Civil Engineering Program
Civil Engineering Program
Civil Engineering Program
Updates may occur in this online document until Sept. 30, 2022, allowing for faculty feedback. At that time, the Catalog for AY 2022-2023 will be finalized and available for download as a pdf.
Prospectus
The Field
Civil engineering is the oldest branch of engineering and plays a major role in developing a society and civilization.
Relevance and Demand
The need for civil engineers in Guam and the region is projected to remain strong over the next five to 10 years in support of the Marines relocation and general construction demand as infrastructure ages. Civil engineers will be needed to manage projects to rebuild bridges, repair roads, and upgrade levees and dams.
UOG’s School of Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering to meet the needs of local students and the workforce requirements of Guam and all of Micronesia and the neighboring regions of the Pacific and Asia.
Why UOG?
Students from the Pacific region enrolled in UOG’s Civil Engineering Program will benefit from being able to study close to home and at a substantial savings compared to schools in other states or countries.
The School of Engineering is preparing to seek accreditation for its Civil Engineering degree program through the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
Career Possibilities
UOG Civil Engineering graduates will be valuable for Guam construction companies, consulting companies, municipalities, Guam Department of Public Works, Guam Environmental Protection Agency, and more. Graduates will be primarily involved with the analysis, design, and development of structural systems, construction projects, transportation projects, environmental treatment facilities, and project management.
Learning Outcomes
Students completing the Civil Engineering Program will have:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics;
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors;
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts;
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives;
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions;
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
The University will confer a bachelor’s degree when the following conditions have been met:
- The faculty of the School of Engineering recommends the student for degree completion.
- The dean certifies that all requirements of the degree being sought have been completed.
- The student completes a minimum of 127 semester hours in acceptable coursework.
- The student meets the residency requirement.
- The student completes a minimum of 30 credit hours at the School of Engineering at the junior or senior level. These credits must include the design project, CEE-404 and CEE-405. Exceptions (normally not to exceed six hours) may be made in advance by the dean.
- The requirements of the core curriculum and the CE Program must be satisfied.
- The student holds a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
- Transfer credits in civil engineering and other technical areas are evaluated by the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering. Transfer students can be awarded transfer credits for courses with a “C” grade or better and then only for courses that are applicable toward the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering curriculum.
- The student holds a 2.0 average GPA in all CEE courses
- The student meets the grade requirements for major, engineering courses, and course sequences established by the School of Engineering.
Program Requirements (126 credit hours)
| Description | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
|
General Education |
47 |
| Mathematics | 13 |
| Sciences | 20 |
| General Engineering, Computer Science | 8 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 30 |
| Civil Engineering | 55 |
| Total Credit Hours | 127 |
REQUIRED COURSES
Mathematics (13 credit hours)
|
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
| MA203 | CALCULUS I + This is the first semester of a standard calculus course. Topics include limits; continuity;
the definition of derivatives; derivatives of algebraic and transcendental functions;
product, quotient, and chain rules; applications; and Riemann Sums. Prerequisite:
Grade of C or better in MA161b or MA165 or placement or equivalent.
|
5 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| MA204 | CALCULUS II + This is the second semester of a standard calculus course. Topics include techniques
and applications of integration, differential equations, power series, and Taylor
series. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MA203.
|
5 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| MA301 | DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS + This course covers the study of the fundamental concepts of differential equations
with applications. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MA204.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
Sciences (20 credit hours)
|
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
| CH102 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY + This course is designed for science majors and minors and emphasizes an in-depth study
of modern chemical principles, theories, and laws pertaining to atomic structure,
nature of the chemical bond, and stoichiometric considerations of all aspects of inorganic
chemistry. It includes three hours of lecture weekly. The lab, CH102L, MUST be taken
concurrently. Prerequisite: Demonstrated proficiency at the MA161 level or concurrent
enrollment in 161a. Corequisite: CH102L.
