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Course Descriptions

 

Chemistry (CHEM)
  

  • CHEM 352 Environmental Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    A study of chemical processes in the environment: topics include stratospheric ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, air pollution, sources of energy, water chemistry, water purification, sewage treatment, and pesticides.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  and CHEM 112 .
  

  • CHEM 354 Air Pollution: Atmospheric Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to air pollution and the chemistry of the Earth’s atmosphere. The fundamental natural processes controlling trace gas and aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere will be explored as well as how anthropogenic activity has affected those processes at local, regional, and global scales.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  and CHEM 112 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Information Literacy.
  

  • CHEM 356 Sustainable Practices

    3 semester hours

    Discussion of the history of water and energy use in society; analysis of pollution resulting from use of non-renewable energy sources and recent advances in production of renewable and sustainable energy practices; and pollution of water with sustainable practices to provide clean freshwater and appropriate wastewater management.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 112  or ENVS 101  or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 357 Environmental Chemistry: Atmosphere and Climate

    3 semester hours

    A study of chemical processes in the environmental. Topics include stratospheric ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, climate change, air pollution, and non-renewable sources of energy.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  and CHEM 112 .
  

  • CHEM 358 Environmental Chemistry: Water, Soil, and Sediment

    3 semester hours

    A study of chemical processes in the environment. Topics include renewable sources of energy, water chemistry, water purification, sewage treatment, pesticides, solid waste, soils and sediments.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  and CHEM 112 .
  

  • CHEM 359 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

    1 semester hours

    Analysis to determine pollutants found in air, water, soil systems; emphasis on the use of instrumental methods and techniques.

    Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 357  or CHEM 358  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CHEM 360 Analytical Chemistry and Lab

    4 semester hours

    Theory of chemical analyses, statistical analyses in chemistry, and an introduction to spectroscopy. Lab includes quantitative analyses by gravimetric, titrimetric, and spectroscopic methods.

    Lecture and laboratory, 8 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 112  and CHEM 113 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Literacy.
  

  • CHEM 370 Biochemistry

    3 semester hours

    Macromolecular structure and function, enzymology, bioergetics and kinetics, biotechnology, major metabolic pathways.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 222  and CHEM 223 .

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • CHEM 371 Biochemistry Lab

    1 semester hours

    Techniques of protein purification, enzyme assay, and kinetics.

    Lecture and laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370  or concurrent enrollment.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • CHEM 372 Advanced Biochemistry

    3 semester hours

    Metabolic regulation; macromolecular structure, function and synthesis membrane transport; DNA and RNA metabolism and control; biochemistry of vitamins and other nutrients; protein biosynthesis.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370 .
  

  • CHEM 373 Advanced Biochemistry Lab

    1 semester hours

    Techniques in lipid and carbohydrate analysis; enzyme regulation; enzymes as diagnostic tools, restriction enzymes.

    Lecture and laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 370 , CHEM 371 ; and CHEM 372  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CHEM 380 Forensic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the forensic sciences with an emphasis on chemistry. This course gives students an appreciation for the activities of a real forensic laboratory. Topics covered include basic analytical techniques, arson investigation, and fingerprint, drug, blood, and DNA analyses.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 222 , CHEM 223 , and CHEM 360  or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 382 Wine Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Addresses the major chemical topics associated with wine production, chemical analysis of wine and wine faults. Provides an overview of wine-making and the wine industry through a combination of lecture, lab and field trips.

    Minimum age of 21 required for full participation.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 222 .
  

  • CHEM 390 Chemistry Seminar

    1 semester hours

    Regular attendance at Departmental Seminar Program.

    Credit/No Credit grading only.
  

  • CHEM 391 Chemistry Seminar

    1 semester hours

    Regular attendance at Departmental Seminar Program and presentation of a seminar.
  

