covers mechanics, kinematics, forces, vectors, electricity and magnetism. Experiments are used to demonstrate principles discussed in the lecture courses PHY 107 and PHY 108. PHY-158 satisfies the SLI General Education 1-credit laboratory requirement (out of the 7 credits total SLI Gen-Ed requirement).

EAS 207LR Statics

Applies mechanics to studying static equilibrium of rigid and elastic bodies. Topics include composition and resolution of forces, moments and couple, equivalent force systems, free-body diagrams, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, forces in trusses and beams, friction forces, first and second moments of area, moments and product of inertia, and methods of virtual work and total potential energy.

EAS 230LLB Engineering Computations

This is a first course in computer programming that develops programming concepts using MATLAB with application to engineering problems. Topics include data structures, arithmetic expressions, I/O, plotting, branching and loop structures, debugging, and user-defined functions. These concepts will be illustrated and emphasized through applications in chemical process mass balances, transport processes, truss structures, data fitting, principal component analysis in fluid and solid mechanics, and modal analysis in dynamics.

CIE 177LLB Intro to Civil Eng CAD

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with Civil Engineering CAD software and reading civil based drawings. Students will also develop a skill to visualize 3D terrains and 3D objects from their 2D projections in order to think in 3D about objects in space. One formal lecture per week, focused on civil and environmental engineering applications of the software is given. This is supplemented by multiple tutorials written for the software. Students will be required to complete the tutorials in recitation and on their own time and submit a copy of completed tutorials by the due date.

MTH 306LR Intro Diff Equations

Analytic solutions, qualitative behavior of solutions to differential equations. First-order and higher-order ordinary differential equations, including nonlinear equations. Covers analytic, geometric, and numerical perspectives as well as an interplay between methods and model problems. Discusses necessary matrix theory and explores differential equation models of phenomena from various disciplines. Uses a mathematical software system designed to aid in the numerical and qualitative study of solutions, and in the geometric interpretation of solutions. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

CIE 327LLB Civil Engrg Materials

Introduction to Structural Materials: Concrete, Steel, Wood, and Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP); Physical, mechanical, and durability properties and microstructure of materials; Cement chemistry & cement hydration reactions; concrete mix design and quality control; atomic structure, imperfections, and alloying to manufacture steel; yielding and failure theories for steel; Reinforced concrete basics; Types of woods; FRP design basics; Introduction to High Performance Concrete; Recent Innovations in Materials; Influence of materials on infrastructure resilience and sustainability.

EAS 209LR Mechanics of Solids

Studies the mechanical behavior of solid bodies under various types of loading. Topics include stresses and strain, stress-strain relationships, plane stress and plane strain; shear and bending moments in beams, stresses in beams; deflection of beams, torsion of shafts, buckling of columns, energy methods, and failure criteria.

CIE 354LR Fluid Mechanics

Provides an introductory treatment of the dynamics of fluids, emphasizing incompressible fluids. Develops and applies hydrostatics, thermodynamics, fluid characteristics, kinematics, and dynamics; methods of analysis including the infinitesimal and finite control volume; stress rate-of-strain relations; and basic equations for continuity, energy, motion, and force-momentum. Measurement methods.

CIE 323LR Structural Analysis

First of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 323 introduces students to the basic techniques for analyzing common structural elements, including beams, trusses, and frames. The course covers methods to analyze both statically determinate and indeterminate structural systems including force and moment diagrams, influence lines and calculation of deflections.

CIE 334LLR Soil Mechanics

Soil formation and identification. The physical and mechanical properties of granular and cohesive soils. The nature and flow of water in soils, stress distribution, consolidation, analysis of deformation and strength of soils, stress path dependent behavior and slope stability.

CIE 308LR Engineering Probability & Stat

Introduces sampling, descriptive and inferential statistics, probability, probability distribution functions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, covariance and correlation, and linear regression.

CIE 340LR Environmental Engineering

This course introduces the quantitative analysis of natural and engineered systems in the context of environmental engineering. Basic concepts include mass, energy, and number balances and risk. Applications include water pollution and treatment, air pollution and its control, solid waste management, sustainability, and global climate change.

