Transportation Systems and Materials

Graduate Degree Programs

Master's and Ph.D. degrees are offered in transportation engineering. Both the Master of Science of Civil Engineering and Master of Civil Engineering degrees require 30 semester hours of graduate study. The Master of Civil Engineering requires three semester hours of independent study with a final written report while the Master of Science requires a thesis of not more than six credit hours. Up to 12 semester hours of graduate credit may be transferred from other accredited schools. A master's degree program may be customized to the professional and academic needs of the student. Typical Master of Science degree programs in Systems and Materials are:

Transportation Systems:

CE 501 Transportation Systems Engineering     3 hours

CE 502 Traffic Operations              	      3 hours

CE 503 Highway Design                         3 hours

Other Transportation Course	              3 hours
Other CE or Transportation Courses	      3 hours
Minor/Supporting Area Courses	              9 hours

CE 695 Master's Thesis Research      	      6 hours

Total	                                      30 hours

NC State Transportation Engineering Program, Feasible Course Sequences:*

Semester	Operations		Design		Planning
One-Year Master of Civil Engineering (Non-Thesis)
Fall 2002	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems
	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations
	CE 705	ITS	CE 504	Airports	CE 504	Airports
	IE 762	Simulation	CE 705	ITS	CE 705	ITS
Spring 2003	CE 503	Design	CE 503	Design	CE 701	Planning
	CE 795A	Studies	CE 505	Adv. Airports	CE 795A	Studies
	OR 501	Op. Research	CE 795A	Studies	PA 511	Policy
	PA 511	Policy	PA 511	Policy	PRT 462	GIS
Summer 2003	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics
Summer 2003	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project
Two-Year Master of Civil Engineering (Non-Thesis)
Fall 2002	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems
Fall 2002	CE 502	Operations	CE 504	Airports	CE 504	Airports
Spring 2003	CE 503	Design	CE 503	Design	CE 701	Planning
Spring 2003	CE 795A	Studies	CE 505	Adv. Airports	CE 795A	Studies
Summer 2003	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics
Fall 2003	CE 702	Flow Theory	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations
Fall 2003	IE 762	Simulation	CE 755	Pavement Des.	PRT 462	GIS
Spring 2004	CE 509	Safety	CE 509	Safety	CE 595Q	Policy
Spring 2004	CE 706	Control Sys.	CE 595Q	Policy	CE 595D	Public Trans.
Summer 2004	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project
Two-Year Master of Science (Thesis)
Fall 2002	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems
	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations
	CE 705	ITS	CE 504	Airports	CE 504	Airports
Spring 2003	CE 503	Design	CE 503	Design	CE 701	Planning
	CE 795A	Studies	CE 505	Adv. Airports	CE 795A	Studies
	ST 511	Statistics	CE 795A	Studies	PA 511	Policy
Fall 2003	CE 702	Flow Theory	CE 755	Pavement Des.	PRT 462	GIS
	IE 762	Simulation	IE 740	Human Factors	ST 511	Statistics
	CE 695	Research	CE 695	Research	CE 695	Research
Spring 2004	CE 695	Research	CE 695	Research	CE 695	Research
3.5-Year Master of Civil Engineering, Primarily Evening Courses (Non-Thesis)
Fall 2002	CE 502	Operations	CE 502	Operations	CE 501	Systems
Spring 2003	CE 503	Design	CE 503	Design	CE 701	Planning
Summer 2003	PA 511	Policy	PA 511	Policy	PA 511	Policy
Fall 2003	CE 501	Systems	CE 501	Systems	CE 502	Operations
Spring 2004	CE 706	Control Sys.	CE 509	Safety	CE 595D	Public Trans.
Summer 2004	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics	ST 511	Statistics
Fall 2004	CE 705	ITS	CE 504	Airports	CE 504	Airports
Spring 2005	CE 795A	Studies	CE 505	Adv. Airports	CE 795A	Studies
Summer 2005	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project	CE 675	Project
Fall 2005	CE 702	Flow Theory	CE 755	Pavement Des.	PRT 462	GIS
3.5-Year Master of Civil Engineering, Video and Web Courses(Non-Thesis)
Fall 2002	CE 502	Operations	CE 757	Pavement Mgmt.
Spring 2003	CE 757	Pavement Mgmt.
Summer 2003	ST 511	Statistics
Fall 2003	CE 702	Flow Theory
Spring 2004	CE 509	Safety
Summer 2004	CE 561	Project Mgmt.
Fall 2004	CE 705	ITS
Spring 2005	PRT 462	GIS
Summer 2005	CE 675	Project
Fall 2005	CE 501	Systems
*Note that courses shown are planned as of February 2002. Actual course offerings may vary. Other relevant courses are available. Check the catalog or course schedule, or ask an advisor.

Transportation Materials:

CE 753 Asphalt and Bituminous Materials       3 hours

CE 755 Highway Pavement Design  	      3 hours

CE 757 Pavement Management Systems            3 hours

Other CE or Transportation Courses            6 hours
Minor/Supporting Area Courses                 9 hours

CE 699 Master's Thesis Preparation            6 hours

Total                                         30 hours

Supporting area courses may be chosen from other civil engineering specialties or other fields such as computer science, economics and business, operations research, mathematics, statistics, public administration, and urban planning. If desired, a minor may be designated in the Master of Science program.

Additionally, students may take courses in urban and regional planning, real estate development, and other transportation-related topics at UNC-Chapel Hill. Many of these courses, as well as certain courses at Duke University, may be used to fulfill North Carolina State University's degree requirements.

North Carolina State University's well-respected Ph.D. program usually requires about three years of combined course work and research beyond the master's degree level. Students have great flexibility in designing their Ph.D. program because there is no formal credit-hour requirement beyond the master's degree level. As with the master's degree, the Ph.D. program is tailored to the needs of the student. The student's dissertation and research, which must represent a significant contribution to the field of transportation engineering, make up the core of the Ph.D. program requirements.

Additional program information is available on the Department of Civil Engineering's web site at http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/graduate/.

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