  • CHEM 393 Chemistry/Biochemistry Internship

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Research/Development work conducted in a professional chemical setting in a local government or industrial laboratory. Work includes both theory and laboratory practice on a project designed cooperatively by the laboratory’s supervisory staff and LMU faculty. The project is jointly supervised by on-site staff and LMU faculty.

    May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours.

    Credit/No Credit grading only.
  

  • CHEM 397 Directed Research

    0 TO 3 semester hours

    May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours.

    Consent of instructor required.

    Credit/No Credit grading.
  

  • CHEM 398 Special Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 399 Independent Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 420 Advanced Organic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Modern synthetic reactions, mechanisms and study of organic synthesis.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 220  and CHEM 222 .
  

  • CHEM 421 Advanced Organic Chemistry Lab

    1 semester hours

    Laboratory techniques for multi-step synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of organic compounds.

    Lecture and laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 222  and CHEM 223 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • CHEM 422 Physical Organic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    In-depth study of organic, organometallic, and biochemical reaction mechanisms and how these mechanisms are investigated experimentally. Emphasis on application of structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic concepts to understand and predict chemical phenomena.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 222.
  

  • CHEM 430 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Ligand field theory and spectral properties of transition metal complexes. Acid-base concepts and non-aqueous ionizing solvents. Molecular orbital theory applied to p-block clusters. Metallic bonding and chemistry of the solid state.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 330  and CHEM 331  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CHEM 434 Bioinorganic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    The study of the function and structure of metal ions in biology: the properties and spectroscopy of metal ions; metalloproteins; the interaction between metal ions and DNA or RNA; introduction of metal ions into biological systems as probes and as drugs.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370  or by consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 460 Instrumental Analysis and Lab

    4 semester hours

    Theory and practice of analytical methods including infrared spectroscopy, atomic spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and gas and liquid chromatography.

    Lecture and laboratory, 7 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 360 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • CHEM 474 Food Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    The chemistry involved in food preparation and development. Examples include flavorings, food additives, what happens when it is cooked, then eaten; nutritional aspects of foods, food supplements, preservation, food fads.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370 .
  

  • CHEM 476 Advanced Topics in Biochemistry and Biotechnology

    3 semester hours

    Recent advances in biochemistry and biotechnology are discussed and analyzed. Typical topics discussed include protein phage display, genome sequencing technologies, gene synthesis and mutagenesis, protein design and engineering. Students will also read and discuss recent publications from leaders in the fields of biochemistry and biotechnology.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370 .
  

  • CHEM 478 Introduction to Virology

    3 semester hours

    The foundational principles of biochemistry will be used to explore the structures and functions of viruses. Topics discussed will include recent scientific discoveries in virology. In addition to gaining content knowledge in virology, students will develop their scientific communication and information literacy skills.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370 .
  

  • CHEM 480 Medicinal Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Chemical principles involved in design and formulation of drugs; their absorption, distribution, and elimination; and their interaction at possible active sites. Mechanism of action of specific groups of drugs are discussed.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370  or consent of director.
  

  • CHEM 482 Toxicology

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the principles of toxicology, emphasizing cellular mechanisms, e.g., cell signaling, mutagenesis, and/or carcinogenesis. Topics will also include dose-response, toxicokinetics, risk assessment, effects of toxicants on the environment, and approaches that can decrease the amounts of toxicants in the environment.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 370  or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 490 Chemistry Seminar

    1 semester hours

    Regular attendance at Departmental Seminar Program.

    Credit/No Credit grading only.
  

  • CHEM 491 Chemistry Seminar

    1 semester hours

    Regular attendance at Departmental Seminar Program and presentation of a seminar.
  

  • CHEM 493 Chemistry/Biochemistry Internship

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Research/Development work conducted in a professional chemical setting in a local government or industrial laboratory. Work includes both theory and laboratory practice on a project designed cooperatively by the laboratory’s supervisory staff and LMU faculty. The project is jointly supervised by on-site staff and LMU faculty.

