Degree Requirements

Students who do not have a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, but who want to obtain a master's degree in civil engineering must complete a bridge program for their chosen area of specialization. These courses are not counted for degree credit. See the areas of specialization in this section for specific bridge programs. Please note that prerequisites for bridge courses also must be met. See the undergraduate catalog for descriptions of 100- to 400-level courses. Some of the bridge courses may be waived depending on the student's background.

The program as shown below offers numerous areas of specialization, each with its own list of required and elective courses and bridge program. Once the choice of specialization is made, the student consults his/her specialization advisor to plan and develop an individualized and cohesive sequence of courses that will meet the program requirements of at least 30 degree credits.

Other suitable electives may be taken subject to approval of program advisor.

Students receiving financial aid at any point in their studies must complete 6 credits of CE 701 Masters Thesis. Any students are able to substitute Master’s thesis in their program.

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Bridge Program
CE 210	Construction Materials and Procedures	3
CE 501	Introduction to Soil Behavior	3
MECH 320	Statics and Strength of Materials	3
CS 101	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	3
MATH 225	Survey of Probability and Statistics	1
MATH 112	Calculus II	4
Total Credits		17

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
CE 610	Construction Management	3
CE 611	Project Planning and Control	3
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
CE 614	Underground Construction
CE 615	Infrastructure and Facilities Remediation
CE 616	Construction Cost Estimating
CE 617	Historic Preservation
CE 644	Geology in Engineering
CE 700	Master's Project
CE 671	Performance and Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Systems
General Electives
Select zero to two from the List of Department General Electives		0-6
Management/Leadership Electives
Select one to two of the following:		3-6
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 632	Legal Aspects in Construction
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		30

1	Students receiving departmental awards are required to write a thesis.
2	All students who receive departmental or research-based awards must enroll in the seminar each semester.

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality Program

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Water Quality Bridge Program
CE 320	Fluid Mechanics	4
CE 321	Water Resources Engineering	3
CHEM 126	General Chemistry II	3
Total Credits		10

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
ENE 663	Water Chemistry	3
ENE 661	Environmental Microbiology	3
or EVSC 627	Environmental Microbiology
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
ENE 664	Physical and Chemical Treatment
ENE 665	Biological Treatment
ENE 672	Stormwater Management
CE 671	Performance and Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Systems
General Electives
Select zero to two from the List of Department General Electives		0-6
Management/Leadership Electives
Select one to two of the following:		3-6
CE 610	Construction Management
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 631	Legal Aspects in Environmental Engineering
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		30

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Integrated Site Remediation

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Integrated Site Remediation Bridge Program
CHEM 126	General Chemistry II	3
CE 321	Water Resources Engineering	3
CE 501	Introduction to Soil Behavior	3
Total Credits		9

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
ENE 663	Water Chemistry	3
ENE 661	Environmental Microbiology	3
or EVSC 627	Environmental Microbiology
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
ENE 660	Introduction to Solid and Hazardous Waste Problems
ENE 662	Site Remediation
ENE 671	Environmental Impact Analysis
CE 602	Geographic Information System
General Electives
Select zero to two from the List of Department General Electives		0-6
Management/Leadership Electives
Select one to two of the following:		3-6
CE 610	Construction Management
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 631	Legal Aspects in Environmental Engineering
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		30

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Bridge Program
CE 320	Fluid Mechanics	4
CE 332	Structural Analysis	3
CE 333	Reinforced Concrete Design	3
CE 341	Soil Mechanics	3
CE 341A	Soil Mechanics Laboratory	1
CE 443	Foundation Design	3
CS 101	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	3
MATH 222	Differential Equations	4
Total Credits		24

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
CE 641	Engineering Properties of Soils	3
CE 642	Foundation Engineering	3
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
CE 545	Rock Mechanics I
CE 602	Geographic Information System
CE 643	Advanced Foundation Engineering
CE 644	Geology in Engineering
CE 645	Rock Mechanics II
CE 606	Geospatial Data Applications
CE 647	Geotechnical Aspects of Solid Waste
CE 648	Flow Through Soils
CE 700	Master's Project
CE 742	Geotechnology of Earthquake Engineering
General Electives
Select zero to two from the List of Department General Electives		0-6
Management/Leadership Electives
Select one to two of the following:		3-6
CE 610	Construction Management
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 632	Legal Aspects in Construction
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		30

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Bridge Program
CE 333	Reinforced Concrete Design	3
CE 341	Soil Mechanics	3
CE 341A	Soil Mechanics Laboratory	1
CE 432	Steel Design	3
CS 101	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	3
MATH 222	Differential Equations	4
MECH 236	Dynamics	2
Total Credits		19

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
CE 639	Applied Finite Element Methods	3
CE 636	Stability of Structures	3
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
CE 531	Design of Masonry and Timber Structures
CE 631	Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
CE 632	Prestressed Concrete Design
CE 634	Structural Dynamics
CE 635	Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials
CE 637	Short Span Bridge Design
CE 638	Nondestructive Testing Methods in Civil Engineering
CE 700	Master's Project
CE 702	Special Topics in Civil Engineering
CE 730	Plastic Analysis and Design
CE 733	Design of Metal Structures
CE 734	Design of Tall Buildings and Space Structures
CE 736	Finite Element Methods in Structural and Continuum Mechanics
CE 737	Earthquake Engineering
CE 739	Structural Optimization
MECH 630	Theory of Elasticity
General Electives
Select zero to two from the List of Department General Electives		0-6
Management/Leadership Electives
Select one to two of the following:		3-6
CE 610	Construction Management
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 632	Legal Aspects in Construction
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		30

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Bridge Program
CE 350	Transportation Engineering	3
CS 101	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	3
ECON 265	Microeconomics	3
MATH 105	Elementary Probability and Statistics	3
MATH 309	Mathematical Analysis for Technology	4
Total Credits		16

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
TRAN 650	Urban Systems Engineering	3
TRAN 615	Traffic Studies and Capacity	3
Specialty Electives
Select four to six of the following:		12-18
CE 659	Flexible and Rigid Pavements
TRAN 552	Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities
TRAN 603	Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning
TRAN 625	Public Transportation Operations and Technology
TRAN 653	Traffic Safety
TRAN 655	Land Use Planning
TRAN 700	Master's Project
TRAN 752	Traffic Control
Management/Leadership Electives
Select two of the following:		6
CE 711	Methods Improvement in Construction
EM 632	Legal Aspects in Construction
HRM 601	Organizational Behavior
Total Credits		24-30