C&EE 132 · CEE 132Dynamics of Rigid and Flexible Structures

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

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Covers kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies using equilibrium, work and energy, free and forced response of discrete single-degree-of-freedom and two-degrees-of-freedom flexible structures, and introduction to shock spectra. May be repeated once for credit.

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

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: course 91, Physics 1B.

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Requires

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

C&EE 132

C&EE 91Statics
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. 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 132

C&EE 123Advanced Geotechnical Design
C&EE 144Structural Systems Design
C&EE 147Design and Construction of Tall Buildings

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

Requires

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

C&EE 132

C&EE 91Statics
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

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

C&EE 132

C&EE 123Advanced Geotechnical Design
C&EE 144Structural Systems Design
C&EE 147Design and Construction of Tall Buildings

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.