The primary areas of focus in the department at the graduate level are construction engineering and management, structural engineering and transportation engineering. Through the available program options, students can earn the degree on a full-time or part-time basis and can have a design or research orientation.<br><br>The objectives of the Master of Science in Civil Engineering are Maintain a high quality graduate program. Graduates are adequately prepared for entrance into advanced careers or further studies. Generate new knowledge and engineering methods to serve the state, the nation and the global community. Graduates successfully complete a thesis or design project to address a civil engineering problem using sound engineering principles and techniques. Graduate students theses solve an engineering problem of importance to the state, the nation, or the global community.