General

1 credit, Spring Semester
Required (CIE Spring freshman year)
One 50-minute lecture per week

Recent Instructor(s)

Dr. Michael Constantinou (Spring 2001, 02, Fall 2004)
(716)645-2114 ext.2404
constan1@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. Rowland Richards (Spring 2003, 04)
(716)645-2114 ext. 2417

URL

None

Prerequisite(s)

None

Catalogue Description

Seeks to develop a basic understanding of the scientific rationale behind the design for large-scale public works, of the urban social context within which such works are funded and built, and of the symbolic meaning of these structures seen as cultural moments and works of art. One lecture per week.

Course Objectives/Outcomes

1. Develop understanding of what Civil Engineers do.

2. Develop elementary understanding of what is involved in the basic areas of concentration in Civil Engineering at the University at Buffalo: Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

3. Serve as a beginning point of contact between freshmen in Civil Engineering and faculty in Civil Engineering and alumni professional engineers.

Text(s)

Billington (1985). The tower and the bridge.

Outcomes (ABET a-k)

j

Outcomes (CIE)

8

Outcomes (ENV)

Not applicable

Other information

Usually waived for transfer students

Review by Undergraduate Studies Committee

Scheduled for 2002-2003

Prepared by

Dr. Alan J. Rabideau/Dr. Michael Constantinou (Nov-02)