Master of Science in Civil Engineering
There are four major areas of interest of the faculty and graduate studies:
- Environmental and hydroelectrical engineering, which includes occupational health, solid-hazardous waste management and site remediation, water supply and pollution, groundwater hydraulics, and hydrology.
- Geotechnical engineering, which includes soil mechanics, foundations engineering, soil-structure interaction, geomechanics, environmental geotechnology, ground water and seepage, geosynthetics, contaminant transport, landfill design, earthwork design, waste by-product utilization, materials engineering, and construction materials.
- Transportation engineering, which includes planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of transportation facilities/systems (roadways, railroads, airports, and public transportation) as well as related areas of infrastructure management and export systems.
- Structural engineering includes advanced structural mechanics, structural dynamics, bridge engineering, building design for static and dynamic loads, advanced materials for civil infrastructure, and nondestructive testing and evaluation.
To be eligible for admission into the M.S.C.E. degree program, a candidate must hold or expect to receive a B.S.C.E. degree from either an accredited ABET curriculum or an internationally recognized program. Candidates with superior academic records and a baccalaureate degree in another engineering field, mathematics, or science may be eligible for admission into any of the masters programs offered by the department but will normally be required to attain a baccalaureate level of proficiency in certain engineering areas of the department. An engineering technology (non-calculus based) degree is not sufficient qualification for admission into any of the graduate programs offered by the department.
Students must comply with rules and regulations as outlined in the general requirements for graduate work. Each candidate will, with the approval and at the discretion of the graduate committee, follow a planned program which must conform to one of the following outlines.
- A minimum of 30 semester credit hours, not more than six of which are in research leading to an acceptable thesis.
- A minimum of 33 semester credit hours, not more than three of which are in research leading to an acceptable problem report.
- A minimum of 36 semester credit hours, with no thesis or problem report required.
No rigid curricula are prescribed for the degrees of master of science in civil engineering and master of science in engineering. Graduate-level work in mathematics, mechanics, or other appropriate areas of science is customary; however, at least 15 semester hours of credit should normally be selected from graduate civil engineering courses.
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