    A written report is required.

    May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours.
  

  • CHEM 495 Chemistry Teaching

    0 TO 1 semester hours

    Guided teaching of the undergraduate laboratories.

    May be repeated for credit up to 8 semester hours.

    Credit/No Credit grading only.

    Approval of Department Chairperson required.
  

  • CHEM 497 Directed Research

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    A written report is required.

    May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours.

    Consent of instructor required.
  

  • CHEM 498 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 499 Independent Studies

    0 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 560 Introduction to Modern Spectroscopy

    3 semester hours

    Theory, instrumentation principles, methods for data collection, results interpretation, and contemporary applications of modern spectroscopic methods including Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR). The course will include hands-on use of instrumentation in the laboratory setting.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 360  or consent of instructor.

Chinese (CHIN)
  

  • CHIN 1998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 1999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 2101 Chinese 1

    4 semester hours

    This course is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of the language and will develop communicative skills and learn to read and write in the spoken style.

    This course requires participation in a weekly one-hour integrated drill session.

    Prerequisite: LMU Placement Exam.
  

  • CHIN 2102 Chinese 2

    4 semester hours

    This course is a continuation of CHIN 2101 . Students will continue learning the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese. The four aspects of language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing in spoken style Chinese–are equally emphasized.

    This course requires participation in a weekly one-hour integrated drill session.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 2101  or by LMU Placement Exam.
  

  • CHIN 2103 Chinese 3

    4 semester hours

    Builds upon the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese studied in CHIN 2101  and CHIN 2102 . Students will continue to develop the four aspects of their language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are expected to write short paragraphs and conduct oral presentations.

    This course requires participation in a weekly one-hour integrated drill session.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 2102  or by LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Oral Skills.
  

  • CHIN 2104 Chinese 4

    4 semester hours

    This course is a continuation of CHIN 2103 . Four aspects of language–listening, speaking, reading, and writing–are equally emphasized. Students will be introduced to more idiomatic expressions, grammatical structures, and cultural elements. Students are expected to write short paragraphs and do oral presentations. The basic written style will also be introduced.

    This course requires participation in a weekly one-hour integrated drill session.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 2103  or by LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Oral Skills.
  

  • CHIN 2998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 2999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 3605 Chinese 5

    4 semester hours

    This course will help students continue to develop their four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with a focus on oral skills. Many of the grammatical constructions introduced in first and second year Chinese will be repeated in this course with increasing sophistication in terms of style and usage. Students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese. Rigorous practice of spoken and written style Chinese in complex communicative activities will be conducted. Students will also do intensive reading of expository writings on a variety of cultural topics.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 2104  or by LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.
  

  • CHIN 3606 Chinese 6

    4 semester hours

    This course is designed to help students further solidify their language and literacy skills; moreover, this course helps students improve their understanding of today’s China. It seeks to enable students to give formal reports, give factual accounts, read materials, write essays, reports, and all types of correspondence in written style Chinese.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3605  or LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.
  

  • CHIN 3998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 3999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 4208 Selected Topics in Contemporary Chinese Society

    4 semester hours

    This course develops students’ knowledge and perspectives about contemporary Chinese society. Students will be exposed to different aspects of Chinese culture and their relationship with the Chinese language in the process of China’s social and cultural transformation. This class will be taught in both Chinese and English.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3606  or LMU Placement Exam.

    This course is repeatable once for credit when content varies.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • CHIN 4212 Chinese Calligraphy

    4 semester hours

    This course offers an interdisciplinary study and practicum of Chinese calligraphy in its artistic, historical, and sociocultural contexts. Systematic hands-on practice of brush writing is integrated with the reading and discussion of texts in both English and Chinese.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3606  or LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Creative Experience.
  

