Active membership in the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers is expected of students in this department.
Field Equipment in Civil Engineering
The department has complete and up-to-date equipment for conducting plane, topographic and hydrographic surveys. The equipment includes plane and engineer’s transits, levels, plane tables, current meter, sextants, tapes, level and stadia rods, range poles and all other necessary surveying accessories.
Surveying Summer Camp
The complete facilities of the Summer Camp of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at East Machias, Maine, are available to a limited number of students who are selected on the basis of proficiency in Surveying and general excellence in scholarship. Applicants will be chosen from the group invited to participate in the Honors Option, and will be given the summer camp assignment in place of the industrial assignment given to the other members of the group. The Newark College of Engineering will give to students receiving this assignment scholarships covering a portion of the camp fee.
The M. I. T. Summer Camp is located in a region particularly well suited to instruction in large scale surveying projects, such as geodetic triangulation, mapping of large areas, reconnaissance for highway or railroad location, hydrographic surveying, stream gaging, etc. The camp itself is equipped with modern buildings, sanitary water supply and sewage disposal, fire hydrants and fire-fighting apparatus, and an emergency hospital. The staff includes a practising physician. Students and faculty live in dormitories (known at the camp as barracks) and eat in the camp dining room. The camp is within a few minutes, by automobile, from the East Machias railroad station. Students attending in 1939 will report during the last week of July and remain at the camp seven weeks.
CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (C.E.)
Courses offered to students entering September 1937 and later.
FIRST YEAR (Given in 1939-1940) | ||||
First Semester | ||||
| SUBJECT | Attendance Rec. | Hours Lab. | ||
| CH | 11 | Chemistry | 3 | 3 |
| ME | 1 | Engineering Drawing | 1 | 3 |
| Eng | 10 | English | 4 | 0 |
| Eng | 50 | History of Industrial Civilization | 1 | 0 |
| Ind E | 11 | Principles of Engineering (The College) | 2 | 0 |
| Math | 1 | Mathematics | 3 | 3 |
| Phys | 1 | Introductory Problems in Physics | 0 | 3 |
Second Semester | ||||
| CH | 11 | Chemistry | 3 | 3 |
| ME | 1 | Engineering Drawing | 1 | 3 |
| Eng | 10 | English | 4 | 0 |
| Eng | 50 | History of Industrial Civilization | 1 | 0 |
| Ind E | 11 | Principles of Engineering (The College) | 2 | 0 |
| Math | 1 | Mathematics | 2 | 2 |
| Phys | 1 | Introductory Problems in Physics | 0 | 2 |
| Phys | 2 | Physics | 2 | 3 |
SECOND YEAR (Given in 1939-1940) | ||||
First Semester | ||||
| CE | 1 | Surveying | 3 | 3 |
| CH | 21 | Qualitative Analysis | 1 | 3 |
| ME | 2 | Engineering Drawing | 0 | 2 |
| Eng | 20 | English | 3 | 0 |
| Eng | 60 | History of Industrial Civilization | 1 | 0 |
| Ind E | 12 | Principles of Engineering (The Industry) | 0 | 2 |
| Math | 21 | Calculus | 3 | 2 |
| Mech | 20 | Mechanics | 2 | 0 |
| Phys | 3 | Physics | 4 | 0 |
Second Semester | ||||
| CE | 1 | Surveying | 2 | 3 |
| CH | 21 | Qualitative Analysis | 1 | 3 |
| ME | 2 | Engineering Drawing | 0 | 2 |
| Eng | 20 | English | 3 | 0 |
| Eng | 60 | History of Industrial Civilization | 1 | 0 |
| Ind E | 12 | Principles of Engineering (The Industry) | 0 | 2 |
| Math | 21 | Calculus | 3 | 2 |
| Mech | 20 | Mechanics | 2 | 0 |
| Phys | 3 | Physics | 2 | 3 |
SUMMER WORK | ||||
| Ind E | 60 | Co-operative Work (required for Honors Option Group). | ||
THIRD YEAR (Given in 1939-1940) | ||||
First Semester | ||||
| CE | 2 | Surveying | 2 | 6 |
| CE | 10 | Sanitation | 2 | 0 |
| CE | 20 | Highways | 3 | 0 |
| CE | 40 | Hydraulics | 3 | 3 |
| Ind E | 13 | Staff Control | 0 | 2 |
| Math[10] | 31 | Differential Equations | 3 | 0 |
| Mech | 22 | Mechanics | 2 | 0 |
| Phys | 30 | Strength of Materials | 3 | 0 |
Second Semester | ||||
| CE | 2 | Surveying | 2 | 6 |
| CE | 10 | Sanitation | 4 | 0 |
| Ind E | 13 | Staff Control | 2 | 0 |
| Ind E | 31 | Economics | 3 | 0 |
| Math[11] | 32 | Vector Analysis | 3 | 0 |
| Mech | 22 | Mechanics | 2 | 0 |
| Phys | 30 | Strength of Materials | 3 | 3 |
SUMMER WORK | ||||
| Ind E | 61 | Co-operative Work (required for Honors Option Group) | ||
FOURTH YEAR | ||||
First Semester | ||||
| CE | 11 | Sanitation | 2 | 3 |
| CE | 21 | Highways | 0 | 4 |
| CE | 22 | Highway Traffic Control | 1 | 0 |
| CE | 30 | Structures | 3 | 4 |
| EE | 75 | Electricity | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 31 | Thermodynamics | 3 | 0 |
| Ind E | 14 | Staff Control | 1 | 2 |
| Ind E | 22 | Industrial Management | 3 | 0 |
Second Semester | ||||
| CE | 11 | Sanitation | 2 | 2 |
| CE | 22 | Highway Traffic Control | 1 | 0 |
| CE | 30 | Structures | 3 | 4 |
| EE | 75 | Electricity | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 55 | Mechanical Engineering | 3 | 3 |
| Ind E | 14 | Staff Control | 1 | 2 |
| Ind E | 41 | Accounting | 3 | 0 |
| Ind E | 51 | Business Law | 1 | 0 |
Note: Students who wish to reduce the amount of work per semester in Freshman and Sophomore subjects may apply to the Dean for a regular five year schedule.