Geotechnical Engineering 1 - CVEN2222


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

A course covering an introduction to Geotechnical Engineering and Geology. Topics include: history of the earth; plate tectonics; fomation of different soils and rocks; classification of soils and rocks; structural geology and mapping; site investigation concepts and the geotechnical model.

Assumed Knowledge: CVEN1022.