  • CHIN 4309 Modern China through Film

    4 semester hours

    By introducing well-known films produced in the twentieth century by filmmakers from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, this seminar explores the immense panorama of contemporary Chinese society from different perspectives. Key issues include gender, identity, youth, family, education, and modernity. The class will be taught in Chinese entirely.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3606  or LMU Placement Exam.
  

  • CHIN 4402 The Chinese Writing System

    4 semester hours

    This course explores the Chinese script from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including linguistics, literacy, technology, gender, ethnicity, literature, and visual art. It also examines the diverse contexts in which Chinese characters have been used to represent and shape cultural identities at both the personal and the social levels in and beyond Asia.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3606  or LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • CHIN 4510 Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

    4 semester hours

    This course introduces students to some key topics in modern Chinese literature, cinema, and culture. We will examine the ways in which these literary and cultural texts engage modern Chinese experience. This course will help students acquire language skills that allow them to formulate culturally informed and formally attentive interpretations of modern Chinese texts. Through close reading exercises and discussions, this course aims for students to gain a deeper understanding of modern Chinese culture and society.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3606  or LMU Placement Exam.
  

  • CHIN 4807 Advanced Reading in Chinese

    4 semester hours

    In this theme-based course, students will develop integrated skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. While an integrated approach to teach all language skills is adopted, it is on reading and building reading skills that this course places its special focus. Students will study texts of three different genres (narrative, expository, and news features) and be exposed to topics such as the Chinese population, housing, education, job-seeking, and love and marriage.

    Prerequisite: CHIN 3605  or LMU Placement Exam.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • CHIN 4998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CHIN 4999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours


Civil Engineering (CIVL)
  

  • CIVL 200 Mechanics of Materials

    3 semester hours

    Development of relationships between loads applied to an elastic body to stresses and deformations produced in the body, the relation between stresses and strains, approaches for finding necessary dimensions of a member with respect to material capabilities and design constraints.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 200 .
  

  • CIVL 210 Surveying and Mapping

    3 semester hours

    Study of basic surveying instruments and related computations for topographic surveys, horizontal and vertical curves, and the design of highways. The course will include computer aided design and geographic information systems (applications of AutoCAD to civil engineering design and fundamentals of GIS using ArcView).

    Lecture, 2 hours; Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Sophomore standing required.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Information Literacy.
  

  • CIVL 230 Particle Dynamics

    2 semester hours

    The objective of the course is to review particle dynamics and to introduce fundamentals of structural dynamics through theory and lab. Topics in particle dynamics include Newton’s laws, particle kinematics, force and acceleration. Topics in structural dynamics include single and multiple degree-of-freedom structures, earthquake characteristics, and response of linear systems. Structural dynamics experiments will be conducted.

    Lecture, 2 hours.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 200 .
  

  • CIVL 250 Thermal-Fluid Systems

    3 semester hours

    Fluid statics including pressure in a static fluid, differential manometers, hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy and stability, Bernoulli’s Equation and applications, fundamental of classic thermodynamics, properties of pure substances, work and heat, energy balances for closed and open systems, cycles, second law, entropy, irreversible processes, isentropic processes, power and refrigeration cycles, steam turbines.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 200 .
  

  • CIVL 302 Seismic Design of Structures

    3 semester hours

    Free and forced vibration of discrete single and multiple degree of freedom systems, continuous systems, design for earthquake loading, application of the Uniform Building Code to the seismic design of structures.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Literacy.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 200  and MATH 245 .
  

  • CIVL 305 Structural Theory

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to the International Building Code. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate deformable structures using classical methods and an introduction to computer methods of analysis.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 200  and MATH 245 .
  

  • CIVL 310 Fluid Mechanics I

    3 semester hours

    Properties of fluids, fluid statics, kinematics, energy, hydrodynamics, momentum and dynamic forces, steady flow of compressible and incompressible fluids.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 250  and MATH 245  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CIVL 311 Fluid Mechanics Lab

    1 semester hours

    A companion laboratory of CIVL 310 .

    Laboratory, 3 hours.

