Academic Catalog 2026-2027

Civil Engineering Tech. (CIVT)

CIVT 141  Civil Engr Mtls  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Civil Engineering Materials (3) Introduction to materials and equipment for civil engineering construction. Properties and uses discussed of steel, alloys, asphalt, timbers, cement, aggregates, acoustics, etc. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 223  Water Resource Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Water Resources Engineering (3) Introduction to the science of hydrology and application. Hydro-meteorology ground-water, hydrographic, storm water control, free surface flow and water quality. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 134 or MATH 1316)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 224  Soil Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  
Geotechnical analysis of soils: application of science and engineering principles; methods of exploration, testing, and classification using ASTM and AASHTO laboratory methods.
Prerequisite(s): ((CIVT 141) and (MATH 134 or MATH 1316) or (MATH 136 or MATH 2312))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 231  Plane Surveying I  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Surveying I (3) Theory and practice of plane surveying; instruments, measurements of distances, angles, elevations; introduction to traverse, contour, and electronic distance measurements. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Listed as ENGR 1305 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.
Prerequisite(s): ((MATH 134 or MATH 1316) or (MATH 138 or MATH 1325))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
TCCN: ENGR 1307  
CIVT 232  Statics  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Introduction to applications of equilibrium of rigid bodies, including moments, couples, and moments of inertia.
Prerequisite(s): ((MATH 134 or MATH 1316) or (MATH 138 or MATH 1325) and (PHYS 237 or PHYS 1301))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
TCCN: ENGR 2301  
CIVT 233  Dynamics  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Principles of kinetics, kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, vectors, simple harmonic motion, and energy.
Prerequisite(s): ((MATH 241 or MATH 2413) and (CIVT 232))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
TCCN: ENGR 2302  
CIVT 234  Surveying II  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 4, Lab: 1  
Continuation of CIVT 231 with emphasis on field work, design, the transit, theodite, electronic instruments, stake out, contour, topography, and profile leveling.
Prerequisite(s): ((CIVT 231) and (MATH 134 or MATH 1316))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
TCCN: ENGR 1407  
CIVT 301  Environmental Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Water supply and treatment, wastewater characterization and treatment. Design of units process and operation, transmission and sewerage facilities.
Prerequisite(s): ((CHEM 111) or CHEM 1111) and (CHEM 131 or CHEM 1311) and (CIVT 223)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 302  Solid Waste Management  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 332  Applied Fluid Mechanics  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Fluid mechanics with engineering applications, properties of fluids, pressure, kinematics, energy, and flow through pipes.
Prerequisite(s): ((CIVT 232) and (MATH 241 or MATH 2413))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 333  Hydraulic Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Introduction to quantitative hydrology, open channel flow, flow in conduits, hydraulic structures, flow measurements, and pumps.
Prerequisite(s): (CIVT 332)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 334  Transportation Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  
Study of transportation engineering concepts, planning, traffic flow, capacity analysis, environmental and utility accommodations, and transportation economics analysis.
Prerequisite(s): (CIVT 231)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 335  Geom Des Of Highways  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Theory and application of the parameters impact the geometric design of highways and other roadways.
Prerequisite(s): ((CIVT 334) and (MATH 241 or MATH 2413))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 336  Structural Analysis  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  
Study of determinate structures with emphasis on both the analytical and graphical approaches to trusses and building frames.
Prerequisite(s): ((MATH 241 or MATH 2413) and (CIVT 338))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 337  Reinforced Concrete Design  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Concrete materials and properties, mixing and placement, concrete tests, design of concrete structures, elastic theory, stresses, beams, foundations, columns, and floor slabs.
Prerequisite(s): CIVT 336
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 338  Strength of Materials  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Physical properties of engineering materials concepts of stress and loading shear force and bending moments. Design of structural elements.
Prerequisite(s): ((MATH 242 or MATH 2414) and (CIVT 232) and (PHYS 237 or PHYS 1301))
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 339  Water Resources Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 340  Structural Steel Design  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  
This is a design course tha aims at introducing practical structural steel design. The objective is to provide students with the knowledge to properly design steel strucctures and be able to provide proper construction details for their design. The course will be delivered in classical lectures twice a week. Students attending the class will learn design structural steel elements and connections.
Prerequisite(s): (CIVT 336)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 400  Civil Engr Tech Project  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 4, Lab: 4  
Design of Civil Engineering related projects, apply the necessary criteria, city code approvals, and independent experimental study.
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 434  Water & Waterwaste Engineering  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 2, Lab: 2  
Sanitary Engineering (3) Introduction to sanitary microbiology and sanitary chemistry, communicable diseases, solid waste; environmental sanitation; environmental regulations; water and airborne diseases, transmission and control. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite(s): CIVT 301
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 435  Building Construction  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 3  
Building Construction (3) Setting out of construction work, foundations, wallings, concrete slabs, formworks, roofing structures, plumbing and drainages, bridges, commercial and industrial buildings, and estimating. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisite(s): (CIVT 337 and CIVT 340)
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 436  Civ Engr Construction Methods  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  
Job planning and management, fundamentals of earth work, setting-out, concrete structural piling, blasting, roads, culverts, drainage, bridges, commercial and industrial buildings, and estimating.
Prerequisite(s): CIVT 337
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering
CIVT 437  Traffic Engineering  (1 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  
College/School: Col of Science, Engr & Tech
Department: Department of Engineering