MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
WATER RESOURCES UNIVERSITY
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WRU
WRU PROGRAMS PROVIDED FOR AIMS
I. SECTION A: Program Information
1. Undergraduate Advanced Programs in Civil Engineering based on curriculum of University of
Arkansas, USA (UoA)
UoA’s
WRU’s
Courses
Course
Course Code
Code
Semesters 1 Year 1
ENGL1011 Advanced English
- Listening Skill 1
ENGL1021 Advanced English
- Speaking Skill 1
ENGL1031 Advanced English
- Reading Skill 1
ENGL1041 Advanced English
- Writing Skill 1
Semesters 2 Year 1
ENGL1052 Advanced English
- Listening Skill 2
ENGL1062 Advanced English
- Speaking Skill 2
ENGL1072 Advanced English
- Reading Skill 2
ENGL1082 Advanced English
- Writing Skill 2
ENGL1092 English for Civil
Engineering
Description
Total
credits
To provide students with advanced knowledge of English
grammar and at the same time improve students’ language
skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing at
intermediate level in order that students are able to read
documents, to communicate as well as to listen to lectures
in English. The content of the course includes: Auxiliary
verbs, present tenses, past tenses and future tenses, active
and passive voice, types of questions, verb patterns,
conditionals, time clauses, modal verbs, and reported
speech.
2
To provide students with skills and strategies for doing
exercises in form of TOEFL, train students with these kinds
of exercises in order to familiarize students with them
serving for the aim of having their output of TOEFL 500
(or IELTS 5.0). The goal of this course is to improve
students’ ability to communicate in English including for
skill: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It aims to
prepare students language contents, strategies and skills to
read present, discuss, and write an academic essay.
2
The course is designed to provide students with strategies
and practices of critical reading and critical writing about
scientific issues. It includes a lot of reading tasks,
presentation and discussion, as well as writing activities,
which will help students to critically think about the
readings as well as create and develop compositions in a
critical way.
3
Semester 1 year 2
PHYS 2054 PHYSC2013 University Physics This course provides students the knowledge of forces,
I
energy, momentum, angular momentum, oscillations,
waves, heat, and thermodynamics.
MATH 2554 MATHC2013 Calculus I
To understand the concepts of calculus (explain “why?”
and “what’s going on?”); become proficient with the
techniques, calculations, and procedures characteristic of
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
CHEM 1103 CHEMC2013 University
Chemistry I
GNEG 1111
GNEG2013 Introduction
Engineering I
GNEG 1121
GNEG2023 Introduction to
Engineering II
ENGL 1013 COMPW2013 Composition I
3.
Semester 2 Year 2
MATH 2564 MATHC2024 Calculus II
CHEM 1123 CHEMC2024 University
Chemistry II
calculus; be able to use techniques from calculus to model
“real-world” situations and solve “applied” problems; and
be able to write complete, well-organized, logically correct
solutions to problems and responses to questions. The
content of the course includes: limits, continuity,
differentiation, and integration of elementary functions
with applications.
To develop an understanding of fundamental aspects of
chemistry and chemical principles; emphasis on structure,
bonding, and stoichiometry.
to The goal of the course is to help you learn about the Civil
Engineering (CIVE) and Environmental Engineering
(EnvE) professions. You will learn how to solve problems
and how the design process works; you will learn to work
in teams and you will be introduced to several tools that
will help you throughout your career. These tools include
the use of spreadsheets (Excel), PowerPoint, and surveying.
This will be accomplished through a guided design project
that will incorporate aspects of the Civil Engineering and
Environmental Engineering professions. For those of you
who are majoring in Engineering Science, this course will
meet requirements for a freshman seminar. Additionally,
the tools that we learn will be useful to you throughout
your program and career.
3
1
1
Learning, thinking, critical reading, and written
communication at a university level. Expository and
argumentative writing emphasizing purpose and audience;
writing and reading processes; development of ideas;
coherence; effective style.
The course requires students to learn and practice the
following types of writing:
1. Narrative
2. Summaries of Texts and Arguments
3. Responses to Texts (Responding to a text and/or the
argument advanced in a text by agreeing/disagreeing,
reflecting, or analyzing)
4. Syntheses of Texts (Understanding and being able to
write about relationships among texts and the arguments
made by authors of those texts)
5. Analysis of Text (Critically evaluating arguments and
approaches to an issue)
6. Arguments (Advancing an academic position within the
context of other positions and supporting it with evidencea research paper.
3
Integration, applications, differential equations, parametric
equations, polar coordinates, series and series of functions.
Inverse Functions, Exponentials and logarithms,
Integration, Sequences, Series,
Power Series and Taylor series, Polar Coordinates,
Complex Numbers
Acid/base equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics,
solubility, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry,
4
3
selected topics.
CHEM1121 CHEMC2034 University
L
Chemistry Lab
Laboratory applications of principles covered in CHEM
1123
PHYS 2074 PHYSC2024 University Physics To provide the students the knowledge of electricity and
II
magnetism, circuits, light, optics
MEEG 2003 MEEG2014 Statics
To provide students the knowledge of engineering
mechanics - statics including forces using vector notation;
static equilibrium of rigid bodies; friction, virtual work,
centroids, and moments of inertia.
