Sample MS in Civil Engineering

Program Overview

The graduate program in civil engineering is designed to provide the student with knowledge of advanced methods for analysis and design or for research and development. The student must select one of the following graduate specializations: Structures/Foundations, Water Resources Engineering, or Transportation. Full-time or part-time study may be pursued.

                         

Admission Requirements

Prerequisites:  baccalaureate degree in engineering or science. The applicant must have successfully completed those courses common to accredited undergraduate programs in engineering or engineering science, including the following: statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, one year of physics, and mathematics up to and including ordinary differential equations.

Minimum G.P.A: 2.75.

GRE Requirement: Required if GPA < 2.75 and also if the undergraduate degree was awarded by a college or university outside of the United States. If the GRE is required, the admission decision is based on the applicant's performance on the quantitative section of the GRE examination along with the undergraduate grade-point average. A minimum of the 50th percentile on the GRE quantitative is required, but this minimum score does not guarantee admission.

TOEFL Requirement: Required for non English speaking country natives.

Faculty Research and Publications

Areas in which students may conduct thesis or project research are reflected by the research interests and publications of the faculty. These areas include concrete and steel structures, structural mechanics and dynamics, experimental and theoretical stress analysis, elasticity, constitutive modeling, composite materials, stress-wave propagation, ultrasonics, nondestructive evaluation, finite elements, fracture mechanics, soil mechanics, foundations, water resources, hydraulics, transportation and highway engineering, and construction materials.

Current faculty information can be located on the Cleveland State University Faculty Profile page.

Financial Assistance

Graduate teaching and research assistantships and graduate tuition grants are available to qualified students on a competitive basis. Applicants who are seeking an assistantship or tuition grant should so indicate on the Application for Graduate Admission.

Career Information

Graduates of the MS in Civil Engineering program work as project engineers for consulting firms; perform research in government laboratories; conduct analysis, design, and research in industry; and manage public works facilities. Recent graduates are working as a structural designer, a ceramics researcher, and a stress analyst. Job prospects for those with advanced degrees in civil engineering are excellent.

Degree Completion Requirements

In addition to meeting other University requirements, a master's candidate is subject to the following regulations:

1. Completion of the core courses for the selected specialization.
2. A minimum of twenty-four credits of course work is required for students following the thesis option. These students must complete a minimum of six credits of thesis (a maximum of six credits count toward the degree).
3. A non-thesis option also is available, with advisor approval. Students following the non-thesis option must complete a minimum of thirty credit hours for the degree.
4. A maximum of six credit hours of course work may consist of approved 400-level courses taken outside of the department.
5. Course work may include a maximum of nine credits of graduate-level course work taken at other institutions.
6. A maximum of four credits of Special Topics may be used for the master's degree.
7. A maximum of nine credits may be taken outside of the department with advisor approval.

SPECIALIZATIONS

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Each specialization requires the completion of a set of core courses shown below.

ENVIRONMENTAL

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CORE COURSES

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• EVE 534 - Environmental Transport Phenomena
• EVE 570 - Environmental Chemistry
• EVE 572 - Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering
• EVE 671 - Physical and Chemical Principles of Environmental Engineering

STRUCTURES AND FOUNDATIONS

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CORE COURSES

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• CVE 511 - Matrix Methods In Structural Analysis
• CVE 512 - Finite Element Analysis I Or
• MCE 580 - Finite Element Analysis I
• CVE 530 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
• CVE 531 - Advanced Foundations
• Any 500-level CVE Structural Design Course

WATER RESOURCES

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CORE COURSES

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• CVE 561 - Hydrologic Analysis
• CVE 562 - Open Channel Hydraulics
• CVE 563 - Water Resources Engineering
• CVE 564 - Groundwater Hydrology
• EVE 570 - Environmental Chemistry Or
• EVE 572 - Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering

TRANSPORTATION

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CORE COURSES

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• CVE 504 - Civil Engineering Systems Analysis
• CVE 505 - Reliability
• CVE 547 - Highway Engineering
• Any 500-level CVE Transportation Engineering or related course, with advisor approval.

Exit Requirements

Thesis students must submit a thesis to their graduate committee, following the Thesis and Dissertation Format Guidelines, available on the College of Graduate Studies web page:http://www.csuohio.edu/gradcollege/students/thesis/

In order to graduate, each student's thesis must be accepted by the graduate committee and pass an oral defense of the thesis.

Non-thesis students must complete the course requirements.