This course will introduce students to the origin of soils and weight-volume relationships; Soil classification for engineering applications; soil compaction; flow of water through soils; stresses in soil masses: total, pore pressure, and effective stresses; stresses in soil masses due to external loads: foundations and excavations; consolidation of saturated clay deposits; time rate of consolidation; stresses in solids: Mohr's circle; shear strength of soils and Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria; lateral earth pressure: at-rest conditions; in-situ tests: ground exploration for civil engineering applications.