USP Codes are listed in brackets by the 1991 USP code followed by the 2003 USP code (i.e. [M2<>QB]).

2070. Engineering Surveying. 3. Principles of measurements of distances, elevation and angles. Basic error theory in measurement and calculations. Traverse field techniques and office calculations. Basic principles of surveying and map making. Prerequisite: significant surveying experience or ES 1060. (Normally offered fall semester)

2074. Ethics for the Professional Surveyor. 1. Introduction to the common ethical and moral issues facing professional surveyors in modern practice. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or consent of instructor.

2080. Public Land Surveys I. 1. Covers historical factors that lead to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). Basic fundamentals are discussed, including line types, corner types, and the original survey process. Principles of government dependent and independent resurveys and the basic keys to reading General Land Office and BLM survey plats are also discussed. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or consent of instructor.

2082. Public Land Surveys II. 1. Discusses “bono fide rights” and riparian boundaries in the PLSS. Presents the non-rectangular entities, the process for section subdivision, including normal, fractional, lotted closing corners, and sections lotted for irregularities found in a dependent survey, and the proper use of off-line closing corners. Prerequisite: CE 2080 or consent of instructor.

2084. Public Land Surveys III. 1. Covers the importance of and process for records research. Discussion leads into the analysis of corner evidence on the ground, and restoring lost corners after years of deterioration and neglect. Also discusses the role of the present day surveyor in the PLSS and what types of complexities that will be faced. Prerequisite: CE 2082 or consent of instructor.

2086. Advanced Public Land Surveys. 3. Advanced topics in situations and problems in the Public Land Survey system, with discussion of major court cases involving everyday applications to surveyors. 1975 BLM casebook and other sources of survey reference. Prerequisite: CE 2084, CE 3740, or consent of instructor.

2088. Writing Land Descriptions. 2. Historical and current issues for land description writing and usage for the practicing surveyor. Relationship between written descriptions and field survey data, interpreting old descriptions and the structure principles of description. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or consent of instructor.

2090. GPS for Surveyors. 4. Practical applications point of view regarding the use of GPS technology for land survey projects utilizing actual GPS survey data from US government Cadastral Survey in a wide variety of conditions and applications. Topics include fundamentals of GPS, geodesy, project planning, survey techniques, field procedures, data processing and evaluation, network adjustment, and an overview of Realtime Kinematic survey techniques for Cadastral Surveys. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or consent of instructor.

2100. Civil Engineering Systems. 3. The practice of civil engineering is used as a model to introduce how the different areas of civil engineering are interested.  Uses examples from several civil engineering projects to introduce computer-aided drafting and design. Prerequisites: CE 2070 (or concurrent) and ES 2410 (or concurrent).

3100. Civil and Architectural Engineering Practice. 3. Civil and architectural engineering practice from project inception through construction documentation. Topics include: codes, marketing, specifications, budgeting, contracts, subcontracting, registration, construction planning, scheduling bidding, liability, insurance, and bonding. Cross listed with ARE 3100. Prerequisites: junior standing in CE or ARE.

3200. Structural Analysis I. 3. Introductory design and analysis topics in loads on building, stress and displacement analysis of structures, including beams, trusses and frames, classical flexibility and stiffness methods. Cross listed with ARE 3200. Prerequisite: ES 2410. (Normally offered both semesters)

3210 [2210]. Civil Engineering Materials. 3. [(none)<>WB] Laboratory investigation and design of materials used in civil engineering: metals, masonry, concrete and timber. Non-destructive evaluation of materials. Analysis and presentation of data, including various types of written reports and oral presentations. Cross listed with ARE 3210. Prerequisites: WA and ES 2410. (Normally offered fall semester)

3300 [4320]. Hydraulic Engineering. 3. Develops analysis, design and modeling techniques for incompressible pipe flow, steady uniform and gradually varied open channel flow, and hydraulic structures. Prerequisite: ES 2330. (Offered both semesters)

3400. Introduction to Environmental Engineering. 3. An introduction to the major topics in environmental engineering. Focus areas include water supply, waste water treatment, air pollution control and solid and hazardous waste management. Quantitative aspects and engineering solutions to problems are emphasized. Prerequisites: CHEM 1020 or equivalent.