CIE 343LLR Hydraulics and Hydrology

Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to pressurized flow systems, hydraulic machinery and open channel systems with introduction to hydraulic drag and surface/subsurface hydrology. Topics include minor and major losses in laminar and turbulent flow, pipe networks, flow measurements, pump and turbine operation and design, uniform and nonuniform open channel flow, surface profiles, hydraulic drag formulas, introduction to steady groundwater flow with emphasis on well hydraulics and introduction to hydrologic processes with detailed coverage of surface runoff.

CIE 324LR Intro to Structural Design

The second of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 324 introduces students to analysis and design of complex structural systems: the art of using the principles of statics and mechanics to calculate the design axial and shear forces and moments and then determine the size and arrangement of structural elements under prescribed loads. The course considers design loads, tributary areas, and load paths in real-world structures. LRFD design principles are introduced and applied to design reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Modern computing tools will be used.

CIE 435LEC Foundation Engineering

Applies soil mechanics to engineering problems. Soil exploration and sampling. States of plastic equilibrium, bearing capacity, and settlement of foundations. Foundation design, spread footing, mat, piles, and drilled shafts. Lateral earth pressures, retaining walls, and braced excavations.

CIE 439LEC Transportation Systems

Introduces engineering and planning principles applicable to all types of transportation systems; concept and methods of transportation network analysis; operation and management of transportation systems; traffic engineering elements; traffic flow theory; highway capacity analysis; design and application of traffic control devices.

EAS 360LEC STEM Communications

Prepares students to successfully communicate, across a range of professional genres and media, to technical, professional, and public audiences; to produce communications individually and as part of a team; and to produce communications which are consistent with ethical engineering practice.

CIE 415LEC Prof Practice Issues

Ethical issues in civil engineering practice, the professional licensure process, the project life cycle, engineering economics fundamentals, construction contracts and delivery methods, cost estimating fundamentals, project scheduling fundamentals, project control fundamentals.

GEO 281LEC Web-Based GIS

Recent Advances in internet technology have stimulated rapid development of on-line imaging and mapping systems. This course provides a systematic introduction to these internet-based digital imaging and mapping systems in order to familiarize students with Internet-based tools and data and allow them to explore and understand the spatial distribution of natural and constructed phenomena. Through a combination of lectures and exercises, students will develop and practice the following on-line skills: using interface of on-line systems, digital map display in 2D and 3D, digital image display in 2D and 3D, flight simulation, multiple image and map management, measurements, navigation, spatial query, feature selection and buffering, and customized map making.

GEO 481LLB Geographical Info Systems

Provides a general introduction to the principles and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). The lectures cover several fundamental aspects of GIS: (1) the basics of a GIS system, (2) GIS data and sources of data, (3) GIS analysis functions, and (4) GIS applications and related issues. The laboratory exercises are based on the leading GIS software, ArcGIS, and are designed to help students understand the lecture materials and gain hands-on experiences in GIS data acquisition, spatial database management, spatial analysis, and mapping. This course is dual-listed with GEO 506.

CIE 416LEC Civil Capstone

Second course of a two-course sequence. Students work in teams of four to six on a design problem that is drawn from industry. The project is introduced in CIE 415. Teams compete against each other and are required to complete a preliminary design report and project presentation. Teams meet weekly in smaller groups with faculty and practicing engineers to discuss progress.

UBC 399MNT UB Curriculum Capstone

UB Curriculum Capstone (UBC 399) is the culminating general education requirement. It is a one-credit course in which you will work in UBPortfolio, with the support of your Capstone instructor, to create a reflective and integrative Capstone ePortfolio based on your UB Curriculum coursework and lived experiences outside of the classroom. All UB Curriculum courses must be completed or in-progress to enroll in and complete UBC 399. Students who drop an in-progress course will be removed from UBC 399 through the add/drop period. Students who resign an in-progress course may not be able to successfully complete the Capstone.

