COURSE OBJECTIVES
CE312 is a 4-credit course. When you complete this course, you will be able to:

• Describe soils and determine their physical characteristics; 
• Classify soils; 
• Prepare specification for compaction of soils;
• Compute total and effective stresses in soils;
• Compute stresses in soil masses due to surface loads;
• Identify basic lab and field tests used in site characterization;
• Compute settlement of clayey soils due to consolidation;
• Compute soil shear strength and deformation parameters;
• Estimate seepage through saturated soils; and
• Identify basic flat geosynthetic products. 

The three-hour weekly laboratory session will run parallel to the lecture. In the laboratory, you will get a hands-on experience with soils. You get to perform standard soil tests, interpret test results, and write a technical report on each lab exercise. 
In addition, this course has been designated as a tier II writing course, and as such, it includes a part on technical writing. This part is coordinated by a technical writing specialist, who will work with students on improving their technical writing skills both individually and in a group setting. The results should be applied in the writing of the laboratory reports and a short "term paper". 

Class Meets:
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 – 9:50 AM; 2400 Engineering Building 

Laboratory:
Lab Meetings: 
Section 1  Monday    01:50 – 4:40 PM 1530 Engineering Building 
Section 2 Thursday   10:20 AM – 1:10 PM 1530 Engineering Building 
Section 3 Thursday    01:50 – 4:40 PM 1530 Engineering Building 
All labs meet in Room 1538 EB.