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ENGINEERING

Dr. Bill Pierson, Division Chair 

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 withing to have two aras 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:

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 with the CITE dean no later than the semester in which the student registers for their 18th 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.

Additionally, each M.S.E. student must pass an online series of orientation modules before being allowed to register for semesters of study after their first semester. The student’s advisor may require any individual student to retake and re-pass any orientation module(s) an additional time, if the advisor feels the student needs the review in order to adequately progress toward their degree. Please see your advisor for additional information regarding this orientation.

Core Courses

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

Additional required courses vary by area of emphasis.

Engineering Management

The principal objective of the Engineering Management area of emphasis is to prepare students with undergraduate engineering degrees for positions in middle management. It is designed for part-time students who are employed as engineers. The graduates in this emphasis must demonstrate the following characteristics:

The required courses in this area of emphasis are:

Environmental Engineering

The Environmental Engineering concentration is designed for those engineers working in such areas as water and wastewater treatment, groundwater and soil remediation, solid and hazardous waste management, air pollution control, or industrial hygiene.

The required courses in this area of emphasis are:

Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering

The required courses in this area of emphasis are:

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

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

Students Wishing to Have Two Areas of Emphasis

Master of Science in Engineering students who wish to take both the Engineering Management and the Environmental Engineering 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:

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:

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

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:

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

Any two of the following (6 hrs):

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