MTH 141LR College Calculus 1

Beginning of a three-semester sequence in calculus for students of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering. Covers differentiation and integration with applications. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office. This course is the same as MTH 136 + 137 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

CHE 107LR Gen Chem for Engineers I

Meets the general chemistry requirement for students wishing to receive an engineering degree. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

CHE 127LAB General Chem for Engineers 1

Laboratory to accompany CHE 107, General Chemistry for Engineers 1. Experiments focus upon stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solutions, thermochemistry, and properties of gases. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

ENG 105LEC Writing and Rhetoric

An introduction to research, writing, and rhetorical practices employed in academic and professional contexts. The course examines the operation of genres, the audiences they address, and the purposes they serve. The course focuses on the analysis and development of student writing and rhetorical practice. Assignments include research essays, digital compositions, and oral presentations. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

MTH 142LR College Calculus 2

Differentiation and integration of transcendental functions; infinite sequences; series and power series; integration methods; additional topics in analytic geometry. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office. This course is the same as MTH 138 and MTH 139 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

GLY 103LEC Geology for Engineers

This course introduces engineers and others to the Earth system, by examining the latest science at the micro (e.g., minerals), human (e.g., why earthquakes are such efficient and massive killers) and global (e.g., water cycle) scales. We examine the use of scientific hypothesis testing and implications for understanding Earth materials and natural hazards. We use case studies to clarify science vs. pseudo-science, current controversies, and how natural (as well as some human-induced) hazards affect us.

GLY 101LEC Natural Hazards

This Scientific Literacy and Inquiry course explores the solid Earth and ways that ongoing, natural processes act to harm people and property. The course aims to put geological hazards in a broader context by examining the latest science at the micro (e.g., minerals), human (e.g., why tsunamis are such efficient and massive killers) and global (e.g., global effects of asteroid impacts or super volcano eruptions) scales. We will examine the history of scientific discovery and thought about natural hazards and global catastrophes on both human and geologic timescales. We will use case studies and debates to clarify science vs. pseudo-science, current controversies, and how natural (as well as some human-induced) hazards affect us in Western New York. Completing all three courses, GLY 101LEC, GLY 102LEC and GLY 105LAB, would fulfill the Scientific Inquiry and Literacy Requirement as well as the Natural Sciences General Education requirement.

GEO 101LEC Earth Systems Science

Earth Systems Science examines modern environmental problems through quantitative methods, analysis, and modeling grounded in basic and applied science and research. The goal of the course is to introduce students to the fundamental processes that dominate the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, their characteristics and complex interactions, and their impact on human life and society.

PHY 107LR General Physics 1

A calculus-based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers kinematics, Newton's laws, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and oscillations. This course satisfies 4 credits as required by different majors and also 4 credits (out of the mandated 7 credits total) of UB's Science Literacy and Inquiry general education requirement sequence. Enrollment is not allowed in PHY107 if a student has current enrollment in PHY101.

MTH 241LR College Calculus 3

Geometry and vectors of n-dimensional space; Green's theorem, Gauss theorem, Stokes theorem; multidimensional differentiation and integration; application to 2- and 3-D space. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

PHY 108LR General Physics 2

A calculus based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers the electric field, Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitance, DC circuits, RC circuits, magnetic field, Faraday's law, inductance, LR circuits, AC circuits, and Maxwell's equations. This course satisfies 4 credits as required by different majors and also 4 credits (out of the mandated 7 credits total) of UB's Science Literacy and Inquiry general education requirement sequence.

PHY 158LAB General Physics Lab 2

PHY-158 is an introductory Physics lab course. This course covers mechanics, kinematics, forces, vectors, electricity and magnetism. Experiments are used to demonstrate principles discussed in the lecture courses PHY 107 and PHY 108. PHY-158 satisfies the SLI General Education 1-credit laboratory requirement (out of the 7 credits total SLI Gen-Ed requirement).

EAS 207LR Statics

Applies mechanics to studying static equilibrium of rigid and elastic bodies. Topics include composition and resolution of forces, moments and couple, equivalent force systems, free-body diagrams, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, forces in trusses and beams, friction forces, first and second moments of area, moments and product of inertia, and methods of virtual work and total potential energy.

EAS 230LLB Engineering Computations

This is a first course in computer programming that develops programming concepts using MATLAB with application to engineering problems. Topics include data structures, arithmetic expressions, I/O, plotting, branching and loop structures, debugging, and user-defined functions. These concepts will be illustrated and emphasized through applications in chemical process mass balances, transport processes, truss structures, data fitting, principal component analysis in fluid and solid mechanics, and modal analysis in dynamics.

