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C&EE 120L · CEE 120LSoil Mechanics Laboratory

Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Laboratory experiments to be performed by students to obtain soil parameters required for assigned design problems. Soil classification, grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, compaction, expansion index, consolidation, shear strength determination. Design problems, laboratory report writing.

Letter grading.

When it runs

  • Winter 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

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Requisite or corequisite: course 120.

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C&EE 120may be taken concurrently

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C&EE 120L

  • C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics
    • C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids
      • C&EE 91Statics2 more beneath
      • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables2 more beneath
      • MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials2 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics3 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 6 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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