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CH102L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY + CH102L is the laboratory portion of CH102 and MUST be taken concurrently. The course
consists of one three-hour laboratory period per week. Corequisite: CH102.
|
1 credit hour | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CH103 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY + This course is a continuation of CH102-102L with further study of reactions and stoichiometric
problems. The periodic table is studied with emphasis on physical and chemical group
properties. Thermo chemistry, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry and organic chemistry
are introduced with respect to data gathering and simple deduction. It includes three
hours of lecture weekly. The lab, CH103L, MUST be taken concurrently. Prerequisites:
CH102-102L, and MA161a or MA161b or MA165 or higher level, or placement at this level.
(CH100-100L may be substituted for CH102-102L by program consent). Corequisite: CH103L.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CH103L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY + CH103L is the laboratory portion of CH103 and MUST be taken concurrently. The course
consists of one three-hour laboratory period per week. Corequisite: CH103.
|
1 credit hour | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| PH251 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS + This is the first of a two-semester course in general physics using applied calculus.
Classical mechanics, heat and thermodynamics are considered. It includes four hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisite: MA203 or concurrent enrollment.
|
4 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| PH210 | INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LABORATORY + This course consists of experiments dealing with mechanics, heat, and sound. It acts
as a laboratory for PH251. It meets for three hours weekly.
|
1 credit hour | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| NS110 | INTRODUCTION TO THE EARTH + This course is a basic study of the earth's minerals, rocks and natural resources
and the processes, which have shaped the earth's surface such as sedimentation, mountain
building, and erosion by water, wind, ice and downslope movements. Major focus is
placed on the roles of volcanism, earthquakes, sea-floor spreading and paleomagnetism
in explaining plate tectonic theory. The importance of geological hazards to man's
activities is investigated. It consists of three hours of lecture per week. The lab,
NS110L, MUST be taken concurrently. Corequisite: NS110L.
|
3 credit hours | AS REQUIRED |
| NS110L | INTRODUCTION TO THE EARTH LABORATORY + NS110L is the laboratory portion of NS110 and MUST be taken concurrently. The lab
includes mineral and rock identification, modeling of Earth structures, interpretation
of field sites, and map interpretation. The course consists of one three-hour lab/field
trip per week. Corequisite: NS110.
|
1 credit hour | AS REQUIRED |
| Description | Credits |
|---|---|
| General Education Tier II Direction Building | 3 |
General Engineering, Computer Science (8 credit hours)
|
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
| CEE100 | ENGINEERING ORIENTATION + This course is designed to give freshmen students an insight into the nature of technology
and the engineer's role in society, introduce students to engineering statistics,
ethics, professionalism, and sustainability, members of the faculty and guest speakers
present lectures dealing with the various engineering disciplines and related areas.
|
1 credit hour | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CEE101 | ENGINEERING GRAPHICS + Concepts and methods of communications by graphical means; freehand and instrument
drawing, orthogonal projections, and descriptive geometry are covered in this course.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CS201 | PROGRAMMING I + This course introduces high level computer programming languages with emphasis on
program design, coding, debugging, testing, and proper documentation with applications.
Prerequisite: CS200, MA161a/MA165 with a "C" or higher or consent of instructor.
|
4 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Humanities and Social Sciences (30 credits)
|
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
| EN110 | FRESHMAN COMPOSITION + This is a basic college composition course. Emphasis is on constructing grammatical
sentences in standard written English, on developing unified paragraphs employing
appropriate principles of organization, on developing papers employing appropriate
principles of organization, and upon improving skills in critical reading of non-fiction
prose. EN110 must be completed with a grade of "C" or better before taking EN111.
