CIVIL ENGINEERING FOURTH YEAR CLASSES

A brief description of the Civil Engineering fourth-year classes offered at McMaster University. The asterisk indicates a technical elective. Students in the straight Civil program will take 5 technical electives and Students in either the Society or Management program will be able to take four technical electives.

CIVENG 4A04 ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY*

This technical elective covers the hydrologic cycle, hydraulic processes, precipitation, unit hydrograph, hydrologic statistics, hydrologic routing and introduction to groundwater flow.

CIVENG 4CM4 CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT*

This technical elective covers the fundamental concepts of construction engineering and management including advanced scheduling techniques, scheduling linear projects, and improving schedules. This course will also cover heavy construction equipment and methods including safety, productive estimation, earth-moving materials and operations, excavation and lifting, and loading and hauling.

CIVENG 4G04 PAVEMENT MATERIALS AND DESIGN*

In this technical elective course, students will learn about the components of highway pavements, groundwater and drainage for highway facilities and soil compaction and stabilization. Furthermore, the class will also cover aggregates, bituminous materials, asphalt mix design, flexible and rigid pavement design, and embankment design.

CIVENG 4K04 MODERN METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS*

This technical elective will cover stiffness methods and applications in structural analysis. This class will also be an introduction to the finite element method including influence lines, elastic stability analysis of frames with and without sway effects. This class will also cover applications of computer programs used in structural analysis.

CIVENG 4L04 DESIGN OF WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS*

In this technical elective students will learn about the investigation, planning, and design of water resource systems and climate change. This class will also be an introduction to GIS tools including frequency analysis, design storm, urban drainage, and analysis as well as floodplain analysis and control.

CIVENG 4N04 STEEL STRUCTURES

This class is an introduction to design in steel, tension and compression members, plate buckling aspects, beam instability, beam design, beam-columns, and bolted and welded connections. Furthermore, this class will also cover applications of employing steel structures and building codes.

CIVENG 4S04 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING*

This technical elective will cover the principles of foundation design. This includes stability analysis, bearing capacity, settlement and location, footings, deep foundations, piles, pile groups, and drilled piers and retaining walls.

CIVENG 4T04 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II - MODELING TRANSIT AND ITS*

This technical elective is a continuation of CIVENG 3K03 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering. This course introduces advanced traffic signal modeling, basic transit engineer concepts, and intelligent transportation systems.

CIVENG 4TA4 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS: THEORY AND SIMULATION*

This technical elective will cover traffic operation and transportation network analysis. This includes traffic studies, traffic flow models, shockwave analysis, advanced analysis of signalized intersections, capacity and level of service analysis, and road network simulation.

CIVENG 4V04 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT*

This technical elective course covers microbial kinetics and cell yield in biological wastewater treatment. This includes conventional activated sludge systems, models of activated sludge systems, aeration systems, sedimentation, membrane bioreactors, biological nutrient removal. This class will also cover sequential batch reactors, biosolids treatment, and attached growth reactors.

CIVENG 4W04 DESIGN OF LOW RISE BUILDINGS*

In this technical elective course, students will learn about structural systems and load distribution. This includes the design of masonry, wood, and cold-formed steel. This class is also an introduction to building envelope design.

CIVENG 4X06 DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS PROJECT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

This is the final year capstone project course for students in civil engineering. This class is supervised by faculty members in the department of civil engineering and includes the design and synthesis that reinforces concepts from structural and /or municipal engineering. In this class, students will be exposed to elements of teamwork sustainability, social responsibility, and project management.

CIVENG 4Y04 BRIDGES AND OTHER STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS*

This technical elective is where students will learn about bridge loads and analysis for load effects. Students will learn about the design of a steel beam - concrete slab composite floor system and steel plate girders. Furthermore, this class will also cover stresses, ultimate strength, design of pre-stressed concrete girders, and fatigue design.

CIVENG 4Z04 INDEPENDENT STUDY*

This technical elective is an experimental and/or analytical investigation related to any branch of civil engineering, under the direction of a faculty member. Students will choose a project from a list of department-approved projects. The student may be required to present a seminar and will submit a final written report before April 1st.

ENG 4V04 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT*

This technical elective covers water/wastewater quality/characteristics. This includes physical and chemical unit processes including coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration for particle removal in water treatment. Furthermore, this class will also go into the inactivations of microorganisms in disinfection and advanced treatment.