MS CIVIL
& ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
– 2005-07 Catalog
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
Department Office
Engineering Bldg. (13), Room 263
(805) 756-2947
General Characteristics
The Master of Science program in Civil and Environmental
Engineering has the following objectives:
Job-entry education for the more complex areas
of engineering, such as research and development, innovative design, systems
analysis and design, and managerial engineering;
Updating opportunities for practicing
engineers;
Graduate preparation for further study in
engineering, leading to the Doctor of Engineering or Ph.D. degree.
Prerequisites
For admission as a classified
graduate student, an applicant must hold a bachelor's degree in engineering or
a closely related physical science with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the last 90
quarter units (60 semester) attempted. Applicants are
required to submit satisfactory scores for the General (Aptitude) Test of the
Graduate Record Examination. An applicant who meets these standards but lacks
prerequisite coursework may be admitted as a conditionally classified student
and must make-up any deficiencies before advancement to classified graduate
standing.
Information pertaining to
specific requirements for admission to graduate standing (classified or
conditionally classified) may be obtained from the Graduate Coordinator, Civil
and Environmental Engineering Department.
Program of Study
Graduate students must file a formal study plan with their
advisor, department, college and university graduate studies office by no later
than the end of the quarter in which the 12th unit of approved courses is
completed. The formal program of study must include a minimum of 45 units (at
least 24 of which must be at the 500 level). With the graduate advisor's
approval, students select their elective units in one of the following areas of
study: geotechnical engineering, transportation and planning, or water
resources and environmental engineering.
The broad curriculum requirements
for the MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering are:
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a core of 10 units as required;
*
a minimum of 26 units of advisor approved electives
within the major;
*
a minimum of 9 units of advisor-approved electives
outside the department;
*
at least 24 units of the 45 unit program at the 500
level;
* a
comprehensive written examination (non-thesis option) or an oral defense
examination (thesis option).
Two program options are
available:
Thesis option. 36 units of
advisor-approved coursework, 9 units of thesis research/design, and an oral
thesis defense examination administered by a panel of three faculty.
Non-thesis option. 45 units of
advisor-approved coursework and a written comprehensive examination
administered by a panel of three faculty (maximum of
three opportunities to pass this examination). Not an option for Blended BS/MS.
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Units |
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Required Courses |
10 |
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CE 591 Graduate Seminar (1) |
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CE 599/ENVE 599 Design Project
(Thesis) (9) or additional 9 units
of advisor approved analysis and design electives within the major (non-
thesis option) and Comprehensive Examination. |
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Advisor approved analysis and design electives within the
major (normally to be selected from the following list after consultation
with your academic advisor and the CE/ENVE graduate coordinator): |
20-26
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Advisor
approved electives outside the major |
9-15 |
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45 |
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Analysis and design
CE and ENVE electives: |
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CE 400 1, 401, 402, 407, 421, 422, 423,
424, 431, 432, 434, 440, 452, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 464, 481, 482,
484, 486, 487, 500 1, 501, 502, 504, 505, 521, 522, 523, 525, 527,
528, 529, 533, 535, 537, 555, 557, 559, 571, 573, 574, 581, 582, 583, 584,
585, 586 |
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ENVE 400 1,
411, 416, 421, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443, 450, 455, 465, 466, 467, 500
1, 534, 535, 536, 542, 551, 552 |
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1 No more
than 4 total units of advisor-approved technical elective credit from CE 400,
500 and ENVE 400, 500 combined.