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Curriculum

Program Component Courses Credit Hours
Program Core 2 6
Program Courses 4 12
Program Electives 1 1 3
Masters Thesis 2 3 9
Total 10 30

1 Program Elective may be replaced by program course

Core Courses 1
Course Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)
Code
CIV 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3 Graduate Standing
Probability, Decision Theory, and Stochastic
CIV 509 Processes 3 Graduate Standing

Engineering Research Methods and
CIV 514 Communications 3 Graduate Standing
A student must take 2 courses out of the 3 core courses

Program Courses

Course Course Title Credit Hours Prerequisite(s)
Code
CIV 503 Finite Element Analysis 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 515 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 516 Engineering Bridge Design 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 518 Pre-stressed Concrete Design 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 521 Advanced Foundations 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 511 Structural Dynamics I 3 Graduate Standing

CIV 508 Durability, Monitoring and Rehabilitation of 3 Graduate Standing
Concrete Structures
CIV 517 Advanced Steel Design 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 522 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 526 Slopes and Earth Dams 3 Graduate Standing
CIV 531 Urban Transportation Planning 3 Graduate Standing

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