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Civil Engineering
Kingsbury Hall
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862 - 1428
Email:
Web Address:
http://www.unh.edu/civil-engineering/index.html
Degree Offered (MS, PHD):
The Department of Civil Engineering offers the master’s degree in civil
engineering with the following areas of specialization: structural, materials,
geotechnical, water resources, and environmental engineering. Interested
applicants are encouraged to write to the graduate program coordinator for
specific information on current research in the department. An engineering Ph.D.
program with an option in civil engineering is also available.
Admission Requirements
An applicant must have completed a baccalaureate degree in engineering,
mathematics, or science at an accredited college or university. If coursework or
laboratory experience is deficient, an admitted student will be required to
fulfill, without graduate credit, all undergraduate prerequisites for graduate
courses. In some cases, the student’s adviser may require additional
undergraduate courses in order to achieve a well-integrated program of study.
Applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test
of the GRE.
Degree Requirements
M.S. Degree Requirements
A student in the master’s program may elect either a thesis (minimum of 25
course credits and 6 thesis credits) or nonthesis (minimum of 28 course credits
and a 3-credit project) option. Up to two senior-level civil engineering courses
or 8 credits may be counted toward the master’s degree under the dual
registration program provided the student has been admitted to the Graduate
School prior to the course offerings.
Thesis Option: A formal oral presentation/thesis defense is required. All thesis
option students are eligible for teaching or research assistantships and are
required to register for Civil Engineering Seminar (CIE 900) for one semester.
For graduation, a B average and a successful thesis defense must be achieved.
Non-Thesis Option: The nonthesis option is designed to facilitate completion of
a B.S./M.S. civil engineering program within five years. A student electing the
nonthesis option is required to prepare a project paper and give a final oral
presentation/project defense. Nonthesis option students are not eligible for an
assistantship. For graduation, a B average and a successful project
defense must be achieved.
Ph.D. Option Requirements
Following admission into the program, a guidance committee is appointed for the
student by the dean of the Graduate School upon recommendation of the graduate
coordinator. This committee assists in outlining the student’s course of study
and may specify individual coursework requirements.
Within 18 months after admission, the student must pass both written and oral
qualifying exams. The student must successfully complete at least 24 course
credit hours beyond a master’s degree or 49 course credit hours beyond a
bachelor’s degree.
Minor Requirements: An identifiable group of courses (9 credits minimum) in an
area outside of the civil engineering department and approved by the guidance
committee must be successfully completed to provide a minor to the Ph.D. degree.
A minor may be satisfied by courses taken toward a master’s degree other than
civil engineering, but the credits will not be applied against the 24
credit-hour minimum.
Language or Research Tool: Students are required to gain or prove proficiency in
a language or research tool in an appropriate area, such as mathematics,
statistics, or data analysis; laboratory analysis or procedures;
instrumentation; computer programming; or a foreign language suitable to the
area of concentration. The proposed language or research tool must be approved
by the guidance committee and may be achieved through the successful completion
of coursework, an examination, or both.
Teaching Experience: A minimum of one semester as a teaching assistant or
comparable experience is required. The guidance committee will evaluate whether
a student’s past teaching assistantship satisfies this requirement.
Doctoral Candidates: Upon successful completion of the Ph.D. qualifying
examinations and the language or research tool requirement, a doctoral student
is advanced to the status of doctoral candidate. When a student achieves
candidacy, a doctoral committee is established. The doctoral committee directs
research, conducts a semi-annual review of the student’s progress, supervises
and approves the doctoral dissertation, and administers the final examination
(also known as the dissertation defense).
Upon completion of the dissertation, and with the approval of the doctoral
committee, the student schedules an oral defense in accordance with the
requirements of the Graduate School.
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