UNIVERSITY OF HAIL
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
First Year (Preparatory)
Subjects will be allocated on joining the university.
Second Year (Freshman)
First Term
Second Term
Cours
e
Title
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T
L
B
C
R
Prerequi
site
Corequ
isite
CHE
M 13
0
Basic for Environment
Chemistry
2
0
2
Che
m 10
1
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Mat
h
101
PHYS
102
General Phy. II
3
3
4
Phys
101
Mat
h
102
Phys
101
MAT
H 102
Calculus II
4
0
4
Math
101
Phys
102
3
ENGL
102
English Composition II
3
0
3
Engl
101
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0
2
ICS 1
03
Computer
Programming in C
2
3
3
Math
101
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2
1
IAS 1
01
Practical Grammar
2
0
2
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0
2
1
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1
6
8
1
9
Cours
e
Title
L
T
L
B
C
R
CHE
M 10
1
General
Chemistry I
3
4
4
PHYS
101
General
Phy. I
3
3
4
MAT
H 101
Calculus I
4
0
4
ENGL
101
Intro. to
Acad.
Discourse
3
0
IAS 1
11
Belief and
its Consq.
2
PE 1
01
Physical
Education I
0
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
PE 1
02
TOTA
L
1
5
9
1
8
Physical Education II
TOTA
L
Third Year (Sophomore)
First Term
Cours
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Title
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B
C
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Second Term
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
Cours
e
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T
Title
L
B
C
R
Prerequi
site
Corequ
isite
CE 2
01,
CE 2
01
Statics
3
0
3
PHYS
101
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CE 2
03
Structural Mech. I
3
0
3
MAT
H
102
-------
CE 2
01,
CE 2
15
Computer
Graphics
2
3
3
ICS 1
03
-------
CE 2
30
Engineering Fluid
Mechanics
3
0
3
-------
MAT
H 202
Elem. to Diff.
Equations
3
0
3
MAT
H
201
-------
MAT
H
102
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CE 2
61
Surveying
1
3
2
Sopho
more
Standi
ng
ENGL
214
Academic
& Prof.
Communica
tion
3
0
3
ENGL
102
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ME 2
01
Dynamics
3
0
3
CE 2
01
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MAT
H 201
Calculus III
3
0
3
MATH
102
-------
IAS 2
12
Professional Ethics
2
0
2
IAS 1
11
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XXXX
xxx
Science
Elective
2
3
3
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EE 2
02
Fund. of Electrical
Circuits
2
3
3
MAT
H
102,
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PHYS
102
TOTA
L
1
4
9
1
7
TOTA
L
1
6
3
1
7
L
B
C
R
Fourth Year (Junior)
First Term
Cours
e
Title
L
T
L
B
Second Term
C
R
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
Cours
e
Title
L
T
Prerequi
site
Corequ
isite
CE 3
05,
CE 3
03
Structural
Materials
3
3
4
CE 20
3
-------
CE 3
12
Introduction to CE
Design
1
0
1
Junio
r
Stan
-------
ding
CE 3
05
CE 3
18
Structural
Analysis I
3
0
3
Numerical
&
Stat.
MATH
202,
2
3
3
ICS 1
03
Methods in
CE
IAS 2
01
Writing for
Prof. Needs
2
CE 3
30
Environmen
tal Eng.
