Geotechnical Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

For additional descriptions of all courses please reference the PSU catalog.

Undergraduate students interested in acquiring additional design skills are encouraged to consider geosynthetics and Insitu testing (CE 440, CE 445, and CE 442) as design electives. Access to D2L here

Undergraduate Required Courses

CE 341 Soil Classification and Properties: Introduction to the fundamentals of soil descriptions, classifications, and testing to determine physical and mechanical properties of soil. Suitable for Geology majors by permission.

CE 444 Geotechnical Design:The design fundamentals of engineering 'in', 'on', and 'of' soil. Prerequisite CE 341.

Recommended Undergraduate Elective Courses

CE 440 Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Engineering
CE 442 Insitu Behavior and Testing of Soils
CE 445 Geo-Environmental Engineering with Geosynthetics

Graduate Core Courses

CE 410/510 Geotechnical Case Histories
CE 540 Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Engineering
CE 442/542 Insitu Behavior and Testing of Soils
CE 443/543 Intro to Seismology and Site Evaluation
CE 545 Geo-Environmental Engineering with Geosynthetics
CE 548 Earthquake Accomodation and Design
CE 510/610 Slope Stability
CE 541/641 Advanced Soil Mechanics
CE 544/644 Advanced Shallow Foundation Design
CE 546/646 Numerical Methods in Soil Structure Interaction
CE 547/647 Earth Dams
CE 549/649 Deep Foundation Design and Analysis