Students
in Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
may pursue graduate studies at the Masters and Doctoral
levels. There are three graduate degrees available.
For more information, click on the relevant degree:
Not all courses required in this certificate program
are offered every year. However, during the coming academic
year 2004-2005, two required courses IT 894
"Design and Inventive Engineering"
and IT 944 "The Process of Discovery and its Enhancement
in Engineering Applications" will be offered
in the Fall and in the Spring semesters, respectively.
If you wish to learn more about innovation in science
and engineering, you should consider this certificate
program.
Master
of Science
Mason
offers an innovative Master’s degree in Civil
and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE). The CIE program
resides at the crossroads of civil engineering, information
technology (IT), and urban planning. The extended scope
of the CIE program offers its graduates the opportunity
to apply IT solutions in an arena which will directly
impact the public’s well being: transportation,
water resources, environment, structures, telecommunications,
and energy. The CIE program focuses on how these interrelated
systems are conceived, developed, designed, built,
operated, maintained, and renewed in a complex urban
environment such as the Washington, DC metropolitan
area where Mason is located.
CIE
Graduate Employment Opportunities
CIE
graduates are expected to be competent in applying
both the art and science of engineering, adept at
understanding and using the tools available, and
capable of examining problems from a variety of perspectives.
George Mason CIE graduates work for a variety of
organizations—public
and private, small and large, local and international—including:
- land
development and construction firms
- public
agencies including departments of transportation,
public works, and environmental protection,
- architectural
and engineering firms
-
water, wastewater, and energy utilities
- local,
state and federal governments
- information
technology firms
Degree
Requirements
The
M.S. in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (MS-CIE)
program includes three core courses, electives selected
by the student with the aid of a faculty advisor, a
thesis or civil and infrastructure engineering project,
and a seminar requirement. Students must complete a
faculty-approved plan of study with a minimum of 30
credits of graduate work, including the thesis (6 credits)
or the research project (3 credits).
To
assist in planning your studies, you should download
a Plan
of Study Form. By the end of your first
semester in the MS program, working with your advisor,
you should complete this form. If your plans change,
a revised form can be completed at any time, with the
approval of your advisor.
Core
Courses
Students
must complete the following three core courses. These
courses provide a common background for understanding
the breadth and complexity of civil and infrastructure
engineering, and for introducing the application of
information technology and the systems approach to analyzing
and solving problems in civil and infrastructure engineering.
CEIE
601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Concentration
Areas
Each
student must select an additional five or six electives
that together constitute an emphasis area. With the
prior approval of a faculty advisor, a student may design
his or her own concentration or may select from one
of several standard concentrations, including:
Project
or Thesis
Students
must complete a project (three credits) or thesis (six
credits) under the direction of a CEIE faculty member.
Under
the project option, the student completes three credits
of CEIE 798 in which he or she prepares and presents
a scholarly paper. The scholarly paper is a technical
report on an independent study, laboratory or computer
experimentation, or literature review on a current civil
and infrastructure engineering topic, selected under
the guidance of a faculty advisor. The student must
demonstrate knowledge of the topic and make a satisfactory
technical presentation of the paper in the CEIE Graduate
Seminar.
Under
the thesis option, the student completes six credits
of CEIE 799. The master’s thesis should reflect
a significant independent research effort. The work
is conducted under the guidance of a faculty thesis
advisor, and the final written thesis and oral defense
are approved by a three-member faculty committee.
The thesis is particularly recommended for those
students who wish to develop and document their research
skills, and/or who contemplate subsequent enrollment
in a Ph.D. program.
Seminar
Requirement
All
degree candidates must attend a minimum of 10 graduate
seminars approved by the CEIE department for the
degree program. Seminars are advertised using electronic
mail to each MS student’s GMU email address.
Attendance is recorded at each department sanctioned
seminar and several are offered each semester. Students
pursing the thesis option, must register for CEIE
795 in the semester they intend to defend their
theses and they are required to present their theses
at an advertised seminar.
