Civil Engineering Masters Degree Requirements

Required Essential Skills (6 Hours)

All MS in Civil Engineering students are required to take the following courses.

  • ENGR 6002 - Research Methods
  • CE 6003 - Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability in Civil Engineering

Thesis Option

Students in the thesis option are required to: - complete minimum six hours of thesis credit - take minimum six courses (18-hours) from the core electives listed below

  • CE 6401 - Master's Thesis

Non-Thesis Option

Students in the Non-Thesis Option are required to take a minimum of eight courses (24-hours) from the core electives listed below.

Core Electives

Students are to take a minimum of six courses if they are in the Thesis Option. Students are to take a minimum of eight courses if they are in the Non-Thesis Option.

  • CE 6101 - Finite Element Analysis
  • CE 6102 - Structural Dynamics
  • CE 6103 - Prestressed Concrete Design
  • CE 6105 - Soil Improvement
  • CE 6202 - Advanced Highway Design and Traffic Safety
  • CE 6203 - Advanced Bituminous and Concrete Materials
  • CE 6204 - Advanced Design and Construction of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
  • CE 6104 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Foundation Design
  • CE 6133 - Design of Wood Structures
  • CE 6201 - Transportation Planning
  • CE 6302 - Air Pollution Control
  • CE 6303 - Water Resources Management
  • CE 6304 - Advanced Hydraulics
  • CE 6333 - Advanced Hazardous Waste Engineering
  • CE 6343 - Solid Waste Management and Engineering
  • CE 6433 - Hydraulic Analysis and Design
  • CE 6533 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
  • CE 6633 - Pavement Engineering
  • CE 6683 - Inelastic Behavior of Pavement Materials
  • CE 6900 - Special Topics in CE

Program Total (30 Credit Hours)

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