Principles
3
ISE
307
Engineering
Economics
3
TOTA
L
CE 20
3
1
6
0
0
0
6
2
3
3
IAS 1
01
-------
CE xx
x
CE Elective I
3
0
3
-------
-------
-------
CE 3
41
Transportation
Engineering
3
0
3
PHYS
101
CE 3
43
-------
CE 3
43
Transportation
Engineering Lab
0
3
1
CE 3
03
CE 3
41
CE 2
03,
Chem
130
-------
CE 3
53
Geotechnical
Engineering I
3
Junior
standi
ng
-------
IAS 3
01
Oral Com. Skills
2
0
2
IAS 2
01
-------
GS xx
x
GS Elective
3
0
3
-------
-------
1
5
6
1
7
1
8
TOTA
L
Title
L
T
L
B
C
R
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
CE
318,
CE
350
Cooperative
Work
Program
0
0
0
ENGL
214an
d the
compl
etion
of 85
credit
hours
Fifth Year (Senior)
First Term
4
CE 2
30
Summer Semester
Cours
e
3
Second Term
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Cours
e
Title
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T
L
B
C
R
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
Cours
e
Title
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B
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CE 3
51
Continue to
Co-op Work
0
0
9
CE
350
-------
CE 4
13
Applied Design
Project
0
9
3
Prerequi
site
Corequ
isite
CE* 3
51
-------
CE
303,
CE 4
21
Construction
Methods &Manag.
3
0
3
CE xx
x
CE Elective II
3
0
3
-------
-------
CE xx
x
Option Elective
3
0
3
-------
-------
IAS 3
22
Human Rights in
Islam
2
0
2
IAS 3
01
-------
CE
312,
-------
CE 4
90
MGT
301
TOTA
L
0
0
CE Seminar
Principles of
Management
TOTA
L
9
1
0
1
3
0
3
1
5
9
1
8
L
T
L
B
C
R
Senio
r
Stan
ding
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Senio
r
Stan
ding
------ENG
214
Total credit hours required in Degree Program: 133 + (Preparatory Year)
Elective Subjects
COU
RSE
TITLE
L
T
CE 3
15
Reinforced
Concrete I
2
CE 4
05
Structural
Analysis
II
3
L
B
3
0
C
R
3
3
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
COU
RSE
CE
305
-------
CE 4
44
CE
305
-------
CE 4
40
TITLE
Traffic Eng. &
Roadway Safety
Prerequi
site
CE
341
3
0
3
CE
343
Highways & Airport
Materials
3
0
3
CE
303
Corequ
isite
-------
-------
CE 4
08
CE 4
55
Steel
Design
Foundation
and Earth
Structures
Design
2
3
3
CE
305
-------
CE 3
32
3
0
3
CE
353
-------
CE 4
38
Eng. Hydrology and
Hydraulic
3
3
Hydraulics Systems
Design
2
3
3
CE
230
-------
3
0
3
CE
330
-------
3
0
3
CE
330
-------
CE 4
53
Geotechnic
al Eng. II
3
0
3
CE
353
-------
CE 4
73
CE 4
15
Reinforced
Concrete II
2
3
3
CE
315
-------
CE 4
76
Hazardous & Solid
Wastes
CE 4
41
Pavement
Design
3
0
3
CE
343
TITLE
GEOL
201
Physical
Geology
GEOL
202
Applied
Geoscience
s for
Scientists
and
Engineers
L
T
2
2
L
B
3
3
MAT
H
102
-------
Science Electives
COU
RSE
-------
2
Design and Operation
of Water and
Wastewater
Treatment
Plants
CE
341
CE
201
General Studies Electives
C
R
Prerequis
ite
Corequ
isite
COU
RSE
TITLE
L
T
L
B
C
R
Prerequi
site
Corequ
isite
3
Sopho
more
Standi
ng
-------
GS
321
Principles of Human
Behavior
3
0
3
ENG
102
-------
3
Sopho
more
Standi
ng
-------
GS
423
International
Relations
3
0
3
ENG
102
-------
GS
424
Planning and Social
Development
3
0
3
ENG
102
-------
GS
427
Man and
Environment
3
0
3
ENG
102
-------
STAT
319
Prob& Stat for
Engineers
2
3
3
-------
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CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSES DESCRIPTION
COURSES
CE 201: Statics Prerequisite: PHYS 101
Basic concepts and principles of mechanics; vector algebra; equilibrium of particles in two and
three dimensions; definition of moment and couples; reduction of systems of forces; equilibrium
of rigid bodies; statically determinate structures including beams, trusses, frames, and
machines; internal forces; shear force and bending moment diagrams in beams; friction and its
applications, centroid and center of gravity of lines, areas, and volumes; moment of inertia and
radius of gyration.