Semester 1 year 3
MATH 2574 MATHC3035 Calculus III
MEEG 2403 MEEG3035 Thermodynamics
1
4
3
Vector functions, partial differentiation, cylindrical and
spherical coordinates, multiple integrals, line integrals,
Green’s theorem and more.
4
Thermodynamics: Review of Basic Thermodynamic'
Principles and Laws, Review of Ideal Gases and Mixtures;
Chemical Equilibrium, Thermochemistry and Chemical
Reactions; Conduction Heat Transfer; Convection Heat
Transfer, Radiation Heat Transfer.
3
CVEG 2053
CVEG
2051L
CVEG3015 Surveying Systems Coordinate, measuring and total integrated surveying
CVEG3025 Surveying Systems system; total stations, electronic data collection, and
Lab
reduction; error analysis; applications to civil engineering
and surveying practice.
3
1
MEEG 3013
CVEG3035 Mechanics of
Materials
Offering students fundamental knowledge of stress, strain
analysis and evaluate the strength of structural members
under axial loads, twisting couples, bending or combined
loading as same as stability of bars subjected to compressed
axial loads . At the same time, training them to calculating
skills and its application into practice.
3
GEOL 3002
GEOL3015 Geology for
Engineers
Introduce the principle of Geologic science to student:
Logistics, Minerals, Rock Cycle, Soil,….; the student can
apply that knowledge to their study and research; increase
awareness on soil and rock conservation toward sustainable
development of soil and rock resources.
3
The course aims at introducing engineering students the
analysis of dynamic systems for
engineering practice. Students are expected to be able to
develop a clear understanding of the basic principles that
govern the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies and the
ability to use the knowledge in solving real engineering
problems. The content of the course includes: Kinematics
and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; concepts of workenergy and impulse-momentum; computer applications;
vector notation.
3
To provide knowledge: differential Equation Models; FirstOrder Equations and Applications; Linear Algebra and
Linear Systems of Equations; Systems of Differential
4
MEEG 2013 MEEG3025 Dynamics
Semester 2 Year 3
MATH 3404 MATHC3046 Differential
Equations
Equations; Second-Order Linear Equations; The Laplace
transform; Nonlinear systems.
CVEG 3133
CVEG 2113
GEOL3026 Soil Mechanics
CVEG3046 Structural
Materials
Production, properties, behavior, and structural applications
of concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and plastic. Statistical
analysis methods for quality control are also covered.
Behavior and properties of construction materials,
instrumentation, use of statistical tools, material standards,
material selection, quality control.
The class addresses construction materials commonly used
in civil engineering applications, including their properties,
tests and quality control, and basics of their uses. Standards
describing these materials and tests to determine their
properties are covered. The role of materials, design actions
and other common causes of failures are also covered,
along with some history of civil engineering/structural
design and construction.
3
3
Laboratory work on the testing of materials and concrete
mix design and technology is a major component of the
class, as is report preparation and other aspects of technical
communication.
CVEG 3213
HYDR3016 Hydraulics
Study of incompressible fluids. Topics include fluid
properties, fluid statics, continuity, energy and hydraulic
gradients, fundamentals of flow in pipes and open channels.
Hardy Cross analyses, measurement of flow of
incompressible fluids, hydraulic similitude and dimensional
analysis.
Fluid properties; statics, kinematics, and dynamics of fluid
motion including viscous and gravitational effects.
The objectives of this course are to develop for the students
an understanding of the fundamental physical principles
governing the static and dynamic behavior of fluids;
analytical and mathematical skills needed to describe and
predict fluid behavior; and an ability to apply fundamental
principles and skills to the engineering solution of some
practical fluid systems problems.
3
CVEG 3223
HYDR3026 Hydrology
To learn the basic principles and concepts underlying the
various components and processes of movement of water
through hydrologic cycle, including atmospheric moisture
flow, surface runoff, infiltration, and groundwater flow,
and how to analyze and quantify such processes. Students
will learn a number of hydrologic techniques that are
widely used for planning, design, and management of water
resources projects such as estimation of extreme flood
events using hydrologic statistics and frequency analysis
techniques.
Use of ground water and surface water. Flood routing
procedures in storage reservoirs and channels. Hydrologic
planning including storage reservoir design, frequency
duration analysis, and related techniques.
3
Semester 1 Year 4
INEG 3313
INEG4017
Engineering
Statistics
CVEG 3304
CVEG4057 Structural Analysis Determination of actions in and deformations of
determinate and indeterminate structures.
Study the relationship between deformations & forces
within linear elastic structures. Develop techniques for
solving this class of problems. Present examples of
application of structural analysis in design of innovative
structural systems of buildings and structures.
Truss analysis, influence lines for beams and frames, and
effects of moving loads. Deformation of beams, frames,
and trusses. Analysis of indeterminate structures by
moment area, slope deflection, and moment distribution
methods; approximate methods of analysis.
