MSCV Program Requirements
Admission Requirements
All 51³Ô¹ÏÍø must comply with the College's admission requirements noted under theÌýÌýheader above. Once 51³Ô¹ÏÍø meet all College requirements, all applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Students with non-engineering bachelor's degrees, clickÌýÌýfor additional requirements. Students are normally admitted to the Master of Science in with Major Civil Engineering program if they:
1. Possess a baccalaureate degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering field. Students with foreign credentials are required to have a general, not course-by-course, evaluation of their credentials. A GPA evaluation is not necessary. Foreign credentials are evaluated by an independent evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). For a list of member evaluation services, please visit theÌý
2. Have achieved a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average in the last 60 credits of undergraduate work;
3*.ÌýStudents are required to take the 0-credit CGN5937 Graduate Seminar course for 1 semester;
4*.ÌýHave taken the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), click here for more information. There is no minimum required score. A GRE score no more than 5 years old is required. Applicants with a Civil or Environmental Engineering bachelor's degree from any ABET-accredited program are not required to take the GRE. Applicants who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) are not required to take the GRE;
5. Students with non-engineering backgrounds are required to take the GRE and remedial coursework as recommended by the CEGE graduate committee;
6.ÌýHave demonstrated proficiency in both written and spoken English. Students from non-English-speaking countries are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and achieve a score of 550 or 213 (computer-based);
7.ÌýAgree to abide by the graduate admission requirements of the University as published in the University Catalog;
8.ÌýDistance Learning 51³Ô¹ÏÍø must comply with the College of Engineering and Computer Science Distance Education guidelines noted under theÌýÌýheader above.
*Please note that this change is effective for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø admitted to the program Fall 2019 or later.
Degree Requirements
The degree of Master of Science with Major in Civil Engineering (MSCV) is awarded to the candidate that has:
- complied with University graduate policies and regulations,
- satisfied the University's graduate degree requirements, and
- satisfactorily completed the appropriate Program of Study for the degree option selected.