Civil Engineering M.S.

The Civil Engineering master of science (MS) degree balances education in engineering fundamentals and design. The degree prepares students for careers in industry as well as for continued studies at the doctoral level. The degree offers students the opportunity to focus on one of the following areas of engineering: environmental (e.g., pollutant fate and transport, process modeling, soil and groundwater remediation, water and wastewater treatment), geomechanics (e.g., fracture and localization, groundwater flow, stability and liquefaction, wave and shock propagation), structural (e.g., computational and structural mechanics, earthquake engineering, infrastructure performance and durability, new systems and materials), transportation (e.g., intelligent transportation systems, pavement design and materials, transportation economics, traffic safety), or water resources (e.g., earthscape processes, environmental and biological systems, hydrologic and climate dynamics, hydrodynamics and turbulence).

The MS thesis (Plan A) option combines coursework with research and development. The project based (Plan B) option offers students an opportunity to include in their coursework program up to 3 credits of directed research. The coursework-only (Plan C) option is for practicing engineers who wish to pursue the MS part-time, self-funded full-time students, and students interested in pursuing the PhD.