Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Spring 2027
Geological Engineering Design
Geological Engineering Design involves selecting a practical problem, such as developing a geologic resource or designing a structure in soil/rock, and applying design and analysis principles to solve it.
offering recorded4 credits
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.80 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Integrate and apply the knowledge gained in prior coursework into a simulated real-world design environment
Use open-ended problem-solving skills
Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment
Use oral and written communication skills to articulate proposed and completed work
Explain basic concepts in management, business, and public policy
Explain the importance of professional licensure
Identify common failure mechanisms of a component, process, or system and their causes and prevention
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
288288 letter grades
A68.4%68.4%
AB12.5%12.5%
B17.7%17.7%
BC0.3%0.3%
C0.7%0.7%
D0.3%0.3%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapSenior standing, declared in Geological Engineering BS, and CIV ENGR/G L E 530, 532, 535, 635,GEOSCI/G L E 629,CIV ENGR 414, 427, 514, or (CIV ENGR/G L E 430, 432, and 434)
- Senior standing, declared in Geological Engineering BS
- CIVENGR/GLE 530
- CIVENGR/GLE 532
- CIVENGR/GLE 535
- CIVENGR/GLE 635
- GEOSCI/GLE 629
- CIVENGR 414
- CIVENGR 427
- CIVENGR 514
- take all
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- All of
- Senior standing, declared in Geological Engineering BS
- Any of
Professors
Spring 2027KG
Kim Gonzalez
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
DEREK HUNGNESS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KIM GONZALEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 30 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.80 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Development of a geologic resource
- Design of a structure in soil and/or rock
- Principles and processes of design and analysis
- Basic concepts in management, business, and public policy
Skills
- Integrating prior coursework knowledge into a simulated real-world design environment
- Using open-ended problem-solving skills
- Working effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment
- Identifying common failure mechanisms of components, processes, or systems and their causes and prevention
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2024— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A83.3%83.3%
AB16.7%16.7%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2024
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UW–Madison
Catalog & offerings
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Selected offering source records
Geological Engineering Design
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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