All civil engineers are concerned with the structural safety, serviceability and the economics of the constructions with which they are involved. The successful approach to the problem can only be established through a sound knowledge of computational methods of engineering and a thorough understanding of the properties and behavior of engineering materials. Without a proper knowledge of materials neither the structural safety and serviceability nor the economics can be achieved in civil engineering projects. Two compulsory courses on materials are given to the second year civil engineering students. (CE 241- Materials Science and CE 344-Materials of Construction). However, since there is a vast variety of construction materials, appropriate and detailed information for all the important materials cannot be included in the regular contents of the above two courses. The CE 447 - Advanced Materials of Construction course intends to include subjects such as properties of alloy steels, structural steel products, precast concrete blocks, brick, tile, wood products, polymers and adhesives that are vitally important in civil engineering but cannot be covered in the CE 344 - Materials of Construction course.