CIE 177LLB Intro to Civil Eng CAD

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with Civil Engineering CAD software and reading civil based drawings. Students will also develop a skill to visualize 3D terrains and 3D objects from their 2D projections in order to think in 3D about objects in space. One formal lecture per week, focused on civil and environmental engineering applications of the software is given. This is supplemented by multiple tutorials written for the software. Students will be required to complete the tutorials in recitation and on their own time and submit a copy of completed tutorials by the due date.

MTH 306LR Intro Diff Equations

Analytic solutions, qualitative behavior of solutions to differential equations. First-order and higher-order ordinary differential equations, including nonlinear equations. Covers analytic, geometric, and numerical perspectives as well as an interplay between methods and model problems. Discusses necessary matrix theory and explores differential equation models of phenomena from various disciplines. Uses a mathematical software system designed to aid in the numerical and qualitative study of solutions, and in the geometric interpretation of solutions. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

CIE 327LLB Civil Engrg Materials

Introduction to Structural Materials: Concrete, Steel, Wood, and Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP); Physical, mechanical, and durability properties and microstructure of materials; Cement chemistry & cement hydration reactions; concrete mix design and quality control; atomic structure, imperfections, and alloying to manufacture steel; yielding and failure theories for steel; Reinforced concrete basics; Types of woods; FRP design basics; Introduction to High Performance Concrete; Recent Innovations in Materials; Influence of materials on infrastructure resilience and sustainability.

EAS 209LR Mechanics of Solids

Studies the mechanical behavior of solid bodies under various types of loading. Topics include stresses and strain, stress-strain relationships, plane stress and plane strain; shear and bending moments in beams, stresses in beams; deflection of beams, torsion of shafts, buckling of columns, energy methods, and failure criteria.

CIE 354LR Fluid Mechanics

Provides an introductory treatment of the dynamics of fluids, emphasizing incompressible fluids. Develops and applies hydrostatics, thermodynamics, fluid characteristics, kinematics, and dynamics; methods of analysis including the infinitesimal and finite control volume; stress rate-of-strain relations; and basic equations for continuity, energy, motion, and force-momentum. Measurement methods.

CIE 323LR Structural Analysis

First of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 323 introduces students to the basic techniques for analyzing common structural elements, including beams, trusses, and frames. The course covers methods to analyze both statically determinate and indeterminate structural systems including force and moment diagrams, influence lines and calculation of deflections.

CIE 334LLR Soil Mechanics

Soil formation and identification. The physical and mechanical properties of granular and cohesive soils. The nature and flow of water in soils, stress distribution, consolidation, analysis of deformation and strength of soils, stress path dependent behavior and slope stability.

CIE 308LR Engineering Probability & Stat

Introduces sampling, descriptive and inferential statistics, probability, probability distribution functions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, covariance and correlation, and linear regression.

CIE 340LR Environmental Engineering

This course introduces the quantitative analysis of natural and engineered systems in the context of environmental engineering. Basic concepts include mass, energy, and number balances and risk. Applications include water pollution and treatment, air pollution and its control, solid waste management, sustainability, and global climate change.

EAS 198SEM UB Seminar

The one credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps transition to UB through an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 198 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

CIE 343LLR Hydraulics and Hydrology

Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to pressurized flow systems, hydraulic machinery and open channel systems with introduction to hydraulic drag and surface/subsurface hydrology. Topics include minor and major losses in laminar and turbulent flow, pipe networks, flow measurements, pump and turbine operation and design, uniform and nonuniform open channel flow, surface profiles, hydraulic drag formulas, introduction to steady groundwater flow with emphasis on well hydraulics and introduction to hydrologic processes with detailed coverage of surface runoff.

CIE 324LR Intro to Structural Design

The second of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 324 introduces students to analysis and design of complex structural systems: the art of using the principles of statics and mechanics to calculate the design axial and shear forces and moments and then determine the size and arrangement of structural elements under prescribed loads. The course considers design loads, tributary areas, and load paths in real-world structures. LRFD design principles are introduced and applied to design reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Modern computing tools will be used.

