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Engineering and Public Policy, MS

2021-2022 Edition

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The purpose of this degree is to provide students with a background in engineering with the tools necessary to conduct robust policy analysis. It includes required core courses from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, complemented by electives in engineering and public policy, which can be met by two courses and a master’s report (recommended), or by one course and a thesis, or by three courses.  A minimum of 16 semester hours must be taken in the College of Engineering.

Graduate Degree Requirements Report
Degree Requirements With Report With Thesis Coursework Only
Required core courses 20 SH 20 SH 20 SH
Other electives 8 SH 4 SH 12 SH
Master of Science report/thesis 4 SH 8 SH
Minimum semester hours required 32 SH 32 SH 32 SH

Graduate Certificate Options

Students enrolled in a master's degree have the opportunity to also pursue one of the many engineering graduate certificate options in addition to or in combination with the MS degree. Students should consult their faculty adviser regarding these options.

Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership

Master's Degree in Engineering and Public Policy with Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership

Students may complete a Master of Science in Engineering and Public Policy in addition to earning a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership. Students must apply and be admitted to the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program in order to pursue this option. The program requires fulfillment of the 16 semester-hour curriculum required to earn the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership, which includes an industry-based challenge project with multiple mentors. The integrated 36-semester-hour degree and certificate will require 20 hours of adviser-approved technical courses.

Engineering Leadership

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Sustainable Engineering and Systems Modeling

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:12
CIVE 5261
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking
CIVE 5275
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
CIVE 5363
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 6777
Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad
CIVE 6778
Climate Adaptation and Policy Abroad
CIVE 7100
Time Series and Geospatial Data Sciences
CIVE 7110
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
CIVE 7272
Air Quality Management
ENGR 5670
Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage
ENSY 5100
Hydropower
IE 5500
Systems Engineering in Public Programs
IE 5640
Data Mining for Engineering Applications
IE 6200
Engineering Probability and Statistics
IE 7280
Statistical Methods in Engineering
ME 5645
Environmental Issues in Manufacturing and Product Use
SBSY 5200
Sustainable Engineering Systems for Buildings

Public Policy and Analysis

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
ECON 7266
Economics of Government
INSH 5301
Introduction to Computational Statistics
INSH 6300
Research Methods in the Social Sciences
INSH 6500
Statistical Analysis
LPSC 7311
Strategizing Public Policy
PPUA 5260
Ecological Economics
PPUA 6212
Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management
PPUA 6213
Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Data Visualization
PPUA 6502
Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
PPUA 6506
Techniques of Policy Analysis
PPUA 6509
Techniques of Program Evaluation
PPUA 7237
Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems

Options

Complete one of the following options:

Coursework Option

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 12 semester hours from the Elective Course List below.12

Report Option

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIVE 8674Master’s Report4
Complete 8 semester hours from the Elective Course List below.8

Thesis Option

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIVE 7990Thesis8
Complete 4 semester hours from the Elective Course List below.4

Elective Course List

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIVE 5271
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
CIVE 5280
Remote Sensing of the Environment
CIVE 5281
Coastal Dynamics and Design
CIVE 5300
and CIVE 5301
Environmental Sampling and Analysis
and Lab for CIVE 5300
CIVE 7150
Data-Driven Decision Support for Civil and Environmental Engineering
CIVE 7230
Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering
CIVE 7252
Water Engineering: Planning, Design, and Management
CIVE 7261
Surface Water Quality Modeling
EMGT 6225
Economic Decision Making
ENVR 5210
Environmental Planning
ENVR 5260
Geographical Information Systems
LPSC 7312
Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change
PHTH 5214
Environmental Health
PHTH 5230
Global Health
PPUA 5262
Big Data for Cities
PPUA 5263
Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
PPUA 5264
Energy Democracy and Climate Resilience: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
PPUA 5270
Food Systems and Public Policy
PPUA 6101
Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

32 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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