Civil Engineering M.S.

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Minimum Requirements for Civil Engineering M.S.: 30 credits

Concentrations: Arctic Engineering, Design and Construction Management, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
General University Requirements
Complete the graduate general university requirements.
Master’s Degree Requirements
Complete the master's degree requirements.
Civil Engineering Program Requirements
Complete a thesis or project		3-9
Complete comprehensive exam
Concentration
Complete one of the following:		21-27
Arctic Engineering
Design and Construction Management
Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Total Credits		30-36

Concentrations

Arctic Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Arctic Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete the following:
CE F401	Arctic Engineering	3
CE F624	Permafrost Engineering	3
CE F682	Ice Engineering	3
or GEOS F615	Sea Ice
CE F683	Arctic Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering	3
ME F685	Arctic Heat and Mass Transfer	3
or ME F642	Advanced Heat Transfer
Approved electives (6 credits for thesis; 12 credits for project) ¹		6-12
Total Credits		21-27

¹: Recommended electives include CE F422, CE F601, CE F625, CE F628, CE F635, CE F684, CE F685, MATH F460 and MATH F615.

Design and Construction Management

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Code	Title	Credits
Design and Construction Management Concentration Requirements
Personnel, leadership, business communications, marketing electives ²		6
Design and construction management electives ³		6
Accounting, finance, economics electives ⁴		3
Design and construction technical electives ⁵		9
Project only:		0-3
Complete additional approved elective ⁶
Total Credits		24-27

²: Recommended electives include CE F601, ESM F601, MBA F607 and MBA F617.
³: Recommended electives include CE F620, ESM F608, ESM F609 and MBA F627.
⁴: Recommended electives include ESM F605.
⁵: Recommended electives include CE F451.
⁶: Recommended electives include CE F401 and ENVE F644.

Environmental Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Environmental Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete the following:
CE F601	Engineering Research Communication	3
ENVE F641	Aquatic Chemistry	3
or CHEM F605	Aquatic Chemistry
ENVE F645	Unit Processes: Chemical and Physical	3
ENVE F647	Biotechnology	3
Approved electives (9 credits for thesis; 15 credits for project) ⁷		9-15
Total Credits		21-27

⁷: Recommended electives include BIOL F657, CE F401, CE F663, CE F684, CHEM F609, CHEM F631, CHEM F655, ENVE F642, ENVE F643, ENVE F644, ENVE F646, ENVE F649, ENVE F652 and ME F658.

Geotechnical Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Geotechnical Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete 15 credits from the following:		15
CE F609	Pavement Materials and Design
CE F622	Foundations and Retaining Structures
CE F624	Permafrost Engineering
CE F625	Soil Stabilization and Embankment Design
CE F627	Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
CE F628	Unsaturated Soils Mechanics
CE F633	Theory of Elastic Stability
CE F635	Numerical Methods for Geomechanics and Soil-Structure Interaction
Additional approved electives (6 credits for thesis; 12 credits for project) ⁸		6-12
Total Credits		21-27

⁸: Recommended electives include CE F401, CE F422, CE F601, CE F637, GE F440 and ME F601.

Structural Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Structural Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete 15 credits from the following:		15
CE F601	Engineering Research Communication
CE F622	Foundations and Retaining Structures
CE F630	Advanced Structural Mechanics
CE F633	Theory of Elastic Stability
CE F634	Structural Dynamics
CE F635	Numerical Methods for Geomechanics and Soil-Structure Interaction
Additional approved electives (6 credits for thesis; 12 credits for project) ⁹		6-12
Total Credits		21-27

⁹: Recommended electives include CE F631, CE F637, CE F640, CE F646 and CE F650.

Transportation Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Transportation Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete the following:
Approved engineering electives (9 credits for thesis; 15 credits for project) ¹⁰		9-15
Additional approved electives ¹¹		12
Total Credits		21-27

¹⁰: Recommended engineering electives include CE F401, CE F601, CE F609, CE F624, CE F682, ESM F621, ESM F622 and ME F631.
¹¹: At least 3 credits must be in advanced mathematics or statistical methods. Recommended electives include MATH F408, MATH F661, STAT F402, STAT F461, STAT F602, STAT F605 and STAT F611.

Water Resources Engineering

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Code	Title	Credits
Water Resources Engineering Concentration Requirements
Complete 12 credits from the following:		12
CE F661	Advanced Water Resources Engineering
CE F662	Open Channel and River Engineering
CE F663	Groundwater Hydrology
CE F664	Sediment Transport
CE F683	Arctic Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Additional approved electives (9 credits for thesis; 15 credits for project) ¹²		9-15
Total Credits		21-27

¹²: Recommended electives include CE F401, CE F445, CE F601, CE F665, GEOS F616, GEOS F617, GEOS F694, NRM F435 and NRM F670.

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Admission Requirements

Complete the following admission requirements:

Complete a bachelor’s degree in engineering or natural sciences.¹
Submit GRE scores.²

¹: If applying with a non-engineering degree, submit a graduate study plan, including required deficiency courses, to be approved by a committee.
²: The GRE requirement is waived for any applicant graduating with a 3.0 GPA or higher from an ABET-accredited CE or GE B.S. program.

Deficiency Requirements³

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
MATH F251X	Calculus I	4
MATH F252X	Calculus II	4
MATH F253X	Calculus III	4
MATH F302	Differential Equations	3
Two approved science courses		8
Three F200-level or above engineering courses
Four F400-level CE courses ⁴

³: If taken before, these courses can be credited as deficiency courses as approved by the department chair.
⁴: Two must be design classes in different fields of civil engineering.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes are measurable statements that describe knowledge or skills achieved by students upon completion of the program.

Students graduating from this program will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of fundamentals in the chosen technical discipline
Demonstrate technical rigor of the student’s research and quality of student project report
Communicate technical topics effectively in oral form
Clearly and professionally present technical subject matter in written format
Attain degree in a reasonable timeframe