Civil Engineering Professional Master's Degree

A professional master's degree in civil engineering provides students and practicing professionals graduate-level engineering specialization and technical competence to serve and lead in the multidisciplinary field of civil engineering on large and small projects in design, development, and consulting services for private and government contracts. Our professional master's offers you flexibility to meet different needs of specialization, providing a wide spectrum of courses and the option to finish your master's degree in just one year.

Curriculum Format (30 units-course work only MS)

  • 9 units from Group A -Core electives (from 1 or more areas)
  • 15 units from Group B -Professional specializations (from 2 or more areas)
  • 6 units of open choices in civil engineering, CEAS , management or other classes (Group C)

Course selection advice/recommendations:

  • Group A - Core Electives
  • Group B - Professional Specializations
  • Group C - Open electives

Your curriculum can be designed with courses from more than one emphasis area according to your interest:

Structural Engineering Emphasis:

  • Group A: CVEN 5161 Advanced Mechanics of Materials, CVEN 5525 Matrix Structural Analysis, CVEN 5511 Finite element methods, CVEN 5111 Structural Dynamics
  • Group B: CVEN 5575 Advanced Topics in Steel Design, CVEN 5585 Advanced Topics in Reinforced Concrete Design, CVEN 6595 Earthquake Engineering

Construction Engineering Emphasis:

  • Group A: CVEN 5836 CEM Fundamentals, CVEN 5226 Constr Safety, CVEN 5246 Legal Aspects of Construction,
  • Group B: CVEN 5276 Risk and Decision Analysis, CVEN 5346 Managm. Projects and Org, CVEN 5836 Inf. Asset Mgt. Mgt.

Geotechnical Engineering Emphasis:

  • Group A: CVEN 5708 Advanced soil mechanics, CVEN 5798  Dynamics of soil and structures, CVEN 5788 Computational modeling in Geotechnical Engineering, CVEN5768 Intro to Rock Mechanics
  • Group B: CVEN 5628 Seepage and Slopes, CVEN 5728 Foundation Engineering, CVEN 5818 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Water Resources Engineering Emphasis:

  • Group A: CVEN 5333 Physical Hydrology, CVEN 5353 Groundwater Hydrology, CVEN 5313 Environmental Fluid Mechanics, CVEN 5454 Statistical Methods in Civil Engineering, CVEN 5537 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering
  • Group B: CVEN 5363 Modeling of Hydrological Systems, CVEN 5393 Water Resources Systems and Management, CVEN 5383 Groundwater Modeling, CVEN 5343 Transport and Dispersion in Surface Water, CVEN 5423 Water Resources Engineering