CIV E 460 - Civil Engineering Design Project I

3 units (fi 8)(FIRST, 3-0-3/2)

First phase of an open-ended capstone design project encompassing a number of civil engineering disciplines. Develop a preliminary design for a project; prepare regular team reports, design memos, engineering drawings and presentations; and present findings during a seminar. Note: Restricted to fourth-year traditional and fifth-year co-op civil and environmental engineering students. Prerequisites: CIV E 303, 315, 321, 331, 374, and 381. Students must take CIV E 461 in the following winter term after CIV E 460 to have CIV E 460 counted as a program and technical elective; otherwise it will be counted as an extra to degree course.

CIV E 461 - Civil Engineering Design Project II

3 units (fi 8)(SECOND, 3-0-3)

Second phase of an open-ended capstone design project encompassing a number of civil engineering disciplines. Develop a detailed design; prepare regular team reports, design memos, engineering drawings and presentations; and present findings during a seminar. Prerequisite: CIV E 460. Note: Restricted to fourth-year traditional and fifth-year co-op civil and environmental engineering students.

ENGG 160 - Introduction to Engineering Design, Communication, and Profession

2 units (fi 5)(EITH/SP/SU, 1-0-2)

Fundamental design process and theory in a multidisciplinary context. Importance, in engineering design, of communications; team work; the engineering disciplines, career fields; professional responsibilities of the engineer including elements of ethics, equity, concepts of sustainable development and environmental stewardship, public and worker safety and health considerations including the context of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act. Corequisite ENGL 199. This course is delivered in a blended format.