C&EE 120
Principles of Soil Mechanics
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisite: course 108. Soil as foundation for structures and as material of construction. Soil formation, classification, physical and mechanical properties, soil compaction, earth pressures, consolidation, and shear strength. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2019 - Brandenberg is amazing! Very caring professor who clearly cares about his students -- he was kind enough to move our midterm back a week when a fire started near campus a couple days before the midterm, even though campus never closed and we ended up having lecture that day. He is very approachable and receptive to questions and suggestions, always willing to take the time to break down a concept further and provide more examples if we were having trouble grasping it. Not to mention, he loves to sprinkle in dad jokes to keep you on your toes. The homework could be kind of tricky or tedious at times, but it gave solid practice for each of the concepts and was good preparation for the exams. The exams themselves were about what you might expect, a step above in that they challenged your understanding but were well within reason given the difficulty of the homework. No real surprises.
Fall 2019 - Brandenberg is amazing! Very caring professor who clearly cares about his students -- he was kind enough to move our midterm back a week when a fire started near campus a couple days before the midterm, even though campus never closed and we ended up having lecture that day. He is very approachable and receptive to questions and suggestions, always willing to take the time to break down a concept further and provide more examples if we were having trouble grasping it. Not to mention, he loves to sprinkle in dad jokes to keep you on your toes. The homework could be kind of tricky or tedious at times, but it gave solid practice for each of the concepts and was good preparation for the exams. The exams themselves were about what you might expect, a step above in that they challenged your understanding but were well within reason given the difficulty of the homework. No real surprises.
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Prof. Fox did a great job teaching Civil 120. The tests were not too difficult, and he allows six note sheets for the final exam. Prof. Fox has the class do practice problems during lecture, and goes around the room answering questions, which I thought was a great way to help students learn difficult topics. He is also very helpful during office hours.
Prof. Fox did a great job teaching Civil 120. The tests were not too difficult, and he allows six note sheets for the final exam. Prof. Fox has the class do practice problems during lecture, and goes around the room answering questions, which I thought was a great way to help students learn difficult topics. He is also very helpful during office hours.
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