    Corequisite: CIVL 310 .
  

  • CIVL 320 Introduction to Environmental Engineering

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to elements of water treatment, water pollution control, solid and hazardous waste disposal, and air pollution control. The interrelationships of the movement of pollutants between the land, air, and water media are discussed.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics (Civil Engineering majors only).

    Prerequisites: BIOL 114 , CHEM 114 , MATH 132 , and MATH 245  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CIVL 340 Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering I

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to probability and statistics with an emphasis on techniques and applications useful in engineering.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: MATH 132 .
  

  • CIVL 395 Engineering Economics and Decision Theory

    3 semester hours

    The economic evaluation of engineering alternatives. Topics include: time value of money relationships, nominal and effective interest rates, present worth method, annual worth method, rate of return and incremental analysis, depreciation and income taxes, replacement analysis and benefit/cost analysis.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Understanding Human Behavior.

    Prerequisite: 

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  • CIVL 400 Fundamentals of Water and Wastewater Treatment

    3 semester hours

    Fundamentals of water and wastewater treatment systems; water and wastewater characteristics, analysis and design and conventional water treatment systems and physical, chemical, and biological processes for wastewater treatment.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Oral Skills.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 310  and CIVL 320 .
  

  • CIVL 406 Water Resources Planning and Design

    3 semester hours

    Flood control hydrology including rainfall, unit hydrographs, flood frequency analysis and flood routing. Development of surface and groundwater supplies, reservoir yield and operation, determination of water requirements, analysis of water supply and distribution systems.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Information Literacy.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 310 , MATH 245 , and MATH 360 .
  

  • CIVL 410 Soil Mechanics

    4 semester hours

    Physical and mechanical properties of soil, consolidation, settlement of structures, shear strength, analysis of earth pressures, bearing capacity, slope stability, flow through porous media, and open-ended design problems.

    Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 200  and CIVL 310 .
  

  • CIVL 411 Design of Foundations and Earth Structures

    3 semester hours

    Design methods for foundations and earth structures. Design of footings and piles including stability and settlement, slopes, and retaining structures.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 410 .
  

  • CIVL 460 Civil Engineering Design, Practice, and Ethics

    4 semester hours

    An integrated senior design experience which utilizes knowledge from the civil engineering curriculum. In addition to the technical aspects, the designs consider costs, sustainability economics, and environmental factors. Class lectures include discussion of the design process, environmental impact, engineering and professional ethics, the engineering profession, professional practice issues, the role of the engineer in the construction process, and procurement of engineering work. Student project reports and presentations are required.

    Lecture, 2 hours; Design Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Senior standing required.

    University Core fulfilled: Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 210 , CIVL 302 , CIVL 305 , CIVL 395 , CIVL 400 , CIVL 406 , CIVL 410 .
  

  • CIVL 490 Civil & Environ Engineering Seminar

    1 semester hours

     

    Presentations emphasizing the applications of civil and environmental engineering topics in professional practice and research; civil engineering employment opportunities; student group meetings and gatherings; and interaction with members of the LMU Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Council for Industry Partnerships.
  

  • CIVL 498 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CIVL 499 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CIVL 501 Sustainable Water Quality and Resources

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces fundamental water quality and resources topics in the context of sustainability. Topics include introductions to aquatic interactions and fates of pollutants in natural environments; watershed protection and stormwater management for surface and groundwater supplies; sustainable management of groundwater supplies; recycled water production and uses; water quality; and water and wastewater treatment systems.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  or CHEM 114 ; MATH 112  or MATH 122  or MATH 131 .
  

  • CIVL 505 Aquatic Chemistry

    3 semester hours

    Review of stoichiometry, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics. Equilibrium chemistry concepts including acid-base, gas, and solid-liquid equilibria applied to aquatic systems with an emphasis on problem-solving methods to determine chemical speciation and pH effects in natural and treated aquatic systems.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 110    or CHEM 114 .
  

