You are in the official 2008-2009 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 2008-2009 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Major requirements (66 units)
CE 20, 85, 121L, 123, 123L, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 142, 150, 180A, 180B, 185
(36 units)
CE 124 or 142L (1 unit)
GME 15, 15L (3 units)
GME 66 or ME 26 (3 units)
ECE 70 and 91 (6 units)
CE 161 (2 units)
ME 112 (3 units)
Technical Area Courses (12 units)
Select mandatory technical area courses in one or more of the following
groups subject to the Design Courses statement below.
Environmental and Water Resources: CE 140, 141, 144
General Professional: CE 161, 190, 191T
Geotechnical: CE 125, 134
Structures: CE 131, 136, 137
Geomatics: GME 151, 173
Transportation: CE 151, 152, 153
Design Courses: at least 9 units of technical area courses must be selected from the following design courses: CE 125, 134, 136, 141, 144, 151
Other requirements (63 units)
--- General Education ---
Select one course from each of the G.E. areas: Area A1, A2, B2, C1, D1,
D2, D3. (See G.E. listings).
The following courses are required to satisfy both G.E. and major requirements:
MATH 75 [B4], CHEM 3A [B1], PHIL 1 or 10 [C2], CE 121 [IB], PHIL 120 [IC],
PLSI 120 [M/I]
--- Additional requirements ---
MATH 81, EES 1; MATH 76, 77; PHYS 4A, 4AL, 4B
Total (129 units)
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Note: Engineering majors are exempt from G.E. Area A3, third course Area C, Area E, and Area ID.
(See also Admission to Graduate
Standing, Advancement to Candidacy,
Program Requirements, and Criteria for Thesis and Project.)
Mission. The M.S. in Civil Engineering (MSCE) Program offers in California's
Central Valley, a graduate program of excellence that provides opportunities
for advanced education and research in civil and geomatics engineering.
The program's mission is to offer a curriculum that combines preparation
for professional practice as well as preparation for research and further
advanced studies.
Admission. TThe requirements for graduate admission to California State University, Fresno must be met. Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, geomatics engineering, or a related field from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. They must have a 3.0 grade point average in the last 60 semester-units of engineering courses attempted, on the basis of 4.0 being A, or the approval of the Graduate Committee of the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering. If an applicant's preparation is deemed insufficient by the Graduate Committee of the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering, the applicant is required to take additional courses which are specified in writing to remove the deficiency. Such courses, taken as an unclassified student, are in addition to the minimum of 30 semester hours credit for the master's degree in engineering. The department graduate program coordinator shall appoint an interim graduate adviser for each student when that student is accepted into the graduate program. The coordinator will take into account student interests and correlated faculty interests when making this appointment.
A student must satisfactorily complete a written examination administered
by the department before being eligible for Advancement to Candidacy; this
satisfies both the university's graduate writing requirement and demonstrates
the student has sufficient technical proficiency to continue in the program.
Continuation in the Program. Prior to being admitted to classified
standing, a student is required to take the Graduate Record Examination.
The minimum grade considered passing is quantitative 550.
The student then should select a graduate adviser before completing 12 units
of graduate study and advancing to candidacy. Other members of his or her
graduate committee shall be selected in consultation with the graduate adviser
if the student has selected Plan A. This committee shall consist of a total
of three members, two of whom must be tenure/tenure track faculty. The graduate
student shall notify the department's Graduate Committee with a letter signed
by both the student and the graduate adviser of the membership of the students'
Graduate Committee. This letter shall be placed in the student's academic
folder.
A graduate student may change graduate advisers but such change must be
approved by the department's Graduate Committee. The student, together with
his or her graduate adviser, completes a contract program within his or
her first semester of coursework taken for graduate credit. This program
must be approved by the department's Graduate Committee. A minimum of 12
semester hours must be earned before the average is determined.
Campus graduate disqualification procedures shall be enforced by the department
graduate program coordinator if the GPA drops below 3.0 (4.0 scale) each
semester and cumulatively throughout all graduate program coursework. Any
semester for which the grade point average falls below 3.0 shall result
in placing the affected graduate student on probation. Normally, a second
consecutive offense shall lead to disqualification. Such probation shall
be for at least one semester or shall continue until the cumulative grade
point average has again been raised above 3.0.
Program. Each master's degree student selects, as early as possible
during the first semester of attendance, and upon consulting with and securing
the approval of the graduate adviser, a program best suited to the student's
interests and objectives.
The M.S. in Civil Engineering requires the completion of 30 units one of
three programs of study.
Civil Engineering Courses