ENGINEERING

Dr. Bill Pierson, Division Chair (email)

Program Description

The M.S. in Engineering (M.S.E.) program is an interdisciplinary engineering program designed to meet the specific needs of engineers employed in industry, government, and consulting. The program offers a broad core curriculum with opportunities for concentrated study in three areas of emphasis: Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, and Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering. Students wishing to have two areas of emphasis must meet special requirements - see below under Students wishing to have two areas of emphasis.

Admission Requirements

Each applicant for admission to the M. S. in Engineering program must have an undergraduate engineering degree from an ABET-accredited college or university, and must satisfy at least TWO of the following criteria:

• Score at the mean or above on the verbal GRE
• Score at the mean or above on the quantitative GRE
• Score at the mean or above on the analytical GRE
• Have an undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or above
• Have passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (F.E.) exam and/or the Professional Engineer (P.E.) exam

Also, Foreign Nationals must score at the mean or above on the TOEFL, and must have met all other admission criteria prior to registering for the first semester of courses.

To apply to the Marshall University Graduate College, visit the Graduate Admissions website. You can apply online or use a PDF form. Refer to the Graduate Application menu item on the left of the page at that site.

If you are from outside the US, you may find Marshall's International Student Information website a useful resource.

Degree Requirements

Each degree candidate is required to complete at least 30 graduate credit hours, consisting of 9 credit hours of core courses plus 21 additional hours of required courses and electives in the applicable area of emphasis, with a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 for the courses included in the student’s Plan of Study. Each degree-seeking student must have an approved “Plan of Study,” developed with a faculty advisor, that must be filed before the student registers for the 12th credit hour.. Please consult the Academic Regulations portion of the Graduate Catalog for other information.

The Engineering program culminates with the comprehensive graduate project. This project is not the traditional graduate thesis with a research orientation, but rather a real-life, industry-type project in which the student undertakes an assignment that requires synthesis of all of the coursework and its application to a typical problem from a relevant subject area.

Core Courses

All Engineering degree students are required to take the following 9-hour core set of courses:

• EM 660 - Project Management (3 hrs)
• ENGR 610 - Applied Statistics (3 hrs)
• TE 699 - Comprehensive Project (3 hrs)

Additional required courses vary by area of emphasis.

Requirements for Areas of Emphasis

• EM 620 - Management of Technical Human Resources and Organizations (3 hrs)
• EM 668 - Operations Management (3 hrs)
• EM 670 - Seminar in Engineering Management (3 hrs)
• EM 675 - Engineering Economics (or TM equivalent) (3 hrs)
• EM 694 - Engineering Law (3 hrs)
• Two CITE elective courses approved in advance by the student's advisor (6 hrs)

• ENVE 615 - Environmental Chemistry (3 hrs)
• ENVE 681 - Environmental Engineering Design (3 hrs)
• ES 614 - Environmental Risk Assessment (3 hrs)
• ES 660 - Environmental Law I (3 hrs)
• Three CITE elective courses approved in advance by the student's advisor (9 hrs)

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

• CE 612 - Structural Steel Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 614 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 616 - Pre-stressed Concrete Design (3 hrs)
• CE 618 - Bridge Engineering (3 hrs)

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

• CE 634 - Traffic Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 635 - Evaluation of Transportation Systems (3 hrs)
• CE 636 - Transportation Planning (3 hrs)
• CE 637 - Highway Safety Engineering (3 hrs)

In addition to the required courses listed above, students must complete nine hours of elective courses selected from the list below:

• CE 612 - Structural Steel Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 614 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 615 - Finite Element Applications in Civil Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 616 - Pre-stressed Concrete Design (3 hrs)
• CE 618 - Bridge Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 634 - Traffic Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 635 - Evaluation of Transportation Systems (3 hrs)
• CE 636 - Transportation Planning (3 hrs)
• CE 637 - Highway Safety Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 638 - Pavement Design (3 hrs)
• CE 650-652 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 699 - Civil Engineering Research (1-6 hrs)
• EM 694 - Engineering Law (3 hrs)
• ENVE 670 - Hydrology and Drainage Control (3 hrs)
• ES 660 - Environmental Law (3 hrs)
• IS 645 - Geographic Information Systems (3 hrs)

Students Wishing to Have Two Areas of Emphasis

Master of Science in Engineering students who wish to complete two areas of emphasis must complete two comprehensive projects—one for each area of emphasis—and all the required courses for both areas of emphasis, as well as the M.S.E. core courses and needed electives as approved in advance by the student’s advisor.

