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Civil Engineering (CE)
- http://www.usc.edu/cee
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP214; Phone: (213) 740-0587.
- D class assignments for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Prerequisite waivers for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Directed research requests are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Instructions for directed research may be found online at: cee.usc.edu/students/d-clearance-and-directed-research.htm To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call (213) 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi
History of civil engineering; introduction to the synthesis and design of systems dependent upon civil engineering technology; structuring, modeling, and simulation of systems using graphics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29600R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 25 of 40 | Amy Rechenmacher, Hung Wong | KAP163 | ||
29602R | 001 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 25 of 36 | SAL126 |
Basic concepts of enivronmental engineering. Air, water, and soil pllution control technologies; pollution prevention strategies. Design of simple water distribution and treatment systems.
- Note: Register for lecture and discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29604R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 30 | Kelly Sanders | KAP148 |
Statics of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent force systems; distributed forces; applications to trusses, frames, machines, beams, and cables; friction; moments of inertia.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 151
- Note: Register for one lecture and discussion listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29608R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 30 of 60 | Vincent Lee | ZHS252 | PDF (319080 KB) | |
29610R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 15 of 20 | KAP141 | |||
29611R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 0 of 20 | GFS107 | |||
29613R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 15 of 20 | KAP134 |
Principles of environmental microbiology; waterborne pathogens; microorganisms and air pollution; microorganisms in soil; water pollution microbiology; bioremediation and biotechnology. Recommended preparation: CE 106 or CE 110.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29615R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:45pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 18 | Adam Smith | SOSB43 | ||
29619R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:20pm | Monday | 8 of 9 | BHE210 | |||
29620R | 001 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | Canceled |
Fluid statics; relative velocity field; total acceleration; divergence theorem; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum applied to engineering problems in laminar and turbulent flow.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 226 or MATH 229)
- Corequisite: CE 235
- Note: Register for lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29626R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 40 of 41 | Felipe De Barros | KAP140 | ||
29627R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 17 of 22 | VHE214 | |||
29842R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 22 of 22 | VKC160 |
Measurement of stress and strain; tensile, impact, creep, and fatigue behavior; statistical methods, brittle fracture; properties of structural materials. Prerequisite: AME 204 or CE 225, CHEM 105aL or CHEM-115aLg, and PHYS 152L.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 204 or CE 225) and 1 from (CHEM 105a or CHEM 115a) and PHYS 152
- Note: Register for lecture and one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29636R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 38 of 38 | Bora Gencturk | KAP158 | ||
29635R | 001 | Lab | 1:00-3:50pm | Friday | 9 of 9 | KAPB39 | |||
29637R | 001 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | Canceled | ||||
29638D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 9 of 9 | KAPB39 | |||
29640R | 001 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 9 of 9 | KAPB39 | |||
29641D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Monday | 11 of 11 | KAPB39 |
Deformations and deflections of elastic systems; statically indeterminate beams, arches, and frames; secondary stresses.
- Prerequisite: CE 225
- Note: Register for lecture and one discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29644R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 34 of 55 | Mihailo Trifunac | ZHS163 | ||
29645R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 32 of 55 | GFS118 |
Realization of nondeterministic problems in civil engineering; quantitative analysis of structural and system reliability; optimal design and design with specified risk.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29655R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 48 of 55 | Roger Ghanem | THH114 | ||
29653R | 001 | Discussion | 3:30-4:20pm | Thursday | 31 of 36 | MHPB7B | |||
29654R | 001 | Discussion | 5:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | 17 of 35 | GFS207 |
Water quality criteria and fundamental considerations of acceptability. Natural purification of surface waters. Processes employed in the treatment of waste waters for disposal or re-use.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29669D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 17 of 18 | Massoud Pirbazari | KAP113 | ||
29670R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Thursday | 5 of 15 | Massoud Pirbazari | KAP159 | ||
29671R | 001 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 10 of 25 | KAP113 | |||
29672R | 001 | Discussion | 3:30-4:20pm | Tuesday | 12 of 25 | THHB10 |
Response of single and multiple degree of freedom systems to dynamic excitation; structural modeling and approximate solutions; introduction to earthquake resistant design.