MS-CIE
Concentration Area
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
AND SECURITY ENGINEERING
An
understanding of engineering management is critical
to the successful design, construction and operational
phases of civil and infrastructure systems. It is
important to integrate the people, processes, tools,
and systems in an infrastructure project to maximize
their combined effectiveness. This emphasis area
is intended for engineering professionals who regularly
deal with schedule, cost, and performance issues.
It is well suited for a wide variety of civil engineers
such as environmental, water resources, transportation,
and construction engineers who want to expand their
knowledge of project management. This area also encompasses
the study of infrastructure and security engineering,
which in today’s world
is an essential element of infrastructure asset management.
The goal is to develop program graduates with the
professional skills to improve immediately the security
of critical civil infrastructure, with specific attention
to risk and vulnerability assessments, and to creative
solutions to providing improved system security.
It is possible to earn the Graduate Certificate in
Civil Infrastructure and Security Engineering while
completing the MS-CIE degree requirements in this
concentration area.
Plan
of Study
All
courses are divided into four clusters:
Core
courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours)
Required concentration area courses (1 course, 3 credit
hours)
Elective concentration area courses (4-5 courses,
12-15 credit hours)
M.S. thesis (6 credit hours) or project (3 credit
hours)
Core
Courses
Three
courses required for all MS-CIE degree candidates:
CEIE
601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Required
Concentration Area Course
CEIE
680 Introduction to Infrastructure and Security
Engineering
Elective
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
500 Land Development Engineering
CEIE 510 Geographical
Information Systems in Engineering
CEIE 516 Engineering
Law and Ethics
CEIE 556 Environmental
Law
CEIE 610 Construction
Systems and Management
CEIE 670 Civil
Engineering Decision Methods and Tools
CEIE 671 Best
Engineering Management Practices
CEIE 681 Security
of Structural Systems
CEIE 683 Water
and Wastewater Systems Security
CEIE 686 Transportation System Security and Safety
CEIE 690 Asset
Management
CEIE 690 Infrastructure
Finance
CEIE 690 Technical
Entrepreneurship
PUAD
502 Administration in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
PUAD
620 Organization Theory and Management Behavior
PUAD
622 Program Planning and Implementation
PUAD
640 Public Policy Process
PUAD
661 Public Budgeting Systems
PUAD
720 Performance Evaluation for Managers
PUBP
710 Pricing, Management, and Privatization of Public
Assets
SYST
530 Systems Management and Evaluation
SYST
571 Systems Engineering Management
IT 894 Design
and Inventive Engineering
Thesis
or Project
Students
may complete their thesis or project requirement by
performing independent study under the guidance of a
faculty advisor.
MS-CIE Concentration Area
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Civil engineering practice is undergoing significant
changes driven by the Information Technology (IT) Revolution.
Emerging IT methods and tools are becoming an ever more
important part of civil engineering, not only through
automation of existing methods but also through development
of new, powerful analysis, design and management strategies
utilizing IT. In the context of these rapid changes
in civil engineering, the competitive position of the
individual engineer or engineering organization that
first embraces new methods and IT tools will be significantly
improved.
This
area is intended for all civil engineers who want to
improve their understanding and professional skills
in Information Technology, particularly as applied to
analysis and design. This emphasis area has been developed
especially for all civil engineers who strive to be
IT leaders in their organizations.
Plan
of Study
All
courses are divided into four clusters:
Core
courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours)
Required concentration area courses (1 course, 3 credit
hours)
Elective concentration area courses (4-5 courses,
12-15 credit hours)
M.S. thesis (6 credit hours) or project (3 credit
hours)
Core
Courses
Three
courses required for all MS-CIE degree candidates:
CEIE
601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Required
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
510 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
Elective
Concentration Area Courses CEIE
511 Introduction to Design and Inventive
Engineering
CEIE 670 Civil
Engineering Decision Methods and Tools
CEIE 690 Intelligent
Infrastructure Systems
CEIE 563 Intelligent Transportation Systems
SYST
555 Introduction to Intelligent Systems Engineering
SYST 672 Intelligent Systems for Robots
CS
580 Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence
CS
650 Database Engineering
CS
785 Knowledge Acquisition
and Problem Solving
STAT
510 Statistical Foundations for Technical
Decision Making
GEOG
563 Geographic Information Systems Applications
IT 894
Design and Inventive Engineering
Other
appropriate electives may be selected with the approval
of a faculty advisor.
