course description 课程描述(工科)

1、Course Description Semester 1Course 1: Civil Engineering GeneralityCredit: 1Semester hours: 16 hours (lectures) Form of evaluation: Final ExaminationThis undergraduate course is designed to introduce the overview of civil engineering and the curriculum of the undergraduate program. The fundamentals

2、of good oral and written communication skills for the Civil Engineer are emphasized. An introduction to engineering library resources is also included.Course 2: Computer Culture FoundationCredit: 3Semester hours: 48 hours (18 hours of lecture and 30 hours of computer lab study) Form of evaluation: m

3、idterm & final examination, plus one project assignment. This undergraduate course covers topics related to word processing, spreadsheet, database, use of the schools local area network, Internet access and usage for research, interfacing computers with laboratory instruments and the calculator,

4、 multimedia, visualization techniques (such as graphing), and an initial introduction to computer programming process using Language C+.Course 3:Advanced Mathematics A (Calculus I )Credit: 5Semester hours: 80 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination This undergraduate cour

5、se discusses the topics of Limits, continuity, differentiation, Integral calculus, Vector Geometry, and some important applications in engineering research. Course 4:Graphic Geometry and Cartography A Credit:3Semester hours:48 hours (lecture)Form of evaluation: midterm & final examinationThis co

6、urse introduces technical drafting from the fundamentals through advanced drafting practices. Teaches lettering, metric construction, technical sketching, orthographic projection, sections, intersections, development, fasteners, theory and applications of dimensioning and tolerances. Includes pictor

7、ial drawing, and preparation of working and detailed drawings.Course 5:Music Appreciation Credit:1Semester hours:16 hours (lecture and studio)Form of evaluation:final examinationThis course aim to improve students understanding of music history and theories through appreciation of both classic music

8、 and popular music. Course 6:Mentality and Morality Culture & Law Foundation Credit:3Semester hours:48 hours (lecture)Form of evaluation:final examinationThis undergraduate course is designed to learn the fundamental theories of psychology, mental health and morality in the East and the West. Ba

9、sic judicial knowledge and lab moral norms will also be included in the text. Course 7:Engineering ChemistryCredit:2Semester hours:32hours (16 hours of lecture and 16 hours of lab research)Form of evaluation:final examinationFirst and Second Laws, properties fluids, properties of homogeneous mixture

10、s; phase equilibria, chemical-reaction equilibriaCourse 8:Spirit and Method of Mathematics Credit:1Semester hours:16 hours (lecture)Form of evaluation:midterm & final examinationThis course discusses about the development of mathematics through a historical study of mathetics and mathematicians.

11、 Semester 2Course 1: Computer Aided Drafting Credit: 1.5Semester hours: 24 hours (computer lab work) Form of evaluation: final examinationThis undergraduate course is designed to deliver an overview of CAD-based software in civil and environmental engineering. The project design methods and supporti

12、ve software are discussed, which ranges over field survey data, surface creation, visualization techniques, grading, piping, roads, CAD standards and software customization. Course 2:Advanced Mathematics B (Calculus II)Credit: 5Semester hours: 80 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation: midterm & fin

13、al examination This undergraduate course covers calculus, differential calculus for functions of several variable, double and triple integrals, convergence of sequences and series, and representation of functions as power series, differential equations( first order ordinary differential equations, s

14、econd order linear equations, linear systems of ordinary differential equations, numerical methods.)Course 3: College Physics ACredit: 3Semester hours:48 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation:midterm & final examinationAn introduction to the ideas and techniques used in the study of motion and Newt

15、ons laws of motion, one-dimensional motion, second order differential equations, harmonic oscillators (damped, forced), vector analysis, conservation laws, three-dimensional motion, central forces, motion in electromagnetic fields, collisions, center-of-mass transformations, two-body problem, numeri

16、cal/computer solutions, coupled oscillators. Rigid body rotation, statics, elasticity, fluid equilibrium, gravitation, waves.Course 4:Physics Experiment ACredit:1.5Semester hours:24 hours (lab research) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examinationAn elementary laboratory undergraduate course