  • CIVL 508 Contaminant Fate, Transport & Remediation

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to physical, chemical, and biological processes governing the movement and fate of contaminants in the surface and coastal water environment. Practical quantitative problems solved based on contaminant mass transport, equilibrium partitioning, and chemical transformations in the environment. Regulatory implications and remediation approaches.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 320 or ENVS 358.
  

  • CIVL 513 Solid Wastes Engineering

    3 semester hours

    An application of current technology in the collection, control, disposal, and recovery of value from solid wastes.

    Lecture, 3 hours.
  

  • CIVL 515 Industrial Waste Management

    3 semester hours

    Principles and methods of treatment and disposal of industrial wastes that may adversely affect the environment, including general characterization of wastes from industries of major significance and typical treatment processes involved. Regulatory constraints.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 400  and ENVS 505 .
  

  • CIVL 517 Water Treatment Processes

    3 semester hours

    Theory and practice of the physical and chemical treatment processes to treat water and wastewater including reactor performance, screening sedimentation, membrane and media filtration, adsorption, ion exchange, disinfection. Theory and practice of biological treatment of wastewater including activated sludge, attached growth systems, oxygen transfer, secondary clarification, nutrient removal, residuals stabilization and dewatering, natural treatment systems.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 320  and CIVL 400  (either completed or taking concurrently) or CIVL 501  (either completed or taking concurrently).
  

  • CIVL 518 Water Reuse and Desalination

    3 semester hours

    Wastewater reuse and desalination are key components of future water supply systems. This course covers processes used for water reuse and membrane treatment systems. The objectives include understanding: 1) the rapidly expanding wastewater reuse market; 2) advanced treatment processes required for reuse; and 3) the roles and characteristics of membrane systems for treatment of water and wastewater along with desalination for seawater and brackish water. Existing reuse and membrane treatment systems are studied to understand how individual processes are integrated to meet the water quality objectives and treatment requirements for different applications.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 320 .
  

  • CIVL 519 Advanced Integrated Water Treatment Systems

    3 semester hours

    Integrated design of water and wastewater treatment facilities from site and process selection, site layout, hydraulics, flow and material balances, pumping, odor control, and chemical feed systems. Includes the design of additional processes such as ozonation, air stripper, ion exchange, adsorption, nutrient removal, etc.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 400 .
  

  • CIVL 526 Surface Water Hydrology

    3 semester hours

    Study of the elements of the hydrologic cycle, rainfall, streamflow, infiltration, evapotranspiration, snowmelt, hydrographs, probability, river and reservoir routing, runoff determination using the rational method and hydrograph methods.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: MATH 112  or MATH 122  or MATH 131 .
  

  • CIVL 527 Urban Water Systems and Stormwater Management

    3 semester hours

    Overview of the theory and practical applied hydraulic design in an urban setting. Topics include potable water conveyance facilities with pump stations and reservoirs; storm water conveyance systems including pipe, street gutter, storm drains, and culverts. Emphasis is placed on the design Low Impact Development (LID) biorentention, and other facilities for regulatory compliance and sustainability, as well as on the application of modeling software used in practice.

    Prerequisite:

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  • CIVL 528 Groundwater Hydrology and Sustainable Management

    3 semester hours

    Groundwater in California and other regions of the world is a critical component of our water supply portfolio, and proper management requires a judicious balance between municipal, agricultural, and environmental interests. In this course, students will learn about 1) the theory of groundwater occurrence and movement; 2) the engineering involved in groundwater extraction, replenishment, and protection; and 3) sustainable basin management strategies and optimization techniques. Specific course topics include theory of the movement and occurrence of water in a porous medium, Darcy’s law, steady and unsteady flow in confined and unconfined aquifers, hydraulics of groundwater wells, municipal water well design, use of professional groundwater modeling software, optimization techniques to sustainably manage groundwater basin pumping, safe yield operation, artificial recharge, conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water supplies, seawater intrusion prevention, and sustainable basin management strategies and agreements.

