UFV’s geotechnical engineering experience: Curricula at the graduate and undergraduate geotechnical engineering courses

This paper summarizes the geotechnical engineering curricula at graduate and undergraduate levels of the Civil Engineering Department at the Federal University of Viçosa (DEC/UFV), Minas Gerais State, Brazil. It is emphasized the importance of evaluation of the teaching-learning process in a regular basis, presented the undergraduate and graduate geotechnical engineering curricula and discussed the advantages/benefits of an integrated graduate/undergraduate geotechnical engineering program.