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CIVE 401Civil Engineering Design Project 2

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 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The course is a continuation of CIVE 400. The final design of the major civil engineering project proposed in CIVE 400 will be undertaken. The purpose of this phase of the project is to carry out a team-based detailed technical design of the solution proposed in CIVE 400. Requirements of this part of the two-term project include a symposium presentation and a final report.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • CIVE400 - Civil Engineering Design Project 1 (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 4B
    • Enrolled in H-Civil Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
PRJ 00144480 / 150T 16:00–17:20
PRJ 7011830109 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

33% liked it50% easy42% useful

From 3 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Presenting our capstone project at the symposium was rewarding, and a good culminating experience. There are a bunch of deliverables through the term that are annoying to deal with when you want to focus on getting stuff designed and made in Revit or whatever instead. You kind of set your own difficulty by the topic you choose in 4A and the ambitions your group has for it. I had to sink more hours into capstone than any other course this term but its worth it, I self-learned some useful skills.

    Apr 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Depends on what effort you want to put in, pretty self guided course.

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The capstone project is - in essence - a great way to demonstrate what you learned throughout your undergrad. However, the format of both CIVE400 and this course is terrible. For one, in CIVE400 we were urged not to do a lot of design work and moreso the "qualitative" research part of the project. This is a trick, do as much as you can from the start or you will feel the burn in 401.
    Your topic and the scope of your topic really have no limitations outside of what you deem is appropriate, and this can be dangerous because no one will tell you if it is too much. For civils, there's not a lot of "innovation" that you'll find yourself doing that will be comparable to the SEs, ECEs, Mech kids…

    Apr 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

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