Civil Engineering: Accelerated Master's 4+1 Option

The accelerated master's (4+1) option allows undergraduates to take master's courses, each satisfying a requirement of the undergraduate degree and of a future master's program.  The option simplifies later admission to the master's program, and makes its later completion quicker and cheaper.

Degrees:  BE(CE) / ME(CE)

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Admissions requirements:

  1. CE major;

  2. GPA of at least 3.2 over all CE courses completed toward the B.E. (“CE-GPA”);

  3. Completed 30 or more credits of unique core CE courses from the CE B.E. program taken at CCNY, and successfully completed CE 33200 (Mechanics of Deformable Bodies);

  4. – Structural Engineering option: completed CE 34000 (Structural Analysis) with a minimum grade of B;

    – Transportation Engineering option: completed CE 32600 (Transportation Planning) with a minimum grade of B;

    – Environmental Engineering & Water Resources option: completed CE 37200 (Environmental Impact Assessment) with a minimum grade of B;

  5. Recommendation letters from two members of the faculty;

  6. Personal statement.

Ideally, a student applies before they complete any specialization courses for their B.E. degree.  Only courses that are approved to fulfill the M.E. degree requirement in the student’s chosen area of specialization can be counted towards the M.E. degree.

To stay in the 4+1 option:
Maintain a CE-GPA of at least 3.1.  Earn a grade of at least B in every course intended to satisfy both B.E. and M.E. requirements.  If the CE-GPA falls below 3.1, the student will be given one semester to rectify it.  Students who do not do so will be dismissed from the 4+1 option, and completed credits will count toward the B.E. degree but not the M.E. degree.

 

Maximum transferable graduate courses (B grade or higher):
Up to 12 credits (depending on specialization)

  • Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Specialization:  up to 12 credits of specific-listed graduate courses to satisfy B.E. specialization core & elective requirements

  • Structures Specialization:  6 credits: CE H3000 (Advanced Strength of Materials) and 3 credits of specific-listed graduate courses to satisfy B.E. specialization elective requirements

  • Transportation Specialization:  up to 12 credits of specific-listed graduate courses to satisfy B.E. specialization core and elective requirements

 

Graduate Advisor:

 


Courses that can be counted towards both degrees

 

Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Specialization

In this specialization, B.E. students may take up to 12 credits of specific graduate-level coursework to simultaneously satisfy the B.E. and M.E. degree requirements.  Unlisted courses taken as an undergraduate are allowed but do not count towards the M.E. degree.

 

Required specialization core — take both:

  • CE H6600 Engineering Hydrology (3cr)

  • CE H8300 Air Pollution and Control (3cr)
    or CE H8400 Solid Waste Management (3cr)

 

Specialization electives — take two of:

  • Any Civil Engineering (CE) course approved as an Environmental Engineering and Water Resources M.E. Required Elective or Elective for which the student has completed all necessary requisites, except for CE H1000.  These are everything listed below:

 

(Environmental Engineering and Water Resources M.E. Required Elective courses)

CE H0700 Advanced Hydraulics (3cr)

CE H7200 Principles of Water and Wastewater Quality (3cr)

 

(Environmental Engineering and Water Resources M.E. Elective courses)

 

Air Quality Management

CE H8200 Air Pollution Measurement (3cr)

CE H8300 Air Pollution and Control (3cr)

CE I8100 Air Quality Modeling (3cr)

 

Data Analytics

CE H1100 Advanced Data Analysis (3cr)

CE H6100 Water and Environmental Res. System Analysis (3cr)

 

Drinking /Wastewater Treatment

CE H7200 Principles of Water & Waste Water Quality (3cr)

CE H7500 Principles of Drinking Water Treatment (3cr)

CE H7600 Principles of Biological Wastewater Treatment (3cr)

CE H7700 Biological Systems in Environ. Eng. (3cr)

CE H7900 Water Reuse and Reclamation (3cr)

 

Modern Tools and Perspectives

CE G0800 Graphical Information Systems in EEWR (3cr)

CE G9500 Remote Sensing in EEWR (3cr)

CE H7300 Sustainable Infrastructure (3cr)

 

Solid Waste Management

CE G7800 Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling (3cr)

CE H8400 Solid Waste Management (3cr)

 

Water Resources

CE G7300 Surface Water Quality Modeling (3cr)

CE H0700 Advanced Hydraulics (3cr)

CE H0800 Applied Hydraulics (3cr)

CE H7200 Numerical Methods & Sim. of Fluid Flow (3cr)

Structures Specialization

In this specialization, students may take up to 6 credits of specific graduate-level coursework to simultaneously satisfy the B.E. and M.E. degrees.  Unlisted courses taken as an undergraduate are allowed but do not count towards the M.E. degree.

 

(The M.E.’s required core courses in this specialization are ineligible to count toward the B.E. in the 4+1 option.)

 

Specialization electives:

  • Take CE H3000 Advanced Strength of Materials (3cr)

  • Take one of:  Any other Civil Engineering (CE) course approved as a Structures M.E. Elective course for which the student has completed all necessary requisites:

 

CE G0200 High-Rise Design & Analysis (3cr)

CE H5000 Advanced Reinforced Concrete (3cr)

CE H5100 Pre-Stressed Concrete (3cr)

CE H5200 Bridge Engineering (3cr)

CE H5300 Advanced Structural Design (3cr)

CE H5500 Concrete Sustainability (3cr)

CE H5600 Design of Wood Structures (3cr)

CE H5700 Condition Assess. & Rehabilitation of Structures (3cr)

CE H9000 Foundation Engineering (3cr)

CE I1900 Advanced Finite Elements (3cr)

CE I3600 Fracture Mechanics (3cr)

CE I3800 Plates and Shells (3cr)

CE I5400 Linear & Nonlinear Analysis of Structures (3cr)

CE I5500 Stability of Structures (3cr)

CE I5600 Earthquake Engineering (3cr)

CE I5800 Structural Reliability (3cr)

CE I9100 Soil Dynamics (3cr)

CE I9200 Advanced Soil Mechanics (3cr)

Transportation Specialization

In this specialization, students may take up to 12 credits of specific graduate-level coursework to simultaneously satisfy the B.E. and M.E. degree requirements.  Unlisted courses taken as an undergraduate are allowed but do not count towards the M.E. degree.

Take the following as specialization core and electives:

 

Required specialization core — take both:

  • CE H2000 Traffic Engineering (3cr)

  • CE H4000 Highway Engineering (3cr)

 

Specialization electives — select and take two of:

  • Any Civil Engineering (CE) course approved as a Transportation M.E. Required Core or Elective course for which the student has completed all necessary requisites.  These are everything listed below:

 

(Transportation M.E. Required Core courses)

CE H0200 Transportation Economics (3cr)

CE I2400 Analytical Techniques in Transportation (3cr)

CE I2600 Urban Transportation Planning (3cr)

 

(Transportation M.E. Elective courses)

CE G2700 Multimodal Transportation Technologies (3cr)

CE G3100 For-Hire Transportation (3cr)

CE G3500 Transportation Safety (3cr)

CE G4900 Transportation Network Analysis (3cr)

CE H2500 Geometric Design (3cr)

CE H2600 Rail System Design (3cr)

CE H4100 Highway & Airport Construction (3cr)

CE H4500 Urban Transportation (3cr)

CE H4700 Urban Freight & City Logistics (3cr)

CE H4800 Transit Systems (3cr)

CE I2000 Travel Demand Forecasting (3cr)

CE I2200 Transportation Asset Management (3cr)

CE I2700 Transportation Policy (3cr)

CE I4000 Traffic Control (3cr)

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