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Virginia Tech

CEE-3404: Introduction to Structural Engineering

Description: Introduction to structural engineering as an art and science and its fundamental tenets; description of structural systems, structural loads, and load paths; structural models, case studies of successful and unsuccessful structural designs; calculations of forces and deformation for simple determinate structures (trusses, beams and simple frames) and indeterminate structures using virtual work, use of stiffness methods in computer programs.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 33

Average GPA: 2.92 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.33%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.67%

Victoria A Mouras20246.9%26.3%33.7%15.0%11.0%7.1%2.076
Mahendra P Singh202045.9%45.8%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.351
Scott W Case202437.2%36.2%19.1%4.3%2.0%1.1%2.983
Staff Sherry202147.5%37.4%5.1%5.1%2.5%2.5%3.241
Ioannis Koutromanos202446.8%18.1%22.1%3.6%7.5%1.9%2.895
Esteghamati Staff Zaker202242.5%34.5%13.6%4.3%2.0%3.3%3.052
Rodrigo Sarlo202370.2%23.8%3.1%1.2%0.9%0.8%3.574
Jayachandran Monica Arul202431.0%37.8%21.3%4.3%2.2%3.3%2.933
Maryam Shakiba202138.9%36.5%18.3%4.3%1.9%0.0%3.042
Adam R Phillips202434.0%24.5%24.5%9.4%1.9%5.7%2.861
Finley A Charney202050.0%27.8%22.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.252
Stevan R Jackson202350.1%32.5%10.0%2.5%0.0%5.0%3.331
Madeleine M Flint201937.5%32.5%17.5%7.5%5.0%0.0%2.851
Roberto T Leon202325.0%62.5%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.051

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W