Basic analysis, design, and detailing of steel and concrete structural elements for
buildings, emphasizing systems design and comparisons. A E 404 is not
permitted for AE Structural Option students or for Architecture students.

AE 221, AE 222, AE 308

• Students will gain an ability to design simple building members in steel and concrete using
current professional standards, specifications and guidelines.
• Students will learn to combine these members into simple structural systems and compare the
performance and load carrying characteristics of these systems.
• Students will gain an understanding of general performance parameters of these materials,
construction issues and key systems-integration issues for beams, columns, flooring and
roofing systems, and lateral bracing systems constructed in steel and concrete.