4
CVEG 3413
CVEG4067 Transportation
Engineering
Introduction to highway and transportation engineering,
planning, finance, economics, traffic, and geometric design
of transportation facilities; theory and application of driver,
vehicle and roadway characteristics as they relate to
roadway and intersection design; safety, capacity, traffic
operations, and environmental effects for highway
engineering.
Principles of infrastructure systems, transportation systems,
applications of spatial data and GIS, project management
and engineering economy.
This core course covers spatial aspects of infrastructure;
planning, design, and construction; engineering economics;
and project management. Emphasis is on road
transportation systems. Specific topics are: review of
surveying and mapping, road geometry and introduction to
GIS; project planning, development, design, and
construction; quality control, and project management;
applications of design to site work, built environment,
transportation and utilities, and waste management; and
engineering economics and project management.
3
ENGL 1023 COMPC4027 Technical
Composition II
In this course, students explore the rhetorical contexts of
academic and public argument by considering a variety of
argumentative texts, and learn and practice how to research,
write, and revise their own arguments on controversial
issues. During the course, students will write assignments
that involve summarizing, synthesizing, evaluating, and
crafting arguments. Many of these assignments are based
on library, field, and Internet research.
3
This course include: basic probability theory; discrete
random variables including the binomial, negative binomial
and Poisson random variables; continuous random
variables including the normal and exponential random
variables; the concept of independent random variables,
covariance and correlation, and linear combinations of
random variables; interpreting data from a population using
descriptive and graphical methods; constructing point and
interval estimates on population means, standard
deviations, and proportions; designing and performing tests
of hypotheses on population means, standard deviations,
and proportions; comparing two populations using interval
estimation and/or hypothesis testing.
3
CVEG 4143
CVEG4077 Foundation
Engineering
Analysis and design of retaining walls, footings, sheet
piles, and piles. Determination of foundation settlements in
sand and clay.
The main topics of the course include soil behavior, stressstrain and strength properties, application to earth pressure,
slope and foundation problems.
3
GNEG 1122
GNEG4037 Introduction to
CAD
To develop an understanding and/or proficiency with tools
commonly used by Civil Engineers in daily problem
solving endeavors to include: Excel, Visual Basic,
Statistics and Auto-Cad. To develop an appreciation of
professional topics to include: Ethics, Respecting others,
and professional societies.
2
Semester 2 Year 4
CVEG 3022 CVEG4088 Public Works
Economics
Design principles of civil engineering systems, technical
and economic design considerations, project organization,
design project development and presentation.
2
CVEG 3243
CVEG4098 Environmental
Engineering
To provide the student with an overview of environmental
engineering and to acquaint the student with fundamental
calculations and analyses involved in environmental
engineering. To establish a basic understanding of
parameters, unit processes and unit operations used for
water and wastewater treatment, water quality.
3
CVEG 4313
CVEG4108 Structural Steel
Design I
To become familiar with steel as a structural material and
to learn techniques for the design of basic steel members
and connections. The knowledge obtained from this course
provides basic understandings for students to design more
complicated steel structures in their field of specialization
in civil and hydraulic constructions and machinery.
Design of structural steel elements by elastic design the
Load and Resistance Factor Design method. Intensive
treatment of tension members, beams, columns, and
connections.
3
CVEG 4303
CVEG4118 Reinforced
This course presents the behavior and methods for design
Concrete Design I and review of the basic reinforced concrete members,
especially beams loaded in flexure and shear, columns and
beam-columns (including slenderness effects) and
introduce some R/C design topics which cannot be covered
in detail in CE 316 – torsion, special shear conditions, long
columns in unbraced frames, seismic requirements,
anchorage and inserts. The use of design aids and programs
for member analysis, some design, design checks are
introduced. The basic concepts and design principles for
several reinforced concrete structural systems are also
presented.
Design of reinforced concrete elements with emphasis on
ultimate strength design supplemented by working stress
design for deflection and crack analysis.
3
CVEG 4433
CVEG4128 Transportation
3
This course is designed to provide undergraduate students
Pavements and
Materials
CVEG 4852
CVEG4138 Professional
Practice Issues
CIVE 4199
Hydraulic
Structures
Hydraulic
Engineering
Semester 1 Year 5
CVEG 4243 CVEG4149 Environmental
Engineering
Design
basic understanding of engineering properties of materials
used in flexible and rigid pavement structures; concepts
relating to the structural design of flexible and rigid
pavements; and construction techniques used for flexible
and rigid pavements.
To develop for students an understanding of various issues
related to the professional practice of engineering including
ethics, professionalism, project procurement, social and
political issue, project management, globalism, contract
documents and other legal issues.
2
To develop for the students (1) Making classification of
hydraulic structures (2) analytical and mathematical skills
needed and an ability to effectively apply to layout
hydraulic headwork, analysis and design structures (dam
structures, flood discharge structures and intake and
conveying structures as well) in hydraulic system.
