土木工程科学硕士课程注重课程工作和研究。通常鼓励学生在土木工程的特定领域进行专业研究，但也可能会发现需要将来自不同专业领域的学科材料和跨学科相关课程相结合的更通用的学习计划。提供研究生学位是为了为合格的学生提供土木工程专业实践的准备。该学位可在论文或非论文程序中获得。成功完成研究和论文需要至少六个学分。非论文课程必须得到项目成功完成的支持，并且必须包含至少三学分的实质性工程内容的报告。也提供非论文全课程选项。
The Master of Science program in Civil Engineering emphasizes course work as well as research. The student is generally encouraged to specialize in a defined area of civil engineering, but may also find it desirable to pursue a more general program of studies combining subject material from different areas of specialization and interdisciplinary related courses.<br>The graduate degree is offered to prepare qualified students for the professional practice of civil engineering. The degree is available in a thesis or non-thesis program. The thesis program entails a minimum of six credits for the successful completion of the research and thesis. The non-thesis program must be supported by the successful completion of a project and a report of substantial engineering content for a minimum of three credits. A non-thesis, all-course option,is also available.<br><br>A student must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 30 semester credits of acceptable graduate course work, which includes required graduate courses in the area of technical specialization . No course in which a grade below a C is earned may be counted toward a Master of Science degree. All work applicable to the Master's degree, including transfer credit, must be completed within six years immediately preceding the awarding of the degree.