ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Pathway for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering Option


                                    Core Courses
Course NumberCourse NameCredits
Total15
CIVE.5310Advanced Soil Mechanics3
(Select any 5 of the following as core courses, others may be used as electives)
CIVE.5270Geotechnical and Environmental Site Characterization3
CIVE.5280Drilled Deep Foundations3
CIVE.5300Driven Deep Foundations3
Engineering with Geosynthetics3
CIVE.5380Soil Behavior3
CIVE.5390Ground Improvement3
CIVE.5320Theoretical and Numerical Soil Mechanics3
CIVE.5330Advanced Foundation Engineering3
CIVE.5340Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering3
CIVE.5360Soil Engineering 3
CIVE.5370Experimental Soil Mechanics3



Elective Courses (Up to 4 total)
Course NumberCourse NameCredits

Total Required

Total credits required for degree = 30

Total classes required for degree = 10

Updated 8/29/25

12
CIVE.5040Advanced Strength of Materials 3
CIVE.5210Reliability Analysis in Engineering3
CIVE.5460Pavement Design 3Ìý
CIVE.5110Inspection and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure 3
CIVE.5720Marine and Costal Processes3
CIVE.5500Behavior of Structures3
CIVE.5560Finite Element Analysis3
CIVE.5620Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology3
CIVE.5810Engineering Systems Analysis3
CIVE.5750Groundwater Modeling3
CIVE.5760GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering 3
GEOL.5560Applied Geophysics3