- Corequisite: CE 458
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29674R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 25 | Sami Masri | KAP148 |
Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29677D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Tuesday | 49 of 55 | Henry Koffman | GFS116 |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED); Green Building strategies; Carbon Footprinting; calculating the embodied energy of building materials; cyclical processes in design and construction.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29607D | 001 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 35 of 38 | Henry Koffman | OHE132 | ||
29612D | 014 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 6 of 10 | Henry Koffman | DEN@Viterbi | ||
29651D | 014 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 16 of 20 | Henry Koffman | DEN@Viterbi |
Building Information Modeling, current BIM technologies; coordination of design and construction; information management throughout building life cycle; project delivery systems and technologies for integrated practice.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29609D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 30 of 30 | Burcin Becerik | RTH109 | ||
29614D | 014 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 6 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | DEN@Viterbi |
Planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities for air, water, rail, and highway transit systems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29699R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Monday | 20 of 35 | Ketan Savla | KAP148 | PDF (129224 KB) |
Application of hydraulic principles to the engineering design of hydraulic structures with pressurized flow, piping network, water hammer, surge supression, pumps and turbines, manifold hydraulic design.
- Prerequisite: CE 309
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29706R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 28 | Jj Lee | KAP158 | Word (32256 KB) |
Characteristics and properties of wood; beams, columns, trusses, connectors, and diaphragms. Properties of masonry, working stress and strength design, seismic design requirements. Prerequisite: CE 207 and CE 225.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29707R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 22 of 40 | Gregg Brandow | KAP140 | Word (26175 KB) |
Analysis and design principles of building foundations, including spread footings, piles, drilled shafts, sheetpile walls and retaining structures.
- Prerequisite: CE 467
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29709R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 24 of 35 | Amy Rechenmacher | KAP166 |
Predesign studies, precipitation softening, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, sludge handling, chlorination, chloramination, ozonation; plant hydraulics, flow measurement, pumps, instrumentation and control, tertiary treatment. Prerequisite: CE-451.
- Prerequisite: CE 451
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29711R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 23 of 23 | Sunny Wang | KAP166 |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29715D | 001 | 2.0-8.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 30 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |
Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29719R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 34 of 50 | David Ashley | KAP145 | PDF (812239 KB) |
Cost control, finance, and engineering economy for construction operations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29724R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 46 of 48 | Ed Reynolds | OHE100D | PDF (717806 KB) | |
29725D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 9 of 15 | Ed Reynolds | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (717806 KB) |
The basics of databases and database management systems as applied to engineering problems. Introduction to data mining concepts, techniques, and knowledge discovery in database principles.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29818R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Tuesday | 31 of 45 | Lucio Soibelman | GFS118 |
Methods engineering, work analysis and pricing for route construction. Grading, draining, paving, haul economy, plant-materials production, pipeline and bridge building.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29728D | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 14 of 15 | John Cowles | KAP145 | ||
29729D | 034 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 16 of 20 | John Cowles | DEN@Viterbi |
Analysis of stress and strain; constitutive equations for elastic materials; plane stress and strain; torsion; introduction to plates and shells; energy methods.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29732D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 7 of 20 | Vincent Lee | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (267751 KB) | |
29733R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 23 of 47 | Vincent Lee | OHE100C | PDF (267751 KB) |
Principles of groundwater motion; acquifer characteristics, prospecting, practical engineering problems, well design, maintenance and rehabilitation; hydrodynamic dispersion, field testing essentials and procedures, groundwater quality, artificial recharge.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29734D | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Thursday | Canceled |
Linear and nonlinear wave theories with engineering applications; wind waves; wave spectra; wave interactions with marine structures; ship mooring, harbor resonance; sediment transport; diffusion processes. Prerequisite or corequisite: AE 510a.