Grades are A, B, C, D, F, I or NC. Prerequisites: Completion of EN109 or test out.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| EN111 | WRITING FOR RESEARCH + In this course, students are introduced to the conversation model of scholarship and
to the work of composing academic research from topic development to final edit. This
course emphasizes the development and advancement of information literacy skills for
the purpose of acquiring knowledge of and cultivating a practice for conducting academic
research and composing research-related documents such as annotated bibliographies
and research manuscripts. Throughout the course, students learn to skillfully navigate
information systems to access both print and electronic sources of information related
to their research endeavor, with special attention on ethical and legal use of information
in their academic research processes and research products. Prerequisite: EN110 with
a grade ''C'' or better. REVISED AS APPROVED 042116
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CT101 | CRITICAL THINKING + This is an interdisciplinary foundation course in critical thinking. Students learn
how to analyze, critically evaluate and construct arguments, detect common fallacies
in reasoning, and propose logical and creative solutions to complex problems. Critical
thinking skills are valuable in all disciplines and will benefit students in academic
contexts and in life. Corequisites: EN109 or the equivalent.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CO210 | FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION + This course introduces students to public speaking and person-to-person communication,
as well as to group and intercultural communication. Students learn about basic speech
preparation and delivery, as well as effective communication skills suited to the
people with whom they interact in a variety of everyday contexts. Oral presentations
may include demonstrative, informative, and/or persuasive speeches of 6-8 minutes
in length. Prerequisites: EN110 placement.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| Description | Credits |
|---|---|
| General Education Tier II Humanities and Social Sciences | 12 |
| General Education Uniquely UOG | 6 |
Civil Engineering (55 credit hours)
|
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
| CEE201 | ENGINEERING STATICS + This course covers vector algebra and elementary vector calculus; statics of particles
and rigid bodies; statics of structures; frictional effects; centers of gravity, centroids,
and moments of inertia. Three hours of lecture and two contact hours of problem-solving
workshops are held weekly. Prerequisites: PH-251 and EN-111.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CEE202 | ENGINEERING DYNAMICS + This course covers kinematics and kinetics of translation, rotation, and plane motion;
work, energy, and power; impulse, momentum, and impact; kinetics of variable mass;
introduction to vibration. Prerequisites: MA204 or concurrent enrollment and CEE-201.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CEE203 | MECHANICS OF MATERIALS + This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts and application of strength of materials
while developing student's analytical problem solving skills. The course covers the
response of structures due to axial load, bending, shear and torsion; concept of stress
and strain; and beam and column deflection. Prerequisites: CEE-201.
|
3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
| CEE204 | MECHANICS OF FLUIDS + Physical properties of fluids, fluid statics, mass Momentum and energy conversation,
Bernoulli Equation, dimensional analysis, friction, and head Loss, flow in closed
conduits, forces over Immersed bodies. Prerequisite: CEE-201 and MA-203.
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE301 | STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS + The course includes an introduction to structural systems and basic analysis methods
for beams, frames, and trusses. Prerequisite: CEE-203.
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE302 | ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS + Introduction of hydrological properties for the sustainable design. Hydraulics of
closed conduits and open channel flow with the emphasis on engineering applications.
Pump hydraulics, urban drainages, and Statistical analysis for the flood event, and
floodplain determination and management. Prerequisite: CEE-204 and concurrent enrollment
in CEE-302L.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE302L | ENGINEERING HYDRAULICS LAB + This course involves conducting a number of lab experiments to support and verity
the principles taught in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics courses. Prerequisite: concurrent
enrollment in CEE302.
|
1 credit hour | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE303 | GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING + Introduction to soil mechanics including classification and index properties of soils,
soil permeability and flow in soil, stresses in soils, compressibility, consolidation,
shear strength, soil improvement, and introduction to geosynthetics. Prerequisites:
CEE203 and concurrent enrollment in CEE303L
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE303L | GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY + An introduction to experimental determination of civil engineering properties of soil
and their behavior, identification, grain size analysis, Atterberg limits, compaction,
permeability, consolidation, and shear strength. Also, an introduction to sampling
of soil materials, and substantial emphasis on writing lab reports. Prerequisite:
CEE-203 and concurrent enrollment in CEE-303.
|
1 credit hour | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE304 | CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS + A study of principal materials used for engineering purposes with special attention
to mechanical properties and their importance to the engineer. Topics include introduction
to mechanical properties and their importance to the engineer. Topics include introduction
to mechanical behavior of materials, characteristics of metals, characteristics of
wood, evaluation of aggregates, design of Portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete,
and hands-on experience in testing of civil engineering materials. Concurrent enrollment
in CEE-304L. Prerequisite: CEE203
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE304L | CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS LABORATORY + A study of the principal material used for engineering purposes with special attention
to mechanical properties and their importance to the engineer. Hands-on experience
in testing of civil engineering materials. Concurrent enrollment in CEE304.
