Undergraduate Academic Advisors
| Major | Advisor(s) | Phone | Location | |
| Civil Engineering | Dr. Robert Thieke | robert.thieke@essie.ufl.edu | (352) 294-7783 | 370B Weil Hall Schedule an Advising Appointment |
| Civil Engineering | George “Chip” Johnson | chip.johnson@essie.ufl.edu | (352)-294-6696 | 370A Weil Hall Schedule an Advising Appointment |
| Environmental Engineering | Dr. Elliot Douglas | elliot.douglas@essie.ufl.edu | (352) 846-2836 | 217 Black Hall Schedule an appointment |
Academic Advisors are available to help you plan your program of study, resolve problems and provide valuable career guidance. Engineering students are required to meet with their Academic Advisors at least once per semester. Here’s how to keep the process simple and easy:
- Check your Gatorlink e-mail account. We’ll send a message to let you know holds have been placed.
- Complete the Academic Planning assignments on your First Year Engineering Canvas page.
- Check Student Self Service to determine your registration date.
- See your advisor BEFORE your registration time. Don’t wait until the last minute.
Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Program
Civil and Coastal Engineering In this program, qualified undergraduate students will be allowed to shorten the time required for their master’s degree by completing nine (9) credits of graduate level courses in their final two semesters of their B.S. program or when they have achieved a 5EG classification. The combined B.S./Master program will provide a fast track for qualified undergraduate students to obtain both their B.S. and Master degrees (e.g., M.S. or M.E. degrees), thereby allowing these students an earlier entrance to their professional careers. The program will provide incentive to encourage good undergraduate Civil Engineering students to pursue graduate education at the University of Florida. To qualify for this program, students must complete a Combined Bachelors/Master Degree Program application, attain an upper division GPA of 3.30 at the time of graduation with the B.S. degree, and must satisfy the graduate school and departmental graduate admission requirements. The courses (maximum of 9 credits) that would be double-counted in the B.S. and Master programs must be graded graduate level courses offered by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering (or by another acceptable department). The student must achieve a grade of ‘B’ or better in order for the courses to be transferred into the graduate degree program. Students should complete 9 hours of graduate course work appropriate to their intended graduate area of study (see the pool of most common acceptable courses identified under the various graduate specialties in the table below). These courses will satisfy 9 of the 15 advanced undergraduate elective credits. All special requirements of the electives as outlined in the undergraduate catalog (capstone design, design and laboratory experience) must also be satisfied. Combined Bachelors and Masters Degree “4-1 Program” for Civil Engineering Acceptable Course Substitutions for 4-1 Credit * These courses are “dual-listed”: parallel undergraduate and graduate sections are dual-taught in the same lecture room. + These courses are also offered online through the EDGE program Environmental Engineering Sciences The Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences presently offers two variations of a Masters degree: the Master of Engineering (M.E.) and the Master of Science (M.S.). Effective Fall of 1999, the Department of Environmental Engineering offers a combined B.S./Master program to qualified undergraduate students seeking M.S. or M.E. degrees. In this program, qualified undergraduate students will be allowed to shorten the time required for their master’s degree by completing twelve (12) credits of graduate level courses in their final two semesters of their B.S. program or when they have achieved a 5EG classification. The combined B.S./Master program will provide a fast track for qualified undergraduate students to obtain both their B.S. and Master degrees (e.g., M.S. or M.E. degrees), thereby allowing these students an earlier entrance to their professional careers. The program will provide incentive to encourage good undergraduate Environmental Engineering students to pursue graduate education at the University of Florida. To qualify for this program, students must complete a Combined Bachelors/Master Degree Program application, attain an upper division GPA of 3.30 at the time of application. Student must still apply for and satisfy the graduate school and departmental graduate admission requirements for their Master program. The courses (maximum of 12 credits) that would be double-counted in the B.S. and Master programs must be graded graduate level courses offered by the Department of Environmental Engineering (or by another acceptable department). The student must achieve a grade of ‘B’ or better in order for the courses to be transferred into the graduate degree program. Engineering students must meet with their Academic Advisors before they can register for classes. Registration holds will be lifted by the advisors, provided that all requirements are met. Plan to see your advisor well in advance of the registration time assigned to you. Honors students must have their holds removed prior to honors registration to register for honors classes. At the graduate level, students are advised by the faculty in their chosen department and/or within a specific specialization area if it applies. Graduate students generally take 9 credits per semester during the Fall and Spring and 6 credits in the summer. Graduate level courses are always ###5000 or higher. For work outside the major, courses numbered 3000 or above (not to exceed 6 credits) may be taken if they are part of an approved plan of study. There are some exceptions to this so check with the appropriate personnel under ESSIE Graduate Administration for clarification. All Graduate students are required to complete a program plan of study (PPS) form. This form includes supervisory committee information (for Master’s thesis, PhD students or if a minor is selected) and all of the courses that a student will take throughout the degree program.. If a student has graduate-level coursework completed outside of the current UF degree program (from an outside institution, as part of the UF 4/1 program, taken as a non-degree student or was taken as an undergraduate but did not count toward bachelor’s degree requirements and the grade(s) was a B or higher, the request to transfer the coursework into the UF degree program is indicated on this form. This transfer of credit request is typically processed during the semester when the program plan is submitted. The student should check his/her unofficial transcript page in ONE.UF to see if the transfer credits are indicated there. If they are not, the student should contact the appropriate personnel under ESSIE Graduate Administration. Please