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Nov 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Civil Engineering (MS)
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The master’s program is a broad-based curriculum designed to prepare students for advanced positions in the civil engineering industry, consulting and public agencies, as well as for advancing graduate studies. Students can choose a coursework-only option (30 course credits and a final exam), thesis (24 course credits + 6 thesis credits) or project option (28 course credits + 2 project credits) or pursue their degree online through the K-State global campus.
Contact information for graduate program coordinator: Dr. Prathap Parameswaran, prathapp@ksu.edu.
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Admission Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or other equivalent engineering/technology degree is the minimum requirement. Non-engineering bachelor’s degree may be accepted for admission into the CE Master’s program, provided appropriate deficiency course requirements will be completed prior to completion of the PhD degree.
An undergraduate GPA above 3.0 (or an equivalent scale for accredited international programs) is required. Completion of the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) is a requirement, with a preferred score of 80th percentile in the Quantitative section and can be waived for domestic applicants from K-State or those with an undergraduate degree from an ABET accredited institution. For international applicants, the minimum English language proficiency test requirements from the K-State graduate school should be met, more information can be found here: https://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/application-process/.
Graduation Requirements
Thesis Requirements:
A master’s thesis presents the results of an original investigation of a problem or topic approved by the candidate’s supervisory committee. Its purpose is to demonstrate the candidate’s ability to conduct original research of a type appropriate to the academic discipline, to analyze the information obtained from the research, and to present the results in a form acceptable to the supervisory committee.
Report Requirements:
A master’s report is generally shorter than a thesis, and it may present the results of a more limited original investigation. Alternatively, it may review the state of a particular scholarly or scientific problem, or especially in the case of professional programs or applied disciplines it may describe a project appropriate to the discipline.
Students who pursue a report or thesis option should follow the guidelines from the K-State graduate school and comply with the deadlines for the respective semester when the student intends to graduate.
Course Requirements
- Of the 30 credit hours required for the master’s POS, at least 18 hours should be at the 700 level and above, including the thesis/research and the report/problems hours required by the thesis and report options.
- No 500-level course taken in the student’s major field of study, e.g., department, may appear in the program of study.
- Normally no more than 6 credit hours may be at the 500 level from relevant courses offered by any other college or department. No more than 3 hours in problems or other individualized courses may be applied to the master’s degree.
The following is a list of recommended courses for each of the four specialization areas within the graduate Civil Engineering program.
Specialization area: Environmental Engineering
Required Courses
At least 9 credit hours required from this list.
Additional Courses
At least 6 credit hours required from this list.
Elective Courses
Student may choose from a list of approved electives offered by the Civil Engineering graduate program or other departments, in consultation with the student’s supervisory committee.
Specialization area: Geotechnical Engineering
Required Courses
At least 9 credit hours required from this list.
Additional Courses
At least 9 credit hours required form this list.
Elective Courses
Student may choose from a list of approved electives offered by the Civil Engineering graduate program or other departments, in consultation with the student’s supervisory committee.
Specialization area: Structural Engineering
Required Courses
At least 9 credit hours required from this list.
Additional Courses
At least 12 credit hours required from this list.
Elective Courses
Student may choose from a list of approved electives offered by the Civil Engineering graduate program or other departments, in consultation with the student’s supervisory committee.
Specialization area: Transportation Engineering
Required Courses
All options.
Option Electives
Students should choose at least one course from each of the following areas, or 9-12 hours in one option area.
Elective Courses
Student may choose from a list of approved electives offered by the Civil Engineering graduate program or other departments, in consultation with the students’ supervisory committee.
Specialization area: Water Resources Engineering
Required Courses
At least 9 credit hours required from this list.
Additional Courses
At least 6 credit hours required from this list.
Elective Courses
Student may choose from a list of approved electives offered by the Civil Engineering graduate program or other departments, in consultation with the students’ supervisory committee.
Total Hours Required for Master’s: 30
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