Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


How to Read Catalog Course Descriptions

Texas Tech offers nearly 5,000 courses as part of its curriculum. These courses are listed alphabetically by subject prefix within each college and departmental section of this catalog. The courses appear in numerical order, moving from beginning freshman or developmental level courses to graduate, research, and professional courses.

Not all courses listed in this catalog are offered every year. An online class schedule published before each registration period indicates courses that will be available during the upcoming term or semester and when each class will meet. The class schedule can be found at (www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/class_schedule/index.php). The university reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course or withdraw any program from the list of offerings when the best interests of the institution require such action.

Courses are designated by a subject prefix and number along with a descriptive title. Learn more  about interpreting the course descriptions found throughout the catalog.

 

CE - Civil Engineering (Undergraduate Courses)

  
  • CE 1130 - Civil Engineering Seminar I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Introduction to the practice of civil engineering.
  
  • CE 2101 - Construction Materials Laboratory

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Laboratory determination and interpretation of engineering properties of construction materials including steel, concrete, aluminum, wood, and masonry.
  
  • CE 2301 - Statics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    TCCNS: [ENGR 2301, ENGR 2401] Prerequisites: MATH 1452 PHYS 1408  (may be taken concurrently). Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.
  
  • CE 3103 - Mechanics of Solids Laboratory

    1 Semester Credit Hours
     Prerequisite:CE 3303 . Laboratory measurements and observation of behavior of solid materials.
  
  • CE 3105 - Mechanics of Fluids Laboratory

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3305 . Experimental studies of fluid behavior.
  
  • CE 3121 - Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Corequisite: CE 3321 . Laboratory determination and engineering evaluation of the physical properties of soils.
  
  • CE 3171 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory I

    1 Semester Credit Hours
     Corequisite: CE 3309 . Performance of standard analytical methods used to measure water and wastewater quality. Evaluation of limits to data produced by standard methods.
  
  • CE 3302 - Dynamics

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisites:MATH 2450  (may be taken concurrently) and either CE 2301  or ME 2301 . A study of motions of particles and rigid bodies.
  
  • CE 3303 - Mechanics of Solids

    3 Semester Credit Hours
     Prerequisites: CE 2301  or ME ME 2301 . Theory of stress and strain in elastic and inelastic bodies subject to various conditions of loading.
  
  • CE 3305 - Mechanics of Fluids

    3 Semester Credit Hours
     Prerequisites: CE 2301  or ME ME 2301 . Hydrostatics; dynamics of viscous and nonviscous fluids; resistance to flow; flow in pipes and open channels.
  
  • CE 3309 - Environmental Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1308  and CE 3305 . Corequisite: CE 3171 . Water and wastewater characteristics and system design for water and wastewater treatment. Introduction of techniques of solid hazardous waste management and air pollution control.
  
  • CE 3321 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3303 . Physical properties of soils; theories of soil strength, consolidation, and settlement; soil stabilization; slope stability analysis; selected design topics.
  
  • CE 3341 - Principles of Structural Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3440 . Fundamental principles of structural design with consideration for the selection of materials and systems. Team approach to design; oral and written presentations. (CL)
  
  • CE 3354 - Engineering Hydrology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3305 . Analysis and design methods related to the occurrence and distribution of surface and groundwater; precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and frequency analysis. (CL)
  
  • CE 3372 - Water Systems Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3305  and CE 3354 . Hydraulic analysis and design of municipal water distribution, stormwater collection, and wastewater collection systems. Oral and written presentations. (CL)
  
  • CE 3440 - Structural Analysis I

    4 Semester Credit Hours
     Prerequisite: CE 3303 . Introduction to the analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures.
  
  • CE 4000 - Special Studies in Civil Engineering

    V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual studies in civil engineering areas of special interest. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • CE 4101 - Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Review

    1 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 4200  and instructor consent. Review for NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.
  
  • CE 4200 - Professional Engineering Practice Issues

    2 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be within two long semesters of graduation. Review engineering courses in preparation for NCEES FE exam. A study of engineering bodies of knowledge. May be repeated.
  
  • CE 4321 - Geotechnical Engineering Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3321 . Design and construction of foundation systems, geotechnical site investigation, bearing capacity and settlement analysis for shallow foundations, types of deep foundations, axial load capacity of driven piles, drilled shafts, and auger-cast piles, group behavior of piles. (CL)
  
  • CE 4330 - Design of Engineering Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Senior standing, and either CE 4342  or CE 4343  or corequisite CE 4353  or ENVE 4399  and instructor consent. Interdisciplinary team approach to the design of complex engineering systems; should be taken during last semester of undergraduate program. Oral and written presentations. (CL)
  
  • CE 4331 - Special Problems in Civil Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Individual studies in civil engineering. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • CE 4333 - Special Problems in Water Resources

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3440  or instructor consent.  Individual studies in water resources. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • CE 4340 - Structural Analysis II

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3440  or instructor consent. Analysis of structures by matrix methods.
  
  • CE 4342 - Design of Steel Structures

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 2101  and CE 3341 . A course in design of structural steel systems by the LFRD method.
  
  • CE 4343 - Design of Concrete Structures

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 2101  and CE 3341 . A course in design of reinforced concrete systems by strength design methods.
  
  • CE 4351 - Pavement Materials and Design

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 2101 , CE 3303 , CE 3321 . Pavement system, material properties and selection, analysis of layered structures, pavement design, life-cycle cost, pavement performance evaluation, management of pavement systems. S.
  
  • CE 4353 - Design of Hydraulic Systems

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3305  and CE 3354 . Design of open channel and closed conduit conveyance systems for water; includes introduction to HEC-RAS.
  
  • CE 4361 - Transportation Engineering

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Corequisite: CE 3321 , IE 3341  or MATH 3342 , and senior standing or instructor consent. Transportation modes; railway and airport runway design; basic design and analysis concepts of highway systems; transportation planning; traffic engineering; intersection control; geometrics; pavement engineering.
  
  • CE 4363 - Groundwater Hydrology

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 3354  or instructor consent. Groundwater flow; well hydraulics, development, and management of groundwater resources; water quality; mathematical modeling with available software. Introduction to design of wells and well fields.
  
  • CE 4371 - Geometric Design of Highways

    3 Semester Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CE 4361  or instructor consent. Study of geometric design of highways and streets, sign and marking of roadways, and application of computer software in highway design.