3500 [4500]. Transportation Engineering. 3. Introduction to the major topics in Transportation Engineering.  Focus areas include roadway and non-motorized facility design, traffic operations, transportation planning, and pavement materials and design. Prerequisite: junior standing in engineering. (Normally offered spring semester)

3600 [4600]. Soil Mechanics I. 3. A study of soil and the properties which influence its usefulness as an engineering material. Principles governing movement of soil, water and propagation of stresses through soil masses are studied. Prerequisite: ES 2410. (Offered both semesters)

3710 [4710]. Route Surveying. 3. Principles of route location and design. The theory of circular, parabolic and spiral curves; highway and railway geometric design; area and volumes of earthwork; and mass diagrams. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or equivalent. (Normally offered spring semester)

3720 [4720]. Advanced Surveying. 4. Advanced topics in surveying computations and procedures, including traverse error analysis, topographic surveying, mapping, astronomical observations, coordinate geometry applications, introduction to geodesy, state plane coordinates and concepts of least squares analysis of survey adjustments. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or equivalent. (Normally offered spring semester)

3740. Survey Boundary Control and Legal Principles. 2. This course in boundary law addresses the fundamental principles of real property as applied to land surveying and related professions. Discussion and applications center on practical situations and concepts commonly encountered while conducting boundary surveys and the determination of the extent of ownership rights. Students explore the scope of the surveyors' judiciary role in real property ownership. Primarily offered through The Outreach School. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or equivalent.

3750. Surveying Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location. 2. A practical and working guide to understanding survey evidence and the laws of boundary location for efficient, accurate boundary determination. This material aids in the elimination of errors in location of land boundaries. The surveyor's liability and statutes of limitations are explored in depth. Also included are discussions of the surveyor's role in court. Normally offered only through the The Outreach School. Prerequisite: CE 2070 or equivalent.

3900 [4900]. Engineering Economics and Professional Ethics. 3. A study of decision making based on economic criteria. Includes time value of money, present value, annual value and rate of return methods; incremental graphics, depreciation methods, income tax evaluations; replacement and sensitivity analysis; and governmental financing. A review of social and professional ethics. Includes the engineer in society, business and profession with case studies of professional responsibility and ethics decisions. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Offered both semesters)

4100.  Civil Engineering Applications in GIS. 3. Concepts of Geographic Information Systems, the methods and software used to implement them, and their applications to solve civil engineering problems.  Prerequisites: CE 2070 and senior standing.

4200. Structural Analysis II. 3. Stress and displacement of indeterminate structures. Determination of loads on buildings. Matrix stiffness methods. Cross listed with ARE 4200. Prerequisite: ARE/CE 3200. (Offered both semesters)

4250. Structural Steel Design. 3. Design of structural components and applications utilizing steel. Cross listed with ARE 4250. Prerequisite: ARE/CE 4200 or concurrent enrollment. (Normally offered fall semester)

4260. Structural Concrete Design. 3. Design of structural components and systems using reinforced concrete. Cross listed with ARE 4260. Prerequisite: ARE/CE 3200. (Offered both semesters)

4280. Reinforced Masonry Design. 3. Design of structural components in reinforced masonry buildings, including walls, columns, beams and connections. Particular attention is paid to current codes, specifications and analysis. Identical to ARE 4280. Prerequisite: ARE/CE 4260 and concurrent enrollment in ARE/CE 4200. (Normally offered fall semester)

4290. Structural Timber Design. 3. Design of structural components and applications utilizing timber. Identical to ARE 4290. Prerequisite: CE 4200 or concurrent enrollment. (Normally offered spring semester)

4350 [4810]. Design of Hydraulic Engineering Systems. 3. For seniors and graduate students in civil engineering who desire to learn design of municipal water distribution and wastewater collection (storm and sanitary) systems by combining principles from hydraulics, hydrology and environmental engineering course work into an integrated design approach. Prerequisites: CE 3300 and 4800. (Normally offered spring semester)

4400. Design of Water Treatment Facilities. 3. A theoretical and practical design course for municipal potable water treatment systems. Major emphasis includes health criteria, operational control procedures, primary and secondary drinking water regulations, as well as the latest treatment design standards for production of drinking water. Prerequisite: CE 3400. (Normally offered fall semester)

4410. Design of Wastewater Treatment Facilities. 3. A theoretical and practical design course for treatment of municipal wastewaters. Major areas of emphasis include waste characterization and physical, chemical and biological unit processes. Prerequisite: CE 3400. (Normally offered spring semester)

4420. Environmental Engineering Laboratory 3. [(none)<>WB] Laboratory investigations are often utilized for characterizing water and waste quality and for evaluating the efficacy of treatment processes. Designed to familiarize students with common environmental laboratory methods and appropriate analysis and presentation of laboratory data.  Prerequisites:  WA or equivalent, concurrent enrollment in CE 4400 or CE 4410.

