Master of Science in Engineering
San Francisco State University
Structural/Earthquake Engineering Emphasis

Required Courses:
  ENGR800Engineering Communication3 units
ENGR801Engineering Management3
ENGR833Principles of Earthquake Engineering3
ENGR 836Structural Design for Earthquakes3
 Option A   
 ENGR897 Research3
  ENGR898Thesis3
Option B   
ENGR895Applied Research Project3
Engineering Electives1 9-15
Non-Engineering Electives20-6
Minimum total330 units
 

1.    Engineering Electives

*ENGR425Reinforced Concrete Design (3)
*ENGR426Steel Design (3)
ENGR427Wood Structures (3)
ENGR428Applied Stress Analysis (3)
ENGR431Foundation Design (3)
ENGR432Finite Element Analysis (3)
ENGR461 Mechanical and Structural Vibrations (3)
ENGR828Advanced Stress Analysis (3)
ENGR829Nonlinear Structural Analysis  (3)
ENGR830Finite Element Methods in Structural Continuum Mechanics (3)
ENGR831Advanced Concrete Structures (3)
ENGR832Advanced Topics in Seismic Design (3)
ENGR835Advanced Steel Structures (3)
ENGR837Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3)
ENGR899Special Study (3)
* Only one of these courses may be taken as part of graduate program.

2.    Non-Engineering Electives

Courses selected primarily from sciences, mathematics, social science, or business, upon approval of the graduate coordinator.

  1. Elective courses must not duplicate subjects used in satisfying the student's undergraduate degree requirement.
  2. A program cannot contain more than 9 units of courses with course number below 700.
  3. A maximum of one course in non-engineering electives may be taken on CR/NC basis.
3.    Minimum Prerequisites: B.S. in Civil or Structural Engineering from an ABET accredited program, or B.S. and the equivalent of the following courses
MATH:MATH 226, 227, 228, 245
PHYS:PHYS 230/232, 240/242
CHEM:CHEM 115
ENGR:ENGR 102, 201, 309, 323, 430, 425, 426 (One of the 425 or 426 may be used for graduate credits)