Admission Requirements
The requirements for admission to the Graduate School are detailed in an earlier section of this catalog. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also embraces the requirements of the College of Engineering, summarized as follows:
 
1. An applicant must have earned a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and have a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or at least 3.0 for the last 60 hours completed.
2. Applicants who are not graduates of ABET-accredited institutions must have Graduate Record Examination general test scores of 1000 or higher, and grade point averages of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.


 
Degree Requirements

Master of Science degree requirements. It is expected that master's students will pursue the Plan I (thesis) option. The Plan II (nonthesis) option may be pursued only with approval of the faculty of the department. Students wishing to pursue the Plan II option must formally petition the department faculty to be considered for approval and must present substantial reasons for seeking this variance.
The graduate student's supervisory committee will specify any remedial or preparatory work beyond that required by the Graduate School, as soon as practicable after its appointment.
 
Doctor of Philosophy degree requirements. Of the required 24 semester hours in the major field of civil engineering, at least 18 hours must be in courses primarily designated for graduate students (numbered 500 or above). In addition, at least 6 of the 12 semester hours required for each of the two minors (one of which shall be in the College of Engineering ) must also be in courses designed primarily for graduate students.
The graduate student's supervisory committee will specify any remedial or preparatory work beyond that required by the Graduate School, as soon as practicable after its appointment.

Course Descriptions
Graduate students may, with permission, receive credit for six hours of 400-level credit. Graduate students may, with approval (petition), meet prerequisites with a combination of related coursework and experience.

CE 511 Advanced Rock Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: AEM 250.
Advanced levels of theories of rock failure, ground movement, stability analysis, and the design of underground openings; rock testing methods.

CE 515 Advanced Engineering Economics. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: IE 203 or CE 366; and GES 255 or GES 400 or 500
Not open to students with credit for CE 415. Capital budgeting decision making under risk and uncertainty, utility theory, cost estimation, and design of financial control through management simulation.

CE 516 Advanced Information Systems Design. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 414 or equivalent.
Not open to students with credit for CE 416. Current concepts in information systems architecture and applications, including decision support systems and expert systems. Emphasis placed on expanded use of systems design methodology.

CE 517 Advanced Project Management. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: IE 203 or CE 366; and GES 255
Not open to students who have credit for CE 417. This is an engineering management course designed to introduce students to the functions of project engineers and managers. It details the processes of planning and controlling project scope, time, and cost.

CE 518 Engineering Management. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 366
Not open to students who have credit for CE 418. An introduction to management principles, and the management functions of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling. Management of engineers in research, design, manufacturing/construction, and quality will be studied.

CE 519 Subsurface Remediation. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 320 or permission of the instructor.
Corequisite: CE 340.
Science fundamentals, site constraints, and available technologies are incorporated into a process engineering approach to addressing contaminated soils and groundwater.

CE 522 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 320 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.
Engineering design and regulatory requirements for the collection, storage, recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid wastes.

CE 525 Air Pollution. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: AEM 311 or CHE 304.
Introduction to the source, characteristics, and effects of air pollution and to air pollution control technology and design.

CE 526 Physical/Chemical Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and course in differential equations; or permission of the instructor.
Discussion of fundamentals of physical/chemical processes, as they relate to environmental quality and water and wastewater treatment. Reactor principle, chemical processes, and particle removal process will be discussed from fundamental theory.

CE 529 Unit Operations in Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: CE 320 and CE 424.
Advanced examination of tertiary, physical, and chemical unit operations used in water and wastewater systems.

CE 532 Advanced Structural Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 331.
Introduction to the matrix-displacement method of analysis for framed structures, including computer implementation of analysis. An introduction to finite-element analysis is also included.

CE 536 Wood Structural Design. (3-0) Three hours.
Corequisite: CE 331.
Modern timber engineering: design of beams, columns, trusses, and floor systems.

CE 537 Reinforced Concrete Structures II. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 433.
Design of reinforced concrete building components including two-way slabs, slender columns, prestressed beams, slap-on-grade, and retaining walls.

CE 538 Structural Steel Design II. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 434.
Basic and elementary design procedures for steel structures such as plate girders, mill buildings, multistory buildings, highway bridges, and light-gauge steel structures.

