Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

Purpose

This certificate program is designed to provide formalized education in the area of Contemporary Structural Engineering.

Students have the option of taking courses that provide a more classical approach to the study of structural engineering and engineering mechanics. Courses in this certificate program cover analysis and design of structural systems.

Curriculum

Curriculum

One of the following courses is required:
CE 320: Structural Analysis II
CE 323: Classical and Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis
CE 319: Applied Mechanics in Structural Engineering

One of the following courses is required:
CE 326: Advanced Steel Structures Design
CE 327: Advanced Concrete Structures Design
CE 328: Prestressed Concrete Design

Two of the following course are required:
CE 375: Low-Rise Building Analysis and Design
CE 424: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
CE 425: Finite Element Application in Structural Design
CE 426: Advanced Design in Steel and Lightweight Structures
AE/ME/EM 334: Stability of Engineering Structures
AE/ME/EM431: Theory of Plates

Other courses approved by the structural engineering faculty may be substituted for any of the above listed courses on a case-by-case basis. The assistant chair for distance education must approve the substitution prior to enrolling in the course.

Admission Requirements

The Structural Engineering Certificate Program is open to all individuals who hold a bachelor's, master's or Ph.D. degree and who have a minimum of 12 months of post-B.S. professional employment experience.

Once admitted to the program, the student must take four designated courses. In order to receive a graduate certificate, the student must have an average cumulative grade of 3.0 or better in the certificate courses.

Students are admitted to the certificate program on a non-matriculated basis; however, if students complete the four-course sequence with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, they can enroll in the master's program, if they so choose. The certificate credits taken by students admitted to the master's program will count toward their master’s degrees. Students who do not have all of the prerequisite courses necessary to take the course in the certificate program can take “bridge” courses at either the graduate or undergraduate level to prepare for the formal certificate courses.

Once admitted to the program, a student is given three years to complete the program so long as he/she maintains a B average in the courses taken.

Contact

Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Butler-Carlton Hall
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: 573-341-4470
Fax: 573-341-4729
Email: schnabel@mst.edu