C&EE 221

Advanced Foundation Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Stress distribution. Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, including spread footings and mats. Performance of driven pile and drilled shaft foundations under vertical and lateral loading. Construction considerations.

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

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Requisites: courses 121, 220.

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C&EE 221

C&EE 121Design of Foundations and Earth Structures
- C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics
  - C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids4 more beneath
C&EE 220Advanced Soil Mechanics
- C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanicsanother path to it

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