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This course explores the fundamental concepts of hydrology and its application to civil engineering. Students will develop knowledge to analyze watersheds and design storm sewers. Specific topics include rainfall intensity, the hydrologic cycle, mass balance, watersheds, contour maps, hydrographs, streamflow models, storm events, streamflow measurement, infiltration, groundwater, snowmelt quantification, and storm sewer design.

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This course explores skills required for success in a civil engineering technology career. Topics covered include goal setting, interviewing, communication, listening skills, teambuilding, personality types, critical thinking and conflict prevention and resolution. Students will prepare a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and learn how to market themselves. Diversity and equality, personal rights relating to violence and harassment, health and safety procedures and professional ethics will be emphasized throughout the course.

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This course explores the relationship between applied loads and material stresses and strains with a focus on those developed in common structural elements. Students will develop their knowledge in the following topics: concepts of stress and strain, material testing, allowable stresses and factors of safety, analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate axially loaded bars, thermal stresses, moments of inertia, beam stresses and deflections, column buckling, stress transformations and Mohr's circle. A laboratory component is included in this course.

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This course is a general introduction to the field of civil engineering, with focus on the roles and responsibilities of civil engineering technologists. Students will interact with practicing civil engineering technologists and civil engineers to learn about the subdisciplines of civil engineering. Additional introductory topics include sustainable development, environmental and societal impact, project development, standards and codes and ethics.

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This course explores the fundamental relationships between external forces, reaction forces and internal forces. Analysis is restricted to statically determinant, two-dimensional cases, with a focus on civil design applications. Students will develop their knowledge in the following areas: 2D force vectors, equilibrium equations, support conditions, free-body diagrams, truss analysis by the methods of joints and sections, analysis of pinned plane frames, geometric properties of sections, distributed loading, and load, shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams.

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This course expands on knowledge gained in CIVE 140, Construction Materials I, and introduces students to basic geotechnical design principles, and mixing and testing of concrete and asphalt. Through lectures and laboratory sessions, students learn the influence of geology on soils, cement types, concrete properties, batching to finishing techniques, compressive strength, quality control, and inspection requirements. Additional topics covered include consolidation and shear testing of soils, steel reinforcement, asphalt mix design, and pavement data collection and assessment techniques.

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This course expands on knowledge gained in CIVE 150, Surveying I, and introduces students to additional surveying methods. Topics covered include measurement and calculation, simple plane surveying, calculating and adjustments, levelling, curves, cross-sections and plans, volume calculations and detail survey. Students will apply the required surveying skills to complete road, building, and elevation layout.

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This course explores the basic theory, techniques and application of algebra, geometry and statistics as required to solve problems in Civil Engineering Technology. Topics will include trigonometry, linear, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions, analytic geometry, vectors, and statistical methods including data summarization, probability, normal distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and linear regression. Applications to civil engineering are emphasized throughout the course.

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This course expands on knowledge gained in MATH 180, Mathematics for Civil Engineering Technology I, and will cover topics in calculus and matrix algebra necessary for Civil Engineering Technology. Topics will include limits, derivatives of algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, definite and indefinite integrals, differential equations, matrix operations and inverses, and solving systems of linear equations using matrices. Applications to civil engineering are emphasized throughout the course.

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This course explores remote and rural water supply, wastewater and solid waste management. Through lectures, case studies and field trips, students will learn about reservoirs and dams, safe drinking water, common contaminants, purification requirements, soil erosion, sediment control, wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste, and engineered landfills. The impacts of water waste and solid waste on the environment will be a focus throughout the course.

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This course is a continuation of the content in CIVE 210, Structural Design I. Students will further their understanding of structural analysis by applying concepts to structural members made of steel and reinforced concrete. Specific topics include structural indeterminacy, qualitative analysis, design of steel structures (tension members, columns, beams and beam-columns), and design of concrete structures (beams, one-way slabs, columns, footings and retaining walls).

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This course explores the connections between civil engineering and the larger framework of society and the environment. Students will learn about the environmental effects of engineering and sustainable design. Social impacts of civil projects will be explored with emphasis on health and safety and public consultations. These topics will be discussed within the framework of northern and/or rural ecosystems. Specific topics include environmental pollution, site assessment and remediation, sustainable engineering, environmental life cycle analysis, health and safety, and public consultation.

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This course explores the basic concepts of structural design in accordance with national and provincial building codes. Students will learn the structural design process and how to design wood structural elements. Specific topics include limit states design, dead loads, occupancy loads, snow loads, wind loads, load paths, wood tension members, wood columns, wood beams, and wood connections.