To complete both the Engineering Management and the Environmental Engineering areas of emphasis, the student must complete the following courses for a total of 42 Degree Semester Hours:

• EM 660 - Project Management (3 hrs)
• TE 699 - Comprehensive Project (3 hrs)
• ENGR 610 - Applied Statistics (3 hrs)
• ENGR 687 - Independent Study (for the second comprehensive project) (3 hrs)
• EM 620 - Management of Technical Human Resources and Organizations (3 hrs)
• EM 668 - Operations Management (3 hrs)
• EM 670 - Seminar in Engineering Management (3 hrs)
• EM 675 - Engineering Economics (or TM equivalent) (3 hrs)
• EM 694 - Engineering Law (3 hrs)
• ENVE 681 - Environmental Engineering Design (3 hrs)
• ENVE 615 - Environmental Chemistry (3 hrs)
• ES 614 - Environmental Risk Assessment (3 hrs)
• ES 660 - Environmental Law I (3 hrs)
• One CITE ENVE or ES elective approved in advance by the advisor (3 hrs)

To complete both the Engineering Management and the Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering areas of emphasis, the student must complete the following courses for a total of 42 Degree Semester Hours:

• ENGR 687 - Independent Study (for the second comprehensive project) (3 hrs)
• ENGR 610 - Applied Statistics (3 hrs)
• TE 699 - Comprehensive Project (3 hrs)
• EM 660 - Project Management (3 hrs)
• EM 620 - Management of Technical Human Resources and Organizations (3 hrs)
• EM 668 - Operations Management (3 hrs)
• EM 670 - Seminar in Engineering Management (3 hrs)
• EM 675 - Engineering Economics (or TM equivalent) (3 hrs)
• EM 694 - Engineering Law (3 hrs)
• Any two of the following (6 hrs):
• CE 612 - Structural Steel Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 614 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 616 - Prestressed Concrete Design (3 hrs)
• CE 618 - Bridge Engineering (3 hrs)
• Any two of the following (6 hrs):
• CE 634 - Traffic Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 635 - Evaluation of Transportation Systems (3 hrs)
• CE 636 - Transportation Planning (3 hrs)
• CE 637 - Highway Safety Engineering (3 hrs)
• One CITE CE or other related elective approved in advance by the advisor

To complete both the Environmental Engineering and the Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering areas of emphasis, the student must complete the following courses for a total of 42 Degree Semester Hours:

• EM 660 - Project Management (3 hrs)
• TE 699 - Comprehensive Project (3 hrs)
• ENGR 610 - Applied Statistics (3 hrs)
• ENGR 687 - Independent Study (for the second comprehensive project) (3 hrs)
• ENVE 615 - Environmental Chemistry (3 hrs)
• ENVE 681 - Environmental Engineering Design (3 hrs)
• ES 614 - Environmental Risk Assessment (3 hrs)
• ES 660 - Environmental Law I (3 hrs)
• Any two of the following (6 hrs):
• CE 612 - Structural Steel Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 614 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design and Behavior (3 hrs)
• CE 616 - Prestressed Concrete Design (3 hrs)
• CE 618 - Bridge Engineering (3 hrs)
• Any two of the following (6 hrs):
• CE 634 - Traffic Engineering (3 hrs)
• CE 635 - Evaluation of Transportation Systems (3 hrs)
• CE 636 - Transportation Planning (3 hrs)
• CE 637 - Highway Safety Engineering (3 hrs)
• One CITE ENVE or ES elective approved in advance by the advisor (3 hrs)
• One CITE CE or other related elective approved in advance by the advisor (3 hrs)