note that the Graduate School processes the transfer of credit request after the department submits it for processing. The processing times are not immediate as the requests are placed in a queue and processed in the order that they were received. Also note that all requested credits may not be approved for transfer after the Graduate School reviews the request. Students are encouraged to view the Departmental Graduate Handbook for information pertaining to transfer of credit and all other all graduate student processes. This program plan of study can be revised at any time as long as the student’s advisor signs off on the changes. Submission Deadlines The appropriate forms are found on the Resources for Students page. For all Graduate program requirements, students should view the individual departmental requirements found in the appropriate handbook below: Each Specialization area has its own requirements established for both the Master’s and Ph.D. degree programs. Please click on the program within your intended research area to view your specific requirements based on your specialization and degree level: Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree with the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering (CCE) or the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (EES) Specialization: Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics Graduates with a master’s degree specialization in Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics are equipped with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge to confront the challenges facing coastal ecosystems with sustainable solutions that will benefit both nature and human society. They develop a well-rounded background in oceanography, ecology, and engineering to implement ecosystem design, mitigation, adaptation, and restoration projects and to evaluate the physical and biological processes controlling the rates and patterns of coastal ecosystem change. Our well-rounded and well-trained graduates are in demand to fill advanced positions in industry, academics, NGOs, and governmental agencies. We offer a specialization in Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics through Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering or Environmental Engineering Sciences. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements established by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics faculty member is assigned as the student’s advisor. Whether pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, students must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS) located on the Resources page.Requests to apply transfer credits toward the degree program must be made on the PPS and approved by the on the PPS. Students will have an advising hold until an approved PPS has been submitted by the relevant deadline: midterm of the first semester for Non-Thesis Master’s students, and midterm of the second semester for Thesis Master’s students. Students should contact their advisor for prior to the registration period of the upcoming semester, and upload any revisions in the PPS at this time. Students need to submit the PPS (both the original and any subsequent revisions). Additional requirements may be established by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the or Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. (Non-thesis option is only available if the student has not received an assistantship from ESSIE) Coursework Requirements Students in these programs much complete a minimum of 30 total semester hours of coursework composed of a minimum of 15 hours of core coursework in the student’s major department (Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering or Environmental Engineering Sciences) (Group A) with the remaining hours from elective courses (Groups B and C) as outlined below. Additional Requirements Non-thesis students obtaining a Master of Science degree must also satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the Group A core courses listed below. Projects from outside the ESSIE curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor, in addition to the course instructor, for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete this final examination requirement, as per the Graduate Catalog. Coursework Requirements Students in this track must complete a minimum of 30 total semester hours. Of these 30 total semester hours, a minimum of 15 hours must be in departmental courses (Group A, see below). The student must also submit a written master’s thesis to their supervisory committee and complete an oral defense of the thesis that is approved by all members of the supervisory committee prior to graduation. The parameters of the master’s thesis, including length and content, are to be decided by the student’s advisor. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research is required during the final/graduating semester. Additional Requirements Thesis students obtaining a or Master of Engineering thesis degree are required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor), and another member from either Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering or Environmental Engineering Sciences. The students may include a third committee member from any department at UF, any other academic institution, or relevant non-academic institution (e.g. Naval Research Lab, US Geological Survey). Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have a minimum 3.00 GPA overall and a 3.00 GPA within home departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. The courses below are selected to ensure that CESD students, including those enrolled in both the CCE and EES degree programs, obtain a minimum level of competency in ecological engineering, coastal engineering geosytsems engineering. Students are strongly advised to enroll in EOC 6934 CESD Seminars and Professional Development in their first Fall semester on campus and to enroll in EOC 6939 Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics Seminars for all semesters thereafter as these courses are essential for gaining disciplinary breadth and exposure to CESD faculty and students. In addition, students are advised to take courses that are both within and outside of their disciplinary degree program (e.g. Civil and Coastal Engineering students should take 1 or more courses focused on ecological systems or environmental engineering, and EES student should take at least 1 course in Coastal Engineering, Oceanography, Physical Processes and/or Geosystems Engineering to support their development in multi-disciplinary science and engineering. Elective Notes Group A: ESSIE Core Courses (15 credits required): Group B: ESSIE Elective Courses: Group C: Non ESSIE Elective Courses: The Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program of the Civil and Coastal Engineering Department grants Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering. The basic requirements for graduate