Summary of Course Requirements

Courses Requirements
(total credits to be offered)
A. Basic Science 12 (15)
B. Mathematics 12 (15)
C. Humanities 6 (10)
D. Engineering(Basic) 48.5 (48.5)
E. Civil Engineering practice 5 (9)
F. Structural Engineering 21.5 (37.5)
G. Environmental Engineering 8.5 (20.5)
H. Geotechnical Engineering 8.5 (20.5)
I. Transportation Engineering 8.5 (20.5)
J. Water Resources Engineering 13.0 (29)
Total= 143.5
Project & Thesis 4.5
Optional courses** : 0
Theory (38 in F to J, Max. 4 from each
8.0
division)
Sessional 3.0 (7.5 in F to J)
Grand Total= 159.0

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 Semester - 1

Sl. Course Hours/week Credit

No Number Course Name Theory Practical/
sessional
1 Phy 101 Physical Optics , Heat, Waves and Oscillation 3 - 3
2 Phy 102 Physics lab - 3 1.5
3 Chem 103 Chemistry I 3 - 3
4 Chem 104 Inorganic Quantitative Analysis - 3 1.5
5 Math 101 Mathematics I 3 - 3
6 Hum 101 English 2 - 2
7 CE 100 Civil Engineering Drawing-I - 3 1.5
8 CE 101 Engineering Mechanics 4 - 4
Subtotal = 15 9 19.5

Semester - 2
Sl. Course Hours/Week Credit
No Number Course Name Theory Practical/
Sessional
1 Structure of Matter, Electricity and 3 - 3
Phy 201
Magnetism and Modern Physics
2 Chem 202 Chemistry II
3 Hum 201 Economics 2 - 2
4 Math 201 Mathematics II 3 3 3
5 CE 201 Civil Engineering Drawing -II - - 1.5
6 CE 202 Surveying 4 3 4
7 CE 203 Practical Surveying - - 1.5
8 EEE 201 Basic Electricity 4 - 4
9 EEE 202 Basic Electricity Sessional - 3 1.5
10 Shop 201 Carpentry shop, Machine shop and - 3 1.5
Welding shop sessional
Subtotal= 16 12 22

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 Semester - 3

Hours/week Credit
Sl. Course Course Name Theory Practical/
No Number Sessional
1 Hum 301 Sociology
2 Hum 302 Government 2 - 2
3 Hum 303 Principles of Accounting
4 Math 301 Differential equation 3 - 3
5 CE 301 Engineering Materials 4 - 4
6 CE 302 Details of construction - 3 1.5
7 CE 303 Engineering Geology & Geomorphology 3 - 3
8 CE 304 Materials session - 3 1.5
9 CE 305 Mechanics of solid-I 3 - 3
10 CE 306 Structural Mechanics & Materials - 3 1.5
Subtotal = 15 9 19.5

Semester - 4

Sl. Course Course Name Hours/week Credit

No Number Theory Practical/
Sessional
1 Fourier Analysis Harmonic Functions &
Math 401
Laplace Transformation 3 - 3
2 Math 402 Vector Analysis & Statistics
3 Hum 301 Sociology
4 Hum 302 Government 2 - 2
5 Hum 303 Principles of Accounting
6 CE 401 Numerical Methods 2 - 2
7 CE 402* Mechanics of solid-II 3 - 3
8 CE 403 Computer programming Sessional - 5 2.5
9 CE 404 Quantity Surveying - 3 1.5
10 CE 405 Fluid Mechanics 4 - 4
11 CE 406 Fluid Mechanics Sessional - 3 1.5
Subtotal= 14 11 19.5

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 Semester - 5

Sl. Course Hours/week Credit

No Number Course Name Theory Practical/
sessional
1 CE 501* Structural Analysis and Design I 3 - 3
2 CE 503 Design of concrete structures I 3 - 3
3 CE 504 Environmental Engineering I 3 - 3
4 CE 505* Geotechnical Engineering I 4 - 4
5 CE 507* Open Channel Flow 4 - 4
6 CE 502 Structural Analysis and Design I Sessional - 3 1.5
7 CE 506 Geotechnical Engineering Sessional - 3 1.5
8 CE 508 Open Channel Flow sessional - 3 1.5
Subtotal = 17 9 21.5

Semester – 6

Sl. Course Course Name Hours/week Credit

No Number Theory Practical/
sessional
1 CE 601* Structural Analysis and Design II 3 - 3
2 CE 602* Design of concrete structures II 4 - 4
3 CE 604 Geotechnical Engineering II 3 - 3
4 CE 605 Transportation Engineering I- Transport & 3 - 3
Traffic Design
5 CE 607 Hydrology 3 - 3
6 CE 603 Concrete Structures Sessional - 3 1.5
7 CE 608 Environmental Engineering Sessional-I - 3 1.5
8 CE 606 Transportation Engineering Sessional I - 3 1.5
Subtotal = 17 9 20.5

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 Semester - 7
Sl. Course Course Name Hours/week Credit
No Number Theory Practical/
sessional
1 CE 700** Project and Thesis - 3 1.5
2 CE 701 Environmental Engineering II 4 - 4
3 CE 702 Transportation Engineering II : Highway 4 - 4
Design & Railways
4 CE 703 Project Planning & Management 3 - 3
5 CE 704* Structural Analysis & Design III 4 - 4
6 CE 705 Irrigation and Flood Control 3 - 3
7 CE 706 Irrigation and Flood Control Sessional - 3 1.5

