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Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction
College of Engineering
and Computer Science
Department of Civil and Geomatics
Engineering and Construction
Mohamad A. Yousef, Chair
Engineering East Building, Room 178
(559) 278-2889
FAX: (559) 278-7002
B.S. in Civil Engineering
B.S. in Construction Management
B.S. in Geomatics Engineering
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Minor in Construction Management
sources engineering, highway engineering,
and geomatics engineering.
Geomatics engineers manage the global
spatial infrastructure. This effort includes
real property boundary determination, digi-tal
mapping, Geographic Information Sys-tems
(GIS), Global Positioning Systems
(GPS), remote sensing, photogrammetric
mapping, applications programming,
project management, and construction lay-out
activities. Students use a wide selection
of specialized equipment while acquiring a
solid theoretical background. Integration
of geomatics engineering design concepts
spans a sequence of courses throughout the
curriculum. Intensive design coursework
during the senior year provides a culminat-ing
focus. Coursework containing design
components includes the following: Com-puter-
Aided Mapping (G M E 66) first
year; Route and Construction Surveying
(G M E 40) second year; Stereophoto-grammetry
(G M E 123) and Digital Map-ping
(G M E 126) third year; Subdivision
Design (G M E 159) and two upper-level
technical design courses — Senior Project
(G M E 180) and Project Design (G M E
181) — senior year.
Students in construction management
(CM) are exposed to a wide variety of
topics, ranging from courses in manage-ment
and administration of construction
companies, projects, people, and equip-ment
to courses focusing on specific tech-niques
for project planning and control
work improvement and estimating. The
Construction Management program also
provides opportunities to develop a strong
background in computer applications in
construction. Computer skills combined
with a solid management and technical
background are major assets of the con-struction
management graduate.
Faculty and Facilities
The teaching and research specialties of the
department’s faculty cover every area of
civil engineering, geomatics engineering,
and construction. Most faculty members
are licensed as civil engineers, land survey-ors,
or contractors and have a wide range of
professional experience in engineering de-sign,
analysis, research and development,
and project planning and management.
Excellent laboratory facilities exist for test-ing
of soils and construction materials, hy-draulics
testing, and water quality analysis.
The Department
The Department of Civil and Geomatics
Engineering and Construction offers pro-grams
of study leading to the Bachelor of
Science degrees in Civil Engineering,
Geomatics Engineering, and Construction
Management. Civil and Geomatics Engi-neering
programs are accredited by the Engi-neering
Accreditation Commission of the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) which represents the
major professional engineering groups in the
United States. The Management Specialty
Program of the Bachelor of Science degree in
Construction Management is accredited by
the American Council for Construction Edu-cation,
the professional accreditation orga-nization
of the construction industry.
Civil engineering includes the research,
development, planning, design, construc-tion,
and maintenance associated with ur-ban
development, water supply, structures,
energy generation and transmission, water
treatment and disposal, and transportation
systems. The civil engineer deals with the
function and safety of such public facilities
as buildings, bridges, dams, pipelines,
powerplants, highways, and harbors, and is
concerned with the protection of the pub-lic
against natural hazards of earthquakes,
floods, landslides, and fires.
The graduate curriculum leading to an
M.S. degree in Civil Engineering provides
specialized training in the fields of struc-tural
engineering and applied mechanics,
soil mechanics and foundation engineer-ing,
environmental engineering, water re-
Mandatory Advising
It is the policy of the department that every
student see his/her assigned adviser at least
once during the academic year.
Administrative
Academic Probation
A minimum GPA of 2.0 must be main-tained
in all courses taken in the College of
Engineering and Computer Science. Stu-dents
who fail to maintain a 2.0 GPA in
courses within their major may be placed on
administrative academic probation. Failure
to eliminate the grade point deficiency could
result in disqualification from the College
of Engineering and Computer Science.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities for civil engi-neers
in industry, state, and federal govern-ment
agencies remain at a high level as a
result of increasing urban growth and land
development, and the recent emphasis on
the maintenance and repair of the nation-wide
highway system. Civil engineers are
also in demand to meet the growing chal-lenge
of mitigating environmental hazards.
Civil engineers frequently occupy posi-tions
in specialty areas such as environ-mental
engineering, geotechnical engineer-ing,
structural engineering, transportation
engineering, and water-resources engineer-ing.
Position titles for civil engineers, such
as senior engineer or project engineer in
specialty areas, typically reflect their rank
within their organization.
Opportunities for specialists in geomatics
engineering continue to grow with rapid
advancements in analytical photogramme-try,
geographic information systems, and
inertial and satellite positioning technolo-gies.
Most graduates of this program have
been employed by federal and state govern-ment
agencies, the petroleum industry,
and other private industries.
Many civil and geomatics engineering
graduates have earned professional licenses
as civil engineers or land surveyors within
a few years of receiving their degrees.