4430 [3420, 2420]. Environmental Engineering Chemistry. 3. Focus includes inorganic, organic, physical, equilibrium, biochemistry, colloidal and nuclear chemistry with an emphasis on the problems/solutions encountered by environmental and civil engineers. Prerequisites: CHEM1020.

4440. Solid Waste Engineering. 3. Municipal solid waste collection, treatment and ultimate disposal are covered. Engineering design of landfills, incinerators, composting, recycling and reuse, as well as other solid waste management systems are included. Prerequisites: CHEM 1020 and CE 3400. (Normally offered fall semester)

4510 [5510]. Pavement Design for Airports and Highways. 3. Designing flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports. Topics include pavement materials and common uses, soil stabilization, quality control of materials, pavement design procedures. Dual listed with CE 5510. Prerequisite: CE 3500 or 3600.

4555 [4520, 5550]. Geometric Design of Highways. 3. Criteria controlling geometric design of highways including design speed, design volume, vehicle requirements and capacity design standards for different highway types; design of sight distance, alignment, grade; cross-section design; access control, frontage roads; intersection design elements, and design of intersections and interchanges.  Students may not receive credit for both CE 4555 and CE 5555. Dual listed with CE 5555. Prerequisite: CE 3500.

4610 [5610]. Foundation Engineering. 3. Site characterization and soil properties. Includes bearing capacity, stress distribution, settlement. Design of shallow and deep foundations. Prerequisite: CE 3600. (Normally offered fall semester)

4620. Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. 3. Covers the topic of engineered slopes for civil infrastructure. Topics include engineering and geologic classification of landslides; field investigations; soil and rock strength properties for stability analysis; analytical and numerical methods for analysis of slope stability; design of engineered stabilization systems.  Prerequisites:  CE 3600.

4630. Geotechnical Engineering. 3. Covers topics in design and analysis of soil site investigation and construction, such as instrumentation, soil improvement, water control and remedial measures. Prerequisite: CE 3600. (Offered every third semester)

4800. Hydrology. 3. An introduction to the methods of hydrologic analyses and design with emphasis on precipitation, evapotranspiration, streamflow, flood prediction and routing and interpretation of methods for precipitation/run-off. Prerequisite: ES 2330. (Normally offered fall semester)

4820 [AGRE 4200]. Groundwater and Drainage Engineering. 3. Principles and basic equations associated with saturated and unsaturated flow in soils describing groundwater and drainage flow will be developed. Design and analysis of surface and subsurface drainage systems will occur for steady and transient flow. Prerequisite: ES 2330. (Offered once every three semesters)

4900. Comprehensive Design Experience in:____. 1-4 (Max. 4). Concentrated, comprehensive design course focusing on one or more subdisciplines within civil engineering. See your departmental adviser for further information and requirements. Prerequisites: senior standing in civil engineering; concurrent enrollment in the designated companion course.

4920. Senior Civil Engineering Problems. 1-3 (Max. 6).  A study of current engineering problems that are applicable to civil engineering either on an individual basis or for small seminar type groups. Prerequisite: senior standing or approval of department head. (Offered fall, spring and summer)

4970. Wyoming D.O.T. Design Squad Cooperative Experience. 3. Experience with Wyoming Department of Transportation design procedures and fundamentals. Participation in development of design documents used to construct actual projects. Offered S/U Only. Prerequisites: selection for Laramie Design Squad employment and consent of department head. (Offered fall, spring, and summer)

4975. Civil and Architectural Engineering Internship 1-3. (Max. 3).  Students who receive progressive engineering during an extended work period (>30 weeks) may present a proposal for internship work one month prior to the end of the semester before the experience.  Application may be approved by CE/ARE curriculum committee prior to start.  Completion report will determine hours of pass/fail approved. Prerequisite:  junior standing.

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