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CIVE 400Civil Engineering Design Project 1

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Civil Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Students must undertake a team-based civil engineering design project during the last two terms of their program. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate students' abilities to practice in a civil engineering capacity in their chosen area of expertise, using knowledge gained from their academic and employment experiences. Typically, experiential learning opportunities are incorporated to support undergraduate students in developing and advancing their teamwork skills. The first part of the project (CIVE 400) will include problem identification, generation and selection of solutions, and project management. Incorporation of technical, ecological, social, political, and economic issues in the solution for the project will be required. Sustainability considerations will be emphasized. Requirements include proposal, progress report, oral presentation, and a final report containing design recommendations for part two of the project, CIVE 401.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

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60% liked it40% easy35% useful

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  • Yeah pick a group based on effectiveness not based on love or friendship and u will be fine. My group is unequivocally the most ineffective group currently in the entire fourth year engineering stream. Submitted a final report at exactly 9:59pm when the due date was at 10pm . At 9:58pm we were still typing on word . I would take a bullet for the 3 members in my group, but we literally can't work together; it's hilarious

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  • Grade Received: 84%
    For this course I would recommend trying to secure a group in the 3B Term if possible, as the team is an important in making this experience go well. Unfortunately, I did not worry about making a team then, and I entered the 4A term without a team. It was hard to find a team then, as people had teams and it was a bit messy in general. I told the professor my situation, and thankfully I ended getting placed with a pretty great group of 3 who were looking for a fourth member. This whole group finding caused me lots of stress, which is why I recommend getting it done in 3B. Thankfully, being placed in this group ended up working well for me, as we were all on the same page…

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  • Do as much as you can in this phase of capstone cus i didn't and I felt the strain in 401. They make you do all the proposal and research and dumb stuff this term to "prepare" you for 401. Just get into whatever design/analysis you have as soon as you can and you'll be ok.

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Spring 2024

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