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CEE-4534: Earth Pressures and Foundation Structures

Description: Earth pressure theories and their applications to the design of retaining structures, anchors, and excavation bracing. Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations. Types and capacity of deep foundations.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CEE-3514

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.18 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.50%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.93%

Joseph P Vantassel202425.6%44.2%17.2%6.4%1.5%4.9%2.893
Staff Abdelaziz202153.8%23.1%15.4%0.0%0.0%7.7%3.441
Russell A Green202237.8%45.8%8.1%0.8%0.8%6.7%3.234
Marek Adrian Rodriguez202060.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.552
Staff Zeinali202235.0%40.0%15.1%0.0%0.0%10.0%3.211
Joseph E Dove202431.6%36.8%21.1%10.6%0.0%0.0%2.821

Grade Distribution Over Time

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