Requirements
Professional Option: 30 course credits (e.g., ten, 3-credit lecture courses) minimum
Thesis Option: 24 course credits (e.g., eight, 3-credit course equivalents) minimum and 6 thesis research (CEE 2999 ) credits
Students pursing the thesis option must complete novel research that is composed in a written dissertation and presented to their faculty committee during a thesis defense. Their committee will consist of their primary research advisor and at least two faculty members from the student’s program area within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
The professional option is not available to students supported as graduate research or teaching assistants. Students supported as graduate research assistants and all students intending to continue for a PhD degree are required to pursue the thesis option.
The detailed course requirements for these two degree options are as follows:
Professional MS Degree Requirements
a) 3 credits - CEE 2500 - ENVRNMNTL ENGRG MICROBIOL or Equivalent
b) 3 credits - CEE 2501 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY or Equivalent
c) 3 credits - CEE 2502 - PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING or Equivalent
d) 3 credits - CEE 3501 - ENVRNMTL ENGRG PROCESSES 1 or Equivalent
e) 3 credits - CEE 3502 - ENVRNMTL ENGRG PROCESSES 2 or Equivalent
f) 15 credits - Graduate Technical Electives
Graduate Technical Electives may include any advisor-approved program-related graduate course (i.e., course numbers 2XXX or 3XXX), including guided special investigations (CEE 2996 ). No more than six credits of CEE 2996 may count towards the degree program coursework requirements.
MS Thesis Degree Requirements
a) 3 credits - CEE 2500 - ENVRNMNTL ENGRG MICROBIOL or Equivalent
b) 3 credits - CEE 2501 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY or Equivalent
c) 3 credits - CEE 2502 - PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING or Equivalent
d) 3 credits - CEE 3501 - ENVRNMTL ENGRG PROCESSES 1 or Equivalent
e) 3 credits - CEE 3502 - ENVRNMTL ENGRG PROCESSES 2 or Equivalent
f) 9 credits - Graduate Technical Electives
Graduate Technical Electives may include any advisor-approved program-related graduate course (i.e., course numbers 2XXX or 3XXX), including guided special investigations (CEE 2996 ). No more than six credits of CEE 2996 may count towards the degree program coursework requirements.
g) 6 credits - CEE 2999 - M.S. THESIS
Thesis Defense
Students pursuing the MS Thesis Option must pass an oral presentation and defense of their completed thesis, administered by the student’s thesis committee. The committee shall be comprised of 3 or more members (including the student’s graduate advisor). The chair of the committee and at least one other committee member must be appointed to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate Faculty.
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