To introduce students to the basic approach and methods
for effective application of fluid mechanics principles in the
analysis and design of hydraulic systems.
3
This course is designed to provide undergraduate students
the background knowledge to design water treatment and
wastewater treatment facilities and an understanding of the
methods used to approach design situations.
To develop for students an understanding of aspects of
application of physical, biological and chemical operations
and processes to the design of water supply and wastewater
treatment systems.
3
CVEG 4513
CVEG4159 Construction
Management
CVEG 4323
CVEG4169 Design of
The project focuses on the aspect of Structural Design, it
Structural Systems requires the students to draw on knowledge they have
gained from many courses they have completed such as
Descriptive Geometry, Basic Concrete Design and/or Steel
Structure Design, Dam Design and construction and other
principles
This course is one of the comprehensive design courses.
The objective of the course is to provide student with an
experience of Structural Durability Design
To introduce principles and concepts of management in
relation to civil engineering. What, why, who of
management. Skills required in management. Structure of
the construction industry: role of various professionals.
Development of concepts of construction management.
Quality and environmental management. Estimating and
introduction to project management.
Engineering
Technical electives
List of electives courses
CVEG 4811 CVEG4179 Environmental
Design Project
3
3
3
3
This is one of four design project courses. To provide
seniors with a comprehensive design experience. To create
an environment in which the students take a design project
from initiation to completion including the development of
3
plans and project documents (CVEG 4811, CVEG 4821,
CVEG 4831, CVEG 4841). BSCE students are required to
successfully complete two of these four culminating design
project courses. The projects are selected to have a primary
focus in the identified sub-discipline areas but they
encompass aspects of other areas. The projects require the
students to draw on knowledge they have gained from
many courses they have completed.
This is one of four design project courses. To provide
seniors with a comprehensive design experience. To create
an environment in which the students take a design project
from initiation to completion including the development of
plans and project documents. BSCE students are required
to successfully complete two of these four culminating
design project courses (CVEG 4811, CVEG 4821, CVEG
4831, CVEG 4841). The projects are selected to have a
primary focus in the identified sub-discipline areas but they
encompass aspects of other areas. The projects require the
students to draw on knowledge they have gained from
many courses they have completed.
CVEG 4821
CVEG4189 Geotechnical
Design Project
3
CVEG 4831
CVEG4199 Structural Design
Project
This is one of four design project courses. To provide
seniors with a comprehensive design experience. To create
an environment in which the students take a design project
from initiation to completion including the development of
plans and project documents. BSCE students are required
to successfully complete two of these four culminating
design project courses (CVEG 4811, CVEG 4821, CVEG
4831, CVEG 4841). The projects are selected to have a
primary focus in the identified sub-discipline areas but they
encompass aspects of other areas. The projects require the
students to draw on knowledge they have gained from
many courses they have completed.
3
CVEG 4841
CVEG4209 Transportation
Design Project
This is one of four design project courses. To provide
seniors with a comprehensive design experience. To create
an environment in which the students take a design project
from initiation to completion including the development of
plans and project documents. BSCE students are required
to successfully complete two of these four culminating
design project courses (CVEG 4811, CVEG 4821, CVEG
4831, CVEG 4841). The projects are selected to have a
primary focus in the identified sub-discipline areas but they
encompass aspects of other areas. The projects require the
students to draw on knowledge they have gained from
many courses they have completed.
3
CVEG 4249 Hydraulic
Structure Design
Project
Summarizing the knowledge provided for students in the
past based on applying this knowledges for calculations
used for design an important structure of headworks – that
is earth-fill dam or gravity concrete dam
3
2. Undergraduate Advanced Programs in Water Resources Engineering based on curriculum of Colorado State
University, USA (CSU)
CSU ’s
WRU’s
Courses
Course
Course Code
Code
Semesters 1 Year 1
ENGL1011 Advanced
English Listening Skill 1
ENGL1021 Advanced
English Speaking Skill 1
ENGL1031 Advanced
English Reading Skill 1
ENGL1041 Advanced
English Writing Skill 1
Semesters 2 Year 1
ENGL1052 Advanced
English Listening Skill 2
ENGL1062 Advanced
English Speaking Skill 2
ENGL1072 Advanced
English Reading Skill 2
ENGL1082 Advanced
English Writing Skill 2
ENGL1092 English for
Engineering
Semester 1 Year 2
CIVE 102 CIVE2013
Introduction
CE/EV
Engineering
Description
Total
credits
To provide students with advanced knowledge of English
grammar and at the same time improve students’ language
skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing at
intermediate level in order that students are able to read
documents, to communicate as well as to listen to lectures
in English. The content of the course includes: Auxiliary
verbs, present tenses, past tenses and future tenses, active
and passive voice, types of questions, verb patterns,
conditionals, time clauses, modal verbs, and reported
speech.
