Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Program Overview
Civil Engineering - Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Online)
The Master of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering (M.E. in C E) (Online Program) is a coursework-only degree that requires a total of 30-31 credit hours. The program consists of one general elective course (3 credit hours), seven technical electives in Civil, Environmental, and/or Agricultural Engineering (21-22 credit hours), and two electives from engineering disciplines outside the department and/or other areas of interest outside the college (6 credit hours).
Course List
The following courses are part of the program:
- General elective course (3 credit hours)
- C E 490: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Civil Engineers (3 credit hours)
- C E 510: Introduction to Nondestructive Testing (3 credit hours)
- C E 514: Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 535: Technical Communication for Engineers (3 credit hours)
- CE, ENVE, and A EN elective courses (21-22 credit hours)
- Environmental Engineering
- ENVE 459: Environmental Microbiology (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 487: Air Pollution Control Systems Design (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 550: Aquatic Chemistry (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 551: Unit Processes/Operation of Water Treatment (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 552: Unit Processes/Operation of Wastewater Treatment (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 557: Surface Water Quality Modeling (3 credit hours)
- Geotechnical Engineering
- C E 470: Design of Municipal and Hazardous Waste Landfills (3 credit hours)
- C E 479: Pavement Analysis and Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 507: Design of Earth Retaining Structures (3 credit hours)
- C E 508: Advanced Soil Behavior (3 credit hours)
- C E 509: Deep Foundations (3 credit hours)
- C E 579: Ground Improvement (3 credit hours)
- C E 585: Slope Stability Analysis and Design (3 credit hours)
- Structural Engineering
- C E 501: Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3 credit hours)
- C E 502: Advanced Mechanics of Steel Structures (3 credit hours)
- C E 515: Finite Element Methods (3 credit hours)
- C E 544: Advanced Design of Steel Structures (3 credit hours)
- C E 545: Advanced Concrete Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 554: Wood Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 555: Masonry Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 547: Bridge Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 571: Structural Dynamics (3 credit hours)
- Water Resources and Agricultural Engineering
- C E 452: Geohydrology (4 credit hours)
- C E 483: Surface Water Hydrology (3 credit hours)
- C E 531: Open Channel Hydraulics (3 credit hours)
- C E 557: Water Resources Development (3 credit hours)
- C E 581: Ground Water Hydrology (3 credit hours)
- C E 582: Statistical Hydrology (3 credit hours)
- A EN 459: Groundwater, Wells & Pumps (3 credit hours)
- A EN 478: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (3 credit hours)
- Transportation and Construction
- C E 471: Transportation Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 477: Engineering Economics and Construction Management (3 credit hours)
- Environmental Engineering
- MECE elective courses (6 credit hours)
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- CHME 479: Corrosion and Degradation of Materials (3 credit hours)
- CHME 567: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credit hours)
- Engineering Technology
- E T 455: Cost Estimating and Scheduling (3 credit hours)
- E T 472: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (3 credit hours)
- E T 480: Innovation and Product Development (3 credit hours)
- SUR 451: Spatial Data Adjustment II (3 credit hours)
- SUR 452: Surveying Practicum (3 credit hours)
- SUR 461: GNSS Positioning (3 credit hours)
- SUR 464: Legal Principles and Boundary Law II (3 credit hours)
- SUR 485: Emerging Techniques in Geospatial Technologies (3 credit hours)
- Industrial Engineering
- I E 459: Systems Thinking and Decision Making (3 credit hours)
- I E 515: Stochastic Processes Modeling (3 credit hours)
- I E 523: Advanced Engineering Economy (3 credit hours)
- I E 533: Linear Programming (3 credit hours)
- I E 534: Nonlinear Programming (3 credit hours)
- I E 535: Discrete Optimization (3 credit hours)
- I E 537: Large Scale Systems Engineering (3 credit hours)
- I E 561: Advanced Safety Engineering (3 credit hours)
- I E 563: Topics in Engineering Administration (3 credit hours)
- Mechanical Engineering
- M E 456: Experimental Modal Analysis (3 credit hours)
- M E 502: Elasticity I (3 credit hours)
- M E 504: Continuum Mechanics (3 credit hours)
- M E 530: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (3 credit hours)
- M E 533: Numerical Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (3 credit hours)
- M E 557: Engineering Failure Analysis (3 credit hours)
- M E 570: Engineering Analysis I (3 credit hours)
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
MAP Requirements
The Master's Accelerated Program (MAP) allows academically qualified undergraduate students to begin working on a master's degree during their junior and senior years while completing a bachelor's degree. The requirements for the MAP program are as follows:
- The Graduate School allows qualified junior or senior students to substitute graduate courses for required or elective courses in an undergraduate degree program and then subsequently count those same courses as fulfilling graduate requirements in a related graduate program.
