Soil Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications : soil mechanics and related fields, physical properties of soils, clays and their behavior, soil classification, compaction, flow of water through soils, effective stress, stress increments in soil mass, settlements, mohr’s circle in soil mechanics, shear strength of soils, lateral earth pressure, site exploration, bearing capacity and shallow foundations, deep foundations, slope stability, stability analysis for circular slip surface, dynamic pile analysis, shallow foundation design, pressure meter test, groundwater monitoring, stability of cut slope, stress transformation.