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Civil Engineering (CE)
- https://cee.usc.edu
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP214; phone (213) 740-0587.
- D class assignments for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Prerequisite waivers for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Directed research requests are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Instructions for directed research may be found online at: cee.usc.edu/students/d-clearance-and-directed-research.htm To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call (213) 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi
Computer programming, organization of problems for computational solution, flow charts, programming; numerical methods, analysis and solution of civil engineering problems.
- Note: Register for one lecture and one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29609R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 59 of 72 | Hung Wong | WPHB27 | PDF (9648 KB) | |
29604R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 31 of 36 | SAL127 | |||
29606R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 28 of 36 | SAL127 |
Statics of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent force systems; distributed forces; applications to trusses, frames, machines, beams, and cables; friction; moments of inertia.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 151
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29605D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | Canceled |
Structural materials, components and systems; gravity and lateral forces; structural performance and failures; introduction to structural plans and analysis; computer applications, case studies, design project. Prerequisite: CE 205. Corequisite: CE 106L and CE 225.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29610R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-7:20pm | Monday | 21 of 40 | Navid Nastar | KAP158 | PDF (126191 KB) | |
29611R | 001 | Lab | 6:00-7:20pm | Thursday | 4 of 20 | SAL109 | |||
29612R | 001 | Lab | 2:00-3:20pm | Tuesday | 17 of 21 | SAL109 |
Analysis of stress and strain; axial, flexural, and torsional behavior of slender bars; elastic deflections; combined stresses; introduction to elastic stability and energy methods.
- Prerequisite: CE 205
- Note: Register for lecture and one discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29619R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | MWF | 15 of 30 | Vincent Lee | KAP140 | PDF (532048 KB) | |
29621R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 15 of 30 | KAP146 |
Elements of vector algebra; dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies; kinematics; momentum relations, energy methods; vibrations; Euler's equations of motion. Prerequisite: CE 205. Duplicates credit in CE 325.
- Prerequisite: CE 205
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29626R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 17 of 40 | Vincent Lee | KAP163 | PDF (367976 KB) | |
29627R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 14 of 20 | VKC257 | |||
29701R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Thursday | 3 of 20 | SOSB47 |
Fundamentals of analog and digital computers; simulation of nonlinear physical systems; numerical analysis and solution of engineering problems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29638R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 19 of 25 | Sami Masri | THH112 | ||
29643R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Monday | 19 of 25 | WPH207 |
Mechanics of wave motion; wave refraction, diffraction and reflection; wave forecasting; shore processes; planning of coastal engineering projects; design of seawalls, breakwaters and offshore installations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29685R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Thursday | 3 of 25 | Patrick Lynett | VHE206 |
Discussion of broad perspectives on control and utilization of water, quantitative hydrology, ground water, probability concept, economic study, hydraulic structures, multi-purpose water resources projects.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29649R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:40am | Mon, Wed | 30 of 42 | Jj Lee | KAP146 | Word (39424 KB) | |
29650R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Monday | 29 of 42 | KAP160 |
Strength and deformation of reinforced concrete; beams in flexure and shear; bond and development of bars; deflections; columns; slabs; footings; introduction to prestressed concrete.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29652R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 50 | Hung Wong | KAP140 | PDF (9434 KB) |
Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29662R | 001 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 64 of 80 | Henry Koffman | GFS116 |
Current procedures in selected fields of construction; organization and planning; equipment economics; machinery.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29664D | 014 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Tuesday | 10 of 15 | Henry Koffman | DEN@Viterbi | ||
29665R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Tuesday | 26 of 30 | Henry Koffman | OHE120 |
Chemistry of water purification technology and water pollution control. Chemical processes in natural and engineering aquatic environments; physical/chemical and biological characterization of water and wastewater.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29668R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-8:10pm | Thursday | 7 of 24 | Massoud Pirbazari | KAP137 | ||
29792R | 001 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Tuesday | 7 of 24 | GFS220 | |||
29669R | 001 | Lab | 3:00-5:00pm | Monday | 7 of 15 | BHE210 |
Design of water supply systems, storm drains, sanitary sewers, and lift stations.
