Oct 24, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

CIEN 320 - Geotechnical Engineering


When Offered: F, S, SS

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course introduces the properties of soils including the following: description of assemblies of particles, gradation and plasticity of soils, classification of soils, seepage and effective stress, consolidation and settlements, and shear strength of soil masses.  

Prerequisite: CAEE 362; MATH 341. Corequisite: CIEN 321.

Prerequisite(s): CAEE 362; MATH 341 
Corequisite(s): CIEN 321