CE 215: Computer Graphics Prerequisite: ICS 103
The course focuses on the following topics: Introduction to Computer Aided Design and
Drafting, (CADD), 2D Drawings with AutoCAD includes Multi-view Projection, Dimensions,
Sections, Auxiliary Views, Free Hand Sketching, Metallic Members and their Connections,
Bearing and Slope of Lines and Planes, Contour Map Lines, Cut and Fill, Blue Print Reading, and
3D Drawings.
CE 261: SurveyingPrerequisite: Sophomore Standing
Introduction to measuring units, significant figures, direct distance measurement with tapes,
tape corrections; electronic distance measurement; levels and leveling; longitudinal profiles and
cross sections; contouring; area and volume computations; the theodolite and angular
measurements; optical distance measurements; rectangular coordinates; traverse surveys and
computations; mapping. introduction to GPS and GIS. Laboratory and field practice.
CE 203: Structural Mechanics IPrerequisite: CE 201, MATH 102
Concepts of stress, strain, and constitutive relations; stress and deformation of axially loaded
members; thermal stresses; pressure vessels; energy concepts; torsion of circular and thinwalled sections; shear and bending moment diagrams in beams; elastic bending and shear
stresses in beams; compound stresses; stress transformation; bending moment-curvature
equation; deflection of beams; singularity functions methods, analysis and design applications.
CE 230: Engineering Fluid MechanicsPrerequisite: CE 201, MATH 102
Properties of fluids, hydrostatics with applications to manometers, forces on plane and curved
surfaces, buoyancy, equations of continuity, energy and linear momentum with applications,
Bernoulli’s equation and flow measuring devices, dimensional analysis, dynamic similarity, open
channel flow, conduit flow.
CE 303: Structural Materials: Prerequisite: CE 203
Composition and properties of hydraulic cements; characteristics of local aggregates and water;
properties of fresh concrete; production, handling and placement of cement and fresh concrete
in the local environment; properties of hardened concrete; mix design; special concretes;
introduction to pavement types; asphalt cement types, properties and usage; properties of
aggregate for asphalt concrete mixes; asphalt concrete mix design concept; types, engineering
properties, and usage of structural steel; introduction to aluminum, timber, glass, plastics and
other structural materials. Laboratory sessions on tests of concrete constituents, fresh and
hardened concrete, aggregate gradation and mix design, flexure behavior of reinforced concrete
beams, physical properties and testing of asphalt binders, asphalt concrete mix design; hardness
test, tensile and torsion tests on metals, measurement of Poisson’s ratio and stress
concentration, and bending tests on steel beams.
CE 305: Structural Analysis I: Prerequisite: CE 203
Shear force and bending moment diagrams for frames; influence lines for beams, frames and 2D
trusses; displacement of beams by moment area, and conjugate beam methods; displacements
of beams, frames and trusses by virtual work; analysis of statically indeterminate structures;
method of consistent deformation, energy methods, slope-deflection and moment distribution;
introduction to the flexibility and stiffness matrix methods and computer applications.
CE 318: Numerical & Statistical Methods in CE: Prerequisite: ICS 103, MATH 202
Introduction to numerical methods; error analysis; solution of system of linear and nonlinear
equations; numerical integration; numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations; curve
fitting and interpolation; statistical methods, descriptive statistics, probability distributions,
analysis of variance and regression; introduction to linear programming and optimization
problems; development and application of computer programs to case studies derived from civil
engineering practices.
CE 330: Environmental Engineering Principles: Prerequisite: CHEM 130 or equivalent
Introduction to major environmental pollution issues; Analyses of water quality; Municipal solid
waste management and disposal; Hazardous waste testing, management, and treatment; Air
pollution characteristics, effects, measurements, control, meteorology, and dispersion; Noise
pollution control; Introduction to wastewater testing, treatment and reuse; Environment Impact
Assessment.
