Civil Engineering – Highway Technology

This course is an introduction to common building materials and construction methods including soils, aggregates, pipes, cement, concrete, asphalt, steel, wood masonry and residential and commercial building materials.

Please complete 607-141 Construction Basics or 607-103 Introduction to Civil Engineering & Architecture. This is for informational purposes only. Once you register for your course, you can delete this block from your timeline.

This course is designed to help students learn how to recognize, approach and defuse various confrontational situations on the construction job site and in the workplace.

This course is designed to introduce the concepts of overall construction project management including scheduling, resource allocation, cost and technical constraints.

This course is an introduction to the basics of land surveying ranging from pacing/taping and level loops thru the use of a total station to accomplish basic traverses. This course also includes an introduction to drawing deed descriptions, basic surveying terms, and units of measure.

Please complete 804-135 Quantitative Reasoning or 804-115 College Technical Math 1. This is for informational purposes only. Once you register for your course, you can delete this block from your timeline.

This course teaches the participant the basics of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) using AutoCAD and other design software within the various fields of construction sciences and interior design. Students develop their CAD skills while working on various real world construction type projects.

This course is designed to develop the skills for preparation of cost estimates using materials, labor, and equipment in construction. Time and cost components are also addressed in a unit production and a project scheduling evaluation using the critical path method.

This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.

Students will conduct and evaluate standardized field and laboratory testing on civil engineering materials as required for inspection certifications.

This course introduces students to basic principles of structural mechanics (statics and strength of materials), with special emphasis placed upon application of these principles in the design of simple beams used in commercial buildings.

This course is an introduction to the concepts and creation of Digital Terrain Models (DTM) including the extrapolation of contours, profiles and cross sections from the DTM using Autodesk Civil3D software.

This course is an introduction to the concepts and creation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects including the extrapolation of schedules, plans, sections and elevations from the BIM using Autodesk Revit software.

An introductory course which describes, analyzes, and critiques factors which influence the overall performance of the economic system. Topics include supply-demand analysis, national income determination models, fiscal and monetary policy, money, financial institutions, the federal reserve system, unemployment, poverty, international trade, economic growth, inflation, and environmental deterioration. The links between economic problems, theory, and public policy are emphasized.

Using MicroStation, the student will prepare standard drawings typically used in the field of Civil Engineering...including Title Pages, Typical Sections, Plan & Profiles, Cross Sections, Sewer Profiles, Alignment Tie Sheets, etc.

This is an introductory course into GIS (Geographical Information Systems), GIS terminology, data structure, and data analysis based on spatial parameters. Students learn how to manipulate, parse, combine, and even build basic geographical databases. Applications ranging from land record management to marketing to political science are addressed.

This course is desgined to develop advanced data processing skills required by full time surveyors including data sets from remote sensing technologies.

This course includes instruction in the use of instruments used in the field of construction surveying, such as the transit, level, and chains, and their application in the solving of typical field problems. The student does the field work and office computations required in the solution of these problems.

This course introduces students to some of the major theories and topics of psychology, including the physiological basis of behavior, personality and learning theories, memory, states of consciousness, stress, research methods, intelligence, human development, psychopathology, and social behavior.

The student will prepare and present oral and written technical reports. Types of reports may include lab and field reports, proposals, technical letters and memos, technical research reports, and case studies. This course is designed as an advanced communication course for students who have completed at least the prerequisite introductory writing course.

Using 3D modeling software and hardware, students will create and virtualize their construction project designs for presentations and portfolio development.

The Civil Engineering Technician Highway capstone course is designed to guide students in resolving related problems by applying skills and techniques acquired throughout the program. The capstone course will provide an overall program assessment opportunity aimed at showcasing a student's technical skills developed from the Civil Engineernig Technology Highway program courses.

The Construction Project Management Capstone course is designed to apply the practice of overall construction project management including scheduling, resource allocation, cost and techical constraints.

In this course, students will explore an array of emerging technologies, processes, and approaches that provide a framework, present their findings in a formal setting, and model an application of the selected element to a traditional design-build approach. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to relate emerging technologies processes, and approaches to building design and construction practice.

Using the latest hydraulic software along with the Standard Specifications for Sewer and Water in Wisconsin, students will learn the basic applications of hydrology and hydraulics for various applications including run off calculations and design of culverts, storm sewers, detention basins, etc. Students will also be aquainted with the principles and software applications in designing roadway drainage, water and sewer lines.

Using Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Facility Design Manuals, students will learn the principles and designs of roadways...including horizontal/vertical curves, superelevations, pavement design, construction considerations, etc. Students will field survey an existing site and develop a preliminary plan set for a proposed roadway. The students will then stake out this proposed roadway.