Changes in CE 479

                                                                                 Engineering Faculty Document No. 34-05

                                                                                                                            April 4, 2006

TO:                 The Faculty of the College of Engineering

FROM:           The Faculty of the School of Civil Engineering

RE:                 Changes in CE 479 Course Title and Description

From:              CE 479 – Architectural Engineering

Sem. 2, Class 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3

Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 473.   Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course prerequisites.

Design of simple floor and roof systems; use of building materials; timber design, including trusses, plywood, and laminated members.

To:                  CE 479 – Design of Building Components and Systems

Sem. 1 or 2, Class 3, Cr. 3.

Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 473.   Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course prerequisites.

Design of simple floor and roof systems and load bearing walls; uses of building materials; fundamentals of design of metal form decking, steel joists, masonry (beams, columns and load bearing walls), and timber (beams, trusses, and mechanical connections).

Reason:          To provide an updated course title, description, and offering schedule.  The laboratory session has been replaced with one hour lecture. This format allows for additional lecture time needed due to new material introduced in the course as the Load Resistance Factor Design approach has been developed for Masonry.

CE 479  Design of Building Components and Systems

Proposed Course Outline