Thesis
or Project
Students
may complete their thesis or project requirement by
performing independent study under the guidance of a
faculty advisor, on topics such as evolutionary computation
in civil engineering, IT in inventive design, optimization
of complex civil engineering systems, modeling of civil
and environmental systems, etc.
MS-CIE Concentration Area
LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING
Land development engineering is a vital, complex, and
evolving field within the traditional civil engineering
domain. It includes not only the technical knowledge
and skills necessary to engineer the landform, but also
a command of the economic, political, social, and environmental
ramifications of land development. This emphasis area
is designed for professionals who want to expand their
abilities in the development of land.
Plan
of Study
All
courses are divided into four clusters:
Core
courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours)
Required concentration area courses (1 course, 3 credit
hours)
Elective concentration area courses (4-5 courses,
12-15 credit hours)
M.S. thesis (6 credit hours) or project (3 credit
hours)
Core
Courses
Three
courses required for all MS-CIE degree candidates:
CEIE
601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Required
Concentration Area Course
CEIE
500 Land Development Engineering
Elective
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE 510 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
CEIE 516 Engineering
Law and Ethics
CEIE 530 Water
Resource Systems Analysis
CEIE 550 Environmental
Engineering Systems
CEIE 555 Introduction
to Environmental Engineering
CEIE 556 Environmental
Law
CEIE 561 Traffic
Engineering
CEIE 562 Urban
Transportation Planning
CEIE 610 Construction
Systems Management
CEIE 680 Introduction
to Infrastructure and Security Engineering
CEIE 563 Intelligent Transportation Systems
CEIE 690 Asset
Management
PUAD
502 Administration in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
PUAD
615 Administrative Law
PUAD
651 Virginia Politics, Policy, and Administration
PUBP
601 Theory and Practice of Regional Economic Development
STAT
554 Applied Statistics
EVPP
675 Environmental Planning and Administration
IT 894 Design
and Inventive Engineering
Thesis
or Project
Students
may complete their thesis or project requirement by
performing independent study under the guidance of a
faculty advisor.
MS-CIE Concentration Area
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
The
economic strength of any nation is very much dependent
on its physical infrastructure, the most significant
of which is the transportation infrastructure. The
extensive transportation infrastructure of the United
States is one of the main reasons for the enviable
position of this nation among the world’s nations
today. On another front, the rapid innovation, buildup
and growth of information technology (IT) infrastructure,
especially in recent years, is seen as one of the
major driving forces behind the worldwide economic
boom in the 90s. Transportation engineers deal with
the planning, design, construction, operation and
maintenance of the transportation infrastructure.
