POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
detailed written evaluation by the course
instructor. All transfer requests must be
accompanied by an official transcript
from the transferring institution.
Applications for transfer credits are
accepted only after the student has earned
12 units at Polytechnic.
Validation credits by examination may
not be used toward any civil engineering
graduate degree program.
GRADUATE MANUAL
The Department of Civil Engineering
publishes an annual Graduate Student
Manual. As changes in curricula sometimes
occur more frequently than the catalog
is printed, students should consult
the manual each year to be informed of
the most recent changes.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
All students must complete the following
three core requirements:
Students must complete at least four of the following
six core courses (12 units):
CE 602 Materials Engineering 3 units
CE 607 Instrumentation, Monitoring,
and Condition Assessment of
Civil Infrastructure
3 units
CE 767 Environmental Impact
Assessment
3 units
CE 784 Introduction to Urban
Systems Eng
3 units
CE 825 Project Management for
Construction
3 units
CE 828 Risk Analysis 3 units
Students must complete either a Master’s Project
or Master’s Thesis (3 or 6 units):
CE 996 Project for the MS in
Civil Engineering
3 units
or
CE 997 Thesis for the MS in
Civil Engineering
6 units
Students must complete at least four
courses in their area of concentration, or,
if selecting a general program, a minimum
of at least two courses in three
areas of concentration (12 or 18 units).
Note that areas of concentration may
involve some courses that are required
within the concentration.
Depending upon the choice of a project
or thesis and the choice of a single or
multiple areas of concentration, the student
may have up an additional 9 units of
course work to complete the 36 units
required for a degree. These are technical
electives. One technical elective (3 units)
may be selected outside the civil engineering
department from a related technical
discipline, such as mathematics, computer
science, etc. Remaining electives
must be selected from the courses given
by the Department of Civil Engineering.
Table 3 summarizes these requirements.
TABLE 3: MS IN CIVIL
ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS
Students Selecting a Single Area
of Concentration Core Courses 12 units (min.)
Project or Thesis:
3 or 6 units
Courses Within Concentration: 12 units (min.)
Technical Electives:
6 or 9 units
Students Selecting a General
Program Core Courses:
12 units (min.)
Project or Thesis:
3 or 6 units
Courses in 3 Concentration Areas: 18 units (min.)
Technical Elective
0 or 3 units
36 units required for MS degree.
Tables 4 through 9 show the courses and
requirements for each of the areas of
concentration. For students following a
general program, requirements within
concentrations do not apply; such students
must, however, satisfy all course
pre-requisites. All courses in Tables 4
through 9 are 3 units.
TABLE 4: STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING CONCENTRATION
Required for concentration:
CE 601 Theory of Structural Analysis
CE 616 Finite Element Analysis
Select at least two from:
CE 603/4 Selected Topics in Structural
Engineering I, II
CE 606 Bridge Engineering
CE 613 Stability of Structures
CE 614 Steel Structures
CE 618 Concrete Structures
CE 619 Earthquake and Wind Eng.
TABLE 5: GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING CONCENTRATION
Required for concentration:
CE 842 Foundations and Ground Improvement
CE 866 Advanced Foundation Design
Select at least three from:
CE 840 Geotechnics and Geomaterials
CE 843 Urban Geotechnology
CE 849 Environmental Geotechnics
CE 860 Selected Topics in
Geotechnical Engineering
CE 867 Excavation Support Systems
TABLE 6: ENVIRONMENTAL/
WATER RESOURCE
ENGINEERING CONCENTRATION
Required for concentration:
CE 723
CE 737
Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution
Environmental Chemistry and
Microbiology I
Select at least two from:
CE 735 Special Topics in Water Resource and
Hydraulic Engineering
CE 739 Environmental Chemistry and
Microbiology II
CE 742 Water and Wastewater Treatment I
CE 743
CE 745
CE 747
CE 753
Water and Wastewater Treatment II
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Laboratory
Analysis of Stream and Estuary
Pollution
Hazardous/Toxic Waste Management
TABLE 7: HIGHWAY AND
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
CONCENTRATION
Required for concentration:
TR 681 Traffic Studies and Characteristics
TR 683 Intersections: Design and Control
Select at least two from:
TR 605 Travel Demand Forecasting
TR 607 Urban Transportation Planning
and Congestion Management
TR 609 Transportation Economics and Finance
TR 682 Freeways and Rural Highways
TR 684 Arterials and Networks
TR 852 Public Transportation Systems
and Operations
TR 810 Introduction to Intelligent
Transportation Systems
TABLE 8: CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT AND
ENGINEERING CONCENTRATION*
Select at least 4 from:
CE 826 Construction Cost Esimating
CE 827 Contracts and Specifications:
CE 829 Construction Operation Analysis
CE 830 Information Systems in Project
Management
CE 831 Engineering for Construction I
CE 832 Engineering for Construction II
Any course in the EXEC 21 Construction
Management certificate program. (See Construction
Management section of this catalog.)
TABLE 9: URBAN SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING AND
MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION**
Required for Option:
CE 781 Infrastructure Planning, Engineering,
and Economics
CE 785 Concepts and Implementation of
Infrastructure Management Systems
Select at least 2 from:
CE 775 Environmental Systems Management
CE 786 Infrastructure Monitoring and
Performance Assessment
CE 871 Construction and the Law
CE 873 Infrastructure Financing: the Art of
The Deal
TR 810 Introduction to Intelligent Transportation
Systems
Footnotes for Tables 4 - 9:
* Students in the Construction Management concentration
must select CE 825 (Project
Management for Construction) and CE 828 (Risk
Analysis) among their core courses.
** Students in the Urban Systems Engineering and
Management concentration must select CE 784
(Introduction to Urban Systems Engineering) and
CE 607 (Instrumentation, Monitoring, and
Condition Assessment of Civil Infrastructure)
among their core courses.
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