- Prerequisite: CE 453
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29618R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Tuesday | 5 of 37 | Chun-Ching Wang | KAP158 |
Hydrological and hydraulic design for uniform and non-uniform flows, channel transition, sedimentation controls, design discharge for tributary watersheds, flood routing, flood detention, computer aided design.
- Prerequisite: CE 309
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29674R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 15 of 28 | Jj Lee | KAP166 | Word (31232 KB) |
Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering; soil classification, seepage, stress-strain behavior, shear strength, consolidation, design of retaining structures and foundations, and slope stability. Soil testing. Duplicates credit in CE 464 and CE 468.
- Prerequisite: CE 225
- Note: Register for lecture and one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29675R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 31 of 40 | Amy Rechenmacher | DRB146 | ||
29671R | 001 | Lab | 12:30-2:20pm | Tuesday | 9 of 9 | KAPB38 | |||
29673R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:20pm | Thursday | 7 of 9 | KAPB38 | |||
29820R | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 4 of 9 | KAPB38 | |||
29876R | 001 | Lab | 1:00-2:50pm | Wednesday | 9 of 9 | KAPB38 | |||
29877R | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Friday | 2 of 9 | KAPB38 |
Building Information Modeling, current BIM technologies; coordination of design and construction; information management throughout building life cycle; project delivery systems and technologies for integrated practice.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29678D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 29 of 29 | Burcin Becerik | RTH109 | PDF (183496 KB) | |
29679D | 014 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 6 of 10 | Burcin Becerik | DEN@Viterbi |
Process kinetics, mass balance, reactor design, pretreament, clarification, chemical treatment, biological treatment (aerobic and anaerobic), disinfection, sludge treatment, nitrogen and phosphorus removal, carbon adsorption.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29681R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Monday | 13 of 28 | Wonho Song | KAP166 | PDF (237850 KB) |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29684D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | OFFICE |
Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in civil engineering and related fields.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Innovation in Engineering Design for Global Challenges II | ||||||||||
29716D | 001 | 3.0 | Lecture | 7:00-9:50pm | Thursday | 22 of 26 | Burcin Becerik, David Gerber,Brad Cracchiola | KAP140 | PDF (159160 KB) |
Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29784D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 3 of 10 | Daniel McAuliffe | DEN@Viterbi | ||
29787R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 14 of 48 | Daniel McAuliffe | OHE100D |
Cost control, finance, and engineering economy for construction operations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29788R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 13 of 48 | Ed Reynolds | KAP146 | PDF (1357416 MB) |
Basic microbiology of water, air, and soil. Application of microbiology to the practice of environmental pollution control.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29710R | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Adam Smith |
Groundwater hydrology, aquifer testing technology, groundwater quality and contamination, geophysical method, well design and development, basin water balance, computer modeling, legal aspects, groundwater management system.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29789R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | Canceled | Iraj Nasseri |
Linear and nonlinear wave theories with engineering applications;wind waves; wave spectra; wave interactions with marine structures; ship mooring, harbor resonance; sediment transport; diffusion processes.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29704R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Tuesday | 2 of 20 | Costas Synolakis | KAP138 |
Basic concepts; stiffness method; variational methods; displacement method; isoparametric formulation; plane stress and strain; plates and shells; dynamics; stability; nonlinear analysis, heat transfer; computer applications.
- Prerequisite: CE 529A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29705R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 20 | Carter Wellford | RTH105 | PDF (42110 KB) | |
29706D | 034 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 2 of 10 | Carter Wellford | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (42110 KB) |
Design of tubular members and plate girders; design for torsional and seismic loads; general flexural theory; introduction to plastic design; connections.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29721R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 23 of 50 | Gregg Brandow | OHE100D | ||
29722D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 3 of 10 | Gregg Brandow | DEN@Viterbi |
Continuous system response; approximate methods; introduction to structural control; random vibration concepts; responses of continuous systems to random excitation; nonlinear systems (geometric theory), (approximate methods).