CIE 435LEC Foundation Engineering

Applies soil mechanics to engineering problems. Soil exploration and sampling. States of plastic equilibrium, bearing capacity, and settlement of foundations. Foundation design, spread footing, mat, piles, and drilled shafts. Lateral earth pressures, retaining walls, and braced excavations.

CIE 439LEC Transportation Systems

Introduces engineering and planning principles applicable to all types of transportation systems; concept and methods of transportation network analysis; operation and management of transportation systems; traffic engineering elements; traffic flow theory; highway capacity analysis; design and application of traffic control devices.

EAS 360LEC STEM Communications

Prepares students to successfully communicate, across a range of professional genres and media, to technical, professional, and public audiences; to produce communications individually and as part of a team; and to produce communications which are consistent with ethical engineering practice.

CIE 415LEC Prof Practice Issues

Ethical issues in civil engineering practice, the professional licensure process, the project life cycle, engineering economics fundamentals, construction contracts and delivery methods, cost estimating fundamentals, project scheduling fundamentals, project control fundamentals.

GEO 281LEC Web-Based GIS

Recent Advances in internet technology have stimulated rapid development of on-line imaging and mapping systems. This course provides a systematic introduction to these internet-based digital imaging and mapping systems in order to familiarize students with Internet-based tools and data and allow them to explore and understand the spatial distribution of natural and constructed phenomena. Through a combination of lectures and exercises, students will develop and practice the following on-line skills: using interface of on-line systems, digital map display in 2D and 3D, digital image display in 2D and 3D, flight simulation, multiple image and map management, measurements, navigation, spatial query, feature selection and buffering, and customized map making.

GEO 481LLB Geographical Info Systems

Provides a general introduction to the principles and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). The lectures cover several fundamental aspects of GIS: (1) the basics of a GIS system, (2) GIS data and sources of data, (3) GIS analysis functions, and (4) GIS applications and related issues. The laboratory exercises are based on the leading GIS software, ArcGIS, and are designed to help students understand the lecture materials and gain hands-on experiences in GIS data acquisition, spatial database management, spatial analysis, and mapping. This course is dual-listed with GEO 506.

CIE 416LEC Civil Capstone

Second course of a two-course sequence. Students work in teams of four to six on a design problem that is drawn from industry. The project is introduced in CIE 415. Teams compete against each other and are required to complete a preliminary design report and project presentation. Teams meet weekly in smaller groups with faculty and practicing engineers to discuss progress.

UBC 399MNT UB Curriculum Capstone

UB Curriculum Capstone (UBC 399) is the culminating general education requirement. It is a one-credit course in which you will work in UBPortfolio, with the support of your Capstone instructor, to create a reflective and integrative Capstone ePortfolio based on your UB Curriculum coursework and lived experiences outside of the classroom. All UB Curriculum courses must be completed or in-progress to enroll in and complete UBC 399. Students who drop an in-progress course will be removed from UBC 399 through the add/drop period. Students who resign an in-progress course may not be able to successfully complete the Capstone.

EAS 198SEM UB Seminar

The one credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps transition to UB through an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 198 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

CIE 340LR Environmental Engineering

This course introduces the quantitative analysis of natural and engineered systems in the context of environmental engineering. Basic concepts include mass, energy, and number balances and risk. Applications include water pollution and treatment, air pollution and its control, solid waste management, sustainability, and global climate change.

CIE 308LR Engineering Probability & Stat

Introduces sampling, descriptive and inferential statistics, probability, probability distribution functions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, covariance and correlation, and linear regression.

CIE 334LLR Soil Mechanics

Soil formation and identification. The physical and mechanical properties of granular and cohesive soils. The nature and flow of water in soils, stress distribution, consolidation, analysis of deformation and strength of soils, stress path dependent behavior and slope stability.

CIE 323LR Structural Analysis

First of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 323 introduces students to the basic techniques for analyzing common structural elements, including beams, trusses, and frames. The course covers methods to analyze both statically determinate and indeterminate structural systems including force and moment diagrams, influence lines and calculation of deflections.

