Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.)
Students are required to complete 30 credits within one of the five specializations. Students complete a set of core courses as well as electives. The M.S. degree program offers a thesis option and very rarely a non-thesis option. Applicants who do not wish to complete a thesis are encouraged to consider the Professional Master of Engineering (ENPM) degree instead: https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/graduate/programs/civil-environmental-engineering-pmce/
THESIS OPTION:
- At least 24 credits of coursework are required beyond the B.S. degree, including a minimum of 18 credits at the 600 level or above.
- In addition, six credits of ENCE799 are required.
NON-THESIS OPTION:
- At least 30 credits of coursework are required beyond the B.S. degree, including a minimum of 24 credits at the 600 level or above.
- In addition, students are required to complete a scholarly paper.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Specialization Requirements (select one) | 30 | |
| 1. Disaster Resilience | ||
Students must complete at least one course listed in the following knowledge areas. All courses must be approved by advisor. | ||
Resilience and Infrastructure Fundamentals | ||
| Introduction to Infrastructure and Resilience | ||
Hazard and Threat Assessment | ||
| Assessment of Natural Hazards for Engineering Applications | ||
| Hydrologic Engineering | ||
ENCE630 | ||
Other courses in the topical area, at the discretion of the advisor | ||
Risk Assessment and Modeling of Systems | ||
| Construction Automation & Robotics | ||
| Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics | ||
| Probabilistic Risk Assessment | ||
Other courses in topical area, at the discretion of the advisor | ||
Data Analysis and Modeling | ||
| Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (688J Data Analysis in the Built Environment) | ||
| Seminar (689X Statistical and Machine Learning Models for Natural Hazards Protection) | ||
Other courses in topical area, at the discretion of the advisor | ||
Contexts for Resilience and Sustainability | ||
| Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (688T Disaster Resilience Seminar) | ||
| 2. Environment and Resources | ||
Students must complete three of the five courses listed below. | ||
| Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems | ||
| Chemistry of Natural Waters | ||
| Microbiological Principles of Environmental Engineering | ||
| Hydrologic Engineering | ||
| Ground Water Hydrology | ||
| 3. Infrastructure Systems | ||
Students must complete at least three courses from the list below. | ||
Design | ||
| Advanced Foundations Systems | ||
| Earth Retaining Structures | ||
| Steel Structures I | ||
| Concrete Structures I | ||
| Bridge Structures | ||
| Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (688W Timber Design) | ||
Analysis | ||
| Slope Stability and Seepage | ||
| Advanced Soil Mechanics | ||
| Fundamentals of Structural Analysis | ||
| Structural Dynamics | ||
Simulation | ||
| Finite Element Methods | ||
ENCE644 | ||
| 4. Project Management | ||
Students must complete all of the courses listed below. | ||
| Project Cost Accounting and Finance | ||
| Introduction to Project Management | ||
| Legal Aspects of Engineering Design and Construction | ||
| Management of Project Teams | ||
| Project Risk Management | ||
| 5. Transportation and Mobility | ||
Students must complete all of the courses listed below. | ||
| Highway Traffic Characteristics and Measurements | ||
| Regional Transportation Planning | ||
| Urban Transportation | ||
| OR Models for Transportation Systems Analysis | ||
| Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (688I Discrete Choice Analysis) | ||