The M.S. in Civil Engineering offers two areas of emphasis,
structural engineering and transportation systems management,
while offering breadth in the areas of geotechnical engineering,
water and wastewater treatment, and facilities management.
A minimum of 30 term-credit hours beyond the baccalaureate
degree is required. For full-time graduate students, 6 term-credit
hours may involve research and completion of a thesis, with
approval from the student’s advisor, with an additional
24 term-credit hours of course work. The program also has
the flexibility to meet the needs of part-time students, already
working in industry, who typically take the non-thesis route
with 30 term-credit hours of course work. All civil engineering
graduate courses are offered with evening class times and
via distance learning, to accommodate the busy schedules of
working professionals.
Admission Requirements
Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, or a closely
related engineering discipline.
G.P.A. of at least 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.
Satisfy School of Engineering GRE score guidelines.
30 term-credit hours, with a minimum graduate G.P.A. of
3.00 on a 4.00 scale. Additional articulation courses may
be required for students without a civil engineering undergraduate
degree.
Given the multidisciplinary nature of civil engineering,
the core curriculum and elective courses comprising the
degree plans for Master’sM.S. students will vary,
depending on the student’s undergraduate background
and their desired area of specialization. A Sample degree
plans for students with a civil engineering undergraduate
degree, and wanting to specialize in either structural or
transportation systems management are shown below.
Structural Engineering
Satisfactory completion of the core curriculum consisting
of 5 courses, 15 term-credit hours:
ENCE 7340 Introduction to Solid Mechanics
ENCE 7361 Matrix Structural Analysis and Introduction to Finite
Element Methods
ENCE 7372 Introduction to CAD/CAM
ENCE 7375 Advanced Concrete Design
ENCE 7377 Advanced Steel Design
Satisfactory completion of 5 elective courses, 15 term-credit
hours, chosen from Structural Analysis, Structural Design,
Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Systems Management,
and Facilities Management courses:
ENCE 7363 Architectural and Structural Engineering
ENCE 7365 Introduction to Construction Management
ENCE 7366 Introduction to Facilities Engineering Systems
ENCE 7369 Electrical, Mechanical, and Piping Systems for Buildings
ENCE 7373 Prestressed Concrete
ENCE 7378 Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering
ENCE 7385 Advanced Soil Mechanics
ENCE 7386 Foundation Engineering
ENCE 7(0,1,2,3,6)96 Master’s Thesis
ENCE 8340 Theory of Elasticity
ENCE 8364 Finite Element Methods in Structural and Continuum
Mechanics
ENCE 8365 Construction Methods and Rehabilitation
ENCE 8366 Basic Concepts of Structural Stability
ENCE 8368 Theory of Plate Behavior
ENCE 8379 Analysis of Transportation Systems
Transportation Systems Management
Satisfactory completion of the core curriculum consisting
of 5 courses, 15 term-credit hours:
ENCE 7323 Project Management
ENCE 7378 Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering
ENCE 7391 Special Projects (Topics in Transportation Engineering)
ENCE 8379 Analysis of Transportation Systems
EMIS 8360 Operations Research Models
Satisfactory completion of 3 specialization electives, 9
term-credit hours, chosen from the following courses:
EMIS 7340 Logistics Systems Engineering
EMIS 7370 Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers
EMIS 8361 Engineering Economics and Decision Analysis
EMIS 8371 Linear Programming
STAT 6336 Statistical Analysis
Satisfactory completion of 2 breadth electives, 6 term-credit
hours, chosen from the following courses:
ENCE 7331 Air Pollution Management and Engineering
ENCE 7350 Introduction to Environmental Management Systems
ENCE 7365 Introduction to Construction Management
ENCE 7(0,1,2,3,6)96 Thesis
CSE 7345 Advanced Java Programming
CSE 7365 Introduction to Numerical Analysis
CSE 8355 Graph Theory: Algorithms and Applications
EMIS 7377 Design and Analysis of Experiments
EMIS 8373 Integer Programming
EMIS 8374 Network Flows