degrees in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering are outlined in the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook (and the UF Graduate Catalog). Material in this supplement defines additional requirements as dictated by the Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral student comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course which should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. The Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics program does not have any specific requirements for PhD coursework. Students enrolled in the Coastal PhD Program after earning a masters degree will design their study program and choose their courses in consultation with, and with the approval of, their adviser. However, students enrolled in the PhD program directly from undergraduate studies are required to observe the Coastal coursework requirements for a Master’s degree first. Students in the PhD program must enroll in one letter-graded graduate course at the minimum in the home department in order to establish a GPA. If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. The Qualifying Examination consists of a written test and an oral qualifying examination (defense). The goal of the written test is to determine the student’s ability to conduct PhD research. The goal of the oral qualifying examination (defense) is to gauge the suitability of the student’s proposed research plan within the Coastal PhD Program. Graduate students in the Coastal PhD Program should take the written portion of the qualifying examination no later than their third semester after entering the program, although they are encouraged to take the examination during their second semester. Students who take the qualifying exam must meet two eligibility requirements: Written Examination: The graduate coordinator administers the written test on campus in months 2-3 of each semester, as needed. The test consists of a written research prospectus prepared by the student. At the beginning of the written test week, the student will receive specific guidelines on the prospectus format. In general, the prospectus will review the state-of-the-art of the topic that the student intends to pursue. The student will then have one week to complete the prospectus and deliver it to the graduate coordinator. The student’s written answer to the test is evaluated, within two weeks after completion, by a panel composed of Coastal Faculty. The outcome of the written test is Pass or Fail. Students who pass proceed to schedule the oral qualifying exam (defense). Students who fail the written test are required to withdraw from the Coastal PhD Program. Oral qualifying examination (defense): The oral qualifying examination provides guidance to the students that have passed the written test and will determine whether the student should be promoted to PhD Candidacy. The oral qualifying examination (defense) is scheduled within one year after completion of the evaluation of the written test. The oral qualifying examination (defense) is administered by the student’s PhD committee. The format is at the discretion of the committee, but should consist of a brief presentation of the student’s plan for doctoral research, followed by questions. The topics of the questions are at the discretion of the PhD committee. They can relate to the presentation or focus on other topics the PhD committee deems important. The PhD committee will evaluate the answers and provide a Pass or Fail decision. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. The Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program of the Civil and Coastal Engineering Department grants Master’s Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering. The basic requirements for graduate degrees in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering are outlined in the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Manual (and the UF Graduate Handbook). Material in this supplement defines additional requirements as dictated by the Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS) located on the Resources page. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) for processing. The Master’s program requires a minimum of 30 semester credit hours, and is formulated as either a thesis option (in which up to 6 credit hours of Master’s Research – EOC 6971) can be counted toward the degree, or a non-thesis option (coursework only). Students on a research assistantship must complete a thesis. Candidates are required to complete a minimum of 18 credit hours within the Coastal Program. Of these, 9 credits will include enrollment in the following core required courses: In addition to the core courses, 9 credit hours of elective courses within the Coastal Program are required. The remaining 12 credit hours toward the minimum of 30 hours for degree completion may include courses outside the program. All course selections must be approved by the student’s advisor. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. The Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program of the Civil and Coastal Engineering Department grants Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering. The basic requirements for graduate degrees in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering are outlined in the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook (and the UF Graduate Catalog). Material in this supplement defines additional requirements as dictated by the Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Program. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral student comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. The Coastal program does not have any specific requirements for PhD coursework. Students enrolled in the Coastal PhD Program after earning a Master’s degree will design their study program and choose their courses in consultation with, and with the approval of, their adviser. However, students enrolled in the PhD program directly from undergraduate studies are required to observe the Coastal coursework requirements for Master’s degree first. Students in the PhD program must enroll in one letter graded departmental/in major course at the minimum in the PhD program in order to establish a GPA. If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. The Qualifying Examination consists of a written test and an oral qualifying examination (defense). The goal of the written test is to determine the student’s ability to conduct PhD research. The goal of the oral qualifying examination (defense) is to gauge the suitability of the student’s proposed research plan within the Coastal PhD Program. Graduate students in the Coastal PhD Program should take the written portion of the qualifying examination no later than their third semester after entering the program, although they are encouraged to take the examination during their second semester. Students who take the qualifying exam must meet two eligibility