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382012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum165. Transportation Policy (3)Lecture—3 hours. Transportation and associatedenvironmental problems confronting urban areas,and prospective technological and institutional solutions.Draws upon concepts and methods from economics,engineering, political science andenvironmental studies. Offered in alternate years.GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt | QL, SE or SS.—(I.) Sperling(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)171. Soil Mechanics (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in Engineering104; Engineering 103 (may be concurrent);course 171L (co-requisite). Restricted to Civil Engineeringand Civil Engineering/Materials Scienceand Engineering majors only. Soil formations, massvolumerelationships, soil classification, effectivestress, soil-water-void relationships, compaction,seepage, capillarity, compressibility, consolidation,strength, states of stress and failure, lateral earthpressures, and slope stability. GE credit:SciEng | SE.—I, III. (I, III.) Kutter(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)171L. Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1)Laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 171 mustbe taken concurrently. Laboratory studies utilizingstandard testing methods to determine physical,mechanical and hydraulic properties of soil anddemonstration of basic principles of soil behavior.GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I, III. (I, III.) Kutter(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)173. Foundation Design: Senior DesignExperience (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 171.Restricted to senior level standing. Soil explorationand determination of properties for design; designof shallow and deep foundations for bearing capacityand settlements; design of retaining structures;selection and evaluation of foundation alternatives;excavation support and dewatering; major designexperience and design report preparation. GEcredit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.) Boulanger(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)175. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering(4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in course171. Earthquake sources and ground motions.Cyclic behavior of soils; triggering, consequences,and mitigation of effects of liquefaction. NEES (Networkfor Earthquake Engineering Simulation) equipmentand techniques for studying earthquakeengineering with focus on liquefaction problems. GEcredit: SciEng | QL, SE.—I. (I.) Idriss, Kutter(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)179. Pavement Engineering (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—3 hours.Prerequisite: C- or better in Engineering 104. Pavementtypes (rigid, flexible, unsurfaced, rail), theirapplications (roads, airfields, ports, rail) and distressmechanisms. Materials, traffic and environmentcharacterization. Empirical and mechanistic-empiricaldesign procedures. Maintenance, rehabilitationand reconstruction; construction quality; asphalt concretemix design. GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE, SL,VL.—I. (I.) Harvey(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)189A-J. Selected Topics in Civil Engineering(1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Directed groupstudy of selected topics with separate sections in (A)Environmental Engineering; (B) Hydraulics andHydrologic Engineering; (C) Engineering Planning;(D) Geotechnical Engineering; (E) Structural Engineering;(F) Structural Mechanics; (G) TransportationEngineering; (H) Transportation Planning; (I) WaterResources Engineering; (J) Water Resources Planning.May be repeated for credit when the topic isdifferent. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)190. The Civil Engineer in Society (2)Lecture—1 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Open toupper division Civil Engineering majors. The CivilEngineering profession; introduction to concepts inbusiness, management, public policy and leadershipincluding the importance of professional licensureand a discussion of professional ethical and societalissues related to civil engineering. GE credit:SocSci | SS.—III. (III.) Kunnath(new course—eff. fall 13)190C. Research Group Conferences in Civiland Environmental Engineering (1)Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper divisionstanding in Civil and Environmental Engineering;consent of instructor. Research group conferences.May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)GE credit: SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)192. Internship in Engineering (1-5)Internship. Prerequisite: upper division standing;approval of project prior to the period of the internship.Supervised work experience in civil engineering.May be repeated for credit. (P/NP gradingonly.) GE credit: SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)198. Directed Group Study (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP gradingonly.) GE credit: SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)199. Special Study for AdvancedUndergraduates (1-5)Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering and atleast a B average. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit:SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Graduate213. Analysis of Structures Subjected toDynamic Loads (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 211 (may betaken concurrently). Analysis of structures subjectedto earthquake, wind and blast loading; distributed,consistent and lumped mass techniques; computerimplementation; nonlinear response spectrum; frequencyand time domain analysis; seismic protectionof structures; numerical methods in linear and nonlinearstructural dynamics.—I. (I.) Kunnath(change in existing course—eff. fall 12)254. Discrete Choice Analysis of TravelDemand (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 114. Behavioraland statistical principles underlying the formulationand estimation of discrete choice models.Practical application of discrete choice models tocharacterization of choice behavior, hypothesis testing,and forecasting. Emphasis on computer exercisesusing real-world data sets. (Same course asGeography 279.)—III. (III.) Mokhtarian(change in existing course—eff. fall 12)267. Water Resource Management (3)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 114, 141,and 142; course 153 recommended. Engineering,institutional, economic, and social basis for managinglocal and regional water resources. Examples inthe context of California's water development andmanagement. Uses of computer modeling to improvewater management. (Same course as Geography212.)—I. (I.) Lund(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)283. Physico-Chemical Aspects of SoilBehavior (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 171. Study of the geotechnical behavior ofsoils considering formation, transport, mineralogy,soil-fluid-electrolyte systems, surface tension, particlemechanics, shape, fabric, and structure. Laboratoriesdemonstrate effects of fundamental interparticleforces (contact, Van Der Waals, capillarity andchemical). Offered in alternate years.—I. Kutter(change in existing course—eff. fall 12)Engineering:Computer ScienceNew and changed courses inEngineering: Computer Science(ECS)Lower Division15. Introduction to Computers (4)Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Not open forcredit to students who have completed course 30.Computer uses in modern society. Emphasis on usesin nonscientific disciplines. Includes word processing,spreadsheets, web-page creation, elementaryprogramming, basic computer organization, theInternet, the uses of computers and their influence onsociety. Course not intended for CS or CSE majors.Only two units of credit allowed to students whohave completed Plant Science 21. GE credit: Sci-Eng, Wrt | QL, SE, WE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Liu(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)20. Discrete Mathematics for ComputerScience (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:grade of C- or better in Mathematics 16A, 17A or21A. Discrete structures and applications in computerscience. Proofs, particularly induction. Introductionto propositional logic, logic circuit design,combinatorics, recursion and solution of recurrencerelations, analysis of algorithms, graph theory andtrees, finite state machines. Not open for credit tostudents who have taken course 100. GE credit:SciEng | QL, SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Bai, Gusfield,Levitt, Martel, Rogaway(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)30. Programming and Problem Solving (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:Mathematics 16A or 21A (may be taken concurrently);prior experience with basic programmingconcepts (variable, loops, conditional statements)recommended. Introduction to computers and computerprogramming, algorithm design, and debugging.Elements of good programming style.Programming in the C language. Use of basic UNIXtools. GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)40. Software Development and Object-Oriented Programming (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 30 or the equivalent with a grade of C- orbetter. Elements of program design, style, documentation,efficiency. Methods for debugging and verification.Operating system tools. Principles and use ofobject-oriented programming in C++. Basic datastructures and their use. GE credit: SciEng | SE,VL.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. spring 13)50. Computer Organization and Machine-Dependent Programming (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 40. Comparative study of different hardwarearchitectures via programming in the assembly languagesof various machines. Role of system softwareQuarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience