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At least one course from Group 2 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 3 – Design

At least one course from Group 3 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 4 - Management and Advanced Tools

At least one course from Group 4 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 5 – Electives

• Advisor approval is required before a student can take courses from this group.
• Some suggested elective courses can be selected from Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and Public Administration and Management (PAI) courses not listed above, Architecture (ARC), and Construction Management at ESF (CME).
• For the MS with Thesis - Two additional course from Groups II through V, upon advisor's approval, one of which can be CEE 690 - Independent study, should be taken for a total of 6 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 997 - Master's Thesis for 6 credit hours.
• For the MS without Thesis - Four additional courses from Groups II through V upon advisor's approval; one of which can be CEE 690 - Independent study for a total of 12 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 995 - Master's Exit Paper (0 credit hour). The exit paper must address a topic relevant to construction engineering. The paper can be an original work or it can be a critical review of a published journal article.
• All Full-Time MS candidates must enroll and participate in CEE 660-CEE Seminar.

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At least one course from Group 2 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 3 – Design

At least two courses from Group 3 (6 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 4 - Advanced Tools

At least one course from Group 4 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 5 – Electives

1. Advisor approval is required before a student can take courses from this group.
2. Some suggested elective courses can be selected from Earth Science (EAR), Computer Programing (CIS), Construction Engineering (CME), Information Technology (IST), and Other CEE graduate courses.
3. For the MS with Thesis - One additional course from Groups II through V, upon advisor's approval, or CEE 690 - Independent study should be taken for a total of 3 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 997 - Master's Thesis for 6 credit hours.
4. For the MS without Thesis - Three additional courses from Groups II through V upon advisor's approval; one of which can be CEE 690 - Independent study for a total of 9 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 995 - Master's Exit Paper (0 credit hour). The exit paper must address a topic relevant to geotechnical engineering. The paper can be an original work or it can be a critical review of a published journal article. The paper has a minimum length requirement of 2000 words and requires approval of the student's advisor.
5. All Full-Time MS candidates must enroll and participate in CEE 660-CEE Seminar.

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At least one course from Group 2 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 3 – Structural Design

Two courses from Group 3 (6 credit hours) must be selected. One course must be on Steel Design, and one course must be on either Concrete Design or Bridge Engineering.

Group 4 – Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

At least one course from Group 4 (3 credit hours) must be selected.

Group 5 – Electives

• Advisor approval is required before a student can take courses from this group.
• Some suggested elective courses can be selected from Architecture (ARC), Construction Management (CME), Political Science, Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), Information Studies Management (IST), Public Communications, and Other CEE graduate courses not listed above.
• Note that CEE 520 - Building Information Modeling and ARC 555 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling can only be counted once towards your program of study.
• For the MS with Thesis - One additional course from Groups II through V, upon advisor's approval, or CEE 690 - Independent study should be taken for a total of 3 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 997 - Master's Thesis for 6 credit hours.
• For the MS without Thesis - Three additional courses from Groups II through V upon advisor's approval; one of which can be CEE 690 - Independent study for a total of 9 credit hours. Students will also enroll in CEE 995 - Master's Exit Paper (0 credit hour). The exit paper must address a topic relevant to structural engineering. The paper can be an original work or it can be a critical review of a published journal article. The paper has a minimum length requirement of 2000 words and requires approval of the student's advisor.
• All Full-Time MS candidates must enroll and participate in CEE 660-CEE Seminar.

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Unless otherwise noted, all courses offered by either Syracuse University or SUNY ESF that are numbered 600:996 with one of the following prefixes are approved as electives for all MS & PhD programs of study.

·        Approved by Course, Syracuse University

Additionally, the following specific courses offered by Syracuse University are approved as electives for all graduate-level programs of study.

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*Note that CEE 520 - Building Information Modeling and ARC 555 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling can only be counted once towards a program of study. If a student has taken either CEE 520 or ARC 555 and used it towards any program of study, they cannot take the other course for program credit.

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Additionally, the following specific courses offered by SUNY ESF are approved as electives for all graduate-level programs of study.

Exit Requirements

• No fewer than 30 total credits of graduate-level coursework;
• completion of all coursework group requirements in a selected concentration;
• minimum 3.000 GPA for all coursework used toward the completion of degree;
• minimum 2.800 GPA cumulative for all coursework taken at SU;
• no more than 15 credits of 500-level coursework;
• at least 15 credits must be CEE prefixed graduate level courses; and
• satisfactory completion of either a thesis or an exit paper.

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