- Prerequisite: CE 520a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29737R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Thursday | 8 of 20 | Costas Synolakis | KAP165 |
Concepts and applications of processes that affect water quality in engineered and natural systems, including coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, air stripping, and membrane processes. Prerequisite: CE 453 or CE 463.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29736R | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 31 of 40 | Amy Childress | KAP158 |
Engineering problems discussed on a physical basis with solutions via mathematical tools: Fourier series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; partial differential equations, wave and Laplace equations. Duplicates credit in CE 525b. Recommended preparation: undergraduate multivariable calculus and ordinary differential equations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29741R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 10 of 25 | Hung Wong | KAP113 |
Climate change; climate science fundamentals; Earth's energy balance and atmosphere; greenhouse gas dynamics; fundamentals of airborne particles; climate-aerosol interactions; particle-radiation and particle-cloud interactions. Recommended preparation: ENE 428.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ENE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in ENE 527.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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31420R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 17 of 36 | George Ban-Weiss | WPH207 |
Basic concepts; stiffness method; variational methods; displacement method; isoparametric formulation; plane stress and strain; plates and shells; dynamics; stability; nonlinear analysis, heat transfer; computer applications.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29756R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 35 of 60 | Carter Wellford | OHE136 | PDF (83681 KB) | |
29757D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 9 of 20 | Carter Wellford | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (83681 KB) | |
29755D | 034 | Lab | 5:30-6:20pm | Friday | 9 of 20 | DEN@Viterbi | |||
29759R | 048 | Lab | 5:30-6:20pm | Friday | 35 of 60 | OHE122 |
Earthquake source mechanisms; wave propagation, scattering, diffraction and amplification; empirical scaling of strong ground motion; seismic hazard analysis for earthquake resistant design codes and mapping. Duplicates credit in former CE 535a.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29767R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Thursday | 11 of 25 | Mihailo Trifunac | VKC202 |
Forced vibrations of discrete MDOF systems; modal analysis; energy methods; analytical dynamics; vibration of continuous systems; wave propagation; computational techniques; application of commercial software tools.
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29779R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 28 of 40 | Sami Masri | OHE100B | ||
29780D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 3 of 10 | Sami Masri | DEN@Viterbi |
Applications and manufacturing of composites: anisotropic materials; laminated composite plates and shells; buckling and dynamics; strength and failure; intelaminar stresses; delamination; thermal properties; design considerations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29784R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 9 of 20 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | RTH105 | PDF (50553 KB) | |
29785D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 3 of 10 | Abdel-Salam Niazy | DEN@Viterbi |
Fundamentals and design of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes with a focus on removing organic and inorganic pollutants and recovering resources. Prerequisite: CE 453.
- Prerequisite: CE 453
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29781D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | Canceled | Adam Smith |
Fundamental principles and practices of cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control of construction projects. Case studies and software exercises based on project data.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29836R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 40 of 46 | Scotty Galloway | RTH115 | ||
29837D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 9 of 15 | Scotty Galloway | DEN@Viterbi |
Fundamental principles and practices of planning, CPM scheduling, and resource management. Development of project schedules using CPM theory applied to current and emerging software applications.
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29835R | 048 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 28 of 35 | Devang Dedhia | SAL126 | PDF (613816 KB) |
Federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements affecting California transportation systems, including transportation planning and funding law; and government contracting, environmental, and civil rights requirements.
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29813R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Monday | Canceled | Dana Sherman |
Fundamentals of intelligent transportation systems, automated vehicles, communication systems, connected vehicle technologies, mobile devices, policy and planning, international research, standards, architecture, and economics of ITS.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29805R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Tuesday | 12 of 20 | Shahed Rowshan | KAP134 |
Conceptual engineering geometric design, installation, and calibration of vehicular storage and traffic controls; safe flow optimization of vehicles on various thoroughfares. Recommended preparation: CE 471.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29799R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 13 of 24 | Eric Shen | KAP134 | PDF (726094 KB) |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29815D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 20 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |
Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of civil engineering.
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Project Risk Management | ||||||||||
29800R | 048 | 3.0 | Lecture | 2:00-4:40pm | Thursday | Canceled | David Ashley | PDF (170907 KB) | ||
Mechanics of Soft Materials and 3D Printing | ||||||||||
29801R | 048 | 3.0 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Thursday | 10 of 30 | Qiming Wang | SGM226 |
Analysis of policies relating to transportation alternatives; institutional environment and background; federal, state, regional, and local agency responsibilities and interactions.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the PPD department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in PPD 634.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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51239R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 29 of 32 | Marlon Boarnet | RGL219 | PDF (380025 KB) |
Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29824D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 15 of 40 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29830D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE |