C&EE 243B

Response and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Systems

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

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Information on response and behavior of reinforced concrete buildings to earthquake ground motions. Topics include use of elastic and inelastic response spectra, role of strength, stiffness, and ductility in design, use of prescriptive versus performance-based design methodologies, and application of elastic and inelastic analysis techniques for new and existing construction.

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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 243A, 246.

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C&EE 243B

C&EE 243ABehavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements
- C&EE 142Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
  - C&EE 135AElementary Structural Analysis2 more beneath
C&EE 246Structural Response to Ground Motions
- C&EE 141Steel Structures
  - C&EE 135A

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