Courses and Focal Areas

The Department offers the following areas within Civil & Environmental Engineering where students can focus their study:

Structures / Foundations / Construction
Environmental
Transportation (Under development)

Below is a list of Courses that are recommended and possible for someone interested in each of these areas:

	Structures, Foundations	Construction	Environment	Transportation, Planning, Supply Chain
Fall	Recommended
	AR559 Arch. & Construction Law (yr) ME534 Finite Element Methods II	AR559 Arch. & Construction Law (yr) (CE532 Cost Estimating (bi), CE539 Design Build (bi))	(CE578 Physical Chemical Unit Operations (bi) CE580 Biological Unit Operations (bi))	E525 Fuel Cells and alternative Fuel Transportation CE571 Special Topics: Transportation
	Also Consider
	E502 Design of Experiments (yr) E520 Optimization for Engineering Probs. (yr) E530 Adv. Engineering Math (yr)	Check for EM courses below.	E502 Design of Experiments (yr) E530 Adv. Engineering Math (yr)	Check for MCD courses below. E502 Design of Experiments (yr) E520 Optimization for Engineering Probs. (yr) E530 Adv. Engineering Math (yr)
Winter	Recommended
	AR503 Masonry (yr) E442 Finite Elements I (yr) CE563 Risk Analysis (bi) CE574 Advanced Pavement Design (bi)	AR503 Masonry (yr) CE563 Risk Analysis (bi) CE574 Advanced Pavement Design (bi)	CE553 Hydraulics / Hydrology(yr) CE450 Water / Waste Water (yr) CE451 W/WW Lab (1 credit)* CE584 Environmental Chemistry & Design CE486 Environmental Microbiology & Design CE563 Risk Analysis (bi) CE582 Hazardous Waste(ir) CE588 Solid Waste(ir)	CE510 Transportation Engineering CE574 Advanced Pavement Design (bi) CE563 Risk Analysis (bi) EM502 Engineering Economics
	Also Consider
	E544 Vibrations (bi) CE566 Bridge Design (ir) CE576 Precast Concrete (ir)	CE576 Precast Concrete (ir) Check for EM courses below.		Check for MCD courses below.
Summer	Recommended
	(CE585 Project Management (bi) CE530 Forensic Engineering(bi)) (CE478 Foundation Engineering (bi) CE589 Retention Systems (bi)) CE592 Capstone Design (yr)	(CE585 Project Management (bi) CE530 Forensic Engineering(bi)) CE592 Capstone Design (yr)	CE590 Municipal Engineering (ir) CE591 Geographic Information Systems (ir) CE599 Thesis (6 credits) (yr)	BTM565 Supply Chain Management for business turnaround (yr) CE591 Geographic Information Systems (ir) CE592 Capstone Design (yr) CE599 Thesis (6 credits) (yr)
	Also Consider
	CE599 Thesis (6 credits)	Check for EM courses below. (CE478 Foundation Engineering (bi) CE589 Retention Systems (bi)) CE599 Thesis (6 credits) (yr)	CE585 Project Management (bi) CE592 Capstone Design (yr)	CE585 Project Management (bi) CE590 Municipal Engineering (ir) Check for MCD courses below.
Irregularly	AR505 Building Codes CE476 Advanced Concrete Design (ir) CE474 Advanced Steel Design (ir) CE571 Special Topics (Timber)(ir) CE440 Structural Dynamics(ir) CE542 Dynamics of Foundations and Soils (ir) CE548 Adv. Soil Mechanics (ir) CE554 Earth Dams (ir) CE558 Soft Ground Tunneling (ir)	AR505 Building Codes CE476 Advanced Concrete Design (ir) CE474 Advanced Steel Design (ir) CE571 Special Topics (Timber)(ir) EM501 Engineering Management EM502 Engineering Economics EM503 Engineering Accounting EM504 Engineering Administration EM570 Systems Architecture and Engineering EM576 Engineering Project Management MBA526 Management of Information Systems EM540 Manufacturing, Processes, Strategy and Logistics EM545 Total Quality Management E506 Global Engineering Management and Leadership	CHM502 Chemical Information & Safety (1 credit) CHM538 Recent Advances in Chemistry CHM601 Special Topics in Chemistry *Student completing both 1 credit course can take a 1 credit independent study (CE592) to round out credit hours. Note: Students double majoring in Law may use up to six credits of Environmental related coursework count towards their Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering.	AR537 Public Policy MCD502 Introduction to Economic Development MCD514 Regional Development + Sustainability (2 credits) AR518/528 Urban Design Issues MPD540 Finance and Managerial Accounting MPD535 Organizational Processes Note: Students double majoring in Law may use up to six credits of Planning related coursework count towards their Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering.

Yr = yearly
Bi = every other year
Ir = Irregularly

Usually students take either the CE592 Capstone Design course, or the CE599 Master's Thesis. However, it is possible to take both. The Capstone Design course is customized to a project that either the student or faculty member have an interest in. It is a single term-long project. The Master's Thesis is six credits. A Master's Thesis is more highly recommended for a student considering doctoral studies. In order to register for the Thesis, the student must get to know the research projects that the faculty are working on, and offer to contribute to them, or the student may propose their own unique research concept.

UDM has a unique graduate-level cooperative education program. Our graduate students are placed in engineering firms and earn money for tuition and living expenses. All International students may participate in this program even if they only have a student visa, because it is a required course.

Master of Engineering Manaagement students may take any 500-level CE course for the MEM "technology" requirement.

Courses and Focal Areas

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