Master of Engineering in Urban Systems Engineering
Curriculum
The Master of Engineering in Urban Systems Engineering program prepares students to design and maintain tomorrow’s sustainable and resilient cities. The need for sustainable and resilient cities is greater than ever, with over two-thirds of the world’s population projected to live in urban areas by 2050 and global urban cities facing myriad challenges in managing their transportation, energy, water, and waste systems. Engineers and city planners in both the public and private sector must approach cities as an integrated system of subsystems to efficiently manage and optimize resources.
To this end, the Master of Engineering in Urban Systems Engineering program integrates coursework in multiple engineering disciplines to prepare students with a deeper understanding of the intricacies of urban infrastructure systems and their interconnections and dependencies as they function as a system of systems. Students will learn how to design and manage urban infrastructure systems; how infrastructure engineering projects are planned, designed, funded, budgeted, and built; and how ever-increasing amounts of data can be used to design, operate, and understand more sustainable urban infrastructure systems.
The program combines: (1) fundamental courses in data analytics, systems analysis, and geographic information systems to understand how to approach cities as a system of systems, (2) breadth courses in areas of civil infrastructure systems, buildings and energy systems, environmental systems, and transportation systems to gain exposure to individual urban infrastructure subsystems, and (3) depth courses via technical electives in subsystem topic areas of interest.
| Minimum Credits Required | 30 |
| Maximum 400-Level Credit | 9 |
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | (6) | |
| CAE 539 | Intro to Geographic Info Systs | 3 |
| CAE 575 | Systems Analysis in Civil Engg | 3 |
| Data Analytics Requirement | (3) | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Statistical Analysis Engg Data | 3 | |
| Data Mining | 3 | |
| Machine Learning | 3 | |
| Probability and Statistics | 3 | |
| Applied Statistics | 3 | |
| Data Driven Modeling | 3 | |
| Engineering Analysis I | 3 | |
| Civil Infrastructure Systems | (3) | |
| Select at least one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Homeland Security Concerns | 3 | |
| Building Env Rehab Engineering | 3 | |
| Structural Forensics | 3 | |
| Structural Reliability | 3 | |
| Constr Meths Estimating Budget | 3 | |
| Legal Issues in Civil Engrg | 3 | |
| Construction Cost Acctg&Cntrl | 3 | |
| Construction Mgmt with BIM | 3 | |
| Economic Decision Analysis | 3 | |
| UAV in Construction Projects | 3 | |
| Real Estate Fundamentals | 3 | |
| Buildings and Energy Systems | (3) | |
| Select at least one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Building Science | 3 | |
| BIM Applications for Bldg Perf | 3 | |
| HVAC Systems Design | 3 | |
| Energy Conservation Dsgn:Bldgs | 3 | |
| Control of Building Env. Sys. | 3 | |
| Applied Bldg Energy Modeling | 3 | |
| Net Zero Energy Home Dsgn I | 3 | |
| Net Zero Energy Home Dsgn II | 3 | |
| Renwble Engry Technologies | 3 | |
| Energy Envir Economics | 3 | |
| Elements of Sustainable Energy | 3 | |
| Elements of Smart Grid | 3 | |
| Nuclear F-F & Sust Energy Sys | 3 | |
| Environmental Systems | (3) | |
| Select at least one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Hydraulics, Hydrology, & Appl | 3 | |
| Stormwater Management | 3 | |
| Introduction to Water Resource | 3 | |
| Introduction to Environmental | 3 | |
| Water & Wastewater Engineering | 3 | |
| Intro Air Pollution Control | 3 | |
| Environmental Chemistry | 3 | |
| Chemodynamics | 3 | |
| Occup Environ Health Safety | 3 | |
| Modeling of Envrmtl Systems | 3 | |
| Physcheml Prcs in Envir Eng | 3 | |
| Indoor Air Pollution | 3 | |
| Hazardous Waste Engineering | 3 | |
| Transportation Systems | (3) | |
| Select at least one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Intro Transportation Engg/Dsgn | 3 | |
| Demand Models for Urban Trans | 3 | |
| Urban Transportation Planning | 4 | |
| Traffic Operations & Flow Thry | 3 | |
| Public Transportation Systems | 3 | |
| Advanced Traffic Engineering | 3 | |
| Transportation Systems Mgnt | 3 | |
| Transportation Econ, Dev&Plcy | 3 | |
| Transportation Asset Mgmt | 3 | |
| Intelligent Transport Systems | 3 | |
| General Electives | (9) | |
| Select elective courses in areas of interest relevant to urban systems engineering | 9 | |
