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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Degree Requirements

Electives

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The following course offerings are subject to change. For CEE course offerings, please refer to the CEE Projected Course Offerings and the Preliminary Time Schedule which can be found on Curriculum & Course Planning.

For courses outside the CEE Department, refer to the UW Time Schedule or the offering department for course offering details.

Course #Course NameCredits
CESG 505Engineering Computing3
CESG 506Nonlinear Analysis of Structural Sys3
CESG 507Structural Stability3
CESG 508Materials Modeling3
CESG 509Reliability and Design3
CESG 521Advanced Reinforced Concrete3
CESG 522Prestressed Concrete Design3
CESG 523Advanced Structural Systems3
CESG 524Advanced Steel I3
CESG 526Earthquake Engineering I3
CESG 527Earthquake Engineering II3
CESG 528Wind Engineering Design3
CESG 529Bridge Engineering3
CESG 599Advanced Steel II3
CESG 599Elasticity3
CESG 599Math Foundation of Continuum Mech3

To meet the requirement of additional coursework, students may take courses from the SEM list above, or from the following list of approved electives (including CEE, AA, ME, MSE and AMATH).

Course #Course NameCredits
CESG 563Advanced Foundations3
CESG 566Geotechnical Earthquake Eng3
CESI 588Energy and the Environment3

Course #Course NameCredits
AA 532Mechanics of Composite Materials3
AA 538Intro to Structural Optimization3
AA 543Computational Fluid Dynamics3
ME 515Life Cycle Assessment3
ME 541Fatigue of Materials3
ME 551Elasticity I3
ME 552Elasticity II3
ME 556Experimental Stress Analysis I3
ME 557Experimental Stress Analysis II3
ME 559Introduction to Fracture Mechanics3
ME 564Mechanical Eng Analysis I3
ME 565Mechanical Eng Analysis II3
ME 588Dynamics and Vibrations3
MSE 431Failure Anal and Durability of Matls3
MSE 462Mechanical Behavior of Materials II3
MSE 475Introduction to Composite Materials3

Course #Course NameCredits
AMATH 501Vector Calculus and Complex Variables5
AMATH 502Intro to Dynamical Systems and Chaos5
AMATH 503Methods for Partial Diff Equations5
AMATH 506Applied Probability Statistics4
AMATH 515Fundamentals of Optimization5
AMATH 516Numerical Optimization3
AMATH 567Aplied Complex Analysis5
AMATH 568Advanced Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations5
AMATH 569Advanced Methods for Partial Differential Equations5
AMATH 581Scientific Computing5
AMATH 582Computational Methods for Data Analysis5
AMATH 583High-Performance Scientific Computing5
AMATH 585Numeric Analysis of Boundary Value5
AMATH 586Num Analysis of Time Depend Prob5

Students may take one elective from the list below. More than one course is allowed only with prior approval by their faculty adviser and the SEM graduate adviser.

Course #Course NameCredits
ARCH 537Traditional Bldg Methods: New Adapt3
ARCH 538Building Reuse Seminar3
ARCH 578Case Studies in Contemporary Arch3
CM 404 (ARCH 404)Integrated Des/Bld Studio6
CM 450Construction Project Management5
CM 500 (ARCH 574)Design and Construction Law3
CM 510Advanced Construction Technique3
CM 515Innovative Project Mang Concepts3
CM 530Project Economics and Risk Analysis3
CM 540Sustainable Construction3
CM 560Design-Building Project Management3
CM 580Temporary Structures3