This program has been designed to build upon a student's undergraduate background and provide additional depth and breadth in the challenging and versatile profession of Civil Engineering. Subdiscipline focus in offered coursework is in structural engineering. In addition to courses in engineering, technical electives may be chosen from a variety offered in mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Students interested in the areas of Environmental Engineering and Water Resources should refer to the Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Program.
Department emphasis is on the one-year course-based Master of Civil Engineering, summarized below. However, students with an interest in multi-year, thesis-based Master of Science in Civil Engineering, also summarized below, may explore options in the department to pursue this degree.
The objective of both programs, the Master of Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Civil Engineering, is to prepare graduates for early career advancement in the field of Civil Engineering by building upon their undergraduate training with advanced coursework and concentrated study of problems and topics relevant to the field.
Upon completion of the Master in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Civil Engineering, students will be able to
- Evaluate the results of a solution to a civil engineering problem.
- Apply advanced concepts and principles to solve complex problems in a technical area appropriate to the practice of civil engineering.
- Justify appropriate problem approaches and techniques for complex problems in a technical area appropriate to the practice of civil engineering.
- Describe or Demonstrate professional responsibilities relevant to the practice of civil engineering.
Master of Civil Engineering requirements (course-based)
48 credit hours of course work as approved by student's academic advisor.
- The following courses are required unless completed as an undergraduate:
CE 421 Structural Mechanics II
CE 436 Foundation Engineering
CE 520 Structural Engineering Practicum
CE 521 Matrix Methods for Structural Analysis
CE 522 Structural Dynamics
CE 523 Advanced Solid Mechanics
CE 524 Building Design
CE 525 Bridge Design
CE 532 Structural Design in Concrete II
CE 533 Connections and Detailing
CE 535 Structural Design in Prestressed Concrete
- At least 32 credit hours must be upper-level CE courses (CE4xx or CE5xx).
- At least 36 credit hours must be graduate-level courses. Thus no more than 12 credit hours may be 400-level.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering requirements (thesis-based)
Courses must be 400 or 500 level CE courses approved by the student’s committee and distributed as follows:
- 20 credit hours of core CE courses
- 12 credit hours of CE599 Thesis Research
- 8 credit hours of mathematics courses
- 8 credit hours of elective courses
Environmental Engineering
This program has been designed to build upon a student's undergraduate background and provide additional depth and breadth in the challenging Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. In addition to courses in engineering, technical electives may be chosen from a variety offered in other departments.
Department emphasis is on the one-year course-based Master of Environmental Engineering, summarized below. However, students with an interest in a multi-year, project-based Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, also summarized below, may explore options in the department to pursue this degree.
Upon completion of the Master in Environmental Engineering and Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, students will be able to
- Evaluate the results of a solution to a environmental engineering problem.
- Apply advanced concepts and principles to solve complex problems in a technical area appropriate to the practice of environmental engineering.
- Justify appropriate problem approaches and techniques for complex problems in a technical area appropriate to the practice of environmental engineering.
- Describe or Demonstrate professional responsibilities relevant to the practice of environmental engineering.
Master of Environmental Engineering requirements (course-based)
- 48 credit hours of course work as approved by the student's academic advisor.
- At least 32 credit hours must be upper-level CE courses (CE4xx or CE5xx).
- At least 36 credit hours must be graduate-level courses (5xx from any department, or 4xx-level Mathematics which have been approved by the student's advisory committee). Thus no more than 12 credit hours may be 4xx level, excluding the specifically approved Mathematics courses referred to above.
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering requirements (project-based)
- 20 credit hours of core courses, which include
CE 463 Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering
CE 564 Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
CE 567 Applied Hydrologic Modeling
CE 571 Environmental River Mechanics
CE 573 Groundwater Analysis
- 20 credit hours of elective courses
Elective courses could include but are not limited to 400 or 500 level CE courses beyond committee-defined core courses. Students may take elective courses outside of the Civil Engineering Department (e.g., Mathematics, Chemical Engineering) that are considered by the student's adviser and advisory committee as being relevant and appropriate to the student's course of study.
- 8 credit hours of project course work
Course of Study Prerequisite for either Masters degree
Students must have completed a laboratory-based environmental course and an introductory undergraduate class in environmental science and/or engineering. These are considered prerequisites and will not be counted in the 48 hours required for either Master’s degree. Students without these requirements will be required to take CE 460 and CE 461 in addition to the 48 hours listed above.