The transportation engineering program at Mason emphasizes
integration of transportation system studies with
information technology applications. The areas of
concentration for M.S. and Ph.D. programs in transportation
include the following:
Transportation
planning and travel demand forecasting
Traffic engineering
Transportation system security
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Highway design, operations and maintenance
Public transportation planning and management
Transportation and the environment
Transportation economics
Intermodal transportation systems
Plan
of Study
All
courses are divided into four clusters:
Core
courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours)
Required concentration area courses (2 courses, 6
credit hours)
Elective concentration area courses (3-4 courses,
9-12 credit hours)
M.S. thesis (6 credit hours) or project (3 credit
hours)
Core
Courses
Three
courses required for all MS-CIE degree candidates:
CEIE 601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Required
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
561 Traffic Engineering
CEIE 562 Urban
Transportation Planning
Elective
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
510 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
CEIE 560
Public Transportation Systems
CEIE 686 Transportation System Security and Safety
CEIE 563 Intelligent Transportation Systems
CEIE 567 Traffic Engineering Modeling and Analysis
CEIE 680
Introduction to Infrastructure and Security Engineering
CEIE 686 Transportation
System Security and Safety
CEIE 690
Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Systems
CEIE 690
Transportation and the Environment
CEIE 565 Geometric Design of Highways
CEIE 690
Infrastructure Finance
CEIE 761 Traffic System Models
CEIE 762 Transportation Planning Models
STAT
544 Applied Probability
STAT
554 Applied Statistics
STAT
574 Survey Sampling I
STAT
656 Regression Analysis
Thesis
or Project
Students
may complete their thesis or project requirement by
performing independent study under the guidance of a
faculty advisor, on topics such as transportation and
land use, traffic safety, air quality and environmental
analysis of transport systems, IT applications to traffic
management, etc.
MS-CIE Concentration Area
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Society
cannot thrive—or indeed survive—without
sustaining a healthy environment. Reliable provision
of a clean source of water; adequate control of extreme
environmental conditions (e.g. floods, droughts);
safe disposal of solid, liquid, and gaseous waste;
appropriate balance of environmental objectives with
economic, political, social, and other objectives;
and long-term sustainability of the environment in
which we live are essential to the continued growth,
health, and success of society. This is the focus
of this emphasis area, which is appropriate for professionals
eager to address these fundamental but complex problems.
Plan
of Study
All
courses are divided into four clusters:
Core
courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours)
Required concentration area courses (2 courses, 6
credit hours)
Elective concentration area courses (3-4 courses,
9-12 credit hours)
M.S. thesis (6 credit hours) or project (3 credit
hours)
Core
Courses
Three
courses required for all MS-CIE degree candidates:
CEIE
601 Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 605
Infrastructure Systems Analysis
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
Required
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
530 Water Resource Systems Analysis
CEIE 555
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Elective
Concentration Area Courses
CEIE
500 Land Development Engineering
CEIE 510
Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
CEIE 516
Engineering Law and Ethics
CEIE 550
Environmental Engineering Systems
CEIE 556
Environmental Law
CEIE 562
Urban Transportation Planning
CEIE 632
Groundwater Systems Modeling
CEIE 680
Introduction to Infrastructure and Security Engineering
CEIE 683
Water and Wastewater Systems Security
CEIE 690
Asset Management
BIOL
607 Fundamentals of Ecology
BIOL
640 Environmental Biology
BIOL
641 Environmental Science and Public Policy
PUAD
615 Administrative Law
PUAD
651 Virginia Politics, Policy, and Administration
PUBP
601 Theory and Practice of Regional Economic Development
STAT
554 Applied Statistics
EVPP
675 Environmental Planning and Administration
Thesis
or Project
Students
may complete their thesis or project requirement by
performing independent study under the guidance of a
faculty advisor.
Attention candidates for admission who do not have a
BS in Engineering.
Master
of Science Program
Civil, Environmental & Infrastructure
Engineering
Undergraduate Coursework Articulation
Program
To
ensure that all MS-CIE graduates have an understanding
of the fundamentals of civil engineering, undergraduate
coursework—that does not count toward the MS-CIE
degree—may be required. Requirements for students
who do not have an undergraduate degree in engineering
vary, depending on the student’s prior coursework.
Any student who has successfully passed the Fundamentals
of Engineering or Engineer-in-Training (FE or EIT)
exam or is a licensed Professional Engineer is exempt
from these articulation requirements.