- Undergraduate students may apply for acceptance to the accelerated master's program after completing 60 semester hours of undergraduate coursework, of which a minimum of 25 semester credit hours must be completed at NMSU.
- The grade point average must be at a minimum of 2.75.
- Students must receive a grade of B or higher in this coursework to be counted for graduate credit. If a grade of B- or lower is earned, it will not count toward the graduate degree.
Accepted MAP Courses
The following courses are accepted for use in the MAP program:
- For students completing their BSCE degrees under the Geotechnical option:
- C E 457: Foundation Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 470: Design of Municipal and Hazardous Waste Landfills (3 credit hours)
- C E 471: Transportation Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 477: Engineering Economics and Construction Management (3 credit hours)
- C E 479: Pavement Analysis and Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 485: Design of Earth Dams (3 credit hours)
- C E 507: Design of Earth Retaining Structures (3 credit hours)
- C E 508: Advanced Soil Behavior (3 credit hours)
- For students completing their BSCE degrees under the Structural option:
- C E 457: Foundation Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 469: Structural Systems (3 credit hours)
- C E 471: Transportation Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 477: Engineering Economics and Construction Management (3 credit hours)
- C E 501: Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3 credit hours)
- C E 510: Introduction to Nondestructive Testing (3 credit hours)
- C E 554: Wood Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 555: Masonry Design (3 credit hours)
- For students completing their BSCE degrees under the Environmental option:
- C E 457: Foundation Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 470: Design of Municipal and Hazardous Waste Landfills (3 credit hours)
- C E 477: Engineering Economics and Construction Management (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 456: Environmental Engineering Design (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 459: Environmental Microbiology (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 487: Air Pollution Control Systems Design (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 550: Aquatic Chemistry (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 551: Unit Processes/Operation of Water Treatment (3 credit hours)
- ENVE 552: Unit Processes/Operation of Wastewater Treatment (3 credit hours)
- For students completing their BSCE degrees under the Water Resources option:
- A EN 459: Groundwater, Wells & Pumps (3 credit hours)
- A EN 478: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (3 credit hours)
- C E 452: Geohydrology (3-4 credit hours)
- C E 457: Foundation Design (3 credit hours)
- C E 477: Engineering Economics and Construction Management (3 credit hours)
- C E 482: Hydraulic Structures (3 credit hours)
- C E 483: Surface Water Hydrology (3 credit hours)
- C E 531: Open Channel Hydraulics (3 credit hours)
- C E 557: Water Resources Development (3 credit hours)
- For students completing a BS degree in Engineering Technology:
- E T 455: Cost Estimating and Scheduling (3 credit hours)
- E T 459: Construction Technology and Management (3 credit hours)
- E T 472: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (3 credit hours)
- E T 480: Innovation and Product Development (3 credit hours)
- SUR 451: Spatial Data Adjustment II (3 credit hours)
- SUR 452: Surveying Practicum (3 credit hours)
- SUR 461: GNSS Positioning (3 credit hours)
- SUR 464: Legal Principles and Boundary Law II (3 credit hours)
- SUR 485: Emerging Techniques in Geospatial Technologies (3 credit hours)