Subtotal = 18 6 21

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 Semester – 8
Sl Course Course Name Hours/week Credit
No Number Theory Practical/
sessional
1 CE 700 Project and Thesis 3 3
2 CE 801 Structural Analysis & Design sessional II - 3 1.5
3 CE 802 Project Practices And Communication
4 CE 803 Socio-economic Aspects of Development 2 - 2
Projects
5 CE 804 Theory of elasticity and elastic instability
of structures
6 CE 805 Pre-stressed Concrete Structure
7 CE 806 Design of Steel structures Group - 2+2
8 CE 807 Introduction of finite element Method 2+2
9 CE 808 Dynamics of structures
10 CE 809 Structural Analysis & Design sessional III - 3 1.5
11 CE 810 Environmental Engineering III
(solid waste Management)
12 CE 811 Environmental Engineering IV Environmental
(environmental pollution control Group - 2+2
13 CE 812 Environmental Engineering V 2+2
(Environmental & development projects)
14 CE 813 Basic Environmental Engineering
15 CE 814 Environmental Engineering sessional II - 3 1.5
16 CE 815 Geotechnical engineering III Geotechnical - 2+2
17 CE 816 Geotechnical engineering IV Group
18 CE 817 Geotechnical engineering V 2+2
19 CE 818 Geotechnical engineering Sessional II - 3 1.5
20 CE 819 Transportation engineering III
21 CE 820 Transportation engineering IV : Highway Transport
Drainage & Airports Group - 2+2
22 CE 821 Transportation Engineering V : Transport 2+2
projects and operations
23 CE 822 Transportation engineering Sessional II - 3 1.5
24 CE 823 Ground water engineering Water
25 CE 824 River Engineering Resource - 2+2
26 CE 825 Hydraulic structures Group
27 CE 826 Coastal Engineering 2+2
28 CE 827 Water Resources Engineering Sessional - 3 1.5
Subtotal= 17.5

Grand Total = ( 19.5 + 22 + 19.5 + 19.5 + 21.5 + 20.5 + 21.0 + 17.5 ) = 159.5

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 A. Basic Science

Theoretical

* Phy 101 Physical optics, Heat, waves and oscillation 3 credits

Phy 201 Structure of Matter, Electricity and Magnetism and 3 credits prereq. Phy 101
Modern physics
* Chem 103 Chemistry I 3 credits
Chem 202 Chemistry II 3 credits

Sessional
* Phy 102 Physics lab 1.5 credits
* Chem 104 Inorganic Quantitative Analysis (Sessional) 1.5 credits
Requirements 12 credits ( 9+3)

B. MATHEMATICS

Theoretical

* Math 101 Mathematics I 3 credits

* Math 201 Mathematics II 3 credits
Math 301 Differential Equations 3 credits
Math 401 Fourier Equation, Harmonic Functions and Laplace Transform 3 credits
Math 402 Vector Analysis and Statistics 3 credits
Requirements 12 credits (12+0)

C. HUMANITIES

* Hum 101 English 2 credits

* Hum 201 Economics 2 credits
Hum 301 Sociology 2 credits
Hum 302 Government 2 credits
Hum 303 Principles of Accounting 2 credits
Requirements 8 credits(8+0)

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 Course Curriculum of the Department of Civil Engineering

Core Courses:

CE 100 : Civil Engineering Drawing - I

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Introduction - Lines and lettering ; Plane geometry: drawing of linear and curved geometric
figures, e.g. pentagon, hexagon, octagon, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola. Solid geometry:
Projections of cube, prism, prism, cone, cylinder; developments, true shapes and sections of
cube, pyramid, cone, prism; isometric and oblique drawings of cube, pyramid, cone. Plan,
elevations and sections of one storied buildings and bridges.

CE 101 : Engineering Mechanics

4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week.

Introduction to SI Units; coplanar concurrent forces; moments and parallel coplanar forces;
non-concurrent non-parallel coplanar forces; non-coplanar forces; centroids; moment of
inertia of areas; moment of inertia of masses. Friction; flexible cords; plane motion; force
systems that produce rectilinear motion, work, kinetic energy; power, impulse and
momentum.

CE 201 : Civil Engineering Drawing – II ( Computer Aided Drawing )

1.50 credit, 3 hrs./week.

Introduction to computer usage. Introduction to CAD packages and computer aided drafting:
drawing editing and dimensioning of simple objects. Plan, elevations and sections of multi-
storied buildings; reinforcement details of beams, slabs, stairs etc. Plan and section of septic
tank; Detailed drawings of roof trusses; Plans, elevations and sections of culverts, bridges and
other hydraulic structures; Building services drawings.

CE 202 : Surveying
4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week.

Reconnaissance survey; linear measurements; traverse survey; leveling and contouring;

calculation of areas and volumes; problems on heights and distances; curves and curve
ranging, transition curve, vertical curves. Tachometry: introduction, principles and problems
of Tachometry, Astronomical surveying : Definition, instruments, astronomical corrections ,
systems of linear photometry: introduction, aerial photography, reading of photo mosaic,
scale; project surveying, errors in surveying, remote sensing, introduction of global
positioning system (GPS)

CE 203 : Practical Surveying

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Three hours of field works based on CE 202.

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CE 301 : Engineering Materials
4.00 Credit, 4 hrs/week.

Properties and uses of bricks, efflorescence; cement, cement chemistry, aggregates, cement
and lime mortars, concrete, standard tests of bricks, Cement and concrete, salinity problem in
concrete, corrosion and its prevention, paints, varnishes, metallic coating. Design of concrete
mixes; atomic structure and bonding; crystal structures, mechanical properties, yielding,
fracture, elasticity, plasticity, properties and uses of rubber, timber and plastics. Concrete for
special purposes. Ferrocement.

