major: Coastal and Port Engineering

Major Requirements

The Civil Engineering Master's Degree (MSCE) consists of a minimum of thirty credit hours.
Students in the Civil Engineering Major may select either a thesis or a non-thesis option. Students in the Coastal and Port Engineering major must complete a thesis.

All programs of study must be approved by the School of Engineering Graduate Program Director prior to the end of the second semester of graduate study.

1. All coursework must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
2. A GPA of 3.0 must be maintained. If the GPA falls below 3.0, academic probation will result.
3. No more than 6.0 hours of transfer coursework can be applied to the degree. However, a student may transfer up to 12.0 hours from online graduate classes taken within the Florida State University System, provided the total of all transfer courses does not exceed 12 credit hours.
4. A student may not receive 5000- or 6000-level credit for a cross-listed 4000/5000-level or 4000/6000-level course previously completed at the 4000-level. Exceptions to this rule may be considered with documented evidence of significant and appropriate differences in content between the courses.
5. If a student chooses to change from either the Civil Engineering Thesis Concentration or Coastal and Port Degree to this non-thesis concentration, any credits of CGN6970 (Civil Engineering Thesis) will not apply towards the degree. 
6. If a student chooses to change from either the Civil Engineering Thesis Concentration or Coastal and Port Degree to this non-thesis concentration, any credits of CGN 6900 (Supervised Graduate Research) will not apply towards the degree. 

Major Requirements (24 credits)

All coursework must be approved by the student’s thesis advisor prior to registering.

Select 24 credits from the list of approved Civil Engineering courses:
CGN6406 Risk Assessment (3 Credits)
CGN6955 Civil Engineering Study Abroad (1 – 3 Credits)
EGN6457 Adv. Res. Methods for Engineer (3 Credits)
CWR6008 Intro to Coastal & Port Engineering (3 Credits)
CWR6824 Coastal & Estuarine Hydrodynamics (3 Credits)
CWR6015 Advanced Field Methods (3 Credits)
CWR6531 Numerical Modeling of Coastal Systems (3 Credits)
CWR6830 Port & Harbor Engineering (3 Credits)
CWR6025 Water Wave Mechanics (3 Credits)
CWR6150 Engineering Hydrology (3 Credits)
CGN6335 Advanced Oceanography & Meteorology (3 Credits)
CGN6320 Adv. GIS Applications in Civil Eng. (3 Credits)
CWR6007 Coastal Processes (3 Credits)
CWR6545 Water Resources (3 Credits)
CWR6560 Advanced Numerical Modeling of Coastal Systems (3 Credits)
CWR6605 Major River Systems of Florida (3 Credits)
CWR6820 Coastal Structures (3 Credits)
CWR6526 Computational Fluid Dynamics (3 Credits)
CWR6241 Sediment Transport (3 Credits)
CWR6285 Turbulence (3 Credits)
CWR6026 Nonlinear Waves (3 Credits)
CWR6236 River Engineering and Sediment Transport (3 Credits)
CGN6900 Independent Study (3 Credits)
CGN6949 Civil Engineering Graduate Internship (1 Credit - can be repeated up to 3 credit hours)
CGN6900 Supervised Graduate Research (3 Credits – can be repeated up to 6 credit hours)

Note: No more than 6 credit hours of non-civil engineering coursework may be taken unless approved by the student’s thesis advisor.

Thesis (6 credits)

Students in the MSCE Thesis Concentration are required to complete 6 credits of thesis work.  Once a student enrolls in Master’s Thesis credits, continuous enrollment is required until the student successfully submits a written thesis document and conducts an oral defense according to the requirements of UNF’s Graduate School.

CGN 6970 Civil Engineering Master’s Thesis (1-6 Credits)