Master of Engineering: Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering  

This degree provides you with a broad, practice-based education.

Degree requirements

To earn this degree, you must complete a total of 30 credit hours:

  • applied mathematics course, in a relevant topic such as numerical methods, linear algebra, or statistical analysis (3 credit hours)
  • engineering management course (3 credit hours)
  • 24 credit hours from:
    • general engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or geology, selected with your committee’s approval (15 credit hours)
    • elective courses (9 credit hours), which can include up to six credit hours in an optional practice-oriented project

Academic catalog

See the academic catalog for full details on this degree, including a course listing.

Admission information

Applicants must select one primary emphasis in:

  • civil engineering
  • electrical engineering
  • environmental engineering
  • mechanical engineering
  • computer science

Prerequisites 

You must have a BS degree in engineering, computer science, or an equivalent with a 3.0 GPA or above in the last 60 hours.  In exceptional circumstances, those with a lower GPA may be accepted under a provisional status.

If you don’t have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in your chosen primary emphasis, you will be required to complete a pre-MSE course of study in the primary emphasis to achieve equivalency.

Prerequisites by emphasis:

Entrance examinations 

You must submit scores for the GRE general examination. If you are an international applicant whose native language is not English, you must also submit TOEFL scores.

Application deadlines 

The application deadlines are:  

  • March 1 for fall semester admission
  • September 15 for spring semester admission

Financial support 

Teaching and research assistantships are available for qualified students.

In addition, President Haeger has agreed that the university will provide full graduate tuition remission for approved graduate assistants for the 2012 school year starting in the fall.