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Civil Engineering (CE)
- https://cee.usc.edu
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP; 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
Graphic communication and drawing; Free-hand sketching; Use of CAD software; Drawing in 2-D, including lettering, dimensioning, and detailing; Drawing and modeling in 3-D.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29600R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Monday | 25 of 30 | Meida Chen | SAL127 | ||
29602R | 001 | Lab | 4:00-4:50pm | Monday | 25 of 30 | KAP267 |
Computer programming, organization of problems for computational solution, flow charts, programming; numerical methods, analysis and solution of civil engineering problems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29608R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 52 of 56 | Roger Ghanem | SSL202 | ||
29604D | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 42 of 43 | Roger Ghanem | SAL127 | ||
29606R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 10 of 36 | Roger Ghanem | SAL127 |
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 215
- Note: Register for lecture and one discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29619R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 32 of 40 | Qiming Wang | THH118 | PDF (330526 KB) | |
29621R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 32 of 40 | THH118 |
Fluid statics; relative velocity field; total acceleration; divergence theorem; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum applied to engineering problems in laminar and turbulent flow.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29620R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 43 of 62 | Patrick Lynett | SLH100 |
Chemistry of water purification technology and water pollution control, chemical processes in natural and engineering environments; physical/chemical and biological characterization of water and wastewater.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29625R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Thursday | 7 of 30 | Massoud Pirbazari | KAP140 | ||
29627R | 001 | Discussion | 5:30-6:20pm | Monday | 7 of 30 | GFS223 | |||
29626R | 001 | Lab | 4:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | 7 of 30 | BHEB8 |
Application of computer-oriented numerical analysis methods and tools to a broad spectrum of practical science and engineering problems. Use of Python, R and computer algebra.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29638R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:50pm | Monday | 9 of 25 | Sami Masri | WPHB26 | PDF (46031 KB) |
Legal aspects of property development and construction: land use, construction practices and specifications, architecture and engineering contracts, agency, subcontracting, professional registration, liability, insurance, liens, bonds.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29635D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 18 of 21 | Alan Croll | KAP138 |
Control and utilization of inland and coastal water, quantitative hydrology, groundwater, probability concepts, extreme events, coastal hydrodynamics, wave-structures interactions, multiple purposes water projects, economic study.
- Prerequisite: CE 309
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29649R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 39 of 42 | Jj Lee | SSL202 | PDF (241950 KB) |
Computerized structural analysis; displacement method; force method; large scale structural systems; static analyses; structural dynamics of systems; earthquake engineering; nonlinear analysis; elastic stability and buckling.
- Prerequisite: CE 358
- Note: Register for lecture and lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29655R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 11 of 20 | Carter Wellford | KAP137 | ||
29656R | 001 | Lab | 2:00-3:20pm | Monday | 11 of 20 | SAL109 |
Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, safety and ethics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29662R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:50pm | Monday | 26 of 28 | Henry Koffman | OHE120 |
Fundamental principles and practices of advanced building cost estimating using Revit Models and industry standard databases.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Junior, Master Student, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29663R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-8:50pm | Tuesday | 9 of 60 | John Cowles | GFS118 |
Current procedures in selected fields of construction; organization and planning; equipment economics; machinery.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Junior, Master Student, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29664D | 014 | Lecture | 1:30-3:20pm | Monday | 3 of 15 | Henry Koffman | DEN@Viterbi | ||
29665R | 001 | Lecture | 1:30-3:20pm | Monday | 7 of 28 | Henry Koffman | OHE120 |
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 | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 10 of 37 | Chun-Ching Wang | KAP158 |
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 | 38 of 40 | Amy Rechenmacher | RTH109 | ||
29671D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Monday | Canceled | ||||
29673R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:20pm | Thursday | 7 of 9 | KAPB38 | |||
29820D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 11 of 11 | KAPB38 | |||
29876D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-2:50pm | Wednesday | 9 of 10 | KAPB38 | |||
29877D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Friday | 6 of 8 | KAPB38 | |||
29878R | 001 | Lab | 1:00-2:50pm | Friday | 5 of 9 | KAPB38 |
Civil and Environmental Engineering capstone design project incorporating all disciplines of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29677R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:50pm | Monday | 24 of 40 | Gregg Brandow | KAP158 | ||
29678R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:50pm | Monday | 16 of 20 | Sunny Wang | KAP134 |
Engineering innovation to design products, services and technologies with a human-centered approach to help solve the needs of people affected by global crises.
