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CIVE 415Structural System Design

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, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Building loads. Lateral load systems. Floor systems for buildings. Composite construction. Introduction to bridge design. Special topics.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • CIVE413 - Structural Steel Design (0.50)
      • CIVE414 - Structural Concrete Design (0.50)
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • AE310 - Introduction to Structural Design (0.75)
      • CIVE310 - Introduction to Structural Design (0.75)
    • Students must be in level 4B or higher
    • Enrolled in H-Architectural Engineering, or 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
LEC 00144510 / 90MW 13:00–14:20
LEC 701178761 / 9999Online or by arrangement
TUT 10144520 / 90Th 08:30–09:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it63% easy75% useful

From 2 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Kind of an essential course if you want to pursue a career in structural engineering. You go over all the NBCC loading and how to analyze lateral systems with a touch of bridge design at the end. To be honest, I took this W21 during online school and a lot of my learning came from the TA on Piazza and tutorials. Assignments were not too challenging and were either straight from the course notes or the weekly tutorials. Tests were long (bc of online school) but not too hard. Overall a good course with a lot of valuable info on how structures work.

    Apr 2021 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This course is obviously useful for anyone interested in structural engineering, it runs through NBC environmental load calculations (snow, wind, seismic), lateral force calculations (I found this section to be very useful, as diaphragms and LFRS weren't really touched upon much in other courses), composite construction (good, useful), bridges (simple span slab-on-girder bridges only using CSA S6), and a little bit on bio-inspired design.
    It was a little disappointing that the structural load topics as taught used NBC 2015, when NBC 2020 and 2025 have since been released. Not a big deal for wind and snow, but the seismic code has changed pretty substantially since 2015. Workload was okay,…

    Apr 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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