Faculty: Emily Parentela, PhD & Shadi Saadeh ,PhD
The Transportation Engineering area specialization within the MSCE degree program at CSULB requires a minimum of 18 units of approved 500- and 600-level courses and a minimum of 12 units total of approved mathematical analysis and elective courses, as specified below.
Each student's program must satisfy all requirements of the university, college, and department, and must contain the equivalent of ten (10) or more units of design, as determined by the department's graduate coordinator.
During the first two weeks of his/her first semester as a graduate student at CSULB, the student should make an appointment to meet with the graduate coordinator, who will assign him/her to an area advisor.
The 18-unit graduate course requirement shall include at least four (4) from the following courses:
All MSCE degree programs must include one unit of CE 696 (Research Methods) and, for non-thesis students, three units of CE 697 (Directed Studies). Students who elect to take the thesis option must enroll in six units of CE 698 (Thesis).
The six-unit mathematical analysis requirement shall be satisfied by including any two (2) courses from among: CE 500 (Engineering Analysis I), Ce 501 (Engineering Analysis II), CE 508 (Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Civil Engineering), CE 509 (Computational Methods in Civil Engineering), CE 630/730 (Mathematical Modeling in Hydraulic Engineering), CE 640/740 (Mathematical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering). CE 500 and CE 501 cannot be included among the "minimum of 18 units of approved 500- and 600-level courses".
*Note: although every effort is made to keep this Web site up to date, you should also consult the printed catalog for official information and program requirements, which may vary depending on the year you enter(ed) the program.
