Civil Engineering Construction Technology Course Descriptions

CIVL 101 (3 credits)
Principles of Civil Engineering Construction Technology
This course, principles of Civil Engineering Construction Technology, while incorporating scientific principles serves as an introduction to the civil construction industry. The history of the industry’s impact on society, past and present has met and will continue to meet our needs well into the future. This acceleration of technology has created one of the most emerging construction career fields in our nation.

CIVL 105 (3 credits)
Job Site and Traffic Safety
This course is designed for students to gain knowledge and technical skills related to best practices for jobsite safety. This includes following all personal protective equipment
(PPE), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety & Health Standards (MSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT}, Maintenance of Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and underground utility regulations. Applications will include verbal and nonverbal communication, work zone safety, and injury prevention.

CIVL 110 (3 credits)
Construction Drawings, Site Plans, Specifications
This course provides an overview of construction drawings, plans, details, takeoffs, survey, redlines, cut/fills, conflicts, design issues involving a construction project. Emphasis will be placed on applications for reading and interpreting construction drawings in the field, while ensuring materials, scaling, and specifications complying with local, state and federal requirements.

CORT 156 (4 credits)
Introduction to Refinishing Procedures
Refinishing and the use of tools operated by compressed air. Proper use of various finish materials: primers, sealers, and thinners. Masking and spray painting techniques are also covered.
Prerequisite: CORT 116

CIVL 115 (3 credits)
Construction Survey I
This course introduces the history of surveying, use of state­of-the-art equipment and blueprint reading. Students will use survey equipment to layout the jobsite prior to the start of construction. Applications will include reading and understand blueprint.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105

CIVL 150 (3 credits)
Soil and Erosion Control
This course introduces the history and evolution of erosion & sediment (E&S) control for construction projects. National standards for earth disturbing construction has been determined by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Students will practice construction standards that have improved the quality of tributary streams, wetlands, environment, water quality, and the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.

CIVL 155 (3 credits)
Utility Installation I
This course introduces the history and evolution Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology and its application to civil construction projects. This is an intensive course that builds upon Construction Survey I.
Prerequisite: CJVL 105 and CJVL 110

CIVL 160 (3 credits)
Global Positioning System Fundamentals
This course introduces the history and evolution Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology and its application to civil construction projects. This is an intensive course that builds upon Construction Survey I.
Prerequisite: CJVL 105 and CJVL 110

CORT 232 (4 credits)
Non-Structural Technology
Non-structural technicians restore damaged vehicles to their original structural integrity, function, and appearance. These technicians use hand tools and power tools to remove or repair damaged parts, weld as needed, and properly install new parts. They work with a variety of metals and plastics, as well as glass, electrical, and mechanical parts.
Prerequisite: CORT 222

CIVL 165 (3 credits)
Construction Survey II
This course builds upon Construction Survey I. Applications includes utilization of construction drawings and equipment including GPS, modeling, drones, total stations, and lasers to layout a construction project.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105 and CIVL 115

CIVL 205 (3 credits)
Earthwork Fundamentals
This course introduces the history and evolution of earthwork operations. Students will learn differences in soil characteristics, work ability, and treatment for certain soil characteristics. Students will also learn about equipment applications used in earthwork operations.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105 and CIVL 110

CIVL 210 (3 credits)
Engineering Materials Processes
This course introduces the history and evolution aggregate production, usage and application. Students will also learn usage and manufacturing of aggregate, concrete asphalt, and DOT specifications.
Prerequisite: CJVL 105

CIVL 215 (3 credits)
Utility Installation II
This course builds on learning in Utility Installation I. Students will learn best practices of safe assembly and installation various types of pipe. Students will understand step-by-step application to assemble pipe per manufacture specifications in excavated trenches.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105 and CIVL 155

CIVL 220 (3 credits)
Site Grading Designs & Grading Types
This course builds upon Earthwork Fundamentals I. Students will be involved with crew and equipment package setup
and planning for efficiency, involved in costs, and production calculations.
Prerequisite: CJVL 105, CJVL 110, and CJVL 165

CIVL 255 (3 credits)
Leadership in Construction Management, Ethics and Legal Issues
This course will cover a broad range of services construction companies provide to their employees, clients, and general public. The four fundamental principles will include: ethical practice, legal practice, professional excellence, and responsibility to the employee, client, and general public. In addition, students will learn personal leadership styles, good communication and presentation skills, working in a team environment in diverse organizational context.

CIVL 260 (3 credits)
Cost Estimating, Project and Field Construction Management
This course is designed to train students the job estimating fundamentals to determine project construction costs. Construction estimating is tedious, time-consuming and requires a high level of skill. In addition, students will learn to impact of quality management systems (OMS) for company profitability.
Prerequisite: CJVL 110 and CJVL 210

CIVL 265 (3 credits)
Structured Concrete Operations
This course introduces the history and evolution concrete. Students will learn materials in concrete production processes, and, transporting from plant to jobsite, and placement applications in the construction industry. Emphasis will be place on hands-on preparation, formwork, and finishing.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105 and CIVL 210

CIVL 270 (3 credits)
Asphalt Paving Operations
This course introduces the history and evolution asphalt. Students learn best safety practices when working on an asphalt paving jobsite. This course “introduces” the student to the asphalt paving practices, materials, and evaluation including demolition and site preparation, laying subbase and a binder layer, laying butt joints, compaction of asphalt, and installing the top layer of asphalt. In addition, students will learn the composition of asphalt and manufacturing processes.
Prerequisite: CIVL 105 and CIVL 210