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Civil Engineering, with Specializations, MSCE


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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fenn Hall 107
(216) 687-2400
http://www.csuohio.edu/engineering/civil/programs.html

Steve Duffy, Chair
Lutful Khan, Graduate Program Director

Programs of Study

Environmental
Structures and Foundations
Transportation
Water Resources

Introduction

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.

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.

Accelerated Program in Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also offers an Accelerated Program that would enable students to a earn a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Civil Engineering in 5 years. Students are eligible to apply after they have completed sixty credit hours in their undergraduate program, with at least 30 credit hours earned at CSU. Once admitted to the combined program, the student may complete up to 11 credit hours of graduate courses while enrolled in the undergraduate program. These 11 credit-hours count towards both the undergraduate degree and the graduate degree requirements, either as electives or as requirements. For more details, please refer to the department webpage http://www.csuohio.edu/engineering/civil/programs.html Admission Information

Admission to the graduate program in civil engineering is open to qualified students with a baccalaureate degree in engineering or science. A minimum baccalaureate grade-point average of 2.75 typically is required. 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. Additional course work may be required to satisfy deficiencies in the student’s undergraduate preparation.

The GRE General section is required if one or more of the following conditions is true:

  • The undergraduate degree was awarded by a college or university outside of the United States, or by a Canadian institution not accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers.
  • An unaccredited college or university awarded the undergraduate degree.
  • The student’s undergraduate cumulative grade-point average is below 2.75.
  • The year of the baccalaureate degree precedes the date of application to the College of Graduate Studies by more than six years; however, in this case, the examination requirement may be waived, with program approval, if the applicant’s undergraduate grade-point average is 3.0 or above.

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.

All non-native English speakers must demonstrate proof of English-language proficiency. Any individual who has earned a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from a U.S. institution, where the primary language of instruction is English, is not required to take an English-language proficiency examination. International students who want to be considered for teaching assistantships are advised to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE).

Apply Now: http://www.csuohio.edu/gradcollege/admissions/apply.html

Degree 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


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

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.

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