2
To provide students with skills and strategies for doing
exercises in form of TOEFL, train students with these kinds
of exercises in order to familiarize students with them
serving for the aim of having their output of TOEFL 500 (or
IELTS 5.0). The goal of this course is to improve students’
ability to communicate in English including for skill:
listening, speaking, reading and writing. It aims to prepare
students language contents, strategies and skills to read
present, discuss, and write an academic essay.
2
The course is designed to provide students with strategies
and practices of critical reading and critical writing about
scientific issues. It includes a lot of reading tasks,
presentation and discussion, as well as writing activities,
which will help students to critically think about the
readings as well as create and develop compositions in a
critical way.
3
The goal of the course is to help you learn about the Civil
Engineering (CIVE) and Environmental Engineering
(EnvE) professions. You will learn how to solve problems
and how the design process works; you will learn to work
in teams and you will be introduced to several tools that
will help you throughout your career. These tools include
the use of spreadsheets (Excel), PowerPoint, and surveying.
This will be accomplished through a guided design project
that will incorporate aspects of the Civil Engineering and
Environmental Engineering professions. For those of you
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
who are majoring in Engineering Science, this course will
meet requirements for a freshman seminar. Additionally,
the tools that we learn will be useful to you throughout
your program and career.
MATH 160 MATHW2013 Calculus for
Physical
Scientists I
To understand the concepts of calculus (explain “why?”
and “what’s going on?”); become proficient with the
techniques, calculations, and procedures characteristic of
calculus; be able to use techniques from calculus to model
“real-world” situations and solve “applied” problems; and
be able to write complete, well-organized, logically correct
solutions to problems and responses to questions. The
content of the course includes: limits, continuity,
differentiation, and integration of elementary functions with
applications.
4
PHY 141
This course provides students the knowledge of forces,
energy, momentum, angular momentum, oscillations,
waves, heat, and thermodynamics. (Calculus based).
5
CHEM 213 CHEMW2014 General
Chemistry I
To develop an understanding of fundamental aspects of
chemistry and chemical principles; emphasis on structure,
bonding, and stoichiometry.
4
CHEM 223 CHEMW2024 General
Chemistry
Laboratory
Semester 2 Year 2
CIVE 103 CIVE2024
Engineering
Graphic and
comp
Laboratory applications of principles covered in CHEM
213.
1
To develop an understanding and/or proficiency with tools
commonly used by Civil Engineers in daily problem
solving endeavors to include: Excel, Visual Basic, GIS,
GPS, Statistics and Auto-Cad. To develop an appreciation
of professional topics to include: Ethics, Respecting others,
and professional societies.
3
MATH 160 MATHW2024 Calculus for
Physical
Scientists II
Integration, applications, differential equations, parametric
equations, polar coordinates, series and series of functions.
Inverse Functions, Exponentials and logarithms,
Integration, Sequences, Series,
Power Series and Taylor series, Polar Coordinates,
Complex Numbers.
4
PHY 142
To provide the students the knowledge of electricity and
magnetism, circuits, light, optics. (Calculus based).
5
To provide students the knowledge of engineering
mechanics – statics including forces using vector notation;
static equilibrium of rigid bodies; friction, virtual work,
centroids, and moments of inertia.
3
Acid/base
equilibrium,
kinetics,
thermodynamics,
solubility, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry,
selected topics.
3
CIVE 260
PHYSW2013 Physics for
Scientists and
Engineers I
PHYSW2024 Physics for
Scientists and
Engineers II
CIVE2034
Engineering
MechanicsStatics
CHEM 234 CHEMW3035 General
Chemistry II
Semester 1 Year 3
CIVE 202
CIVE3045
Numerical
This course provides an introduction to numerical modeling
model and Risk including both simulation and optimization modeling using
Analysis
Microsoft Excel. It also introduces basic tools in
probability and statistics that are applicable to the analysis
of complex systems. The content of the course includes
Models and Development of Simulation Models; Data
Management; Introduction to Optimization Theory;
Solutions to Equations; Programming in Excel with VBA;
Elementary probability theory; Descriptive Statistics;
Covariance and Correlation; Linear and Non-Linear
Regressions.
3
CIVE 261
CIVE3055
Engineering
MechanicsDynamics
The course aims at introducing engineering students the
analysis of dynamic systems for
engineering practice. Students are expected to be able to
develop a clear understanding of the basic principles that
govern the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies and the
ability to use the knowledge in solving real engineering
problems. The content of the course includes: Kinematics
and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; concepts of workenergy and impulse-momentum; computer applications;
vector notation.
3
MATH 261 MATHW3035 Calculus for
Physical
Scientists III
Vector functions, partial differentiation, cylindrical and
spherical coordinates, multiple integrals, line integrals,
Green’s theorem and more.
4
MECH 237 MECH3015
Introduction to
Thermal
Sciences
Thermodynamics: Review of Basic Thermodynamic'
Principles and Laws, Review of Ideal Gases and Mixtures;
Chemical Equilibrium, Thermochemistry and Chemical
Reactions; Conduction Heat Transfer; Convection Heat
Transfer, Radiation Heat Transfer.