CE 302 : Details of Constructions

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week

Foundations; different types of foundations; brick masonry; framed structures and bearing
walls; arches and lintels; details of floors and roofs; pointing; plastering and interior
finishing; scaffolding, staging; shoring and underpinning; thermal insulation and acoustics;
House plumbing.

CE 303 : Engineering Geology and Geomorphology

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Minerals; identification of minerals, common rock forming minerals; physical properties of

minerals; mineraloids rocks; types of rocks, cycle of rock change; earthquake and seismic
map of Bangladesh.
Structural geology; faults; types of faults; fold and fold type; domes; basins; erosional
process; quantitative analysis of erosional land forms.
Geomorphology : Channel development; channel widening; valley shape; stream terraces;
alluvial flood plains; deltas and alluvial fans; channel morphology; channel patterns and the
river basin; geology and geomorphology of Bangladesh.

CE 304 : Materials Sessional

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

General discussion on preparation and properties of concrete. Test for specific gravity. Unit
weight, voids and bulking of aggregates; moisture content and absorption of coarse and fine
aggregates; normal consistency and initial setting time of cement; direct tensile and
compressive strengths of cement mortar; gradation of coarse and fine aggregates; design and
testing of a concrete mix.

CE 305 : Mechanics of Solids I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Fundamental concepts of stress and strain. Mechanical properties of materials; strain energy;
stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, shear and temperature
changes; bending moment and shear force diagrams of beams and frames; flexural and

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shearing stresses in beams; shear Centre ; thin walled pressure containers; riveted and welded
joints.

CE 306 : Structural Mechanics and Materials Sessional

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Tension, direct shear and impact tests of mild steel specimen, compression test of timber
specimen, slender column test; static bending test; hardness test of metals; helical spring
tests; determination of shear center; load-deflection behavior of simple beam.

CE 401 : Numerical Methods

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Numerical solution of algebraic and transcendental equations; solution of systems of linear

equations; linear and non-linear curve-fitting by least square regression; finite differences;
divided differences; interpolation; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical
solution of differential equations.

CE 402: Mechanics of Solids II

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Torsional stresses in shafts and tubes; Compound stresses; Helical springs; Transformation of
stresses; deflection of beams by direct integration, moment area, elastic load and conjugate
beam methods; buckling of columns.

CE 403 : Computer Programming Sessional

2.50 Credit, 5 hrs/week.

Programming concepts and algorithms. Number systems; internal representation of data.

Elements of structured programming language: data types, operators, expressions, control
structures, functions, pointers and arrays, input and output. Concept of Object Oriented
Programming (OOP): encapsulation, inheritance , polymorphism and abstraction. Template
functions and classes. Development of programs related to Civil Engineering.

CE 404 : Quantity Surveying

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Quantity estimates of items of civil works e.g. building, bridge, truss and highway. Analysis
of rates; use of software in quantity surveying; Specifications of materials of construction
projects.

CE 405 : Fluid Mechanics

4.00 Credit, 4 hrs/week.

Development and scope of fluid mechanics. Fluid properties. Fluid statics. Kinematics of
fluid flow. Fluid flow concepts and basic equations continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equation,

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energy equation, momentum equation and forces in fluid flow. Similitude and dimensional
analysis. Steady incompressible flow in pressure conduits, laminar and turbulent flow,
general equation for fluid friction. Empirical equations for pipe flow. Minor losses in pipe
flow. Fluid measurement: Pitot tube, orifice, mouthpiece, nozzle, venturimeter , weir. Pipe
flow problems pipes in series and parallel, branching pipes, pipe networks.

CE 406 : Fluid Mechanics Sessional

1.5 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Centre of pressure. Proof of Bernoulli’s theorem. Flow through Venturimeter. Flow through
orifice. Coefficient of velocity by coordinate method. Flow through mouthpiece. Flow over V
notch. Flow over sharp crested weir. Fluid friction in pipe.

CE 501 : Structural Analysis and Design - I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Stability and determinacy of structures; analysis of statically determinate trusses and arches;
influence lines; moving loads on beams, frames and trusses; cables and cable supported
structures.

CE 502 : Structural Analysis and Design Sessional - I

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Analysis of steel structures e.g. truss, plate girder; design of members and joints of structures;
use of software in analysis and design problems.

CE 503 : Design of Concrete Structures - I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Fundamental behavior of reinforced concrete; introduction to WSD and USD methods;

analysis and design of singly reinforced, doubly reinforced and T-beams according to WSD
and USD methods; diagonal tension; bond and anchorage according to WSD and USD
methods; one way slabs.

CE 504 : Environmental Engineering I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Water Supply Engineering: introduction; water demands; water supply sources; ground water
exploration: aquifer properties and ground water flow, well hydraulics, water well design,
drilling, construction and maintenance; water demand for rural communities; shallow hand
tube wells and deep set Tara pumps for problem areas.
Surface water collection and transportation; head works; pumps and pumping machineries;
water distribution system; analysis and design of distribution network; fire hydrants; water
meters; leak detection; unaccounted for water.

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Water quality requirements; water treatment - plain sedimentation, flocculation and
settlement, filtration, disinfection; miscellaneous treatment methods; low cost treatment
methods for rural communities.

CE 505 : Geotechnical Engineering I

4.00 Credit, 4 hrs/week.

Introduction to geotechnical engineering; formation, type and identification of soils; soil

composition; soil structure and fabric; index properties of soils; engineering classification of
soils; soil compaction; principles of total and effective stresses; permeability and seepage;
stress-strain-strength characteristics of soils; compressibility and settlement behavior of soils;
lateral earth pressure; stress distribution.