CE 542 Waste Containment Facilities. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 340 or permission of instructor.
Introduction to the fundamentals of soil behavior as they relate to environmental engineering. Topics include soil behavior, soil compaction, conduction phenomena, geosynthetics, and aspects of landfill design.

CE 544 Foundation Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 340.
Analysis and design of soil foundation systems.

CE 551 Geometric Design of Roadways. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
Application of the principles of geometric design: alignment, vertical control, drainage, traffic control, interchanges, and intersections. Design projects will be prepared to illustrate standard techniques.

CE 552 Traffic Safety and Security. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
Introduction to transportation safety and security issues. Site/situation identification techniques, risk assessment, countermeasure analysis, cost effectiveness, construction, and evaluation.

CE 553 Intelligent Transportation Systems--ITS. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
Introduction to intelligent transportation systems including traffic management, institutional and planning issues; system architecture, and system design/construction/operation.

CE 554 Urban Transportation Planning. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
An introduction to the planning process, software associated with transportation modeling, and conducting transportation planning and traffic impact studies.

CE 557 Pavement Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 340.
The thickness design of base, subbase, asphalt, and concrete layers for highway pavements, including both design and construction aspects.

CE 558 Traffic Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
Vehicle operating characteristics, traffic flow, geometric design of road and intersections, and methods of traffic control.

CE 559 Pavement Rehabilitation. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
This course covers two areas concerning care of existing highway asphalt and concrete pavements. Major maintenance includes overlay design, additional drainage, recycling, and slab repair. Routine maintenance includes distress surveys, pothole repair, and crack and joint sealing.

CE 564 Safety Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: GES 255 or equivalent.
Not open to students with credit for CE 464. An exposure to safety engineering and accident prevention including state and federal laws related to general and construction projects. Topics include accident theories, safety regulations, Construction Safety Act, hazards and their control, human behavior and safety, and safety management.

CE 565 Advanced Blasting Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 340 or CE 411 or AEM 250.
Behavior of rock under dynamic loads intended to fragment or penetrate; theories of drilling, blasting, and communication; and application of theory.

CE 570 Open Channel Flow. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 378.
Basic concepts of fluid flow, energy and momentum principles, flow resistance in nonuniform sections, channel controls and transitions, and nonuniform flow computations.

CE 573 Statistical Applications in Civil Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: MATH 238.
Applications of statistical and probabilistic methodologies for analysis and solution of practical civil engineering problems, including frequency and risk analysis, analyses of experimental data, and systems simulation and optimization.

CE 575 Hydrology. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 378.
Hydrologic cycle, rainfall-runoff relations, unit hydrograph, statistical hydrology, and hydrologic simulation; includes a class project with application to flood control, water supply, and multipurpose projects.

CE 582 Advanced Geological Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: GEO 101 or permission of instructor.
Engineering properties of rocks and soils, surface and subsurface exploration, ground water, land subsidence, earthquakes, geophysical techniques, and application of geology to civil, mining, and environmental engineering.

CE 591:592 Special Problems. One to three hours.
Prerequisite: Written permission of the instructor.
Independent study. Credit is based on the amount of work undertaken.

CE 598 Research Not Related to Thesis. Variable credit.

CE 599 Master's Thesis Research. One to Twelve hours.

CE 605 Impacts of Homeland Security on America. (1-0) One hour.
Prerequisite: None.
An interdisciplinary seminar that explores the impacts of homeland security on the economy, politics, law, computing infrastructure, transportation, drinking water, the environment, and other fields.

CE 622 Water Quality Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisites: MATH 238 and CE 424.
Introduction to the principles of water-quality engineering and the development and use of water-quality models.

CE 629 Environmental Regulations. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 424.
Study of environmental laws and the regulations that have resulted from those laws.

CE 632 Advanced Structural Analysis II. (2-3) Three hours
Prerequisite: CE 532.
Finite-element methods, three-dimensional structures.

CE 633 Structural Stability. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 331.
Static buckling of structural elements, frames, and trusses.

CE 653 Traffic Planning. (3-0) Three hours.
Prerequisite: CE 350.
The role of transportation and traffic in urban planning; the relationship of traffic facilities to land use, zoning, and planning studies.

CE 691:692 Special Problems (Area). Variable credit.
Advanced work in some area of specialization. Credit awarded is based on the amount of work completed.

CE 698 Research Not Related to Dissertation. Variable credit.

CE 699 Doctoral Dissertation Research. Three to twelve hours.

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