3
CO 150
College
Composition
Learning, thinking, critical reading, and written
communication at a university level. Expository and
argumentative writing emphasizing purpose and audience;
writing and reading processes; development of ideas;
coherence; effective style.
The course requires students to learn and practice the
following types of writing:
1. Narrative
2. Summaries of Texts and Arguments
3. Responses to Texts (Responding to a text and/or the
argument advanced in a text by agreeing/disagreeing,
reflecting, or analyzing)
4. Syntheses of Texts (Understanding and being able to
write about relationships among texts and the arguments
made by authors of those texts)
5. Analysis of Text (Critically evaluating arguments and
approaches to an issue)
6. Arguments (Advancing an academic position within the
context of other positions and supporting it with evidence- a
research paper.
3
COMP2013
Semester 2 Year 3
CIVE 203
CIVE3066
Engineering Sys Further develops for students understanding of the concepts
and Decision
of numeric and modeling and statistical analysis as applied
Analysis
to civil engineering systems which were introduced by CE
204. The knowledge includes project management, multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA), estimation of common
statistical distributions, testing of hypotheses, and
numerical methods.
MATH 340 MATHW3046 Introduction to
Ordinary
Differential
Equations
3
To provide knowledge: differential Equation Models; FirstOrder Equations and Applications; Linear Algebra and
Linear Systems of Equations; Systems of Differential
Equations; Second-Order Linear Equations; The Laplace
transform; Nonlinear systems;
4
CIVE 300
CIVE3076
Fluid Mechanics Fluid properties; statics, kinematics, and dynamics of fluid
motion including viscous and gravitational effects.
The objectives of this course are to develop for the students
an understanding of the fundamental physical principles
governing the static and dynamic behavior of fluids;
analytical and mathematical skills needed to describe and
predict fluid behavior; and an ability to apply fundamental
principles and skills to the engineering solution of some
practical fluid systems problems.
4
CIVE 360
CIVE3086
Mechanics of
Solids
Offering students fundamental knowledge of stress, strain
analysis and evaluate the strength of structural members
under axial loads, twisting couples, bending or combined
loading as same as stability of bars subjected to compressed
axial loads . At the same time, training them to calculating
skills and its application into practice.
3
Advanced
Writing
In this course, students explore the rhetorical contexts of
academic and public argument by considering a variety of
argumentative texts, and learn and practice how to research,
write, and revise their own arguments on controversial
issues. During the course, students will write assignments
that involve summarizing, synthesizing, evaluating, and
crafting arguments. Many of these assignments are based
on library, field, and Internet research.
3
Evaluation of
Civil
Engineering
Materials
Behavior and properties of construction materials,
instrumentation, use of statistical tools, material standards,
material selection, quality control.
The class addresses construction materials commonly used
in civil engineering applications, including their properties,
tests and quality control, and basics of their uses. Standards
describing these materials and tests to determine their
properties are covered. The role of materials, design actions
and other common causes of failures are also covered,
along with some history of civil engineering/structural
design and construction.
3
COMP 300 COMP3026
Semester 1 Year 4
CIVE 302 CIVE4097
Laboratory work on the testing of materials and concrete
mix design and technology is a major component of the
class, as is report preparation and other aspects of technical
communication.
CIVE 401
CIVE4158
Hydraulic
Engineering
Basic principles of fluid mechanics applied to practical
problems in hydraulic engineering.
To introduce students to the basic approach and methods
for effective application of fluid mechanics principles in the
design and analysis of hydraulic systems.
3
CIVE 322
CIVE4117
Basic Hydrology To learn the basic principles and concepts underlying the
various components and processes of movement of water
through hydrologic cycle, including atmospheric moisture
flow, surface runoff, infiltration, and groundwater flow,
and how to analyze and quantify such processes. Students
will learn a number of hydrologic techniques that are
widely used for planning, design, and management of water
resources projects such as estimation of extreme flood
events using hydrologic statistics and frequency analysis
techniques.
3
CIVE 367
CIVE4127
Structural
Analysis
Determination of actions in and deformations of
determinate and indeterminate structures.
Study the relationship between deformations & forces
within linear elastic structures. Develop techniques for
solving this class of problems. Present examples of
application of structural analysis in design of innovative
structural systems of buildings and structures.
3
CIVE 355
CIVE4137
Introduction to
Geotechnical
Engineering
The main topics of the course include soil behavior, stressstrain and strength properties, and application to earth
pressure, slope and foundation problems.
4
Senior Design
Principles
Design principles of civil engineering systems, nontechnical
and economic design considerations, project organization,
design project development and presentation.
This course is the seventh of eight courses in the core
curriculum civil engineering students. It is the first of a twocourse capstone sequence that requires students to
undertake a major design experience based on the
knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work,
incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints
that include most of the considerations: economic;
environmental;
sustainability;
manufacturability
(constructability); ethical; health and safety; social and
political. In CE 402, the students learn to write proposals,
interact with their clients and work with special consultants
(faculty advisors and project sponsors). A portion of the
course is devoted to engineering economics and
professionalism.
