Graduate Curriculum

The Master of Engineering degree requires

1. admission of all degree seeking students to candidacy for the degree after the completion of nine (9) graduate credit hours in residence at the University;

2. a minimum of thirty-three (33) graduate semester hours of course work, including at least six (6) credit hours of mathematics, three (3) credit hours of laboratory based courses, three (3) credit hours of special problems in engineering applications (design project), and six (6) credit hours of electives with the consent of the advisor.

Substitution within the core courses may be permitted with the consent of the advisor and the department head.

Admission Requirements

For unconditional admission to the Master of Engineering degree program, the student must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or science from an accredited program and must have the necessary prerequisite courses. If the evaluation of a student’s undergraduate degree program reveals prerequisite deficiencies, the student must eliminate them by satisfactorily completing each of the prerequisite courses prescribed before unconditional status is achieved. None of the courses used to eliminate undergraduate deficiencies may be used in the student’s program of study for the Master of Engineering degree.

For admission with unconditional classification, in addition to the above, the student must possess a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.

For admission with conditional classification, in addition to the above, the student must have a GPA between 2.75 and 2.99 or a GPA between 2.50 and 2.74 and a passing score of 70 on the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) examination.

All students applying for admission must submit to the Graduate School a completed Graduate Application form and two copies of transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended.

Courses Required, All Options - 12 hours

ENGR

5100

Methods of Applied Mathematics for Engineers I

3

* CVEN 5360/CVEN 5780

3

ENGR

5500

Special Problems

3

Either of the following three-hour courses

ENGR

5150

Numerical Methods for Engineers

3

ENGR

5020

Optimization Methods for Engineers

3

*According to Concentration

 

DEGREE: MASTER OF ENGINEERING (M.E.)
Concentration in Civil Engineering

Areas of Specialization

A. Transportation Engineering

Transportation Core Courses - 15 hours listed below

CVEN

5050

Transportation Modeling

3

CVEN

5090

Traffic Engineering

3

CVEN

5100

Pavement Design

3

CVEN

5130

Airport Planning and Design

3

CVEN

5200

Advanced Geometric Design of Highways

3

Electives with the consent of the advisor - 6 hours

AREN

5100

Computer Codes

3

CVEN

5140

Urban Mass Transit

3

CVEN

5420

Advanced Foundation Engineering

3

CVEN

5430

Applied Soil Mechanics

3

CVEN

5640

Transportation Systems Evaluation Procedures

3

CVEN

5740

Elasticity

3

CVEN

5770

Theory of Plates and Shells

3

CVEN

5780

Finite Element Analysis

3

 

B. Structural Engineering

Core Courses - 15 hours from courses listed below

CVEN

5420

Advanced Foundation Engineering

3

CVEN

5710

Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

3

CVEN

5750

Stability and Vibration of Structures

3

CVEN

5760

Advanced Indeterminate Structures

3

CVEN

5780

Finite Element Analysis

3

CVEN

5790

Reinforced Masonry Design

3

CVEN

5800

Advanced Steel Design

3

Electives with the consent of the advisor - 6 hours

CVEN

5740

Elasticity

3

CVEN

5770

Theory of Plates and Shells

3

CVEN

5790

Reinforced Masonry Design

3

CVEN

5820

Principles of Structural Design

3

 

DEGREE: MASTER OF ENGINEERING (M.E.)
Concentration in Environmental Engineering

Core Courses - 15 hours listed below:

CVEN

5280

Solid Waste Management

3

CVEN

5300

Environmental Engineering Processes I

3

CVEN

5330

Water Quality Management

3

CVEN

5370

Environmental Chemistry

3

CVEN

5380

Environmental Impact Analysis

3

Electives with the consent of the advisor - 6 hours

CVEN

5270

Ground Water Contamination

3

CVEN

5320

Environmental Engineering Design

3

CVEN

5350

Hazardous Waste Management

3

CVEN

5380

Environmental Impact Analysis

3

CVEN

5460

Nuclear Chemistry

3






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