C&EE 121

Design of Foundations and Earth Structures

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

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Design methods for foundations and earth structures. Site investigation, including evaluation of soil properties for design. Design of footings and piles, including stability and settlement calculations. Design of slopes and earth retaining structures.

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.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 120.

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C&EE 120

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

C&EE 121

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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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

C&EE 121

C&EE 123Advanced Geotechnical Design
C&EE 190Professional Practice
- C&EE 123Advanced Geotechnical Designanother path to it
- C&EE 144Structural Systems Design
- C&EE 147Design and Construction of Tall Buildings