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: Ground Improvement
  • CE 6202: Advanced Highway Design and Traffic Safety
  • CE 6204: Bituminous and Concrete Materials
  • CE 6104: Deep Foundations: Driven Piles and Drilled Shafts
  • CE 6133: Design of Timber and Masonry Structures
  • CE 6201: Transportation Planning
  • CE 6302: Advanced Air Pollution Management and 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 Principles and Applications in Civil Engineering
  • CE 6533: Computational Geotechnical Engineering
  • CE 6633: Highway Pavement Engineering
  • CE 6900: Special Topics in CE

Program Total (30 Credit Hours)

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