33 courses with the subject CIVL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CIVL 100Introduction to Hand Drawing Techniques3
This course introduces the student to traditional hand drawing and board drafting techniques using a variety of mediums. The purpose of the course is to teach students to represent, interpret, analyze and model objects for the purpose of conveying thoughts or developing ideas related to space in a graphic and realistic manner. The concept of graphic composition will also be introduced in this course. Students will learn to effectively utilize various drawing techniques based on the desired outcome. Oral presentation skills will also be practiced as students learn to effectively speak about drawing methods and spatial relationships. Some of the techniques presented are: color theory; rendering; perspective methods; drawing; shade; shadow; and free-hand sketching. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3
In this course, students will become familiar with the practice of using tapes, levels and transits. Field practice in taping, differential leveling, profile and cross-section leveling, contour mapping and traversing is included. NOTE: Students should contact department to determine which pre-requisite would be appropriate based on college goals. Pre- or co- requisite(s): MATH 110 Intermediate Algebra or MATH 150 College Algebra with Trigonometry. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Fall, Summer Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 4 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 3
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of architectural design. Students will develop critical thinking processes and use them to communicate using basic architectural forms. Demonstration of these skills will be accomplished through a series of five projects focused on the study of various aspects of architectonics. The first four projects consider space, volume and mass; techniques to articulate order; structural order- vertical and horizontal hierarchies and site considerations. The final project will be the culmination of the course. Students, utilizing the knowledge gained, will design a building based on set criteria. Each project will build upon the lessons previously learned. Students will use the same design toolbox utilized by architects to develop the decision-making skills needed in industry. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 5 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 6
Students will solve spatial problems utilizing skill sets learned in CIVL 102, including recorded observations, sketches and field surveys. A variety of digital media products and techniques will be utilized to assist students in better understanding concepts, allowing them to illustrate design solutions and employ spatial techniques they have learned to create dynamics places. Architectural Fundamentals of Design II will explore a series of projects, including CAD drawings, digital photography, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Rhino and 30 printing. Traditional forms of model making, including study models, mass models, cast plaster models and 3D printed models, will be employed to advance concepts. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 102 Architectural Fundamentals of Design I Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 5 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 6
This course will be a study of the lineage of architecture and related developments throughout history. We will focus on western and non-western civilizations to develop a deeper understanding between culture, time, technology and civilization. Expanding on the principles and concepts taught in CIVL 104 , we will explore how key moments in history can connect and apply to the architectural world and modern era. Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Liberal Arts and Sciences Designation: Humanities SUNY General Education Designation(s): Arts, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, Humanities, World History and Global Awareness Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3
This course will examine and teach methods of representation and the communication of design concepts. Students will produce 2D and 3D digital models. To support these models, students will produce drawings (plan, section, perspective, etc.) using hand drawing techniques and digital software. Students will experiment with laser cutting and building models of these studies. With the culmination of the class, students will have a deeper understanding of digital modeling and graphic design with software. This course will be offered in the spring of freshman year and will also be used as a support class for CIVL 206. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 2
This course is required for all Civil Engineering Technology students. Through a series of presentations, jointly developed by the academic department and student service professionals, students will be provided with information on career and transfer opportunities, academic procedures, campus regulations and student rights and responsibilities. Through a series of activities and assignments, students will become familiar with the campus, its policies and procedures, services, and will learn to identify any student-related problems and take the initiative in solving those problems. Students will be introduced to the culture, career pathways and ethics involved with being a civil engineer. They also will be introduced to some software and class activities they will see in future courses. NOTE: This course may not be transferable. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 1 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1
This is a fundamental course in graphic expression, covering topics relevant to civil engineering technology, architecture, and construction. CAD and freehand sketching are developed at the start to provide a foundation for the application of theory. Geometric construction, orthographic projection, auxiliary views, sections, surface intersections and developments are covered. Students solve graphical problems according to current industrial practices and conventions which include the use of symbols, notations and dimensions. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to personal computers with an emphasis on computing and presentation capabilities of Microsoft Excel. Students are expected to use scientific calculators in a systematic way, and will solve problems from various fields of civil engineering technology. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 2
This course is an investigation of the various engineering properties of the materials of construction; design of concrete mixes, testing of Portland cement, concrete, steel, wood and asphalt. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 3
