Professional Master's Degree in Civil Engineering

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Basic Program of Study

The basic program of study contains a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate-level course work, all taught via IITS, and is designed to attract engineers from ALDOT to pursue a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.

Admission Requirement

• Minimum GPA 2.5
• Received a bachelor’s degree from an engineering accredited program
• 1 year work experience in civil engineering and passed the FE
• Conditional admission may be granted. To continue graduate study, a student admitted conditionally is required to maintain at least a B average in the first 12 semester hours of graduate coursework and to remove any other conditions imposed at the time of initial enrollment.

List of Courses

Transportation Area

• Traffic Flow Theory (CE659)
• Urban Transportation Planning (CE520)
• Advanced Traffic Engineering Design (CE622)
• Pavement Design (CE659)

Structural Area

• Advanced Concrete Design (CE683)
• Bridge Design (CE587)
• Wood Design (CE659)
• Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (CE662)

Environmental Engineering

• Sustainability Design (CE658)
• Environmental Impact Analysis (CE650)
• Advanced Hydrology (CE657)
• Open Channel Hydrology (CE541)
• Groundwater Engineering (CE653)

Required Courses

• Minor:
  • Statistics (ISE690)
  • Design of Experiments (ISE526)
• Research Project:
  • Master’s project (CE697)

Transferred Courses

Transfer courses must be approved by the student’s department and the Graduate Dean.