Courses
Required
Based
upon the requirements for a B.S. degree in Civil and
Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University
(see catalog or website for details), the undergraduate
articulation program normally requires the following
courses:
ENGR
210 Engineering Mechanics
ENGR
310 Mechanics of Materials
CEIE 230 Hydraulics
CEIE 360 Transportation
Engineering
CEIE 455 Introduction
to Environmental Engineering
CEIE 463 Construction
Systems
Courses
Recommended
Depending
on the student’s background and interests,
these courses are also recommended:
CEIE
305 Soil Mechanics
CEIE 311
Structural Analysis
CEIE 340
Water Resource Engineering
CEIE 367
Structural Design
CEIE 400
Civil Engineering Planning and Management
CEIE 440
Water Supply and Distribution
Notes
The
courses listed must be taken over and above the course
requirements for the MS-CIE degree.
The
first list has courses that have prerequisites, such
as calculus, physics, chemistry, or engineering graphics
(computer aided drafting). Students should be able to
satisfy some of the prerequisites by enrolling in courses
immediately at George Mason University, or by taking
the equivalent courses elsewhere (e.g., Northern Virginia
Community College, NVCC).
Doctoral
Studies in Civil Engineering
Doctoral
study in Civil, Environmental & Infrastructure
Engineering is available through the Ph.D. in Information
Technology program. The Ph.D. in IT allows the student
to take a broad range of courses and research options.
Those students interested in Civil, Environmental &
Infrastructure Engineering may specialize in this field
and may designate a concentration in Civil & Infrastructure
Engineering in their doctoral degree title. In that
case, the degree conferred upon a graduating student
would be Ph.D. in Information Technology with Concentration
in Civil & Infrastructure Engineering. Students
may also pursue doctoral studies in information technology
without designating a concentration.
Requirements
Students
seeking the concentration in Civil & Infrastructure
Engineering must satisfy all the requirements for
the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology. In addition,
the following requirements must be met.
Admissions
Students are normally admitted with an M.S. degree in
civil engineering, or some related engineering or information
technology area.
Plan of Study
All decisions concerning the student's course requirements
and plan of study must be approved by the advisor/director,
with the consent of the department's doctoral coordinator.
Doctoral Supervisory Committee
The
chair of the committee should be selected from the
list of approved chairs of the Civil, Environmental & Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) department.
The dissertation director must be a member of the CEIE
department, and the doctoral supervisory committee must
include at least three members from the CEIE department.
The composition of the doctoral supervisory committee
is to be approved by the doctoral coordinator. Permission
for the comprehensive examination and the dissertation
defense are requested from the IT&E associate dean
on the basis of a written request and plan that has
been approved by the supervisory committee and the department’s
doctoral coordinator.
Qualifying Examinations
Each student must take a set of four exams from three
different degree programs from the following course
list. Two of these must be CEIE designated exams.
CEIE 510
Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
CEIE 511
Introduction to Design and Inventive Engineering
CEIE 530
Water Resource Systems
CEIE 555
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CEIE 561
Traffic Engineering
CEIE 601
Infrastructure Modeling
CEIE 562
Urban Transportation Planning
CEIE 632
Groundwater Systems Modeling
CEIE 685
Civil Engineering Information Management
INFS
614 Database Management
OR
541 Deterministic Models in Operations Research
OR
542 Stochastic Models in Operations Research
STAT
554 Applied Statistics
SYST
520 Systems Design and Integration
SYST
530 Systems Management and Evaluation
Advanced Emphasis Requirement
For
students concentrating in Civil Engineering, at least
18 of the 24 credits in the advanced emphasis area
must either be in CEIE courses numbered 600 or higher
or in IT courses with a CEIE designation. All exceptions
to this rule must be approved by the student’s
doctoral supervisory committee and the department's
doctoral coordinator. The doctoral supervisory committee
and the associate dean for graduate studies and research
of IT&E must approve the overall plan of study.
A list of IT courses with a CEIE designation is available
below.
IT
803 Doctoral Tutorial in Information Technology
IT 890 Special
Topics in Urban Transportation
IT 891 Special
Topics in Applications of Information Technology to
Urban Systems Engineering
IT 892 Special
Topics in Environmental and Water Resource Systems Engineering
IT 894 Design
and Inventive Engineering
Additional
information about doctoral studies can be found from
here.
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