CE 506 : Geotechnical Engineering Sessional

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Field identification tests; grain size analysis by sieve and hydrometer; specific gravity test;
atterberg limits test; permeability tests; unconfined compression test; compaction test;
relative density test; direct shear tests; consolidation tests.

CE 507 : Open Channel Flow

4.00 Credit, 4 hrs/week.

Open channel flow and its classification. Velocity and pressure distributions. Energy
equation, specific energy and transition problems. Critical flow and control. Principles of
flow measurement and devices. Concept of uniform flow, Chezy and Manning equations,
estimation of resistance coefficients and computation of uniform flow. Momentum equation
and specific momentum. Hydraulic jump. Theory and analysis of gradually varied flow.
Computation of flow profiles. Design of channels.

CE 508 : Open Channel Flow Sessional

1.5 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Broad crested weir. Sluice gate. Venturi flume. Parshall flume. Cut throat flume. Hydraulic
jump. Velocity distribution profile. Manning’s roughness coefficient. Specific force and
specific energy.

CE 601 : Structural Analysis and Design II

3.00 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Wind and earthquake loads; approximate analysis of statically indeterminate structures. e.g.
braced trusses, portal frames, mill bent and multi storied building frames; deflection of
beams, trusses and frames by virtual work method; space trusses; analysis of statically
indeterminate structures by consistent deformation.

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CE 602 : Design of Concrete Structures II
4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week.

Two-way slabs; columns; footings; retaining walls, reinforced concrete floor and roof
systems. Review of codes; yield line method; introduction of pre-stressed concrete. Analysis
and preliminary design of pre-stressed beam section.

CE 603 : Concrete Structures Sessional

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Analysis and design problems based on CE 503; design of a slab bridge, simple girder bridge
and a low-rise building.

CE 604 : Geotechnical Engineering - II

3.00 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Soil investigation techniques; settlement computation; types of foundations; bearing capacity

of shallow and deep foundations; settlement and distortion of foundations; design and
construction of footings, rafts and piles; slope stability analyses.

CE 605 : Transportation Engineering – I : Transport & Traffic Design

3.00 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Introduction to transportation engineering; development of transportation systems; elements

of transportation system; transportation in Bangladesh; modal share; transportation planning
concepts: collection, study and analysis of basic data; highway location and surveys;
geometric design of highways: elements of design, cross-section elements, curves and sight
distances; road intersections; traffic engineering: the road/traffic system, vehicle and traffic
characteristics, traffic control devices, traffic studies, parking and roadway lighting;
waterways and terminals.

CE 606 : Transportation Engineering Sessional I

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Tests of bituminous materials, tests on subgrade, sub-base and base materials; bituminous
mix design; roadway capacity analysis; application of analytical, simulation and statistical
packages.

CE 607 : Hydrology
3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Hydrologic cycle. Weather and Hydrology. Precipitation, Evaporation and transpiration.

Infiltration. Streamflow. Application of telemetry and remote sensing in hydrologic data
acquisition. Rainfall runoff relations. Hydrographs, unit hydrographs. Hydrologic routing.
Statistical methods in hydrology.

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CE 608 : Environmental Engineering Sessional I
1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Water and wastewater sampling techniques, sample preservation, physical, chemical and
biological tests of water and wastewater; breakpoint chlorinating, alum coagulation, sampling
and laboratory analysis of air; sampling and laboratory analysis of solid waste.,

CE 701 : Environmental Engineering II

4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week.

Wastewater Engineering: introduction; water supply, sanitation and health; estimation of

wastewater; wastewater collection systems; hydraulics of sewer; design, construction and
maintenance of sanitary sewer and storm drainage system; sewer appurtenances; plumbing
system.
Microbiology of sewage and waste water; wastewater characteristics; preparatory, primary
and secondary treatment methods and disposal; treatment and disposal of industrial effluents;
sludge treatment and disposal; sanitation for low income communities-on-site sanitation
systems for rural communities; low cost small bore sewerage for small townships; design and
construction of septic tanks, soak wells and subsurface drain fields; rural sanitation in
Bangladesh.
Sustainability of water and sanitation services; participatory development approach in water
and sanitation sector; community management of water and sanitation services; introduction
to environment, environmental pollution; environment protection and management.

CE 702 : Transportation Engineering II : Highway Design & Railways

4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week.

Highway materials; subgrade, sub-base and base courses; soil stabilization and soil
aggregates in road constructions; low-cost roads; production, properties and uses of
bituminous materials and mix design methods; design, construction and maintenance of
flexible and rigid road pavements; equipments ; railways: general requirements, alignment,
permanent way, station and yards, signaling, points and crossings, maintenance.

CE 703 : Project Planning and Management

3.00 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Principles of management; principles of construction management; construction contracts and

specifications; inspection and quality control; construction safety; construction planning and
scheduling: PERT, CPM, case studies, resource scheduling; PERT: a cost accounting system,
linear programming. Psychology in administration; materials management; demand
forecasting; inventory control; stores management; procurement. Project planning and
evaluation; feasibility reports, cash flow, pay back period, internal rate of return. Benefit-cost
ratio, construction equipments and plants. Replacement studies.

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CE 704: Structural Analysis and Design III
4.00 credit, 4 hrs/week. Prereq. CE 601

Analysis of statically indeterminate structures by displacement method; slope deflection,

moment distribution, stiffness matrix; member stiffness; stiffness transformations; assembly
of stiffness matrices and solution for beams, frames and trusses. Flexibility matrix. Influence
lines for statically indeterminate beams, frames, arches and grids. Structural forms and their
applications.