- Prerequisite: CE 541A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29801D | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Monday | Canceled | PDF (64524 KB) |
Theory of plate bending; rectangular and circular plates; anisotropic plates; energy methods; numerical methods; large deformations; sandwich plates.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29802R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 8 of 30 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | OHE100D | PDF (527449 KB) | |
29805D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 1 of 10 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (527449 KB) |
Critical loads of columns, beams, thin-wall bars, plates, shells; stability of frames and trusses; effect of inelastic behavior of materials; effect of dynamic loading.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29803R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 11 of 30 | Qiming Wang | OHE100C | ||
29804D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 7 of 10 | Qiming Wang | DEN@Viterbi |
Solutions of seismic structural response: vibrational vs. wave methods, spectral superposition, probabilistic response estimation, nonlinear response; soil-structure interaction; identification and structural health monitoring; experimental methods. Duplicates credit in former CE-535b.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29761R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 11 of 24 | Mihailo Trifunac | ZHS360 |
Fundamentals and design of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes with a focus on removing organic and inorganic pollutants and recovering resources. Prerequisite: CE 453.
- Prerequisite: CE 453
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29760R | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 30 | Adam Smith | KAP140 |
Fundamental principles and practices of cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control of construction projects. Case studies and software exercises based on project data.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29601R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 15 of 35 | Scotty Galloway | RTH109 | ||
29603D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 3 of 10 | Scotty Galloway | DEN@Viterbi |
Elements and techniques of strategic planning for construction engineering. Fundamentals of engineering as a service sector enterprise. Assessment of markets (including international issues), competitors, and technology. Aspects of overseas engineering business. Management of technology and the role of R&D. Emphasis on concepts. Recommended preparation: CE 502
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29744R | 048 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | Canceled | ||||
29746D | 034 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | Canceled |
Methods of quantifying uncertainty in civil engineering and related fields. Basic uncertainty modeling; advanced topics such as reliability analysis, Bayesian updating, random processes, random fields.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29838R | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 4 of 20 | Roger Ghanem | GFS105 |
Quantitative prediction of chemical speciation in aquatic systems, including acid-base chemistry, precipitation/dissolution, complexation, and oxidation/reduction. Applications to water treatment.
- Prerequisite: CE 453
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ENE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in ENE 562.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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31416R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-7:45pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 30 | Daniel McCurry | KAP140 |
Fundamental principles and practices of planning, CPM scheduling, and resource management. Development of project schedules using CPM theory applied to current and emerging software applications.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29613D | 034 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 5 of 10 | Devang Dedhia | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (795151 KB) | |
29614R | 048 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 22 of 33 | Devang Dedhia | RTH115 | PDF (795151 KB) |
Multimodal transportation resilience with emphasis on transit systems. Principles of emergency management, preparedness, vulnerability assessment, countermeasures. Related topics in policy and economics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29818R | 048 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 8 of 20 | Shahed Rowshan | KAP137 |
Planning, design, staging, construction, test, and maintenance of the public works and facilities for land, water, and air transportation. Recommended preparation: CE 471 and CE 457; Probability and statistics on the level of CE 408.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29816R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Friday | 14 of 25 | Amir Elsharief | KAP113 | PDF (289816 KB) |
Railroad infrastructure including passenger and freight operations, track alignment (horizontal and vertical) design, basic components and terminology used in rail design and an understanding of this mode of transportation. Recommended preparation: CE-471 or equivalent.
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29817D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | Canceled |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29769D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 16 of 25 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded Cr/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29870D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 5 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |
Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of civil engineering.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Modeling Transportation Network Supply and Demand | ||||||||||
29819R | 048 | 4.0 | Lecture | 9:00-12:20pm | Friday | 7 of 20 | Fatemeh Ranaiefar, Jim Moore | THH211 | PDF (216831 KB) | |
The Management of Disasters and Complex Emergencies | ||||||||||
29823R | 048 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:00-4:00pm | Saturday | 10 of 20 | Jeffrey Talley | SOSB47 | PDF (192034 KB) |
Methods for building linear and nonlinear dynamical models from input and output time series data; theoretical models, algorithms, and toolbox implementation.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 482 or AME 451)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29840R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-5:10pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 30 | Ketan Savla | KAP145 | PDF (156434 KB) |
Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip- assignment; evaluation; criticisms.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the PPD department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in PPD 633.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51272R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 32 of 32 | Rajeev Seetharam | VPD LL101 |
Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29770D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 11 of 32 | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29775D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 30 | OFFICE |