Civil engineering minor 2026-27

Minor : Civil Engineering

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced composites in engineering structures
CIVIL-443 / Section GC
Vassilopoulos
EN
Winter session
Oral
3
Computational geomechanics
CIVIL-423 / Section GC
Lecampion
EN
Winter session
Oral
5
Continuum mechanics and applications (Pas donné en 2026-27)
CIVIL-425 / Section GC
EN
Summer session
Oral
6
Dam engineering
CIVIL-411 / Section GC
De Cesare, Manso
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Decision-aid methodologies in transportation
CIVIL-557 / Section GC
Bierlaire
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Deep learning for autonomous vehicles (Pas donné en 2026-27)
CIVIL-459 / Section GC
EN
Summer session
During the semester
6
Design and assessment of concrete bridges
CIVIL-478 / Section GC
Simões
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Design and construction of roadways
CIVIL-463 / Section GC
Tille
FR
Winter session
Written
3
Design of precast concrete structures
CIVIL-414 / Section GC
Fernandez-Ordoñez
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Design of steel-concrete composite bridge (Biennal course taught in even years.)
CIVIL-480 / Section GC
Lignos
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Dynamics of structures
CIVIL-468 / Section GC
Lignos, Vanin
EN
Winter session
Written
4
Energy and comfort in buildings
CIVIL-407 / Section GC
Favero, Khovalyg, Licina, Sonta
EN
Winter session
During the semester
5
Energy geostructures
CIVIL-444 / Section GC
Laloui
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Engineering of existing structures
CIVIL-511 / Section GC
Denarié, Nussbaumer
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Flood and dam break waves
CIVIL-515 / Section GC
Ancey
FR
Summer session
Oral
3
Fluvial hydraulics and river engineering
CIVIL-410 / Section GC
Musa
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Fracture of materials
MSE-424 / Section MX
Drezet, Molinari
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Fundamentals of traffic operations and control
CIVIL-457 / Section GC
Geroliminis
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Geomechanics
CIVIL-402 / Section GC
Ferrari, Laloui
EN
Winter session
Written
5
Hydrological risks and structures
ENV-524 / Section SIE
Ancey
FR
Winter session
During the semester
3
Hydropower schemes and pumped-storage
CIVIL-469 / Section GC
De Cesare, Manso
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Indoor air quality and ventilation
CIVIL-460 / Section GC
Licina
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Innovation for construction and the environment
CIVIL-424 / Section GC
Terzis
EN
Winter session
During the semester
3
Integrated decision-making for buildings
CIVIL-486 / Section GC
Mavromatidis
EN
Winter session
Oral
3
Irrigation and drainage engineering
ENV-549 / Section SIE
Perona
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Machine learning for predictive maintenance applications
CIVIL-426 / Section GC
Fink
EN
Winter session
During the semester
6
Materials and structures
CIVIL-532 / Section GC
Denarié
EN
Winter session
Oral
3
Mathematical modelling of behavior
MATH-463 / Section MA
Bierlaire
EN
Winter session
Written
5
Mobility engineering
CIVIL-451 / Section GC
Tufo
FR
Winter session
During the semester
3
Multiscale modelling in mechanics
CIVIL-408 / Section GC
Karapiperis
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Nonlinear analysis of structures
CIVIL-449 / Section GC
Lignos, Saloustros
EN
Winter session
Written
6
Optional interdisciplinary project
CIVIL-493 / Section GC
Profs divers
EN
Winter/Summer session
During the semester
4
Reinforced concrete structures - advanced topics
CIVIL-512 / Section GC
Ruggiero
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Rock mass characterization for engineering design
CIVIL-496 / Section GC
Violay
EN
Summer session
During the semester
4
Seismic engineering
CIVIL-522 / Section GC
Lignos, Salvalaggio, Tomic
EN
Summer session
Written
6
Slope stability
CIVIL-530 / Section GC
Ferrari
EN
Summer session
Written
3
Stability of structures (Pas donné en 2026-27 - Biennal course taught in odd years.)
CIVIL-409 / Section GC
EN
Summer session
Written
4
Steel structures, selected topics
CIVIL-526 / Section GC
Nussbaumer
EN
Winter session
Written
3
Sustainable bituminous materials
CIVIL-484 / Section GC
Zaumanis
EN
Winter session
Oral
3
Thermodynamics of comfort in buildings
CIVIL-450 / Section GC
Khovalyg
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Timber construction
CIVIL-433 / Section GC
Natterer
EN
Summer session
Oral
3
Transportation network modeling & analysis
CIVIL-477 / Section GC
Zhang
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Underground construction
CIVIL-404 / Section GC
Sandrone
EN
Summer session
During the semester
3
Urban hydraulic systems
CIVIL-413 / Section GC
Pfister
EN
Summer session
Oral
3
Water resources engineering and management
CIVIL-466 / Section GC
Bieri, Perona, Zeimetz
EN
Summer session
Written
5