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Twin Cities Campus
Geoengineering M.S.CSENG Civil, Envrn & Geo-Eng (CEGE)
College of Science and Engineering
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, 122 Civil Engineering Building, 500 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-5522; fax: 612-626-7750)
Email:
cegesps@umn.edu
Website: https://cse.umn.edu/cege
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Geoengineering master of science (MS) degree balances education in engineering fundamentals and design with research and development. It is designed for students wishing to pursue a career in industry or to continue toward a PhD. Emphases are in fundamental aspects of geomechanics and its applications. Research focuses on the use and development of discrete and continuum theories such as elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, and poroelasticity for solving engineering problems. Numerical methods are being developed for obtaining solutions; experimental methods and novel apparatus are being developed for gathering physical evidence. Applications include processes of communication, flow of granular materials, hydraulic fracturing, and nondestructive testing.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
A bachelor's degree in engineering, basic science, or mathematics is preferred.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Admission depends primarily on the applicant's academic record and letters of recommendation. Applicants who lack geoengineering training are often required to complete at least one appropriate course from the undergraduate program. Graduate degree credit is not awarded for such preparatory work.
Special Application Requirements:
The application deadlines are December 3 for fall admission and August 31 for spring admission. All materials must be submitted to the online application.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
20
major credits,
up to
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is oral.
Plan B: Plan B requires
30
major credits and
up to
credits outside the major.
The final exam is oral.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project:The Plan B requires completion of 1 to 3 Plan B papers as determined by the advisor. Up to 3 credits of CEGE 8094 may be applied to course credit requirements with advisor approval.
Plan C: Plan C requires
30
major credits and
up to
credits outside the
major.
There is no final exam.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project: The Plan C requires completion of 100 hours of project work and an oral presentation of no less than 10 minutes.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Courses must be taken on the A-F grade basis, unless only offered S/N.
Core Courses (12 to 30 credits)
Select at least 12 credits from the following in consultation with the advisor. One credit of CEGE 8300 seminar may be applied to this requirement.
Students may complete all their coursework from this list.
CEGE 4201 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4253 - Pavement Design, Engineering, and Management
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 4411 - Matrix Structural Analysis
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4412 - Reinforced Concrete II
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4413 - Steel Design II
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4511 - Hydraulic Structures
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4512 - Open Channel Hydraulics
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4561 - Solids and Hazardous Wastes
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4562 - Environmental Remediation Technologies
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 4563 - Pollutant Fate and Transport: Processes and Modeling
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5094 - Directed Research
(1.0-4.0 cr)
CEGE 5180 - Special Topics
(1.0-4.0 cr)
CEGE 5211 - Highway Design & Traffic Operations
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 5212 - Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5213 - Transit Planning and Management
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5214 - Infrastructure Systems Engineering
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5341 - Wave Methods for Nondestructive Testing
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5342 - Introduction to Inverse Problems
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5351 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5411 - Applied Structural Mechanics
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5414 - Prestressed Concrete Design
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5415 - Masonry Structures
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5416 - Sensors in Infrastructure
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5417 - Structural Engineering Design of Wood Buildings
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5511 - Urban Hydrology and Water Quality
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 5512 - Stochastic Ecohydrology
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5513 - Energy Conversion from Wind, Hydro and Solar Resources
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5514 - Granular Physics with Environmental and Engineering Applications
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 5515 - Remote Sensing of Environment and Water Resources
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5541 - Environmental Water Chemistry
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5542 - Experimental Methods in Environmental Engineering
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5543 - Introductory Environmental Fluid Mechanics
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 5551 - Environmental Microbiology
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 5552 - Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
(1.0 cr)
CEGE 5570 {Inactive}
(3.0-9.0 cr)
CEGE 8022 - Numerical Methods for Free and Moving Boundary Problems
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8094 - Directed Research
(1.0-4.0 cr)
CEGE 8211 - Theory of Traffic Flow
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8212 - Advanced Travel Demand Modeling and Supply Analysis
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8213 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
CEGE 8214 - Transportation Economics
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8215 - Transportation Data Analysis
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8216 - Urban Traffic Operations
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8217 - Transportation Network Analysis
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8218 - Dynamic Transportation Network Analysis
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8231 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8233 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8300 - Seminar: Geomechanics
(1.0 cr)
CEGE 8301 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8302 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8311 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8321 - Thermoporoelasticity
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8322 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8331 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8336 - Boundary Element Methods I
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8337 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8341 - Wave Propagation in Solids and Structures
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8351 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics II
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8352 - Advanced Groundwater Mechanics II
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8361 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8401 - Fundamentals of Finite Element Method
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8402 - Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8411 - Plate Structures
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8412 - Shell Structures
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8413 - Fracture and Scaling
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8421 - Structural Dynamics
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8422 - Earthquake Engineering
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8431 - Structural Stability
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8432 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8441 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8442 - Nonlinear Analysis of Structural Systems
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8443 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8451 - Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8461 - Structural Reliability
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8490 - Special Topics
(1.0-4.0 cr)
CEGE 8501 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics I
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8502 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics II
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8503 - Environmental Mass Transport
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8504 - Theory of Unit Operations
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8505 - Biological Processes
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8506 - Stochastic Hydrology
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8507 - Advanced Methods in Hydrology
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8508 - Ecological Fluid Mechanics
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8511 - Mechanics of Sediment Transport
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8521 - The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8541 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8542 - Chemistry of Organic Pollutants in Environmental Systems
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8551 - Environmental Microbiology: Molecular Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8552 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8553 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8561 - Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments I
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8562 - Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments II
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8563 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8571 - Hydraulic Measurements
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8572 - Computational Environmental Fluid Dynamics
(4.0 cr)
CEGE 8581 - Research and Professional Ethics in Water Resources and Environmental Science
(0.5 cr)
CEGE 8601 - Introduction to Stream Restoration
(3.0 cr)
CEGE 8602 - Stream Restoration Practice
(2.0 cr)
Electives (0 to 18 credits)
Select credits from the following,in consultation with the advisor, to complete the minimum number of course credits required. Other courses may be selected with advisor and director of graduate studies approval.