CIE 354LR Fluid Mechanics

Provides an introductory treatment of the dynamics of fluids, emphasizing incompressible fluids. Develops and applies hydrostatics, thermodynamics, fluid characteristics, kinematics, and dynamics; methods of analysis including the infinitesimal and finite control volume; stress rate-of-strain relations; and basic equations for continuity, energy, motion, and force-momentum. Measurement methods.

EAS 360LEC STEM Communications

Prepares students to successfully communicate, across a range of professional genres and media, to technical, professional, and public audiences; to produce communications individually and as part of a team; and to produce communications which are consistent with ethical engineering practice.

CIE 439LEC Transportation Systems

Introduces engineering and planning principles applicable to all types of transportation systems; concept and methods of transportation network analysis; operation and management of transportation systems; traffic engineering elements; traffic flow theory; highway capacity analysis; design and application of traffic control devices.

CIE 435LEC Foundation Engineering

Applies soil mechanics to engineering problems. Soil exploration and sampling. States of plastic equilibrium, bearing capacity, and settlement of foundations. Foundation design, spread footing, mat, piles, and drilled shafts. Lateral earth pressures, retaining walls, and braced excavations.

CIE 324LR Intro to Structural Design

The second of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. CIE 324 introduces students to analysis and design of complex structural systems: the art of using the principles of statics and mechanics to calculate the design axial and shear forces and moments and then determine the size and arrangement of structural elements under prescribed loads. The course considers design loads, tributary areas, and load paths in real-world structures. LRFD design principles are introduced and applied to design reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Modern computing tools will be used.

CIE 343LLR Hydraulics and Hydrology

Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to pressurized flow systems, hydraulic machinery and open channel systems with introduction to hydraulic drag and surface/subsurface hydrology. Topics include minor and major losses in laminar and turbulent flow, pipe networks, flow measurements, pump and turbine operation and design, uniform and nonuniform open channel flow, surface profiles, hydraulic drag formulas, introduction to steady groundwater flow with emphasis on well hydraulics and introduction to hydrologic processes with detailed coverage of surface runoff.

CIE 415LEC Prof Practice Issues

Ethical issues in civil engineering practice, the professional licensure process, the project life cycle, engineering economics fundamentals, construction contracts and delivery methods, cost estimating fundamentals, project scheduling fundamentals, project control fundamentals.

GEO 281LEC Web-Based GIS

Recent Advances in internet technology have stimulated rapid development of on-line imaging and mapping systems. This course provides a systematic introduction to these internet-based digital imaging and mapping systems in order to familiarize students with Internet-based tools and data and allow them to explore and understand the spatial distribution of natural and constructed phenomena. Through a combination of lectures and exercises, students will develop and practice the following on-line skills: using interface of on-line systems, digital map display in 2D and 3D, digital image display in 2D and 3D, flight simulation, multiple image and map management, measurements, navigation, spatial query, feature selection and buffering, and customized map making.

GEO 481LLB Geographical Info Systems

Provides a general introduction to the principles and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). The lectures cover several fundamental aspects of GIS: (1) the basics of a GIS system, (2) GIS data and sources of data, (3) GIS analysis functions, and (4) GIS applications and related issues. The laboratory exercises are based on the leading GIS software, ArcGIS, and are designed to help students understand the lecture materials and gain hands-on experiences in GIS data acquisition, spatial database management, spatial analysis, and mapping. This course is dual-listed with GEO 506.

UBC 399MNT UB Curriculum Capstone

UB Curriculum Capstone (UBC 399) is the culminating general education requirement. It is a one-credit course in which you will work in UBPortfolio, with the support of your Capstone instructor, to create a reflective and integrative Capstone ePortfolio based on your UB Curriculum coursework and lived experiences outside of the classroom. All UB Curriculum courses must be completed or in-progress to enroll in and complete UBC 399. Students who drop an in-progress course will be removed from UBC 399 through the add/drop period. Students who resign an in-progress course may not be able to successfully complete the Capstone.

CIE 416LEC Civil Capstone

Second course of a two-course sequence. Students work in teams of four to six on a design problem that is drawn from industry. The project is introduced in CIE 415. Teams compete against each other and are required to complete a preliminary design report and project presentation. Teams meet weekly in smaller groups with faculty and practicing engineers to discuss progress.