C&EE 125 · CEE 125Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Overview of engineering seismology, including plate tectonics, faults, wave propagation, and earthquake strong ground motion. Development and selection of design ground motions using both probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and code-based methods. Overview of seismic design regulation and California PE examination’s seismic component. Code-based seismic design for new buildings using current International Building Code seismic code provisions. Overview of seismic design of bridges, dams, and other non-building structures.
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.
Requisites
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Requisite: course 135A.
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C&EE 125
- C&EE 135AElementary Structural Analysis
- C&EE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
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