C&EE 123

Advanced Geotechnical Design

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

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(Formerly numbered C123.) Slope stability analysis, including limit equilibrium procedures, finite element method, seepage analysis, and advanced topics such as rapid drawdown, construction of embankments on soft soil, and seismic slope stability. Lateral earth retention systems including gravity walls and excavation support systems. Capstone design project involving appropriate engineering standards and realistic constraints.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 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

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 121, 190. Corequisite: course 132.

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confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured data

C&EE 132

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confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured data

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Requires

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C&EE 123

C&EE 121Design of Foundations and Earth Structures
- C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics
  - C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids1 more beneath
C&EE 132Dynamics of Rigid and Flexible Structures
- C&EE 91Statics

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