Construction Engineering and Management
With growing populations and increasing threats from extreme weather, there is a critical need to rehabilitate and reinvent the built environment in response to these challenges. The construction engineering and management program provides the technical and management skills to prepare students for a variety of careers that promote safe, sustainable, practical, and innovative solutions in the constantly evolving construction environment.
The Civil Engineering MS construction engineering and management focus area prepares students for careers in the construction industry, with training in engineering concepts and tools, in conjunction with management principles. Students first learn the core principles of construction engineering and management, then develop capabilities in construction safety, scheduling, cost estimation, construction techniques, and sustainable practices, with attention to legal and ethical considerations.
Students can tailor their program of study to include civil engineering electives in structural, geotechnical, environmental, or transportation engineering.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 9% increase in construction engineering and management over the next decade, much faster compared to other occupations.
Advance your career
Recent civil engineering graduates and professionals working in the construction engineering and management industry can earn an MS and accelerate their careers.
Curriculum
The 30-credit MS program with a focus on construction engineering and management consists of 2 required courses, 7-8 electives, and either a 3-credit project or a comprehensive exam (with a 3-credit elective, including an internship).
*CIE 500 indicates a special topics course. A permanent course number is pending formal processing.
Fall
- CIE 500 Principles of construction engineering and management (Poveda, required)
- CIE 500 Safety and occupational health for engineering and construction projects (Poveda, required)
- CIE 588 Advanced construction techniques (Nemati, recommended)
- Elective
Spring
- CIE 500 Construction project budgeting and cost estimation management (Poveda, recommended)
- CIE 500 Construction project planning and scheduling management (Poveda, recommended)
- CIE 500 Construction sustainability and management (Poveda, recommended)
- Elective
Summer
- Electives (2) or an internship
Third semester (Fall, if needed)
- Electives if needed OR
- CIE 557 Engineering project
*CIE 500 indicates a special topics course. A permanent course number is pending formal processing.
- CIE 500 Modeling and analysis with OpenRoads
- CIE 500 Modeling and analysis with OpenBridge
- CIE 500 Machine learning for networks
- CIE 512 Structural reliability and safety
- CIE 514 Intro to advanced math and mechanics
- CIE 515 Advanced structural analysis
- CIE 522 Design of structures for fire
- CIE 529 Pavement design
- CIE 532 Statistical methods in water resources and environmental engineering
- CIE 539 Travel demand forecasting
- CIE 550 Hydrologic engineering
- CIE 551 Resilience of civil engineering infrastructure
- CIE 551 Industrial ecology
- CIE 557-558 Engineering project
- CIE 561 Wind engineering
- CIE 566 Waste management
- CIE 569 Brownfield restoration
- CIE 572 Advanced concrete materials
- CIE 573 Transportation analytics
- CIE 574 Traffic safety
- CIE 579 Bridge/highway infrastructure management and public policy
- CIE 580 Emerging technologies in bridge engineering
- CIE 581 Transportation network analysis
- CIE 584 Bridge engineering 1: Design of steel highway bridges
- CIE 585 Bridge engineering 2: Design of prestressed concrete highway bridges
- CIE 587 Sustainability in transportation
- CIE 590 Emerging practices in transportation
- EAS 580 Technical communications for engineers
- GEO 506 Geographic information systems
