The sample course plan for Michigan Tech's civil engineering master's degree with a focus on pavements and transportation materials provides a guide to courses and requirements.
Sample Course Plan
This sample course plan is a sample, and adjustments may be required due to curriculum changes. Students should work with their advisor to develop their individual plan. A full list of graduate course descriptions is available.
Assumed Student Background
The sample course plan shown below was designed assuming that a student has taken (as a minimum) CEE 3101 (Civil Engineering Materials), CEE 3401 (Transportation Engineering), and CEE 3810 (Soil Mechanics for Engineers), or equivalents.
Requirements: 30 credits minimum (12 maximum credits at 3000-4000 level; 18 credits at 5000 level)
Sample Coursework List
Take two of the following courses:
| Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| CEE 4101/5101 – Bituminous Materials | 3 | Fall/Spr |
| CEE 4401 – Pavement Design | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 4407/5417 – Transportation Design | 4 | Spring |
| Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| CEE 5102 – Advanced Concrete Materials | 3 | Spring |
| CEE 5109 – Sustainable Pavements | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5202 – Finite Element Analysis | 3 | Spring |
| CEE 5401 – Advanced Pavement Design | 3 | Spring |
| CEE 5810 – Advanced Soil Mechanics | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5811 – Fundamentals of Soil Behavior & Eng. Lab. | 3 | Spring |
| ENG 5525 – Systems Analysis for Sustainability and Resilience | 3 | Spring |
| Systems Elective | 3 |
Systems Elective
Must take at least one of these courses.
| Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| CEE 5730 – Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5740 – Introduction to System Identification | 3 | Spring |
| CEE 5760 – Optimization Methods | 3 | Spring |
Sample Graduate Electives
| Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| CEE 4820 – Foundation Engineering | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5190 – Special topics in Civil Engineering Materials | 1-3 | Fall/Spr/Sum |
| CEE 5404 – Transportation Planning | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5409 – Railroad Facilities and Design | 3 | Fall |
| CEE 5490 – Special Topics in Transportation Engineering | 1-3 | Fall/Spr/Sum |
| CEE 5811 – Fundamentals of Soil Behavior & Engr. Lab | 3 | Fall |
| ENG 5510 – Sustainable Future I | 3 | Fall |
| ENG 5520 – Sustainable Futures II | 3 | Spring |
| MA 3740 – Statistical Programming and Analysis | 3 | Fall |
| MA 4710 – Regression Analysis | 3 | Spring |
| MA 4720 – Design and Analysis of Experiments | 3 | Fall |
| MEEM 5110 – Continuum Mechanics/Elasticity | 3 | Fall |
| MEEM 5180 – Mechanics of Composite Materials | 3 | Spring |
| MEEM 6130 – Engineering Fracture Mechanics | 3 | Spring/Sum |
| MSE 5530 – Theory of Scanning Electron Microscopy | 3 | Fall/Spring |
| MSE 5580 – Introduction to Scanning Probe Microscopy | 2 | Fall |