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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