Several famous construction failures will be investigated as well as at least one smaller scale failure that holds clues to the nature of materials and methods used in construction. Published by Wiley. You will need a calculator for the class. This does not need to be a programmable calculator. You could get by with a regular arithmetic calculator as long as it has a square root function.
Arithmetic calculators are even cheaper.
Practice tests are a required part of the course. You will not be graded on how well you do on the practice tests. You will be graded on how many practice tests you do. You need to do the homework to learn the material. A few lectures will be recorded on videotape for you to watch.