CE 312: Introduction to CE Design: Prerequisite: CE 305, Junior Standing
A broad introduction of basic design concepts in different civil engineering disciplines; design
landscape and requirements related to data, information, specification and codes, methods and
tools, design considerations and constraints; issues related to safety, economy and impact;
professional ethics and responsibility; design drawings; a small-scale project work to
complement student’s understanding.
CE 341: Transportation Engineering: Prerequisite: PHYS 101, Co requisite: CE 343
Planning and evaluation of transportation systems; transportation in Saudi Arabia;
characteristics of transportation systems and vehicles; introduction to design principles and
transportation facilities including roadways and airports; flexible pavement design; application
of computer software(s) related to transportation.
CE 343: Transportation Engineering Laboratory: Prerequisite: CE 303, Co requisite: CE 341
Field studies for speed, traffic volume counts and delays; introduction and practice incapacity
analysis, traffic signal design, pavement material testing and design; intersection, channelization
and highway geometric design; introduction to transportation related software's.
CE 353: Geotechnical Engineering I: Prerequisite: CE 203, CE 230
Soil formation and identification; index and classification properties of soils; clay minerals; soil
compaction; capillarity, swelling, shrinkage and effective stresses; flow of water in soils;
compressibility and consolidation; stress in soils; shear strength of cohesive and cohesion less
soils; introduction to lateral earth pressure and shallow foundation. Laboratory study of soil
properties and behavior.
CE 351: Continue Coop WorkPrerequisite: CE 318, ENGL 214 and the completion of 90 credit
hours including all 300 level CE courses.
A continuous period of 28 weeks is spent in the industry to acquire practical experience in Civil
Engineering under the supervision and guidance of the employer and the academic advisor.
During this period the student gains an in-depth exposure and appreciation of the Civil
Engineering profession. The student is required to write a detailed report about his training
period under the regulation of the CE department.
CE 413: Applied Design Project: Prerequisite: CE351
CE students undertake a civil engineering design project under the supervision of a faculty
member with the aim of achieving a comprehensive design experience through a coherent study
of engineering and design principles. The student chooses the project in the field with which he
is most familiar through his co-op work experience. The student is required to make an oral and
written presentation of the design project to an examining committee.
CE 421: Construction Methods & Management: Prerequisite: CE 303, Senior Standing
An overview of the construction industry, contracts, contract documents and professional
liabilities, issues during construction phase, business ownership, cost estimation, equipment
productivity; concrete form design; planning and scheduling using critical path method, resource
leveling, cost control; introduction to pert, construction management aspects; materials
management, bidding, construction productivity and safety.
CE 490: CE Seminar: Prerequisite: CE 312, Senior Standing
Weekly presentation of lectures by the instructor and the invited speakers on topical issues in
civil engineering, including contemporary issues, professional responsibilities, ethical issues and
advances and challenges in civil engineering profession; each student will be required to make a
presentation on a selected topic and participate in classroom discussion.
CE 315: Reinforced Concrete I: Prerequisite: CE 305
Review of properties of structural concrete and reinforcing steel; behavior and design of
reinforced rectangular and T-section in flexure; Use of computers in beam design for flexure;
behavior and design of beams for shear, bond, and development length including splices and
cut-off points; design; design of one-way slab, design of continuous beams with computer
application for analysis; control of deflection and cracking; design of short columns; design of
single footing; design project of a simple multistory building with one-way flooring system which
integrates the design of the different structural components.
CE 415: Reinforced Concrete II: Prerequisite: CE 315
Behavior and design of columns under axial load and bending including slenderness effects;
design of wall footings; design of combined footings; ACI Code provisions for serviceability
requirements; deflection of flexural members; design of two-ways slabs on beams using the ACI
Direct Design Method; analysis and design of frames and continuous beams; design of one-way
joist floor system; design of beam column joints; design of stairs behavior and design of
retaining walls; introduction to pre-stressed concrete; design project of multistory building with
two-way flooring system which integrates the design of different structural components;
computer application in interactive design.
