MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Civil and Environmental Engineering 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:
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 grade point average of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter units (60 semester units) attempted. Ap plicants for graduate engineering programs 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 conditi onally 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 adviser, 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 adviser's approval, students will be expected to select their elective units in one of the following areas of study: geote chnical engineering, transportation and planning, or water resources and environmental engineering.
The broad curriculum requirements for the M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering are:
a) a core of 14 units as required;
b) a minimum of 22 units of adviser approved electives within the major;
c) a minimum of 9 units of adviser-approved electives outside the major;
d) at least 24 units of the 45 unit program at the 500 level; and
e) a comprehensive written examination (course work option) or an oral defense examination (thesis option).
Two program options are available for M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering students. The thesis option involves 36 units of adviser-approved coursework, 9 units of CE 599 thesis research/design, and an oral thesis defense examination administere d by a panel of three faculty. The non-thesis option involves 45 units of adviser-approved coursework and a written comprehensive examination administered by a panel of three faculty. A student will have a maximum of three opportunities to pass this writt en comprehensive examination.
CURRICULUM FOR M.S. CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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CE 574 Computer Applications in Civil Engineering (3) |
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CE 591 Graduate Seminar (2) |
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CE 599/ENVE 599 Design Project (Thesis) (9) or additional 9 units of adviser approved analysis and design electives within the major (non- thesis option) and Comprehensive Examination. |
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Adviser approved analysis and design CE and ENVE electives (to be selected from the following list after consultation with your academic adviser and the CE/ENVE graduate coordinator): |
22 |
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Adviser approved analysis electives outside the major (to be selected after consultation with your academic adviser and the CE/ENVE Graduate Coordinator). |
9 |
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CE 405 Advanced Strength of Materials (3) |
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CE 407 Structural Dynamics (4) |
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CE 421 Traffic Engineering (4) |
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CE 422 Highway Geometrics and Design (4) |
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CE 424 Public Transportation (4) |
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CE 431 Coastal Hydraulics (3) |
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CE 432 Coastal Engineering (3) |
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CE 434 Ground Water Hydraulics and Hydrology (3) |
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CE 440 Hydraulic Systems Engineering (3) |
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CE 453 Structural Steel Design (3) |
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CE 454 Structural Design (4) |
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CE 481 Analysis & Design of Shallow Foundations (4) |
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CE 521 Airfield and Highway Pavement Design (4) |
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CE 522 Advanced Transportation Design (4) |
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CE 523 Transportation Systems Planning (4) |
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CE 525 Airport Planning and Design (4) |
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CE 528 Transportation Analysis (4) |
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CE 529 Modeling and Simulation in Transportation (4) |
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CE 533 Advanced Water Resources Engineering (3) |
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CE 535 Water Resources System Planning and Analysis (3) |
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CE 537 Groundwater Contamination (3) |
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CE 554 Matrix Analysis of Structures (3) |
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CE 555 Advanced Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (2) |
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CE 558 Introduction to Finite Element Analysis (3) |
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CE 559 Advanced Structural Design (3) |
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CE 571 Selected Advanced Laboratory (1-3) |
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CE 573 Public Works Administration (3) |
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CE 581 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (3) |
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CE 582 Advanced Geotechnical Testing (3) |
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CE 583 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3) |
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CE 584 Lateral Support Systems (3) |
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CE 585 Slope Stability Analysis (3) |
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CE 587 Analysis and Design of Deep Foundations (3) |
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CE 599 Design Project Thesis (9) |
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ENVE 411 Air Pollution Control (3) |
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ENVE 421 Mass Transfer Operations (3) |
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ENVE 434 Water Quality Measurements (2) |
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ENVE 435 Principles of Water and Wastewater Engineering (3) |
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ENVE 436 Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3) |
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ENVE 438 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design (3) |
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ENVE 439 Solid Waste Management (3) |
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ENVE 465 Environmental Management and Urban Systems (2) |
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ENVE 534 Advanced Design of Pollution Control Systems (3) |
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ENVE 535 Advanced Wastewater Treatment (3) |
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ENVE 536 Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes Engineering (3) |
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ENVE 541 Resource and Energy Recovery (3) |
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ENVE 551 Environmental Unit Operations (4) |
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08/22/97