    Prerequisite: MATH 112  or MATH 122  or MATH 131 .
  

  • CIVL 529 Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Remediation

    3 semester hours

    Processes affecting the transport and fate of inorganic and organic contaminants in groundwater. Emphasis is placed on processes involving phase equilibrium, mass transfer, dissolution, etc. Review of flow and contaminant transport models, remediation technologies, and practical/regulatory considerations.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 528 .
  

  • CIVL 530 Design of Concrete Structures

    4 semester hours

    Theory and design of reinforced concrete columns, beams, retaining walls, footings, and slabs. Application to design projects.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 200  and CIVL 305 .
  

  • CIVL 531 Principles of Water Quality Management

    3 semester hours

    Review of the basic parameters used to describe water quality. Fundamentals of aquatic interaction in natural systems and fate of pollutants in the natural environments. Basic water and wastewater treatment systems.

    Prerequisites: Introductory calculus, basic physics, and chemistry.
  

  • CIVL 532 Structural Steel Design

    3 semester hours

    Fundamentals of load and resistance factor design of steel components, connections, and systems. Component designs include beams, composite beams, beam columns, tension and compression members, and simple connections. Introduction to computational modeling.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 200  and CIVL 305 .
  

  • CIVL 533 Design of Wood Structures

    3 semester hours

    The course addresses properties and behavior of wood products, design criteria using structural timber, glue laminated lumber, and panels, LRFD design of bending and compression members, frames, diaphragms, shear panels, and connection details, and use of resources such as building codes and the National Design Specifications.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 200 .
  

  • CIVL 536 Nonlinear Structural Analysis

    3 semester hours

    This course will cover nonlinear response and behavior of new and retrofitted buildings to earthquake ground motions. The course will be taught with lectures and projects (Perform 3D), using both prescriptive and performance-based design methodologies. Topics include nonlinear static and dynamic analysis, response spectra, component and system behavior, damping, latest research references for computational modeling.

    Corequisite: CIVL 305  
  

  • CIVL 537 Building Information Modeling

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to create and utilize a Building Information Model (BIM) for construction building projects. This is a project-based course where students apply BIM concepts to real-life projects from the planning and design stages to the construction phase. The course also introduces the use of BIM for clash detection as well as for cost estimating and scheduling purposes.

    Junior standing or above required.
  

  • CIVL 538 Construction Management and Sustainability

    3 semester hours

    Course provides students with an introduction to construction management and sustainable building practices and rating systems including CALGreen and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

    Junior or senior standing required.
  

  • CIVL 539 Design of Masonry Structures

     

    Analysis and design of masonry structures including the analysis and design of reinforced masonry beams, walls, columns and lateral design considerations.

    Corequisite: CIVL 305  
  

  • CIVL 546 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to engineering seismology and earthquake ground motions. Evaluation of dynamic soil properties, seismic site response analysis, soil liquefaction evaluation and mitigation, seismic slop stability, and seismic evaluation of dams and embankments.

    Prerequisite: CIVL 410  or ENVS 552 .
  

  • CIVL 547 Dams and Levees

    3 semester hours

    Evaluation of geotechnical, hydrology, and hydraulic components for the design and evaluation of dam and levee structures. Consideration of unconfined groundwater flow, filter design, embankment stability, open channels, and other related topics.

    Prerequisites: CIVL 406  and CIVL 410 , or permission of the instructor.
  

  • CIVL 549 Hazardous Waste Remediation

    3 semester hours

    This course provides an overview of the regulatory framework, site assessment and sampling techniques, and remediation technologies for hazardous waste sites. Emphasis is placed on cost-effective remediation technologies, regulatory agency coordination, and new emerging technologies for hazardous waste site clean-up projects.

    Lecture, 3 hours.
 

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