This certificate program is designed to provide formalized education in the area of Contemporary Structural Engineering.

Students will be exposed to the classical approaches of structural engineering and engineering mechanics. Students will be exposed to both the analysis and design of structural systems.

Curriculum
One of the following courses is required:

• CE 320: Structural Analysis II
• CE 323: Classical and Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis
• CE 319: Applied Mechanics in Structural Engineering
  
  

One of the following courses is required:

• CE 326: Advanced Steel Structures Design
• CE 327: Advanced Concrete Structures Design
• CE 328: Prestressed Concrete Design

Two of the following course are required:

• CE 375: Low-Rise Building Analysis and Design
• CE 424: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
• CE 425: Finite Element Application in Structural Design
• CE 426: Advanced Design in Steel and Lightweight Structures
• AE/ME/EM 334: Stability of Engineering Structures
• AE/ME/EM431: Theory of Plates

Other courses approved by the structural engineering faculty may be substituted for any of the above listed courses on a case-by-case basis. The Assistant Chairman for Distance Education must approve the substitution prior to enrolling in the course.

Admission Requirements
The Structural Engineering Certificate Program is open to all persons holding a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree and who have a minimum of 12-months of post-B.S. professional employment experience.

Once admitted to the program, the student must take four designated courses as given below. In order to receive a graduate certificate, the student must have an average cumulative grade of 3.0 or better in the certificate courses.

Students admitted to the Certificate program will have non-matriculated status; however, if they complete the four-course sequence with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, they will be admitted to the master's degree program, if they so choose. The certificate credits taken by students admitted to the M.S. program will count towards their master’s degrees. Students who do not have all of the prerequisite courses necessary to take the course in the Certificate program will be allowed to take “bridge” courses at either the graduate or undergraduate level to prepare for the formal Certificate Courses.

Once admitted to the program, a student will be given three years to complete the program so long as he/she maintains a B average in the courses taken.

Contact
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Butler-Carlton Hall
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: 573-341-4470
Fax: 573-341-4729
Email: schnabel@mst.edu