This course teaches students the essential concepts of BIM and the basic technical skills to create and manipulate a BIM model. Those skills include how to retrieve information from a BIM model and how to use common modeling tools. Students will learn how to construct a working 3d model with the use of steel and concrete structures, HVAC and plumbing systems and topography. A basic understanding of how BIM works between different professional disciplines will also be covered. Lab fee will be required. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 2
This course is a continuation of CIVL 101 Surveying I with an introduction to site design. The student will prepare a site map, highway profiles and strip map using field data collected in laboratory exercises and computer aided design software. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 101 Surveying I; CIVL 110 Engineering Graphics; CIVL 111 Civil Engineering Applications. Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3
This course explores many of the significant ways human habitation has engaged the world at the large scale of cities and geographies. This is an introduction to the history, analysis and design of the urban landscape. Emphasis is placed on understanding the principles, processes and contemporary theories of urban design and the relationship between individual buildings, groups of buildings, and the larger physical and cultural contexts in which they are created and with which they interact. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 220 Architectural Design III Lab fee will be required. Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 2 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 3
This course emphasizes the fundamentals of the Global Positioning System and its use in land surveying. Topics to be presented are: nomenclature, the various types of GPS equipment, Static and RTK methods of data collection, geodetic coordinate systems and vertical datum. Students will perform GPS surveys to gain knowledge in mission planning, data collection, data analysis and adjustment. RTK methods for data collection and project layout will be discussed and presented as well as the limitations of spacebased navigation and surveying techniques. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 101 Surveying I or permission of department chair. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: Yes Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2
This course builds upon topics covered in Digital Constructs and Visualization I. The focus will be on producing and communicating architectural ideas through mixed media. Students will use digital methodologies through all phases of a project and will experiment with different 3D printing techniques, including industrial, PLA and SLS 3D printing. Students will gain an understanding of how to take a digital sketch and model it into different iterations to tell a story. The tools learned in CIVL 206 will aid the skills students further develop in
This course develops students' understanding of portfolio development and media representation of architecture. The course explores the implications of architectural media along with the concerns we have within history, theory and how the knowledge learned can be applied to the current era of architecture. The students will be able to combine the knowledge learned from history and Adobe suites to create their own architectural media. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: Yes Credits: 1 Contact Hours: Lecture: 1
This course discusses structural steel design theory and principles necessary for design of simple steel structures, design and analysis of beams, columns, tension members, beam-columns and bolted and welded connections. A simple steel frame is designed for a project. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 112 Statics and Strength of Materials with a grade of "C" or higher. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2
This course discusses reinforced concrete design theory and principles necessary for design of concrete structures; design and analysis of slabs, beams, columns, foundations and retaining walls based on strength design and the latest ACI code. Prestressed concrete basics also are discussed. A wall or simple structure is designed as a project. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 112 Statics and Strength of Materials with a grade of "C" or higher. Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 4 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2
This course discusses hydrostatics of fluids, energy losses in fluids in motion, pipe flow, open channel flow, surface runoff, culvert design and ditch design. Emphasis will be on the flow of water. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 112 Statics and Strength of Materials or PHYS 135 Technical Physics I. Lab fee will be required
This course discusses soil properties, classifications compaction, earth pressure calculations, shear strength, consolidation, and settlement. Students will conduct and file reports on laboratory tests. NOTE: Students should contact the department to determine which pre-requisite would be appropriate based on career goals. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 112 Statics and Strength of Materials or CNST 110 Statics and Strength of Materials or PHYS 135 Technical Physics I Lab fee will be required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2
This course will provide an overview of the different variables that engineers and architects consider when designing during an integrated process. We will review the design concept of a competition building that was never built. We will redesign the schematic of the building to an extent determined by the professor and will explore the ways the structural and MEP systems function and schematically design accordingly. We will discuss terminology, abbreviations and symbols used in drafting construction documents, providing students with a practical application of information they have learned. Upon completion of this course, students will have the tools necessary to understand why certain systems are used and the ability to assist with the development of construction documents. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 220 Architectural Design III Lab fee is required Terms Offered: Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 5 Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 6
This course will focus on critical thinking as it relates to the idea of space making and spatial relationships and how one interacts and moves in special environments. The focus is on developing an architectural parti. Students will engage in a series of projects with specific programmatic requirements and will be required to analyze space as a basis for architectural design. Through these projects, students will also begin a dialogue as it relates to developing building technologies, site, context and architectural form. Lectures will supplement the studio environment to assist in the development and communication of architectural ideas. Critiques of students work will allow for interaction and development and will form the basis for architectural dialogue. Pre-requisite(s): Pre-requisite: CIVL 100, Introduction to Hand Drawing Techniques and CIVL 102, Architectural Fundamentals.