3
Introduction to
Soil Science
Formation, properties, and management of soils
emphasizing soil conditions that affect plant growth; Soil
Physical Properties, Tillage Systems; Soil Moisture,
Irrigation, Drainage, Erosion and Conservation; Soil
Organisms and Organic Matter; Soil Classification and
4
Semester 2 Year 4
CIVE 402 CIVE4148
SOCR 240
CSCR4018
Survey; Soil Chemistry; Soil Fertility and Fertilizers.
ECE 204
EENG4018
Introduction to
Electrical
Engineering
Electrical Engineering encompasses a large variety of
topics and areas of application, ranging from DC and AC
electric
circuits,
to
electromagnetics,
optics,
telecommunications, computers, and power systems, just to
name a few.
Considering the breadth of the subject and the shortness of
one semester, not everything can be covered, and some
choices have to be made. Principal objective of this course
is to provide students with general understanding of some
of the main areas of electrical engineering. While
comprehension at a great depth is not aimed for, it is
expected that a successful student will grasp main ideas of
circuits, and be able to understand and explain how basic
electrical-engineering components, devices, and systems
work.
While studying this challenging course, students should
have in mind that electrical engineering is a very practical
and important subject, which has in the past, and will
continue in the future to revolutionize our everyday lives.
3
CIVE 303
CIVE4107
Infrastructure
and
Transportation
System
Principles of infrastructure systems, transportation systems,
applications of spatial data and GIS, project management
and engineering economy.
This core course covers spatial aspects of infrastructure;
planning, design, and construction; engineering economics;
and project management. Emphasis is on road
transportation systems. Specific topics are: review of
surveying and mapping, road geometry and introduction to
GIS; project planning, development, design, and
construction; quality control, and project management;
applications of design to site work, built environment,
transportation and utilities, and waste management; and
engineering economics and project management.
3
Engineering
Technical
electives
Semester 1 Year 5
CIVE 403 CIVE4169
Senior Project
Design
3
Design a project and function on multi-disciplinary teams.
Apply knowledge of science and engineering and use the
modern techniques and engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice.
3
Understand of non-technical aspects of economics, finance,
professional and ethical responsibility, global and societal
context; project organization, design project development
and presentation.
CIVE 440
CIVE4179
Nonpoint Source This course familiarizes students with the nature and extent
Pollution
of NPS problems, the fundamental processes that govern
the fate and transport of diffuse pollution, and the design of
effective pollution abatement measures.
The main topics include Principles, processes, and control
of nonpoint source pollution. Particular emphasis is placed
on NPS problems associated with urban runoff, agricultural
3
influences on water quality, and impacts of mining and
forestry. Surface and ground water pollution in diverse
aquatic systems including stream, river, lake, reservoir, and
estuarine environments are considered. Students are
exposed to a variety of structural and non-structural
management practices.
CIVE 425
CIVE4189
Soil and Water
Engineering
The students will learn principles of soil-water and soilwater-plant relationships and their engineering applications
to support useful plant life, with minimum degradation of
land and water resources.
3
CIVE 514
CIVE4199
Hydraulic
The aim of this course is to develop for the students insight
Structures/Syste into the basic physical principles that govern the control of
ms
flows in hydraulic systems; analytical and mathematical
skills needed to describe and predict flow conditions in
hydraulic structures, and; an ability to effectively apply
these principles and skills to the analysis and design of
structures in hydraulic systems.
3
Engineering
Technical
electives
3
List of electives course
CIVE 422 CIVE4208
Groundwater
Engineering
Introduce the fundamentals of subsurface fluid flow and
chemical transport; develop an understanding for solving
basic hydrogeologic problems; provide an overview of
current issues in the field of hydrogeology; and provide a
basis for further, applied groundwater coursework.
CE531 is a survey of the geologic and hydrologic factors
controlling the occurrence, movement, and development of
subsurface water. Applications to groundwater resource
development, management, and groundwater contamination
are presented.
3
CIVE 466
CIVE4218
Design and
To become familiar with steel as a structural material and
Behavior of
to learn techniques for the design of basic steel members
Steel Structures and connections. The knowledge obtained from this course
provides basic understandings for students to design more
complicated steel structures in their field of specialization
in civil and hydraulic constructions and machinery.
3
CIVE 467
CIVE4228
Design of
Reinforced
Concrete
Structures
3
This course presents the behavior and methods for design
and review of the basic reinforced concrete members,
especially beams loaded in flexure and shear, columns and
beam-columns (including slenderness effects) and
introduce some R/C design topics which cannot be covered
in detail in CE 316 – torsion, special shear conditions, long
columns in unbraced frames, seismic requirements,
anchorage and inserts. The use of design aids and programs
for member analysis, some design, design checks are
introduced. The basic concepts and design principles for
several reinforced concrete structural systems are also
presented.
CIVE 512
CIVE4238
Irrigation
System Design
To provide an understanding of the soil and water
engineering principles which are necessary for the
successful implementation of irrigation systems, including
selection, design, management and evaluation. The main
topics of the course include irrigation performance
criteria; design, management and evaluation of surface,
sprinkler and trickle irrigation; and selection of irrigation
systems.