AEM 4511 - Mechanics of Composite Materials
(3.0 cr)
AEM 5501 - Continuum Mechanics
(3.0 cr)
AEM 5503 - Theory of Elasticity
(3.0 cr)
AEM 8211 - Theory of Turbulence I
(3.0 cr)
AEM 8525 - Elastic Stability of Materials
(3.0 cr)
AEM 8531 - Fracture Mechanics
(3.0 cr)
AEM 8551 - Multiscale Methods for Bridging Length and Time Scales
(3.0 cr)
APEC 5031 - Methods of Economic Data Analysis
(3.0 cr)
ARCH 5391 - Design and Representation with BIM
(3.0 cr)
ARCH 5671 - Historic Preservation
(3.0 cr)
BBE 5513 - Watershed Engineering
(3.0 cr)
BBE 5523 - Ecological Engineering Design
(3.0 cr)
BBE 5535 - Assessment and Diagnosis of Impaired Waters
(3.0 cr)
BBE 5753 - Air Quality and Pollution Control Engineering
(3.0 cr)
BBE 8513 - Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds
(3.0 cr)
BMEN 8101 - Biomedical Digital Signal Processing
(3.0 cr)
CHEM 5210 - Materials Characterization
(4.0 cr)
CSCI 5421 - Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5451 - Introduction to Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Programming
(3.0 cr)
EE 5239 - Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization
(3.0 cr)
EE 5251 - Optimal Filtering and Estimation
(3.0 cr)
EE 8231 - Optimization Theory
(3.0 cr)
EE 5571 - Statistical Learning and Inference
(3.0 cr)
EEB 5601 - Limnology
(3.0 cr)
ESCI 8801 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration
(4.0 cr)
ESPM 5111 - Hydrology and Water Quality Field Methods
(3.0 cr)
FNRM 5131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources
(4.0 cr)
GCC 5005 - Innovation for Changemakers: Design for a Disrupted World
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 5561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science
(4.0 cr)
HINF 5502 - Python Programming Essentials for the Health Sciences
(1.0 cr)
IE 5531 - Engineering Optimization I
(4.0 cr)
IE 5532 - Stochastic Models
(4.0 cr)
IE 5541 - Project Management
(4.0 cr)
IE 5545 - Decision Analysis
(4.0 cr)
IE 8531 - Discrete Optimization
(4.0 cr)
LAAS 5311 - Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
(3.0 cr)
LAAS 5621 - Environmental Genomics and Microbiomes
(3.0 cr)
MATH 5587 - Elementary Partial Differential Equations I
(4.0 cr)
MATH 5588 - Elementary Partial Differential Equations II
(4.0 cr)
MATH 8401 - Mathematical Modeling and Methods of Applied Mathematics
(3.0 cr)
MATH 8402 - Mathematical Modeling and Methods of Applied Mathematics
(3.0 cr)
MATH 8441 - Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
(3.0 cr)
MATH 8442 - Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
(3.0 cr)
PA 5231 - Transit Planning and Management
(3.0 cr)
PA 5271 - Geographic Information Systems: Applications in Planning and Policy Analysis
(3.0 cr)
PA 5880 - Exploring Global Cities
(1.0-3.0 cr)
PA 5926 - Presentation Skills: How to Inspire Your Audience and Change the World
(1.0 cr)
PUBH 6132 - Air, Water, and Health
(2.0 cr)
STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis
(4.0 cr)
STAT 5302 - Applied Regression Analysis
(4.0 cr)
WRS 5101 - Water Policy
(3.0 cr)
WRS 8581 - Research and Professional Ethics in Water Resources and Environmental Science
(0.5 cr)
Plan Options
Plan A
-OR-
Plan B (0-3 credits)
Take the following as needed per direction of the advisor. If taken, up to 3 credits can be applied to the course-credit requirement.
CEGE 8094 - Directed Research
(1.0-4.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Integrated B.GeoE./M.S. - Geoengineering
The department offers an integrated Bachelor of Geoengineering (BGeoE) and master of science (MS) in geoengineering. The integrated BGeoE/MS program offers students the opportunity to earn the bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. These programs offer several benefits: streamlined admissions from the undergraduate to the graduate program (GRE not required); flexibility in fulfilling required courses for both degrees during the senior year (up to 16 credits can be applied to the graduate program); and eligibility for teaching and research assistantships. Eligibility requirements for the integrated program: Application is open to University BGeoE undergraduates who:
- are within 32 credits of completing the requirements for the bachelor’s degree;
- have a faculty advisor selected prior to admission; and
– hold a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Both the BGeoE and MS degrees must be completed in their entirety, with no courses shared between them. The graduate degree cannot be earned before the undergraduate requirements are satisfied. Admitted students who decide not to complete the MS degree are permitted to count credits originally planned for the graduate program toward their BGeoE technical electives.
Integrated B.C.E./M.S. - Geoengineering
The department offers an integrated bachelor of civil engineering (BCE) and master of science (MS) in geoengineering. Benefits, eligibility requirements, and degree-completion requirements outlined for the BGeoE/MS integrated program also apply to the BCE/MS.
Integrated B.Env.E./M.S. - Geoengineering
The department offers an integrated bachelor of environmental engineering (BEnvE) and master of science (MS) in geoengineering. Benefits, eligibility requirements, and degree-completion requirements outlined for the BGeoE/MS integrated program also apply to the BEnvE /MS.
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