土力学是高等学校土木工程专业的一门重要的专业基础课程，目的是教授学生土力学基本概念和基本原理，学会如何应用基本理论去解决具体工程问题。内容主要包括：土的物理性质与工程分类、土的渗透性与渗流、地基中应力计算、土的压缩性和固结理论、地基沉降计算，土的抗剪强度理论、土压力和支挡结构、地基承载力和土坡稳定分析等。

Soil Mechanics is an important base course for Civil Engineering majors in colleges. The goal of the course is to teach students the basic concept and basic principle of Soil Mechanics, and learn how to apply the basic theory to solve specific engineering problems. Contents include: the physical properties of soil and soil classification, the permeability and seepage of soil, the computation of the stresses in foundation, the compressibility and the consolidation theory of the soil, the computation of settlement in foundation, the shear strength theory, the earth pressure and the retaining structure, the foundation bearing capacity and the slope stability analysis, etc.