Transportation Engineering Specialization, M.S. Civil Engineering
Faculty: Emily
Parentela, Ph.D.
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:
- CE 503, Selected Topics in Civil Engineering
- CE 504, Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
- CE 520, Seaport Planning and Design
- CE 522, Transportation Planning
- CE 526, Pavement Engineering
- CE 529, Traffic Engineering
- CE 546, Theory and Design of Foundation Structures
- CE 555, Seismic Design II
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".
