Civil and Environmental Engineering - Construction Management Area, MSCE

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

All M.S. students enter the professional MS program. Students interested in the thesis option should meet with program faculty to explore project options and can transition to the thesis option if they find a thesis advisor and project.

The detailed course requirements for these two degree options are as follows:

Professional MS Degree Requirements

a) 3 credits - CEE 2201 - CONSTRUCTION COST ENGINEERING  or Equivalent

b) 3 credits - CEE 2202 - CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING  or Equivalent

c) 3 credits - CEE 2203 - CONSTRCT METHODS AND EQUIPMENT  or Equivalent

d) 3 credits - CEE 2204 - CONSTRUCTION LAW AND RISK MGMNT  or Equivalent

e) 3 credits - CEE 2205 - CONSTRCT FINANCE & COST CONTROL  or Equivalent

f) 3 credits - CEE 2206 - CONSTRCT & COST OF ELEC SUPPLY  - OR - CEE 2207 - CONSTRCT & COST OF MECHL SYSTEMS  or Equivalent

g) 12 credits - Graduate Technical Electives

Notes: 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 toward the degree program coursework requirements.

MS Thesis Degree Requirements

a) 3 credits - CEE 2201 - CONSTRUCTION COST ENGINEERING  or Equivalent

b) 3 credits - CEE 2202 - CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING  or Equivalent

c) 3 credits - CEE 2203 - CONSTRCT METHODS AND EQUIPMENT  or Equivalent

d) 3 credits - CEE 2204 - CONSTRUCTION LAW AND RISK MGMNT  or Equivalent

e) 3 credits - CEE 2205 - CONSTRCT FINANCE & COST CONTROL  or Equivalent

f) 3 credits - CEE 2206 - CONSTRCT & COST OF ELEC SUPPLY  - OR - CEE 2207 - CONSTRCT & COST OF MECHL SYSTEMS  or Equivalent

g) 6 credits - Graduate Technical Electives

Notes: 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 toward the degree program coursework requirements. 

g) 6 credits - CEE 2999 - M.S. THESIS  

Thesis Defense

The examination will be administered by the master’s committee in accordance with the Regulations Governing Graduate Studies (RGGS) and the Swanson School of Engineering (SSOE) Graduate Catalog.