requirements: 1. The student holds cumulative GPA of 3.5; Written Examination: The graduate coordinator administers the written test on campus in months 2-3 of each semester, as needed. The test consists of a written research prospectus prepared by the student. At the beginning of the written test week, the student will receive specific guidelines on the prospectus format. In general, the prospectus will review the state-of-the-art of the topic that the student intends to pursue. The student will then have one week to complete the prospectus and deliver it to the graduate coordinator. The student’s written answer to the test is evaluated, within two weeks after completion, by a panel composed of Coastal Faculty. The outcome of the written test is Pass or Fail. Students who pass proceed to schedule the oral qualifying exam (defense). Students who fail the written test are required to withdraw from the Coastal PhD Program. Oral qualifying examination (defense): The oral qualifying examination provides guidance to the students that have passed the written test and will determine whether the student should be promoted to PhD Candidacy. The oral qualifying examination (defense) is scheduled within one year after completion of the evaluation of the written test. The oral qualifying examination (defense) is administered by the student’s PhD committee. The format is at the discretion of the committee, but should consist of a brief presentation of the student’s plan for doctoral research, followed by questions. The topics of the questions are at the discretion of the PhD committee. They can relate to the presentation or focus on other topics the PhD committee deems important. The PhD committee will evaluate the answers and provide a Pass or Fail decision. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-exam-ination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Within the geosystems engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in geosystems engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Geosystems Engineering (GE) are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a GE faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) for processing. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed term project that earned a grade of B or better from any of the GE courses (core or elective) listed in the coursework requirements. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in geosystems engineering. After the ESSIE core course requirements are met for geosystems, additional ESSIE core and/or elective courses must be chosen in consultation with advisors. MS or ME with Thesis A minimum of 30 credit hours with a minimum of 24 hours of course work and 6 hours Masters Research (CGN 6971) with a written master’s thesis and final oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research (CGN 6971) is required during the final/graduating semester. Coursework should satisfy the ESSIE core and electives and other electives criteria indicated below. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis) Minimum 30 total semester hours of coursework. Coursework should satisfy the ESSIE core, electives and other electives criteria indicated below. ESSIE Core Courses (15 credits required) ESSIE Electives Non ESSIE Electives As geosystems engineering is highly interdisciplinary, the graduate students are encouraged to choose electives from other branches of civil and environmental engineering and a variety of other disciplines including but not limited to: Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Geology, Soil Sciences and Physics. Students must choose non ESSIE electives in consultation with their advisors. Non availability of courses: If any of the courses are not available for reasons such as faculty members’ sabbatical the GE faculty will recommend appropriate alternatives on a case-by-case basis. Within the geosystems engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with a Ph.D. degree. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry and academia. Consequently, we offer a specialization in geosystems engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral candidate comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. The PhD students should seek to take at least two classes from the ESSIE core courses of the geosystem group as listed below. The courses must be chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor and considering past classes taken (if any) at a previous graduate-degree program (see also section on Transfer of Credits). Upon completion of the qualifying exam, the faculty may recommend students to take additional geotechnical classes to enhance their breadth of knowledge. Once the requirements of the qualifying exam are satisfied, the students can complete the remaining coursework (credit requirements) by choosing courses from any department in UF so as to best suit their dissertation work. This overall program of work will be developed by the student in consultation with the faculty advisor. ESSIE Core Courses (6 credits required) If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION (Oral Proposal Defense): All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee is oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. Once the student has made adequate progress towards his/her dissertation, the student in consultation with the advisor will schedule the oral proposal defense (1.5 – 2 hours in duration). This exam is evaluated by the full supervisory committee. The student should provide the entire supervisory committee a written proposal at least two weeks in advance of this exam. The student will present his/her work to the committee and answer questions from the members. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. If the student passes, he/she advanced to candidacy. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination (proposal defense) and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Materials & Pavements Within the materials and pavement engineering fields, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in materials and pavement engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Materials and Pavement Engineering (MPE) are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a MPE faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the coursework requirements outlined on the following page for the MPE specialization. You will also be required to complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must also have it approved by your advisor during the first week of classes in your first semester. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. Prior to the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester along with any changes in your PPS. Once your course selection has been approved by your advisor, you will then send (via email) your course selection along with your updated and approved PPS to your advisor with a copy submission to ESSIE’s graduate department. Your advising hold will then be removed, allowing you to register. