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
Course of Study Prerequisite for Civil Engineering Master’s degrees
The required courses have the following prerequisite courses: CE 321 Structural Mechanics I, CE 336 Soil Mechanics, CE 431 Structural Design in Steel I, and CE 432 Structural Design in Concrete I. Students without these requirements or equivalent will be required to take any missing prerequisites, and these prerequisites will not be counted in the 48 hours required for the Master’s degree.
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 36 credit hours must be 500-level from any department. Thus, no more than 12 credit hours may be 400-level.
- 20 credit hours of elective courses determined with approval of advisor.
- 28 credit hours of core courses:
- CE510 Environmental Engineering Externship
- CE 562 Advanced Wastewater Treatment
- CE 563 Advanced Water Treatment
- CE 564 Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
- CE 567 Applied Hydrologic Modeling
- CE 573 Groundwater Analysis
- CE 571 Environmental River Mechanics or CE 568 Surface Water Quality Modeling
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering requirements (project-based)
- 48 credit hours of course and project work as approved by the student's academic advisor.
- At least 36 credit hours must be 500-level from any department. Thus, no more than 12 credit hours may be 400-level.
- 24 credit hours of core courses, which include the following:
- CE562 Advanced Wastewater Treatment
- CE563 Advance Water Treatment
- CE 564 Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
- CE 567 Applied Hydrologic Modeling
- CE 573 Groundwater Analysis
- CE 571 Environmental River Mechanics or CE 568 Surface WAter Quality Modeling
- 16 credit hours of elective courses determined with approval of advisor
- 8 credit hours of project work determined with approval of advisor
Course of Study Prerequisite for Environmental Engineering Master’s degrees
The required courses have the following prerequisite courses: CE 371 Hydraulic Engineering, CE 471 Water Resources Engineering, CE 460 Introduction to Environmental Engineering, and CE 461 Environmental Engineering Laboratory. Students must also have completed a course in Organic Chemistry. Students without these requirements or equivalent will be required to take any missing prerequisites, and these prerequisites will not be counted in the 48 hours required for the Master’s degree.
