Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Programs are offered in specialized areas. Applicants for admission generally will have a B.S. degree in civil engineering. However, those with B.S. degrees in areas other than civil engineering are also eligible for admission. In these cases, after consultation with the student, deficiency courses will be specified by the student's advisory committee.

Candidates for graduate study must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and of the Department of Civil Engineering. See the UI Catalog College of Graduate Studies section (Part 4) for the General Requirements applicable to each degree.

Course work requirements in each of the degree programs are relatively flexible depending on student interest and course availability. Financial assistance is available on a competitive basis in the form of instructional and graduate research assistantships. Students interested in graduate studies should select a specialty area in which they wish to study. Entrance requirements for the College of Graduate Studies apply. Foreign students must have a TOEFL score of at least 550 for admission to any departmental graduate degree program.

Master of Science in Geological Engineering
Graduate students enrolled in this program take a combination of courses in such areas as geological engineering, civil engineering (soil mechanics), hydrogeology, and site characterization. The degree requires a minimum of 30 semester credits beyond the baccalaureate degree. Of those 30 credits, at least 18 must be from 500-level graduate courses. The degree program is available with a thesis option and a non-thesis option. The thesis option requires 6 credits of thesis work approved by faculty who serve on the student’s graduate committee. The non-thesis option is available to students who have at least two years of professional experience; this program requires a 3-credit directed study research paper and a final oral examination.

Suggested Geological Engineering courses:
GeoE 407 Rock mechanics
GeoE 420 Erosion and Sediment Control
GeoE 428 Geostatisitics
GeoE 436 Geological Eng. Analysis and Design
GeoE 465 Excavation and Material Handling
GeoE 517 Tunnel Design and Construction
GeoE 528 Advanced Topics in Geological Eng.
GeoE 535 Seepage and Slope Stability
GeoE 540 Stochastic Geotechnology