The purpose of the Manual for Asphalt Materials and Mix Design (hereafter referred to as The MANUAL) is to familiarize students with the technology of asphalt in its several forms namely asphalt cement, cutback asphalt, and asphalt emulsions. The laboratory work is designed to develop an understanding of asphalt properties, characteristics, testing procedures, and specifications. For engineering purposes three properties of asphalt are paramount: consistency (usually referred to as viscosity), purity, and safety. Before asphalt cement can be used for construction purposes it must be liquefied. This implies heating. Asphalt cement must be liquefied before it can be pumped through pipes, mixed with aggregates to make asphalt concrete, or sprayed through nozzles. Once the heat is dissipated, the asphalt cement reverts to its amorphous, semi- solid state. There are other ways to liquefy asphalt. Selected petroleum based solvents can dissolve the asphalt cement to create a family of materials known as cutback asphalts. Another method is to combine asphalt cement with water in the presence of a catalyst to form various kinds of asphalt emulsions. The procedures outlined herein are all derived from ASTM designations and practice as recommended by the Asphalt Institute. Where the particular ASTM method permits alternate rocedures, the one more applicable to the available equipment and the teaching situation was chosen. In the preparation of this MANUAL, the inherent time constraints of an academic laboratory was considered, whenever possible.