Study Plan
Study Plans in Civil Engineering Department
a. The M.Sc. degree requirements for Master-Thesis plan (Plan A) are as follows:
Completing 26 credit hours of course work from the approved graduate courses as follows:
o 9 credit hours of common courses, as given in Table 6-A
o 15 credit hours of specialized Civil Engineering courses chosen from one of the areas of specializations mentioned above, as given in Tables 6-B to 6-G according to the applicant's specialization.
o Satisfactory completion of the M.Sc. thesis (2 credit hours).
Program Structure | Required/ Elective | No. of courses | Credit Hours |
Course | Common Courses (Required for all Specialties) | 3 | 9 |
Core courses | 4 | 12 | |
Elective Courses (selected from the list of elective courses in each specialty) | 1 | 3 | |
Thesis Courses | CE 596 Thesis Research Proposal
CE 600 Thesis | 1
1 | 1
1 |
Total | 10 | 26 | |
b. The M.Sc. degree requirements for Master-Non-Thesis (Coursework based) plan (Plan B) are as follows:
o Passing 42 credit hours of master’s courses including the research project
o General Elective course means that it can be taken from any specialty.
Program Structure | Required/ Elective | No. of courses | Credit Hours |
Course | Common Courses (Required for all Specialties) | 3 | 9 |
Core Courses (Required for each specialty | 4 | 12 | |
Elective Courses (selected from the list of elective courses in each specialty) | 3 | 9 | |
General Courses (selected from any list of courses from any other specialty) | 3 | 9 | |
Graduation Research Project | CE 598 Research Project | 1 | 3 |
Total | 14 | 42 | |