17、with an introduction to data analysis and error estimation. Students independently perform two or three experiments, with suitable reports. Course 5:FORTRAN Program Design Credit:3Semester hours:48 hours (18 hours of lecture and 30 hours of programming) Form of evaluation:midterm & final examina

18、tionThis undergraduate course is designed to introduce the Fortran 95 programming language to undergraduate students. Specifically, students will learn about number and character representation in a computer, which forms the basis of various fundamental datatypes in the language, arithmatic and logi

19、cal operators, control constructs, input and output, arrays, subroutines and functions, modules, advanced datatypes.Course 6:Graphic Geometry and Cartography B Credit:2.5Semester hours:48 hours (lecture)Form of evaluation:midterm & final examinationThis course introduces technical drafting from

20、the fundamentals through advanced drafting practices. Includes lettering, geometric construction, technical sketching, orthographic projection, sections, intersections, development, and fasteners. Teaches theory and application of dimensioning and tolerances, pictorial drawing, and preparation of dr

21、awings. Semester 3Course 1: Engineering Surveying (A) Credit: 3.5Semester hours: 56 hours (40 hours of lecture and 16 hours of lab research) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination, plus one project paper. This undergraduate course covers the following areas: calculating closure and area

22、 of a traverse; computing offset angles and chord distances to layout circular and spiral curves; determining elevations to layout vertical curves; computing volumes from terrain cross sections. It aims to train students to solve field problems using surveying instruments to layout a traverse and a

23、circular curve. Course 2: Engineering Surveying (B) Credit: 2Semester hours: 32 hours (discussion group and lab research) Form of evaluation: One project report (teamwork)In this undergraduate course the students will work in teams, which will be responsible for performing field work, analytic calcu

24、lations, and report presentation associated with loop leveling and closed-loop traverse surveys.Course 3: Civil Engineering Materials Credit: 2.5Semester hours: 40 hours (20 hours of lecture and 20 hours of lab research) Form of evaluation: midterm and final examination In this undergraduate course

25、the basic laboratory and field tests is conducted with aggregate, soil, concrete, steel, masonry, wood and other construction materials, including some newly invented engineering plastics and its application prospects.Course 4:Engineering EconomicsCredit: 1Semester hours: 16 hours (lecture) Form of

26、evaluation: final examinationThis undergraduate course presents economic analysis of engineering alternatives. Students are required to study economic and cost-related conceptions through calculating economic equivalence, comparing alternatives and opportunity cost, making economic optimization in d

27、esign/operation, and conducting depreciation and after tax analysis.Course 5: Linear Algebra Credit: 2Semester hours: 32 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation: midterm & final examination This undergraduate course is designed to teach students the topics such as systems of linear equations and Matr

28、ices, Vectors and Eigen values and Similarity invariants, Jordan canonical form, inner product spaces, self-adjoint operators, selected applications.Course 6:College Physics BCredit:3Semester hours:48 hours (lecture) Form of evaluation:midterm & final examinationThe topics taught in this undergr

29、aduate course include electrostatics, magnetostatics, microscopic interpretation of polarization P and magnetization M, electrostatic and magnetostatic energy, Faradays Law, self and mutual inductance, magnetic circuits; integral and differential forms of Gauss, Ampere, and Faraday laws; AC circuits

30、; introduction to the displacement current and Maxwells equations. Laboratory portion of the course provides investigation on DC and AC circuits, sources of emf, Hall effect, and operational amplifier circuits.Course 7: Physics Experiment BCredit:1.5Semester hours:24 hours (lab research) Form of eva

31、luation:midterm & final examinationAn intermediate laboratory undergraduate course with an introduction to data analysis and error estimation. Students independently perform two or three experiments and write suitable reports. Course 8:Theoretical Mechanics 1Credit:5Semester hours:80 hours (64 hours of lecture and 16 lab hours)Form of evaluation:midterm & final examinationThis undergraduate course postulates of Newtonian mechanics, the principle of the newtonian determination. It will present a systematic study on dynamical systems, acceleratin