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Civil Engineering Technology Degree
Catalog Year 2009-2010
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Thomas McCormack, P.E.: 503-491-7001 - Rm AC2391 Thomas.McCormack@mhcc.edu
The field of civil engineering is the most visible of the engineering disciplines. The highways and streets we drive on; the airports, harbors, and railroads that connect our country; the water and sewer systems that protect our health; and the dikes and dams that protect our property are all the product of the civil engineering team. The civil engineering team also supports the work of architects by designing building sites, foundations and the structural framework on which the actual building is constructed. Typical job titles for this degree include civil engineering technician, survey technician, design drafter, construction inspector and materials technician.
Additional Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
• produce construction documents for a subdivision site
• design a conventional storm and sanitary sewer system
• conduct standardized field and laboratory testing on concrete and soils
• analyze and design elementary foundation systems for building structures
• use both traditional and modern electronic surveying equipment
• design conventional horizontal and vertical curves for highway routes
• working in a team, stake out a highway alignment for construction
• use graphics software to enhance creativity and productivity in engineering design
• describe the ethical responsibilities of the engineering profession.
| First Quarter (Fall) |
Cr |
| ET120 |
Architectural Drawing |
3 |
| ET123 |
Introduction to Engineering Technology |
3 |
| HPE295 |
Health and Fitness for Life
|
3 |
| MTH95 |
Intermediate Algebra with Right Triangle Trigonometry
|
5 |
| WR121 |
English Composition |
3 |
| 17 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
| ET144 |
Computer Applications in Engineering Technology |
3 |
| ET154 |
Computer Aided Design I1 |
3 |
| MTH111 |
Pre-Calculus I: Elementary Functions |
5 |
| WR122 |
English Composition: Critical Thinking |
3 |
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Human Relations requirement‡ |
3 |
| 17 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
| ET142 |
Civil CAD |
3 |
| ET150 |
Plane Surveying |
4 |
| MTH112 |
Pre-Calculus II: Trigonometry/Geometry |
5 |
| WR227 |
Technical Report Writing |
3 |
| 15 |
| Fourth Quarter (Fall) |
| ET200 |
Route Surveying |
4 |
| ET204 |
Computer Aided Design II1 |
3 |
| ET221 |
Statics |
4 |
| ET227 |
Engineering Project Management or Related elective2 |
4 |
| 15 |
| Fifth Quarter (Winter) |
| ET222 |
Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
| ET231 |
Basic Strengths of Materials |
4 |
| FT228 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| GS106 |
Physical Science: Geology or G201 Principles of Geology or PH201 General Physics I or CH104 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I
|
4-5 |
| ET261 |
Concrete Construction Design or
Related Elective |
3 |
| 17-18 |
| Sixth Quarter (Spring) |
| ET232 |
Sanitary and Storm Sewer Design |
3 |
| ET262 |
Mechanics of Soils |
3 |
| ET263 |
Structures or Related elective |
4 |
| ET265 |
Site Development |
3 |
| 13 |
1 ET161 and ET162 may be substituted for ET154. ET163 and ET164 may be substituted for ET204.
2 See page for a list of related electives (CET)
‡ See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.
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