1st Professional Year

ENCI 211 Design Studio 1

Introduction to civil engineering design. Engineering drawing. Timber design. Integrated design concepts.

ENCI 230 Mechanics of Materials

Analysis of statically determinate structures. Stress and strain. Flexure, shear, axial and combined stress behaviour of beams and columns. Material science of steels.

ENCI 234 Structural Engineering 1

Analysis of deformations using integration and moment-area methods. Indeterminate analyses. Introduction to stiffness and plastic methods of analysis. Elastic buckling.

ENCI 252 Geotechnical Engineering 1

Physical properties and classification of soils. Stresses and shear strength in soil masses. Pore fluid flow and permeability. Steady flow and flow nets. Settlement.

ENCI 271 Engineering Geology and Hydrology

Introduction to the general principles of geology and hydrology as they apply to civil and natural resources engineering practice. Emphasis is placed on foundatijons materials, active processes effecting site selection, hydrological systems, measurements, and data interpretation.

2nd Professional Year

ENCI 312 Design Studio 2

Design of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects; regulatory planning; construction scheduling and cost estimates.

ENCI 332 Structural Concrete

Material science of concrete; reinforced and prestressed concrete theory; design and detailing of concrete members, connections and structures.

ENCI 333 Structural Steel

Strength, buckling, bending and torsion of steel beams and columns; design of steel members, connections, and structures.

ENCI 351 Geotechnical Engineering 2

Analysis of slope stability and retaining walls; roading materials; settlement and bearing capacity of foundations.

3rd Professional Year

ENCI 423 Structural Analysis

Computational analysis of structures, including matrix methods, introduction to finitie-element methods and structural dynamics.

ENCI 425 Steel Structures

Design methods for hot-rolled and cold-formed memebers. Plastic analysis and design of steel beam and frame buildings for seismic resistance. Composite floor systems. Fatigue and fracture mechanics.

ENCI 426 Concrete Structures

Design of concrete structures using reinforced, prestressed, and precast concrete. Concrete masonry. Seismic retrofit of existing structures.

ENCI 429 Structural Systems

Conceptual design of commercial, industrial, and residential buildings and bridges. Ductility, load-path, and seismic design concepts. Architectural issues.

ENCI 452 Geotechnical Engineering 3

Stresses and displacements in a linearly elastic halfspace with application to foundation analysis. Introduction to plasticity. Use of

lower and upper bound theorems in foundation engineering. Critical -state soil mechanics.

ENCI 499 Special Topic: Timber Engineering

Review of engineering properties of wood; sawn timber and engineered materials (glulam and LVL); design process of timber structures; light timber frame buildings; conceptual design of singlestorey industrial buildings; portal frames and arches; truss systems; connection systems; fire resistance.