3
CIVE 516
CIVE4248
Irrigation Water The main objective is to learn fundamentals of hydraulic
Control and
control concept in open channels, and its application to
Measurement
regulate and measure flow in open-channel water delivery
systems. Specifically, students will learn how flow
discharge and water level is controlled in open channel
systems, starting from a certain source (storage reservoir or
diversion from a river) to its point of use (e.g.: farm lands
in case of irrigation systems).
For fair and equitable water distribution among users, we
need institutional rules and appropriate hydraulic control
structures. Primary focus of this course is the hydraulic
design of water control structures that can be used to
support a given set of institutional policies and rules. The
hydraulic principles are applicable to all canal systems, but
the emphasis of this course is on canal systems used for
irrigation water delivery and distribution.
3
SOCR 420
CSCR4029
Crop and Soil
Management
The objectives of Crop and Soil Management Systems are
to: (i) Acquaint the student with the environmental factors
affecting crop and soil management; (ii) Examine the
impact of environmental factors on crop growth and
development; (iii) Examine the influence of environmental
factors on soil management; and (iv) Understand the
principles of crop and soil management and their
application to crop production systems.
3
CIVE 576
CIVE4258
Engineering
Applications of
GIS and GPS
To provide a general understanding of the concepts and
applications of Global Positioning Systems and how to use
Geographic Information Systems as part of the Planning
and Decision Making Process. Also, to apply the concepts
of GIS and GPS to engineering application with the
emphasis on a case study.
3
CIVE 544
CIVE4269
Water Resources The course presents the principles of analysis, decisionPlanning and
making, and problem–solving required in the water area. It
Management
focuses on local and global problems, the water industry,
water law, water security, natural systems protection, water
use efficiency and management tools. Case studies include
Vietnam’s water issues as well as high profile cases from
around the world. Student presentations add to the diversity
of case study topics.
3
CIVE 548
CIVE4279
Irrigation
The course presents the principles of analysis, decisionManagement for making, and problem–solving required in the water area. It
Water Quality focuses on local and global problems, the water industry,
water law, water security, natural systems protection, water
3
use efficiency and management tools. Case studies include
Vietnam’s water issues as well as high profile cases from
around the world. Student presentations add to the diversity
of case study topics.
CIVE 549
CIVE4289
Drainage and
Wetland
Engineering
The course provide student the knowledge: (i) To gain an
understanding of soil water movement, drainage and water
table control, the underlying theory and its applications; (ii)
To be able to use the above information to investigate,
analyze and solve drainage and wetlands problems; (iii) To
design drainage and wetlands systems for agricultural and
natural resource applications, including surface, subsurface
and water table control systems, and removal of pollutants
from nonpoint sources.
3
CIVE 525
CIVE4299
Water
The course focuses on planning and design of small-scale
Engineering for and low-cost drinking water, wastewater, and irrigation
International
systems for rural communities in developing countries.
Development
3
CIVE 545
CIVE4309
Management and Management activities, information needs data analysis
Monitoring of
protocols, network design and case studies.
Water Quality
A study of society’s efforts to sustain the quality of its
water resources via acquisition of appropriate and relevant
information about water quality conditions and the use of
the information within a water quality management
program including case studies.
3
SECTION B: Academic Calendar
Classes begin
Classes end
1st Semester
The early of September
The end of December
2nd Semester
The early of January
The end of May
Summer session (it any)
The early of June
The end of August
SECTION C: Grading System
Scale 0-10
8.5 ÷ 10.0
7.0 ÷ 8.4
5.5 ÷ 6.9
5.0 ÷ 5.4
4.0 ÷ 4.9
3.0 ÷ 3.9
0.0 ÷ 2.9
Scale 0-4
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
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A
B
C
D+
D
F+
F
SECTION D: Admission Requirement
1.
2.
3.
4.
Be a full-time undergraduate student.
Have GPA min of 2.5 (out of 4).
Have a TOEFL score of at least 500 or its equivalence.
Have successfully completed at least one year of academic study at your university.
SECTION E: Contact Information
Name:
Dr. Nguyen Mai Dang
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Director of Center for International Education
+844 - 35643259
+844 - 38532746
dang@wru.edu.vn
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hong Nam
Program Coordinator in Civil Engineering;
Vice Director of Center for International Education
+844 - 35642795
+844 - 38532746
hongnam@wru.edu.vn
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thu Hien
Program Coordinator in Water Resources Engineering;
Dean of Water Resources Engineering
+844 - 38528026
+844 - 38532746
hien@wru.edu.vn
MSc. Nguyen Thanh Thuy
Officer, Center for International Education
+844 - 35642795
+844 - 38532746
nguyenthanhthuy@wru.edu.vn
MA. Nguyen Thi Hai Yen
Officer, Center for International Education
+844 - 35642795
+844 - 38532746
nguyenhaiyen@wru.edu.vn