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Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 
    
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CIVL 2200 - Soils & Foundations

Credit Hours: 3.00


Prerequisites: None

Elementary study of exploring, sampling, testing, and evaluating subsurface materials, and their affect on types of foundations and construction.

Location: South Campus

Contact Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 4
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, the student will describe how to conduct a soil exploration.

Objectives:

  1. Define the purposes of subsurface exploration.
  2. Explain the different methods of subsurface exploration.
  3. Compare and contrast the different methods of subsurface exploration.
  4. Describe the contents of a soils engineered report.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will describe the various soil constituents and how they are developed from parent rock.

Objectives:

  1. Define soil material constituents.
  2. Identify the origin of soil material constituents.
  3. Explain the differences in behavior among various fine grained soils.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will test physical characteristics of soil.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the soil classification system.
  2. Identify names of symbols for types of soil.
  3. Utilize the Unified and AASHTO soil classification system.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, the student will chart soil characteristics.

Objectives:

  1. Create a particle size distribution curve from coarse grained soils.
  2. Identify plasticity characteristics for fine grained soils and their relationship to natural water content.
  3. Chart phase relationships (air, water, and solid) for the soil mass.
  4. Chart vertical earth pressure calculations.
  5. Explain soil erosion.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, the student will create a soils engineering analysis design.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the effective stress principle.
  2. Calculate static stress.
  3. Explain capillarity.
  4. Describe relative permeability of soils.
  5. Determine permeability values.
  6. Define compressibility in soils.
  7. Explain the mechanisms to consolidate soils.
  8. Explain the factors controlling soil strength.
  9. Describe strengths of troublesome soils
  10. Describe how to strengths are inferred from index properties.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, the student will conduct a soil compaction test.

Objectives:

  1. Define soil compaction.
  2. Describe soil stabilization.
  3. Illustrate a moisture density relationship for coarse and fine soils.
  4. Identify the factors affecting compaction.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, the student will describe the types of building foundations.

Objectives:

  1. Define shallow foundations.
  2. Define deep foundations.
  3. Explain how to create settlement estimates.
  4. Compute bearing capacity calculations.
  5. Describe the usual provisions for shallow foundation specifications.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, the student will create an excavation plan.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the specification requirements in a contract.
  2. Create a stability analysis for unsupported slopes.
  3. Describe the methods of support for shallow cuts.
  4. Describe the methods of support for deep cuts.
  5. Analyze lateral earth pressure.
  6. Explain ground movements adjacent to braced cuts.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  • 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  • 3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  1. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  1. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Week: Topic:

  1. Introduction /Course Overview
  2. Soil explorations
  3. Soil constituents during construction, soil lab
  4. Soil Classification
  5. Soil constituents and mass, Project discussion
  6. Index properties of soil constituents and mass, Project discussion
  7. Review for mid-term, project discussion
  8. Mid-Term
  9. Vertical earth pressure calculations.
  10. Soil Erosion
  11. Soil engineering analysis, project synopsis due.
  12. Soil compaction
  13. Foundations, project presentation
  14. Excavation
  15. Presentations
  16. FINAL Exam

Primary Faculty
Grant, Janice
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Pawlowski, Timothy
Dean
Hutchison, Donald



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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