Opportunities for construction manage-ment
graduates are excellent. Examples of
positions held by construction manage-ment
graduates are project manager, con-struction
manager, project administrator,
estimator, scheduler, architectural repre-sentative,
project superintendent, and con-struction
administrator. Students should
consider this challenging, satisfying, and
high-paying profession.
Object Description
| Title | 2000-01 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2000-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | Page 280 |
| Full Text Search | 280 Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction Mohamad A. Yousef, Chair Engineering East Building, Room 178 (559) 278-2889 FAX: (559) 278-7002 B.S. in Civil Engineering B.S. in Construction Management B.S. in Geomatics Engineering M.S. in Civil Engineering Minor in Construction Management sources engineering, highway engineering, and geomatics engineering. Geomatics engineers manage the global spatial infrastructure. This effort includes real property boundary determination, digi-tal mapping, Geographic Information Sys-tems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing, photogrammetric mapping, applications programming, project management, and construction lay-out activities. Students use a wide selection of specialized equipment while acquiring a solid theoretical background. Integration of geomatics engineering design concepts spans a sequence of courses throughout the curriculum. Intensive design coursework during the senior year provides a culminat-ing focus. Coursework containing design components includes the following: Com-puter- Aided Mapping (G M E 66) first year; Route and Construction Surveying (G M E 40) second year; Stereophoto-grammetry (G M E 123) and Digital Map-ping (G M E 126) third year; Subdivision Design (G M E 159) and two upper-level technical design courses — Senior Project (G M E 180) and Project Design (G M E 181) — senior year. Students in construction management (CM) are exposed to a wide variety of topics, ranging from courses in manage-ment and administration of construction companies, projects, people, and equip-ment to courses focusing on specific tech-niques for project planning and control work improvement and estimating. The Construction Management program also provides opportunities to develop a strong background in computer applications in construction. Computer skills combined with a solid management and technical background are major assets of the con-struction management graduate. Faculty and Facilities The teaching and research specialties of the department’s faculty cover every area of civil engineering, geomatics engineering, and construction. Most faculty members are licensed as civil engineers, land survey-ors, or contractors and have a wide range of professional experience in engineering de-sign, analysis, research and development, and project planning and management. Excellent laboratory facilities exist for test-ing of soils and construction materials, hy-draulics testing, and water quality analysis. The Department The Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction offers pro-grams of study leading to the Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, and Construction Management. Civil and Geomatics Engi-neering programs are accredited by the Engi-neering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) which represents the major professional engineering groups in the United States. The Management Specialty Program of the Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management is accredited by the American Council for Construction Edu-cation, the professional accreditation orga-nization of the construction industry. Civil engineering includes the research, development, planning, design, construc-tion, and maintenance associated with ur-ban development, water supply, structures, energy generation and transmission, water treatment and disposal, and transportation systems. The civil engineer deals with the function and safety of such public facilities as buildings, bridges, dams, pipelines, powerplants, highways, and harbors, and is concerned with the protection of the pub-lic against natural hazards of earthquakes, floods, landslides, and fires. The graduate curriculum leading to an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering provides specialized training in the fields of struc-tural engineering and applied mechanics, soil mechanics and foundation engineer-ing, environmental engineering, water re- Mandatory Advising It is the policy of the department that every student see his/her assigned adviser at least once during the academic year. Administrative Academic Probation A minimum GPA of 2.0 must be main-tained in all courses taken in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Stu-dents who fail to maintain a 2.0 GPA in courses within their major may be placed on administrative academic probation. Failure to eliminate the grade point deficiency could result in disqualification from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Career Opportunities Employment opportunities for civil engi-neers in industry, state, and federal govern-ment agencies remain at a high level as a result of increasing urban growth and land development, and the recent emphasis on the maintenance and repair of the nation-wide highway system. Civil engineers are also in demand to meet the growing chal-lenge of mitigating environmental hazards. Civil engineers frequently occupy posi-tions in specialty areas such as environ-mental engineering, geotechnical engineer-ing, structural engineering, transportation engineering, and water-resources engineer-ing. Position titles for civil engineers, such as senior engineer or project engineer in specialty areas, typically reflect their rank within their organization. Opportunities for specialists in geomatics engineering continue to grow with rapid advancements in analytical photogramme-try, geographic information systems, and inertial and satellite positioning technolo-gies. Most graduates of this program have been employed by federal and state govern-ment agencies, the petroleum industry, and other private industries. Many civil and geomatics engineering graduates have earned professional licenses as civil engineers or land surveyors within a few years of receiving their degrees. Opportunities for construction manage-ment graduates are excellent. Examples of positions held by construction manage-ment graduates are project manager, con-struction manager, project administrator, estimator, scheduler, architectural repre-sentative, project superintendent, and con-struction administrator. Students should consider this challenging, satisfying, and high-paying profession. |
