CIVE 2260 — Materials for the Built Environment

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: WBostonTraditional

Introduces the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of materials of importance to civil engineers. Offers an overview of the ways in which these properties affect the material selection process, material behavior, and the design process.

Prerequisites

(
- one of:
  - one of:
    - CHEM 1151 (min D-)
    - CHEM 233M
  - CHEM 1161 (min D-)
  - CHEM 1211 (min D-)
) and (
- one of:
  - MATH 1342 (min D-)
  - MATH 211M
) or (
- PHYS 1161 (min D-)
) and (
- one of:
  - PHYS 1151 (min D-)
  - PHYS 261M
)

Corequisites (same term)

CIVE 2261

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	52	84	62%	32.0
Spring 2024	1	35	48	73%	13.0
Fall 2024	1	53	58	91%	5.0
Spring 2025	1	37	48	77%	11.0
Fall 2025	1	55	56	98%	1.0
Spring 2026	1	19	49	39%	30.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 43% · T 14% · W 86% · Th 43% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (43% of sections), W (43% of sections), T (14% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Craig Shillaber (66% of students) · reviews
Nancy Varney (34% of students) · reviews

Spring

Nancy Varney (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

ARCH 3210, CIVE 2340

Courses that list CIVE 2260 in their prerequisites.

Links

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