Civil Engineering - California State University - Fresno

Civil Engineering from California State University - Fresno is a Campus Master Civil Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Mission. The M.S. in Civil Engineering (MSCE) Program offers in California's Central Valley, a graduate program of excellence that provides opportunities for advanced education and research in civil and geomatics engineering. The program's mission is to offer a curriculum that combines preparation for professional practice as well as preparation for research and further advanced studies. Admission. TThe requirements for graduate admission to California State University, Fresno must be met. Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree in civil engineering , geomatics engineering, or a related field from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. They must have a 3.0 grade point average in the last 60 semester-units of engineering courses attempted, on the basis of 4.0 being A, or the approval of the Graduate Committee of the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering . If an applicant's preparation is deemed insufficient by the Graduate Committee of the Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering, the applicant is required to take additional courses which are specified in writing to remove the deficiency. Such courses, taken as an unclassified student, are in addition to the minimum of 30 semester hours credit for the master's degree in engineering . The department graduate program coordinator shall appoint an interim graduate adviser for each student when that student is accepted into the graduate program. The coordinator will take into account student interests and correlated faculty interests when making this appointment. A student must satisfactorily complete a written examination administered by the department before being eligible for Advancement to Candidacy; this satisfies both the university's graduate writing requirement and demonstrates the student has sufficient technical proficiency to continue in the program. Continuation in the Program. Prior to being admitted to classified standing, a student is required to take the Graduate Record Examination. The minimum grade considered passing is quantitative 550. The student then should select a graduate adviser before completing 12 units of graduate study and advancing to candidacy. Other members of his or her graduate committee shall be selected in consultation with the graduate adviser if the student has selected Plan A. This committee shall consist of a total of three members, two of whom must be tenure/tenure track faculty. The graduate student shall notify the department's Graduate Committee with a letter signed by both the student and the graduate adviser of the membership of the students' Graduate Committee. This letter shall be placed in the student's academic folder. A graduate student may change graduate advisers but such change must be approved by the department's Graduate Committee. The student, together with his or her graduate adviser, completes a contract program within his or her first semester of coursework taken for graduate credit. This program must be approved by the department's Graduate Committee. A minimum of 12 semester hours must be earned before the average is determined. Campus graduate disqualification procedures shall be enforced by the department graduate program coordinator if the GPA drops below 3.0 (4.0 scale) each semester and cumulatively throughout all graduate program coursework. Any semester for which the grade point average falls below 3.0 shall result in placing the affected graduate student on probation. Normally, a second consecutive offense shall lead to disqualification. Such probation shall be for at least one semester or shall continue until the cumulative grade point average has again been raised above 3.0. Program. Each master's degree student selects, as early as possible during the first semester of attendance, and upon consulting with and securing the approval of the graduate adviser, a program best suited to the student's interests and objectives. View more details on California State University - Fresno, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Civil Engineering courses.