CE 705: Irrigation and Flood Control

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Importance of irrigation. Sources and quality of irrigation water. Soil water relationship.
Consumptive use and estimation of irrigation water requirements. Methods of irrigation.
Design of irrigation canal system. Irrigation structures. Irrigation pumps. Problems of
irrigated land. Flood and its control.

CE 706: Irrigation and Flood Control Sessional

1.5 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Soil water relationship: soil properties, use of tensiometer, infiltration rate. Losses in
irrigation system. Irrigation requirement and scheduling. Aquifer characteristics and
estimation of yield from irrigation wells. Analysis of hydrologic data for irrigation and flood
control. Design of irrigation and drainage canal network. Pumps in series and parallel. Pump
characteristics. Flow through canal regulating structures.

CE 700 : Project and Thesis

4.50 credit, 9 hrs/week.

Experimental and theoretical investigation of various topics in structural engineering,

concrete technology, environmental engineering, transportation engineering and geotechnical
engineering. Individual or group study of one or more topics from any of the above fields.
The students will be required to submit thesis/project report at the end of the work.

CE 801 : Structural Analysis and Design Sessional II

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Design of various reinforced concrete structures, e.g. cantilever bridge and multistoried
building.

CE 802 : Professional Practices and Communication

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

The project cycle; project proposal; contractual provisions; techniques of specification

writing; evaluation of bids; project evaluation.

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Interpretation of literature, documents etc.; communicating; preparation of report; industrial
and labour relations; professional ethics in Civil Engineering.

CE 803 : Socio-Economic Aspects of Development Projects

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Economic and social structure; development and economic growth; socio-economic

indicators; population, prosperity and poverty; employment of workforce; population
displacement; rehabilitation strategy; productivity, land loss, land use and land ownership
patterns; fisheries and aquaculture; deforestation and afforestation; communication,
commerce, industries and other economic benefits; water supply, sanitation, health and
nutrition; inequalities in distribution of benefits and losses; socio-economic survey; case
studies.

CE 804 : Theory of Elasticity and Elastic Instability of Structures

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Introduction to theory of elasticity; plane stress and plane strain conditions; Two-dimensional
problems in rectangular and polar coordinates; torsion of circular and non-circular shafts;
instability of structures; stability functions.

CE 805 : Pre-stressed Concrete

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Pre-stressed concretes: materials; pre-stressing systems; loss of pre-stress; analysis of

sections for flexure, shear, bond and bearing; beam deflections and cable layout; partial pre-
stress. Design of pre-stressed sections for flexure, shear, bond and bearing.

CE 806 : Design of Steel Structures

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Behavior of structural steel members and steel frames; code requirements; design of tension
and compression members by WSD and LFD methods; design of beam, beam-columns; Joint
design.

CE 807: Introduction to Finite Element Method

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Introduction to finite element method as applied to Civil Engineering problems. One

dimensional stress deformation and time dependent flow problem. Two dimensional plane
stress and plane strain analysis of stress deformation problems.

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CE 808 : Dynamics of Structures
2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Formulation of equation of motion; free vibration response; SDOF and MDOF systems;
response to harmonic and impulse loading and vibration analysis by Rayleigh’s method.

CE 809: Structural Analysis & Design Sessional – III (Computer Aided Analysis
and Design of Structures)
1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Use of structural analysis and design software; design of various reinforced concrete
structures, e.g. building, water tower, folded plate roof.

CE 810: Environmental Engineering III

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Solid Waste Management: sources and types of solid wastes; physical and chemical
properties of solid wastes; solid wastes generation; on-site handling, storage and processing;
collection of solid wastes; transfer stations and transport; ultimate disposal methods;
resources and energy recovery; soil pollution. Industrial solid waste collection and disposal;
hazardous waste management .

CE 811 : Environmental Engineering IV

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Environment Pollution and Its Control: water pollution - sources and types of pollutants;
waste assimilation capacity of streams; dissolved oxygen modelling; ecological balance of
streams; industrial pollution; heavy metal contamination; detergent pollution and
eutrophication; groundwater pollution; marine pollution; pollution control measures - water
quality monitoring and management. Air pollution - sources and types of pollutants; effects
of various pollutants on human health, materials and plants; air pollution meteorology; global
warming and greenhouse effects; air pollution monitoring and control measures.

CE 812 : Environmental Engineering V

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Environment and Development Projects: environment and sustainable development;

environmental policies and legislation; environmental implication of sectoral development;
environmental quality standards; environmental issues and priorities; environmental impact
assessment of development schemes - baseline studies, assessment methodologies; economics
of environmental management; special topics.

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CE 813 : Basic Environmental Engineering
2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Introduction to environmental engineering : man and environment interaction. Water Supply:

objectives and basic elements of water supply system; water requirements; population
prediction and water demand assessment; fire demand; planning of water supply systems -
sources, abstraction, transmission, treatment and distribution.
Sanitation: urban and rural sanitation; low-cost sanitation technologies; elements of a
conventional waterborne sewerage system - collection, transportation, treatment and disposal;
planning of sanitation systems. Solid waste management: sources and classification; on-site
storage and handling; collection, transportation and disposal; sanitary land filling method;
waste recycling and reuse. Environmental pollution - air, water and soil; noise pollution.

CE 814 : Environmental Engineering Sessional II

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Design of water supply and sewage system; design of water and wastewater treatment plant;
computer application in environmental engineering, field visits and reporting.

CE 815 : Geotechnical Engineering III

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Foundation for structures subjected to lateral loads; retaining walls and abutments; operation
and methods of construction, dewatering and slurry-wall construction. Flexible earth
retaining structures, sheet piles, cofferdams, caissons; machine foundations elementary
vibrations, shear modulus and elastic constants; foundation design for vibration,
fundamentals of soil liquefaction.