CE 405: Structural Analysis II: Prerequisite: CE 305
Review of matrix algebra and solution of simultaneous equations; flexibility (force) method
analysis; stiffness (displacement) method of analysis; 2-D trusses, beams and frames;
development of computer programs using the stiffness method; use of available computer
packages for applications in structural analysis; introduction to the Finite Element Method;
introduction to Structural Stability.
CE 408: Steel Design: Prerequisite: CE 305
Properties of structural steel; steel sections and introduction to load resistance factor design
(LFRD), design of tension members, compression members and capacity calculations; laced
columns width-thickness ratios; design of beams with and without lateral supports; design of
members under combined axial and bending loads; design and details of simple bolted and
welded connections, and an introduction to common building connections; use of software for
design of elements and overall design of frames.
CE 455: Foundation and Earth Structures Design: Prerequisite: CE353
Site investigation, including determination of soil properties for design; bearing capacity theory
of shallow foundation; settlement of building foundations; design and analysis of retaining walls,
sheet piles and braced excavations; design of pile and pier foundations.
CE 453: Geotechnical Engineering II: Prerequisite: CE 353
Fundamental relations of elasticity and plasticity in soil masses; unsaturated soils behavior;
deformation properties of cohesionless and cohesive soils; advanced strength concepts in soils
and stress path; slope stability analysis; introduction to soil dynamics.
CE 441: Pavement Design: Prerequisite: CE 341, CE 343
Pavement types and loading, behavior of pavements under dynamic loads, stresses in flexible
and rigid pavements, pavement components, pavement design factors, flexible highway and
airport pavement design, rigid highway and airport pavement design; overlay design and
computer applications; practical pavement design project of a road and airport.
CE 444: Traffic Engineering & Roadway Safety:Prerequisite: CE 341, CE 343
Vehicle, roadway and driver characteristics; traffic engineering and safety studies; traffic flow
theory and highway capacity analysis, and computer applications; traffic control methods and
devices; operational considerations for safety; roadway lighting and highway traffic noise.
CE 440: Highway and Airport Materials: Prerequisite: CE 303
Materials types: asphalts, cement, aggregates and local materials; specifications: material
selection and design; tests of asphalts and aggregates, mix design procedures for hot and cold
mixes of flexible pavements and concrete mixes for rigid pavements; characterization
techniques; modulus of resilience, fatigue, rutting and field control tests.
CE 332: Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulic: Prerequisite: CE 201, MATH 102
Surface water hydrology, water cycle, precipitation, evaporation, stream flow. Principles of
hydrologic systems and their analysis. Hydrologic simulation, reservoir planning and water
supply studies. Analysis of rainfall and floods. Examination of flow in pipelines and pipe
networks, pumps and pumping stations, hydrology, flow in open channels, groundwater
hydraulics, and design of hydraulic structures.
CE 438: Hydraulic Systems Design: Prerequisite: CE 230
Fundamental principles and design of water supply, sanitary and storm sewer systems and their
components, including pipes, pumps, storage facilities, open-channels, culverts; computer
applications in the design and analysis of hydraulic systems.
CE 473: Design and Operation of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants: Prerequisite: CE
330
Water and wastewater characteristics, theory and practice in sanitary engineering including the
concepts of processing, design, economic evaluation and computer analysis; class projects
incorporating practical considerations in the design and operation of treatment units and the
combining of unit processing in water and wastewater treatment plants; field trips to visit
various types of treatment plants in operation.
CE 476: Hazardous & Solid Wastes: Prerequisite: CE 330
Hazardous and solid waste quantities, properties and sources. Theory and design of several
industrial hazardous waste management and treatment aspects including regulations,
environmental audits, pollution prevention, risk assessment, chemical & biological process
fundamentals, and industrial hazardous waste separation, handling, treatment, & disposal
techniques.