CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DECISION MAKING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MATH 217, 221 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize planning, design, and management objectives in civil and environmental systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe and solve fundamental engineering economics problems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain optimization concepts and modeling Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Formulate, design, and solve linear optimization models Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe and execute scheduling and critical paths methods Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain decision theory, methods, and criteria Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Define ethical responsibility in engineering Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of engineering decision making Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Apply tools and methods to research analysis Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize planning, design, and management objectives in civil and environmental systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe and solve fundamental engineering economics problems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain optimization concepts and modeling Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Formulate, design, and solve linear optimization models Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe and execute scheduling and critical paths methods Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain decision theory, methods, and criteria Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Define ethical responsibility in engineering Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of engineering decision making Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Apply tools and methods to research analysis Audience: Graduate