This course provides an introduction to the terminology, methods, procedures, products, materials, code compliance, sequence of operations, systems, types of construction and planning involved in the construction of frame, steel and concrete structures. NOTE: Students should contact the department to determine which pre-requisite or co-requisite course would be appropriate based on career goals. Pre- or co- requisite(s): CIVL 103 Architectural Fundamentals of Design II or CIVL 110 Engineering Graphics or CNST 103 Blueprint Reading for Technologies. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring Offered Distance Learning: No Credits: 3 Contact Hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2
This course covers the basic principles and methods most significant in contract relationships; appreciation of the legal considerations in construction work; preparation and writing of contracts and specifications to satisfy building codes and architectural considerations. The process of quantity surveying and the calculation of a formal bid for building construction projects also is covered. NOTE: Students should contact the department to determine which pre-requisite would be appropriate based on career goals. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 220 Architectural Design III or
A continuation of CIVL 221 Design I, this course focuses on critical thinking as it relates to the idea of spacemaking as well as addressing multiple design issues with an emphasis on problem solving. Students will concentrate on developing spatial relationships into functional built forms. Students will explore and document their work through 2-D, 3-D and model making, spatial relationships, and the build environments. Students will also engage in complete design projects which will vary in size, scale and context. Each project will be set in context, , which will allow students to investigate, analyze and develop architectural solutions. Lectures will supplement the studio environment to assist in the development and communication of architectural ideas. Student presentations and critique of the body of work will allow for interaction and form the basis for architectural dialogue. Pre-requisite(s): CIVL 221 Design I. Pre- or co- requisite(s): CIVL 223 Introduction to Building Technology. Terms Offered: Fall Offered Distance Learning: No Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 4
(1) Restricted Elective Credits: 4 (3) Technical Elective Credits: 3 Term Total: 16 Construction Technology - Building Construction, A.A.S. Associate in Applied Science HEGIS #5317 Department Chairperson: Joseph Dana Hudson Hall, Room 129, (518) 629-4867 This program has been deactivated effective Fall 2024 and as such, applications are no longer being accepted. Mission: The mission of the Construction Technology program is to meet the educational needs of the construction industry by training entry-level construction managers and by providing continuing education for construction employees. Program Objectives: A graduate of the Construction Technology program will be able to: • perform necessary surveys for construction site layout; • interpret construction drawings and perform quantity surveys and estimates; • plan, schedule and coordinate residential or commercial construction; • prepare drawings for a residential or commercial construction project and apply appropriate building codes; • perform shop and field calculations required for steel and concrete structures; • perform basic computer applications in a construction office; • interpret materials specifications; • apply management principles to a construction project; and • assist in the layout and development of subdivisions. This program trains the student in the field of construction management. There is a growing need for people trained in management in construction.