CE 816 : Geotechnical Engineering IV

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Introduction to critical state soil mechanics, SHANSEP and stress path methods; Stress
deformation and failure of soil masses. One, two and three dimensional consolidation
problems; Pore pressure coefficients; soil structure-interaction; earthquake and liquefaction
problems; soil improvement; numerical solution of geotechnical engineering problems.

CE 817 : Geotechnical Engineering V

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Introduction to soil-water interaction problems. Permeability, capillarity and soil suction.

Seepage analysis, stability of natural, man made slopes and excavations subjected to seepage,
water current, wave action etc. Theories of filters and revetment design; hydraulic fills.

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CE 818 : Geotechnical Engineering Sessional II
1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Computer aided design of foundations, retaining walls and reinforced soils, slope stability
analysis, techniques of soil improvement, use of computer in geotechnical engineering.

CE 819 : Transportation Engineering III : Traffic Planning & Management

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

The transportation planning process; traffic management concepts; traffic accident

investigations; city road and street networks: grade separation and interchanges, pedestrian
and bicycle facilities. The urban bypass; environmental aspects of highway traffic and
transportation projects; elements of traffic flow.

CE 820 : Transportation Engineering IV: Highway Drainage & Airports

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Highways drainage and drainage structures. Evaluation and strengthening of pavements;

importance, advantages and trends in air transportation; planning and design of airports;
aircraft characteristics related to airport design; types and elements of airport planning
studies; airport configuration; geometric design of the landing area; Terminal area; heliports;
design of airport pavements; lighting, marking and signing; Airport drainage .

CE 821 : Transportation Engineering V : Transport Projects and Operations

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Highway needs study; highway planning, economics and financing; evaluation and analysis
of transportation projects. management, monitoring, organization and implementation of
transportation projects; selected case studies; traffic engineering administration and
legislation; urban public transportation and freight movement.

CE 822 : Transportation Engineering Sessional II

1.50 credit, 3 hrs/week.

Design of rigid and flexible highway and air field pavements; geometric design: road
intersections and interchanges; capacity calculations; traffic studies and design.

CE 823 : Groundwater Engineering

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Groundwater in hydrologic cycle and its occurrence. Physical properties and principles of
groundwater movement. Groundwater and well hydraulics. Groundwater resource evaluation.
Groundwater levels and environmental influences. Water mining and land subsidence.
Groundwater pollution .and contaminant transport. Recharge of groundwater. Saline water
intrusion in aquifers. Ground water management

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CE 824 : River Engineering
2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Behavior of alluvial rivers. River channel pattern and fluvial processes. Aggradation and
degradation, local scours, river training and bank protection works. Navigation and dredging
Sediment movement in river channels, bed forms and flow regimes.

CE 825 : Hydraulic Structures

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Principles of design of hydraulic structures, types of hydraulic structures. Design of dams,

barrages, weirs; spillways, energy dissipators and spillway gates. Cross drainage works;

CE 826 : Coastal Engineering

2.00 credit, 2 hrs/week.

Coast and coastal features. Tides and currents: Tidal flow measurement. Waves and storm
surges. Docks and harbors. Forces of waves and tides in the design of coastal, and harbor
structures. Coastal sedimentation processes. Deltas and estuaries. Shore protection works.
Dredging and dredgers.

CE 827 : Water Resources Engineering Sessional

1.5 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Design of hydraulic structures, river training works. Groundwater resource assessment and
water well design.

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EEE 201 : Basic Electricity
4.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Electrical units and standards, Electrical network and circuit solution series, parallel and
mesh current methods. Instantaneous current, voltage and power, effective current and
voltage, average power. Sinusoidal single phase RLC circuits: phasor algebra, balanced three
phase circuits. Electrical wiring for residential' and commercial loads. Introduction to
transformers and induction motors.

EEE 202 : Basic Electricity Sessional

1.5 Credit, 3 hours/week.

Laboratory experiments based on EEE 201.

Phy 101 : Physical optics, Heat, Waves and oscillation

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs /week.

Physical Optics: theories of light: Huygens's principle and construction. Interference of light:
Young's double slit experiment, Fresnel bi-prism, Newton's rings, interferometers. Diffraction
of light: Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction, diffraction by single slit, diffraction by double
slit, diffraction gratings, polarization, production and analysis of polarized light, optical
activity, optics of crystals .
Heat and Thermodynamics : Temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics. Thermometers:
constant volume, platinum resistance, thermocouple. First law of thermodynamics and its
application, molar specific heats of gases, isothermal and adiabatic relations, work done by a
gas. Kinetic theory of gases: explanation of gas laws, kinetic interpretation of temperature,
equipartition of energy and calculation of ratio of specific heats, mean free path, Vander
Waals equation of state, second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible
processes, Carnot cycle, efficiency, Carnot's theorem, entropy.

Waves and Oscillations: Oscillations, Simple harmonic motion, damped simple harmonic
oscillations, forced oscillations, resonance, vibrations of membranes and columns.
Combination and composition of simple harmonic motions, Lissajous' figures. Transverse
and longitudinal nature of waves, travelling and standing waves, intensity of a wave, energy.
calculation of progressive and stationary Waves, phase velocity, group velocity. Sound
waves: velocity of longitudinal wave in a gaseous medium. Doppler effect. architectural
acoustics: Sabine's formula, requisites of a good auditorium.

Phy 102 : Physics Lab.

