CIVL at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CIVL coursework.

• CIVL 4080Concrete Designopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• CIVL 4070Steel Designopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• CIVL 4440Matrix Structural Analysisopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• CIVL 2060Introduction to Water Resources Engineeringopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CIVL 4010Foundation Engineeringopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CIVL 4150Geotechnical Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CIVL work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 48 CIVL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 more CIVL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CIVL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIVL 6340

  1. CIVL 2670Introduction to Structural Engineering
  2. CIVL 4080Concrete Design
  3. CIVL 6310Advanced Concrete Structures
  4. CIVL 6340Bedford Design Studio

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIVL 6460

  1. CIVL 2670Introduction to Structural Engineering
  2. CIVL 4440Matrix Structural Analysis
  3. CIVL 6450Structural Dynamics

• 3 courses deep, ending at CIVL 4280

  1. CIVL 2670Introduction to Structural Engineering
  2. CIVL 4070Steel Design
  3. CIVL 4280Design for Constructability

• 3 courses deep, ending at CIVL 4530

  1. CIVL 2050Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering
  2. CIVL 2060Introduction to Water Resources Engineering
  3. CIVL 4530Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CIVL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CIVL yet.

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Department events

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