GEOTECHNICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
M.S. Degree in Civil Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering Track
6 credits of Soil Mechanics and Behavior
6 credits of Foundation Engineering
3 credits of Pavement Engineering
9 credits of Electives
6 credits of CE 600 (Research)
30 Creidts Total*
Soil Mechanics and Behavior
CE 512 Soil Mechanics
CE 511 Engineering Characteristics of Soils
Foundation Engineering
CE 513 Advanced Foundation Engineering
CE 544 Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Members
Pavement Engineering
CE 581 Pavement Management and Rehabilitation
CE 582 Pavement Design and Analysis
Suggested Electives
Engineering Mechanics
MNG 431 Rock Mechanics
E MCH 446 Mechanics of Viscoelastic Materials
E MCH 500 Advanced Mechanics of Materials
E MCH 507 Theory of Elasticity and Applications
E MCH 531 Theory of Plasticity and Applications
E MCH 546 Theory of Viscoelasticity and Applications
Modeling
E MCH 560 Finite Element Analysis
A B E 513 Applied Finite Element, Finate Difference, and Boundary Element Methods
Statistics
STAT 500 Applied Statistics
STAT 501 Regression Methods
STAT 511 Regression Analysis and Modeling
Soils and the Environment
SOILS 507 Soil Physics
GEOSC 543 Environmental Geology
GEOSC 513 Soil Environmental Chemistry
MNG 445 Environmental Concerns in Mining Industry
*Students are also expected to participate in the graduate seminar series.