- Prerequisite: CE 486A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29670R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:20pm | Monday | 13 of 30 | David Gerber,Brad Cracchiola, Daniel Druhora | SOSB44 |
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 | 1 of 15 | Carter Wellford | OFFICE |
Fundamental accounting principles, financial analysis and financial control, strategic management and a review of alternative project delivery methods.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29788R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:50pm | Monday | 23 of 48 | Ed Reynolds | LVL16 | PDF (383027 KB) |
Principles of groundwater motion; acquifer characteristics, prospecting, practical engineering problems, well design, maintenance and rehabilitation; hydrodynamic dispersion, field testing essentials and procedures, groundwater quality, artificial recharge.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29714D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-4:20pm | Monday | Canceled |
Advanced beam flexural analysis; shear behavior of beams; beam-columns and interaction diagrams; torsion; structural wall design; analysis of D-regions; nonlinear behavior of RC systems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29716R | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 25 | Bora Gencturk | RTH109 | ||
29717D | 034 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 2 of 10 | Bora Gencturk | DEN@Viterbi |
Introduction to the concept, principles and applications of prestressed concrete; covers the analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29718R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-6:50pm | Thursday | 11 of 20 | Navid Nastar | KAP138 |
Forced vibrations of discrete and distributed systems; energy methods; analytical dynamics; computational techniques; approximate methods; random vibration concepts; nonstationary response; structural control; nonlinear system response.
- 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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29781R | 048 | Lecture | 1:00-4:20pm | Monday | 4 of 30 | Roger Ghanem | KAP145 |
Structural mechanics and applications of composites are discussed: anisotropic materials; laminated composites; buckling and dynamics; strength and failure; inter-laminar stresses; de-lamination; design considerations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29771R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-8:20pm | Monday | 6 of 15 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | OHE120 | PDF (553828 KB) | |
29772D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-8:20pm | Monday | 1 of 10 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (553828 KB) |
Develop skills for using current knowledge about structural response in the design of earthquake resistant structures.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29761R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:50pm | Wednesday | 8 of 24 | Mihailo Trifunac | KAP138 |
Tools for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public engineering works, taking into account the political and policy context. Graduate standing. Recommended preparation: microeconomic theory
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29762R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-8:50pm | Monday | Canceled |
Data analysis and interpretation in the context of civil and mechanical engineering applications with a focus on statistical aspects of data and models.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29615D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | Canceled |
Project controls principles including costs and schedules, cost engineering concepts, schedule development, status evaluation, progress monitoring and responses to variances and changes.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29613R | 048 | Lecture | 6:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 25 of 40 | Devang Dedhia | OHE132 | PDF (341518 KB) | |
29614D | 034 | Lecture | 6:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 18 of 18 | Devang Dedhia | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (341518 KB) |
This project-oriented course elaborates on the process of engaging creative thought, tools and techniques for invention, and issues involved in bringing inventions to the production phase.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29830R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Thursday | 15 of 20 | Berok Khoshnevis | GFS216 | PDF (725210 KB) |
Integration of architecture, engineering and construction practices through the development of a construction project.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29840R | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-3:20pm | Monday | 20 of 30 | David Gerber | KAP140 |
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 | Wednesday | 10 of 20 | Shahed Rowshan | KAP137 | PDF (404661 KB) |
Conceptual engineering geometric design, installation, and calibration of vehicular storage and traffic controls; safe flow optimization of vehicles on various thoroughfares. Recommended preparation: CE 471.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29819R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-8:50pm | Thursday | Canceled |
Theories and applications of transportation network demand and supply models and simulation techniques. Hands-on opportunities to work with simulation software to solve problems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29815R | 048 | Lecture | 11:00-12:50pm | Friday | 11 of 25 | Fatemeh Ranaiefar | SGM226 | Word (1139124 MB) | |
29814R | 048 | Discussion | 9:00-10:50am | Friday | 11 of 25 | Fatemeh Ranaiefar | KAP165 |
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 | 3 of 25 | Felipe De Barros | OFFICE |
A forum for the exploration and critical assessment of current research activities in civil and environmental engineering; presentations from academia and industry.
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29706D | 048 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Thursday | Canceled |
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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51272D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | Canceled | PDF (336699 KB) |
Fundamentals of urban mass transit planning. Topics include the fiscal context of mass transit planning, fares and farebox recovery, ridership forecasts, land development near transit, and transit operations, scheduling, and network design.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the PPDE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in PPDE 637.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50926R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Wednesday | 25 of 32 | Lisa Schweitzer | ONLINE |
Stochastic linear and integer programming, multi-stage stochastic programming, application, models and algorithms. Recommended preparation: A first graduate course in optimization and the ability to program in a high level language are essential.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in ISE 638.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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31632D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 25 | Suvrajeet Sen | GFS105 |
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 | 16 of 32 | Felipe De Barros | 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 | 2 of 30 | OFFICE |