Civil Engineering with Concentration in Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Engineering, MSCivE (Boston)

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Core Requirements

• CIVE 7301 — Advanced Soil Mechanics
• CIVE 7302 — Advanced Foundation Engineering

Coursework Option

24 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 24 semester hours from the electives list below.

Project Option

From the catalog

Complete 20 semester hours from the electives list below.

• CIVE 7945 — Master’s Project

Thesis Option

From the catalog

Complete 16 semester hours from the electives list below.

In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

• CIVE 7945 — Master’s Project
• CIVE 7990 — Thesis

Optional Co-op Experience

From the catalog

Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):

• ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
• One of:
  • ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Electives List

• One of:
  • CIVE 5271 — Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
  • CIVE 5524 — Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring
  • CIVE 5536 — Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design
  • CIVE 7230 — Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering
  • CIVE 7240 — Construction Equipment and Modeling
  • CIVE 7250 — Environmental Chemistry
  • CIVE 7251 — Environmental Biological Processes
  • CIVE 7260 — Hydrologic Modeling
  • CIVE 7311 — Soil and Foundation Dynamics
  • CIVE 7312 — Earthquake Engineering
  • CIVE 7313 — Ground Improvement
  • CIVE 7330 — Advanced Structural Analysis
  • CIVE 7331 — Structural Dynamics
  • IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
  • IE 7290 — Reliability Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • ME 5657 — Finite Element Method 1

GPA requirements

• 32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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