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BC-2214: Why Buildings Stand Up

Description: Overview of fundamental principles explaining why structures remain stable under various loading conditions. Explores different types of structures and applied loads and analyzes both determinate and indeterminately supported structures. Calculation of shear, bending moments, deflections in beams, and buckling. Discussion of ethical impacts on user safety and hazard avoidance, in project design and construction methods, materials, etc. Explores different types of soil composition and their strength properties.

Pathways: 5A Quant & Comp Thnk Adv., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-1025 or MATH-1225) and (BC-1124 or BC-1224)

Required By: BC-3134, CEM-3134

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 19

Average GPA: 2.91 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 18.31%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.78%

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