1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Determination of the specific heat of a liquid by the method of cooling. Determination of the
thermal conductivity of a bad conductor by Lee's method. Determination of the pressure
coefficient of air by constant volume air thermometer. Determination of the frequency of a
tuning' fork by Melde's apparatus. Determination of the focal length of concave lens by

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auxiliary lens method. Measurement of unknown resistance and verification of the laws of
resistance by P.O. (Post Office) box. Comparison of the E.M.F's of two cells by
potentiometer Determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat by electrical method.
Determination of the radius of curvature of a plano-convex lens by Newton's ring method.
Determination of threshold frequency for the photoelectric effect of a photocathode and the
value of the Planck's constant. To plot thermoelectromotive force-temperature (calibration)
curve for a given thermocouple. Determination of the melting point of a solid using the
calibration curve. Determination of the specific rotation of sugar solution by a polarimeter.
Determination of the temperature co-efficient of the resistance of the material of a wire.
Determination of the refractive index of the material of a prism using spectrometer.
Determination of the spring constant and the effective mass of a loaded spring.

Phy 201: Structure of matter, Electricity and magnetism and Modern physics
3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week. Prereq. Phy 101

Structure Matter: States of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Classification of solids: amorphous,
crystalline, ceramics and polymers. Atomic arrangement in solids. Different types of bonds in
solids: metallic, Vander Waals, covalent and ionic bond, packing in solids, interatomic
distances and forces of equilibrium, x-ray diffraction; Bragg's law. Plasticity and elasticity.
Distinction between metal, insulator and semi-conductor. Electricity and Magnetism: Electric
charge, Coulomb's law. the electric field: calculation of the electric field strength, E; a dipole
in an electric field, electric flux and Gauss's law, some application of Gauss's law; electric
potential V, relation between E and V, electric potential energy. Capacitors; capacitance,
dielectrics: an atomic view, dielectrics. Gauss's law; current and resistance: current and
current density, Ohm's law, resistivity: an atomic view, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, Lenz's
law, self inductance and mutual inductance. Magnetic properties of matter: magneto motive
force, magnetic field intensity, permeability, susceptibility, classifications of magnetic
materials, magnetization curves. Modern Physics. Michelson Morley's experiment, Galilean
transformation, special theory of relativity, Lorentz-transformation, relative velocity, length
contraction, time dilation, mass energy relation. Photo-electric effect, Compton effect, de-
Broglie wave, Bohr's atom model. Radioactive decay, half life, mean life, isotopes, nuclear
binding energy, alpha, beta, gamma decay.

Chem 103 : Chemistry – I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Atomic structure, periodic table, chemical bonds. Chemistry of cement, silicates and limes.
Physical and chemical properties of water.
Different types of solutions, concentration units. Chemical equilibria and thermochemistry.

Chem 104 : Inorganic Quantitative Analysis (Sessional)

1.5 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Volumetric analysis: acid-base titration, oxidation-reduction titrations, determination of Fe,

Cu and Ca volumetrically.

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Chem 203 : Chemistry - II
3.00 Credit Hours, 3 hrs/week. Prereq. Chem 103

Reactions kinetics: rate of chemical reactions; order and molecularity of reactions, different
types of rate expressions, methods of determining rate and order, effect of temperature on
reaction rate and energy of activation. Colloid and colloidal solution: classification,
preparation, purification, properties, protective action and application of colloids.
Chemical corrosion: introduction to chemical corrosion, corrosion of metals and alloys in dry
and wet environments, mechanism of corrosion, atmospheric and soil corrosion and their
protective measures.
Chemistry of environmental pollution: environment and its characteristics, chemistry of toxic
metal and non-metal pollutants, analytical techniques used in the determination of pollutants,
chemical concept of DO, BOD, COD and threshold odor number, chemistry involved in
water treatment plants, quality of industrial waste water.
Polymers: chemistry of polymerization, different types of polymers and their properties,
polymer degradation, elastomers and composite materials.
Paints and varnishes: introduction to paints and varnishes, pretreatment of the surface,
metallic, non-metallic and organic protective coating, types of paints and their uses.

Math 101: Mathematics - I

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Differential Calculus: . Limit, Continuity and differentiability. n-th derivatives of standard

functions. Leibnit'z theorem. Rolle's theorem, Mean value theorem. Expansion in finite and
infinite forms. Indeterminate form. Partial differentiation. Euler's theorem. Tangent and
Normal. Sub tangent and subnormal in partial and polar co-ordinates. Maxima and minima of
functions of single variables. Curvature.

Integral Calculus: Integration by parts. Standard integrals. Integration by the method of

successive reduction. Definite integrals. Improper integrals. Beta function. Gama function.
Multiple integrals. Area, Volume of solids of revolution

Math 201 : Mathematics - II

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Matrices:
Definition of matrix. Algebra of matrices. Multiplication of matrices. Transpose of a matrix
and inverse of matrix. Rank and elementary transformation of matrices. Solution of linear
equations. Linear dependence and independence of vector. Quadratic forms. Matrix
polynomials. Determination of characteristic roots and vectors. Null space and nullity of
matrix. Characteristic subspace of matrix.

Three Dimensional Co-ordinate Geometry:

System of co-ordinates. Projection. Direction Cosines. Equations of planes and lines. Angle
between lines and planes. Distance from a point to a plane. Co-planar lines. Shortest distance
between two given straight lines. Standard equation of conicoids; sphere ellipsoid.

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Hyperboloid of one sheet, hyperboloid of two sheets. Tangent planes. Normal lines.
Condition of tangency.

