Civil Engineering with Concentration in Transportation, MSCivE (Boston)

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Core Requirements

• CIVE 5373 — Transportation Systems: Analysis and Planning
• CIVE 5376 — Traffic Engineering and Sustainable Urban Street Design
• IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics

Coursework Option

20 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.

Complete 8 semester hours from the other electives list below.

Report Option

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.

Complete 8 semester hours from the other electives list below.

• CIVE 7945 — Master’s Project

Thesis Option

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the restricted electives list below.

Complete 4 semester hours from the other 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 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad
  • ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time

Restricted Electives List

• One of:
  • CIVE 6566 — Sustainable Urban Transportation: Netherlands
  • CIVE 7150 — Data-Driven Decision Support for Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • CIVE 7151 — Urban Informatics and Processing
  • CIVE 7380 — Performance Models and Simulation of Transportation Networks
  • CIVE 7381 — Transportation Demand Forecasting and Model Estimation
  • CIVE 7382 — Advanced Traffic Control and Simulation
  • CIVE 7385 — Public Transportation
  • CIVE 7387 — Design Aspects of Roadway Safety
  • IE 7215 — Simulation Analysis
  • IE 7280 — Statistical Methods in Engineering

Other Electives List

From the catalog

Any restricted elective not used to meet the restricted elective requirement can be used as another elective. Courses outside this list may be taken as electives with advisor approval.

• One of:
  • DAMG 6210 — Data Management and Database Design
  • IE 7275 — Machine Learning and Data Analytics
  • IE 7290 — Reliability Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • MATH 7343 — Applied Statistics
  • OR 6205 — Deterministic Operations Research
  • OR 7230 — Probabilistic Operation Research
  • OR 7245 — Network Analysis and Advanced Optimization
  • PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy

GPA requirements

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

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