|
1 credit hour | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE305 | EARTH STRUCTURES DESIGN + Earth pressure theories, design of earth retaining structures, including reinforced
cantilever walls, sheet pile walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, engineered
earth slopes and stability, use of geosynthetics. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisite:
CEE-303 and CEE-303L.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE306 | REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES DESIGN + The course includes an introduction to structural systems and basic analysis methods
for beams, frames and trusses. Topics covered include the analysis of statically determinate
and indeterminate structures, deflections calculations, influence lines, and an introduction
to the stiffness method and a software package for structural analysis. Prerequisite:
CEE-301.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE307 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING + This course lays a foundation for further coursework in the environmental and civil-sanitary
engineering disciplines. Information about the nature and scope of environmental problems
will be presented along with an overview of current engineering practices involved
in their correction. Methodologies for solving these problems will be introduced along
with the underlying principles of environment chemistry and microbiology that they
employ. Topics of study will include water and wastewater treatment, air pollution
control, solid-waste management,and sustainable design for the environmental remediation.
Prerequisites: CH103, MA203 and CEE 204.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE308L | INTRO TO SURVEYING AND LAB + This is an introductory course to surveying Techniques and includes theory as well
lab Sessions. Principles of plan surveying. Measurement of horizontal distance, difference
in Elevation, and angles. Traverse surveys and Computations. Horizontal and vertical
curves. Principles of stadia. Topographic surveys. Cross-sectioning & earthwork. Prerequisites:
PH-251, MA-203 and EN-111.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE401 | STEEL STRUCTURES DESIGN + Introduction to the design of structural elements found in steel buildings with emphasis
on the theories necessary for a thorough understanding of the design procedure. In
particular steel tension member, beams, columns, beam columns, and connections are
considered. Emphasizes the AISC-LRFD Specifications for steel design, though reference
is made to the ASD specification with comparisons made where appropriate. Prerequisites:
CEE-301.
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE402 | FOUNDATION ENGINEERING + Effect of geotechnical conditions on the behavior, proportioning, and choice of foundation
type; bearing capacity theories, consolidation, shrink-swell, and settlement, shallow
and deep foundations, subsurface exploration methods, study of foundation case histories,
introduction to sustainability, risk and reliability in geotechnical engineering projects.
Prerequisite: CEE 303 and CEE303L.
|
3 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE403 | FUNDAMENTAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING + History of transportation modes, transportation systems, new transport technologies,
traffic operations and control, economic evaluation of transport alternatives, introduction
to transportation planning, design, statistical comparison of spot mean speeds in
decision making, operation of transportation systems with an emphasis on highway design,
horizontal and vertical alignment, cross-sections, earthwork, drainage, pavement materials
for highways, pavement foundation design, traffic surveys, introduction to the role
of sustainability in pavements. Prerequisites: CEE-301, CEE-303, CEE303L and CEE-306.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE404 | CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN I + This course is a one-year independent study under the supervision of a faculty member,
which includes analytical, experimental, computational, or case-study type work. A
final report must be submitted near the end of the second semester accompanied with
an A3 size poster. The project will be assessed through both report writing and oral
presentation. The mark will be given as a single unit for both the courses "CEE404
Civil Engineering Design 1" and "CEE404 Civil Engineering Design 2", with a total
of 4 credits. Prerequisite: All CEE 300 level courses and Instructors consent.
|
2 credit hours | FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE405 | CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN II + This course is a one-year independent study under the supervision of a faculty member,
which includes analytical, experimental, computational, or case-study type work. A
final report must be submitted near the end of the second semester accompanied with
an A3 size poster. The project will be assessed through both report writing and oral
presentation. The mark will be given as a single unit for both the courses "CEE403
Civil Engineering Design 1" and "CEE404 Civil Engineering Design 2", with a total
of 4 credits. Prerequisite: CEE404 and Instructors consent.
|
2 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
| CEE406 | INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT + Fundamental concepts in managing construction Projects. Introduction to overall construction
Process including planning, design, delivery Methods construction contracts, equipment
and Labor productivity, cost estimating, scheduling, Quality assurance and safety.
Prerequisites: CEE 303, CEE303L, CEE 304 and CEE304L.
|
3 credit hours | SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS |
*Note: CEE-201 Course may apply to General Education requirements.
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