Math 301: Differential Equations

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Differential Equation: Definition. Formation of differential equations. Solution of first order

differential equations by various methods. Solution of differential equation of first order and
higher degrees. Solution general linear equations of second and higher orders with constant
coefficient. Solution of Euler's homogeneous linear equations. Solution of differential
equations in series by the method of Frobenius, Bessel's functions, Legendre's polynomials
and their properties. .
Partial Differential Equation: Introduction. Equations of the linear and non-linear first order.
Standard forms. Linear equations of higher order-. Equations of the second order with
variable co-efficient.

Math 401 : Fourier Analysis, Harmonic Functions and Laplace Transform

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Fourier Analysis: Real and complex form. Finite transform. Fourier Integral. Fourier
transforms and their uses in solving boundary value problems. Harmonic functions:
Definition of harmonics. Laplace equation in Cartesian, polar cylindrical and spherical co-
ordinates. Solutions of these equations together with applications. Gravitational potential due
to a ring. Steady-state temperature. Potential inside 'or outside of a sphere. Properties of
harmonic functions. Laplace Transforms: Definition. Laplace transforms of some elementary
functions. Sufficient conditions for existence of Laplace transforms. Inverse Laplace
transforms. Laplace transforms of derivatives. The unit step function. Periodic function.
Some special theorems on Laplace transforms. Partial fraction. Solutions of differential
equations by Laplace transforms. Evaluation of improper integral.

Math 402 : Vector Analysis and Statistics

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Vector Analysis: Scalars and vectors, equality of vectors. Addition and subtraction of vectors.
Multiplication of vectors by scalars. Position vector of a point. Resolution of vectors. Scalar
and vector product of two vectors and their geometrical interpretation. Triple products and
multiple products. Application to geometry and mechanics. Linear dependence and
independence of vectors. Differentiation and integration of vectors together with elementary
applications. Definition of line, surface and volume integral. Gradient, divergence and curl of
point functions. Various formulae. Gauss’s theorem, stoke’s theorem, Green’s theorem and
their applications.
Statistics: Frequency distribution. Mean, median, mode and other measures of central
tendency. Standard deviation and other measures of dispersion. Moments, skewness and
kurtosis. Elementary probability theory and discontinuous probability distribution, e.g.

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binomial, poison and negative binomial. Continuous probability distributions, e.g. normal
and exponential. Characteristics of distributions. Elementary sampling theory. Estimation.
Hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

Hum 101 : English

2 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

English phonetics: the places and manners of articulation' of the English sounds. Vocabulary
English grammar: construction of sentences, some grammatical problems. comprehension.
Composition on current affairs. Precis writing. Report writing. Commercial correspondence
and tenders. Short stories written by some well known classic writers.

Hum 201 : Economics

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Definition of Economics. Economics and Engineering. Principles of Economics: Micro

economics: The theory of demand and supply and their elasticities. Price determination.
Nature of an economic theory, applicability of economic theories to the problems of
developing countries. Indifference curve technique. Marginal analysis. Optimization. Market.
Production, Production function, types of productivity. Rational region of production of an
engineering firm. The Short run and the Long run. Fixed cost and variable cost. Internal and
external economics and diseconomies. Macro - economics: Savings, investment. National
income analysis. Inflation. Monetary policy, Fiscal policy and Trade policy with reference to
Bangladesh. Planning in Bangladesh.

Hum 301 : Sociology

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Scope, some Basic Concepts. Social evolution and techniques of production, culture and
civilization. Social structure of Bangladesh. Population and world resources. Oriental and
Occidental societies, Industrial revolution. Family urbanization and industrialization, Urban
Ecology, Co-operative and Socialist movements. Rural Sociology.

Hum 302 : Government

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Some basic concepts of government and Politics. Functions, organs and forms of modern
state and Government; socialism, Fascism, Marxism, U.N.O. Government and politics of
Bangladesh. Some major administrative systems of developed countries. Local self-
government.

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Hum 303 : Principles of Accounting
2.00 Credit, 2 hrs/week.

Principles of accounting: accounts, transactions, the accounting procedures and financial

statements. Cost in general: objectives and classifications. Overhead costing. Cost sheet
under job costing operating costing and process costing. Marginal costing: tools and
techniques, cost-volume-profit analysis. Relevant costing: analyzing the profitability within
the firm, guidelines for decision making. Long-run planning and control: capital budgeting.

Shop 201: Carpentry shop, Machine shop and Welding shop sessional
1.50 Credit, 3 hrs/week.

Carpentry shop (3/2 hrs/week)

Wood working tools; Wood working machine: Band saw, scroll saw, circular saw, jointer,
thickness planer, disc sander, wood, lathe; Types of sawing; Common cuts in wood works;
Types of joint; Defects of timber: Natural defects and artificial defects; Seasoning;
Preservation; Substitute of timber; Commercial forms of timber. Characteristics of good
timber; Use of fastening; Shop practice: Practical job, planning and estimating of a given job.

Machine shop (3/4 hrs/week)

Kinds of tools; Common bench and hand tools; Marking and layout tools, measuring tools,
cutting tools, machine tools, bench work with job. Drilling, Shaper, Lathe and Milling
Machines: Introduction, type, size and capacity, uses and applications.

Welding shop (3/4 hrs/week)

Methods of metal joints: Riveting, grooving soldering, welding; Types of welding joints and
welding practice; Position of arc welding and polarity: Flat, vertical, horizontal, overhead;
Electric Arc welding and its machineries; Welding of different types of materials: Low
carbon steel, cast iron, brass, copper, stainless steel, aluminium; Types of electrode, fluxes
and their composition; Arc welding defects; Test of Arc welding: Visual, destructive and
non-destructive tests. Types of gas welding system and gas welding equipment; Gases and
types of flame; welding of different types of materials; Gas welding defects; test of gas
welding.

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