Oct 12, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2023-2024 [Archived Catalog]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

CIVL 4920 - Civil Engineering Capstone Design


Open-ended design project in which students work in teams. Oral presentations and written reports cover alternates considered, design assumptions, cost, safety, and feasibility. This is a communication-intensive course.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: senior status and 6 credit hours of civil engineering design electives in one focus area. Core course - ENGR 2050 .

* Concentrations and associated design electives are:

1) Structural: CIVL 4070  and CIVL 4080 ; or

2) Geotechnical: CIVL 4010  and either CIVL 4140  or CIVL 4150 ; or

3) Transportation: two of the following courses: CIVL 4620  or CIVL 4640  or CIVL 4660  or CIVL 4670 ; or

4) Water Resources: two of the following courses: CIVL 4140  or CIVL 4670  or ENVE 4710 . *

When Offered: Spring term annually.

Credit Hours: 3



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)