Online Education for Working Professionals
Acquire the ability to perform design tasks for building structures.
Study advanced connections, complex structures, and system-level building design.
Learn advanced techniques to evaluate structures as a building engineer. Design building components and systems in structural steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete, masonry, and/or timber. This flexible certificate will allow you to study high-level design topics spanning multiple material systems or focus within a single material system.
3 courses in 3 semesters.
Department | Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering |
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Admissions requirement | Civil engineering, structural engineering, or related degree. |
Contact | Angela Keranen |
Length | 3 courses in 2-3 semesters |
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Effort | 3 hours per credit per week |
Each course | 3 credits |
Total credits | 9 |
Course type | Online or on-campus |
Modality | Watch class recordings on demand |
Cost | Based on credits and course type |
Already enrolled? | Speak with your advisor. |
Progress quickly with a compact curriculum.
Work with the program advisor to select courses that fit your interests and prerequisite skills.
Check your preparation.
Here are some of the pre-requisite courses for this certificate.
Take 9 credits of elective courses.
There are no required courses. Only one course at the 4000-level can be applied toward this graduate-level certificate. For students taking a 4-credit 4000 level course, only 3 of 4 credits will be applied. Students are responsible to ensure that they are able to meet the prerequisite requirements for the courses that they wish to take.
Choose one of the following.
Choose two of the following.
The minimum completion time is three semesters.
Here are typical schedules.
Option 1: Steel Concentration
Fall | Spring |
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CEE 4223 | CEE 5201 |
Summer | |
CEE 5223 |
Option 2: Cementitious Materials Concentration
Spring | |
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CEE 4213 | |
Summer | Fall |
CEE 5213 | CEE 5212 |
Option 3: Advanced Building Systems Concentration
Summer | Fall |
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CEE 5223 | CEE 5212 |
Spring | |
CEE 4233 |
Interested in taking a single, online course? Enroll as a non-degree seeking student.
Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to:
Design building components and connections for gravity and lateral loads with a range of structural materials using current building code specifications and standards.
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We set out as the Michigan Mining School in 1885 to train mining engineers to better operate copper mines. Today, more than 60 percent of Michigan Tech students are enrolled in our 17 undergraduate and 29 graduate engineering programs across nine departments. Our students and curriculum embrace the spirit of hard work and fortitude our founders once had. Our online graduate courses are the same, robust classes taken by our doctorate and masters candidates, taught directly by highly regarded faculty, with outstanding support from staff. We invite working professionals to join these courses, bring their own experience and challenges as part of the discussion. Leverage the national reputation of Michigan Tech to advance your career in tech leadership.
Meet the online certified instructors.
Students have the flexibility to review class recordings later.

Yousef Darestani
Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Statement
Dr. Darestani teaches courses in structural analysis and structural reliability.

Daniel Dowden, PE, SE
Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Statement
Dr. Dowden teaches courses in structural concrete design, prestressed concrete design, and advanced structural dynamics.

Stephen Morse, PE
Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Teaching Statement
Dr. Morse teaches sustainability and civil engineering practice, loads for civil structures, and structural dynamics.

R. Swartz, PE
Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Statement
Dr. Swartz teaches on topics of steel design, structural timber design, continuous-system modeling, and advanced structural analysis.