C&EE 141 · CEE 141Steel Structures
Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to building codes. Fundamentals of load and resistance factor design of steel elements. Design of tension and compression members. Design of beams and beam columns. Simple connection design. Introduction to computer modeling methods and design process.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 135A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
C&EE 141
- C&EE 135AElementary Structural Analysis
- C&EE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
1 direct requisite. Showing 4 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. 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 141
- C&EE 144Structural Systems Design
- C&EE 147Design and Construction of Tall Buildings
- C&EE 190Professional Practice
- C&EE 241Advanced Steel Structures
- C&EE 246Structural Response to Ground Motions
5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 15 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.