New Students
Coursework
Credits
Both Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering require 30 credits; 24 will be taken on campus (4 classes per semester) and 6 will be research taken associated with Peace Corps training and service. Of the 24 credits taken on campus, 18 must be in the Civil and Environmental Engineering school.
Courses
Courses previously taken by Master's International students have been in the following departments: Anthropology, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geography, and Global Health. More courses can be approved by your advisor, and information can be found on the respective department's website.
1. To obtain your degree, you must decide if you will pursue a degree in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering.
>> To see the requirements for each degree please click here.
2. Once you have decided your track, check that the classes available each semester will allow you to complete your degree
>> Follow this link for the semester schedule of the Department of Civil Engineering Graduate Course Offerings.
>> Access Graduate Catalog Course Descriptions
3. Once you have an idea of which classes you will take, you need to fill out a plan of study to be signed by your advisor and turned into the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
- Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
4. Register for your classes
To register for fall semester classes, you will need to log in to OASIS with your NetID. Under the Student link, you can find the Registration website, including the Class Schedule Search, where you can find the CRN. With the CRN, you can enter the Register, Add, or Drop Classes website. Once you arrive on campus, you can go to the Anthropology and Public Health departments to get waivers signed so you can register for the Anthropology and Global Health classes.
5. Everyone will have to take a graduate course called Sustainable Development Engineering.
>>For a course description, click here.
Water, Health and Sustainability Certificate
You also have the opportunity to incorporate the new USF certificate in Water, Health, and Sustainability. Intended for public health professionals, humanitarian aid providers, engineers and other planners, the associated courses investigate the critical shortages and health problems associated with inadequate and unsanitary water throughout the world. Please see the link for details regarding certificate requirements.
>>For more info on the requirements click here.
Note that USF policy is that a student can only "double count" 12 of the 16 Graduate certificate credits towards the graduate certificate and their Master's degree. Thus, if you incorporate the Graduate Certificate into your MS program, there will be 34 total credits required, one 3-credit class and a 1-credit ERIC course will be applied towards the graduate certificate but will not count towards the MS degree.
Prerequisites for Non-Engineers
USF does offer an MS degree in Engineering Science that is for students without a first degree in engineering who wish to be an environmental engineer. The curriculum for this degree requires you take a core set of environmental engineering classes that allow you to perform the duties of a practicing environmental engineer. For students without a first degree in engineering, who wish to become eligible for their professional registration (PE eligible), the student must complete (through undergraduate and graduate transcripts) 32 credits of Math and Basic Science and 48 credits of Engineering Science and Design. This includes courses taken for the Master's degree. Many students can complete these pre-requisites prior to arriving at USF, or they may complete these courses as non-degree seeking students. The student needs to obtain a 'C' or better in all of the courses. Finally, the student must complete the required courses specific to the Master's degree. The required pre-requisites are listed in the tables below and depend on whether a student is working towards the MS Civil or MS Environmental Engineering degree.
>>For more info on the requirements click here.