5.5 Civil Engineering

General Office: E1 - 368 Engineering
Telephone: (204) 474-9220
Fax: (204) 474-7513
Email: Civil_Eng@umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/civil

Head: Dr. Peter Rasmussen, P.Eng.
Associate Head: Dr. James Blatz, P.Eng.

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a fully accredited degree program in Civil Engineering. The program is designed to give students knowledge of the basic principles of engineering and, in particular, an adequate training and education in the fundamentals and professional applications of Civil Engineering. The program is offered in both a traditional and a co-operative education format. The department offers an Environmental Engineering Option in both the traditional and co-operative education formats.

Civil engineering involves the planning, design, supervision of construction and management of infrastructure facilities essential to modern life in both the public and private sectors — facilities that vary widely in nature, size and scope: space structures and launching facilities, bridges, buildings, transportation networks, water treatment and distribution facilities, waste treatment and waste containment projects, dams, tunnels, hydroelectric and irrigation projects, power transmission and communication towers, offshore structures, and pipelines, are a few examples. Civil Engineers are at the forefront of the application of advanced technologies and materials, and computer-aided engineering. Advanced technologies such as fibre optic sensors, global positioning systems, intelligent transportation systems, and geographical information systems are fundamental to modern civil engineering projects. Modern engineering materials such as fibre reinforced composites are increasingly used by civil engineers in design and construction.

Civil Engineering Degree Program
Students are to consult with the department for four and five-year program plans. Students are expected to follow the program plans when possible, as timetabling and course offerings are based on these plans.

Environmental Engineering Option
An option in Environmental Engineering is offered by the departments of Civil Engineering, and Biosystems Engineering to respond to the changing needs of society and it provides an opportunity for students to focus on environmental engineering related courses.

Student Support
Summer employment for a limited number of undergraduate students may be offered by the Department of Civil Engineering. Typical duties include assisting academic staff members with their research projects.

Laboratory Safety
Students entering Civil Engineering are required to attend a seminar on laboratory safety. The seminar will normally be held in September.

Preliminary Engineering Program
Common to all Engineering programs. (See Section 5.2 for details.)

Civil Engineering Program and Environmental Engineering Option

Course No.		Credit Hours
Common Core Program
STAT 2220	Introducton to Probability and Statistics	3
GEOL 2250	Geology for Engineers	4
CHEM 2560	Water Quality Analysis	3
CIVL 2760	Introduction to Environmental Engineering (see note 1)	5
CIVL 2770	Civil Engineering Materials	5
CIVL 2780	Civil Engineering Systems	4
CIVL 2790	Fluid Mechanics	4
CIVL 2800	Solid Mechanics 1	4
CIVL 2830	Graphics for Civil Engineers	2
CIVL 2840	Civil Engineering in Geomatics	3
CIVL 3590	Numerical Methods for Engineers	4
CIVL 3690	Environmental Engineering Analysis	4
CIVL 3700	Environmental Engineering Design	4
CIVL 3710	Finite Element Analysis	4
CIVL 3730	Geotechnical Materials and Analysis	4
CIVL 3740	Hydraulics	4
CIVL 3750	Hydrology	4
CIVL 3760	Structural Analysis	4
CIVL 3770	Structural Design 1	4
CIVL 3790	Transportation Engineering 1	4
CIVL 4050	Engineering Economics	3
CIVL 4220	Geotechnical Design	4
CIVL 4250	Groundwater Hydrology	4
CIVL 4380	Infrastructure Engineering and Construction Management	4
CIVL 4390	Structural Design 2	4
CIVL 4400	Transportation Engineering 2	4
CIVL 4460	Technology, Society and the Future	3
CIVL 4590	Design Project	6
ENG 2010	Technical Communications	3
MATH 2130	Engineering Mathematical Analysis 1	3
MATH 2132	Engineering Mathematical Analysis 2	3
Civil Engineering:
xxx.xxx	Complementary Studies Elective (see note 2)	3
Environmental Option:
PHIL 2750	Environmental Ethics	3
Plus 3 of the following technical electives (see note 3) Civil Engineering Technical Electives: (3)
CIVL 4030	Structural Design 3	4
CIVL 4040	Structural Dynamics	4
CIVL 4100	Engineering Management and the Environment	4
or
BIOE 4480	Environmental Impact Assessment	4
CIVL 4180	Environmental Systems	4
CIVL 4200	Groundwater Contamination	4
CIVL 4230	Geotechnical Engineering	4
CIVL 4330	Graduation Project	4
CIVL 4350	Hazardous Waste Treatment	4
CIVL 4410	Transportation Systems	4
CIVL 4420	Highway Pavement Design	4
CIVL 4470	Watershed Processes	4
BIOE 4560	Structural Design in Wood	4
Environmental Option Technical Electives: (3)
CIVL 4100	Engineering Management and the Environment	4
or
BIOE 4480	Environmental Impact Assessment	4
SOIL 4090	Chemical Analysis of Soils	3
SOIL 4500	Remediation of Contaminated Land	3
CIVL 4180	Environmental Systems	4
CIVL 4200	Groundwater Contamination	4
CIVL 4330	Graduation Project	4
CIVL 4350	Hazardous Waste Treatment	4
CIVL 4470	Watershed Processes	4
BIOE 4460	Air Pollution Assessment and Management	4
NOTES: 1) Students are required to take any course from the Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Management, at the 1000 level or above, as a complementary studies elective. However, ARTS 1110 Introduction to University may not be used for credit in the Faculty of Engineering. 2) Students may take one technical elective course with a significant engineering science and/or design component from another department, subject to the approval by the head (or designate) of Civil Engineering.

Co-operative Education Option in Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a co-operative education option that provides a combination of education and experience by alternating academic terms with work terms.

Students generally apply for the co-op program in their fourth term of engineering studies. Entry into the program is competitive. Acceptance is based on GPA and general aptitude, and is contingent upon receiving a work term placement through the co-op office. The Department of Civil Engineering reserves the right to determine and select the best-qualified applicants. Students who are unable to maintain the standards of the co-op program will be transferred back into the regular program.

The course and grade requirements for completion of the Co-operative Education Option are the same as those required for the regular program. However, in order to satisfy course prerequisite requirements, timetables may differ from the regular program. Co-op students are evaluated in the same manner as regular students and all rules and regulations of the Faculty of Engineering apply.