

Foundation for understanding corporate financial practices and accounting. Problem-solving and decision-making framework for economic analysis of engineering projects. Lecture, four hours outside study, eight hours. Introduction to support conditions and geometric properties of structural members. Study of internal forces and moments in beams, including relationships for shear, axial load, and moment diagrams. Introduction to equilibrium principles for engineered systems. Lecture, two hours outside study, four hours. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. Selected topics in programming, with emphasis on numerical techniques and graphical features as applied to engineering programs. Hands-on experience for object-oriented programming. Introduction to computer programming using FORTRAN and MATLAB. Lecture, four hours laboratory, four hours outside study, four hours. Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers. Introduction to scope of civil engineering profession, including earthquake, environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources engineering.