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the core competency courses listed in the coursework requirements. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in materials and pavement engineering. After the course requirements for the categories are met, remaining coursework must be selected from approved electives. MS or ME with Thesis Minimum 30 total semester hours; min. 24 hours coursework permitted; min. and max. 6 hours Masters Research (CGN6971) permitted OR 27 hours coursework recommended; and; min 3 hours Masters Research (CGN6971) required; min. 15 hours coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering, written master’s thesis; oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research (CGN 6971) is required during the final/graduating semester. The student must take a minimum of 21 credits of coursework from the college of engineering. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis) Minimum 30 total semester hours of coursework; (only available if the student has not received financial aid from the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering), min. 15 hours coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering. The student must take a minimum of 21 credits of coursework from the college of engineering. Core Materials and Pavement Courses – students must take at least four (4) of the following courses: Electives (18 credits): Elective Notes Within the civil engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with doctoral degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry and academia. Our students use their deep knowledge of material chemical processes and engineering mechanics to engineer sustainable materials, develop new performance tests for material study and quality control during construction, and develop material construction processes that are constructible and durable. Consequently, we offer a specialization in Civil Engineering Materials within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral student comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. Class requirements needed to provide the student with a practical and theoretical knowledge base will vary widely based on the area of specialization in civil engineering materials. Because of this, classes will be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor and approved by the doctoral committee. If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. The written portion of the qualifying examination contains a proposal for the doctoral thesis that the student will carry out. The proposal should include an introduction chapter that gives a background for the topic, project objectives, a description of the expected advancement in science and engineering that will result from this project, and an outline of the remainder of the document. The document should also include a literature review chapter, methodology chapter, and if any preliminary results are available they should also be included. The oral portion of the qualifying examination shall be an oral defense of the proposal. The student will present the problem to be studied, give background information on the topic including the state of the art on the subject, explain the project objectives, describe the methodology to be used, and summarize any preliminary data collected if available. The candidate will answer questions about the novelty of the work, the methodology to be used, any results to date, and expected contribution to science and engineering. The student may also be asked questions related to background knowledge of the student’s area of specialization. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree in Civil Engineering with Specialization in New Infrastructure Planning and Management Within the public works arena, employers almost exclusively seek out our graduates with an area of specialization master’s degrees in “New Infrastructure Planning, and Engineering Management (NIPEM)”. Consequently, we offer a specialization in NIPEM within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. It alerts prospective employers that the students they are considering for employement will be able to meet their expectations for training and competence in the field. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for a student to receive a specializationin “New Infrastructure Planning and Engineering Management/Best Practices.” Master’s students specializing in “New Infrastructure Planning and Engineering Management” are expected to satisfy the coursework requirements and procedures as outlined below. Upon admission, a NIPEM faculty member is assigned as an advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second seesmter. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) for processing. All courses in the executed PPS must be completed with the minimum grade noted below for the student to be considered eligible for graduation with a specialization in “New Infrastructure Planning and Engineering Management.” The Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering or the University of Florida Graduate School may impose additional requirements. Therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the Group A or (see courses requirement below). The NIPEM Non- thesis Master’s degree does not consider projects from outside the NIPEM curriculum. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive. Master of Engineering students is not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor), and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include one member as the representative for the proposed minor. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 (truncated for the courses listed in their executed PPS) and a 3.00 in their major coursework to be eligible for graduation. A minimum of 30 total semester hours are required to graduate with a master’s degree. There is a non-thesis or thesis option and those requirements are noted separately In the NIPEM program, if a student chooses non-thesis, then the student is required to take a minimum of nine credit hours of graduate courses listed under group B and another fifteen credit hours of graduate-level course work from Group C depending on your career goals and objectives. Required Courses Or courses from the following programs with advisor pre-approval: College of Journalism and Communication, College of Law, Design Construction and Planning, Fisher School of Business (Accounting), Agriculture and Life Sciences, Construction Management, Arts, Education, Health and Human Performance, Liberal Art and Sciences, Public Health and Health Profession, and Natural Resources and Environment. Note: Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or two credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research (CGN 6971) required during the final/graduating semester. MS or ME with Coursework Only Minimum 30 total semester hours of coursework; (only available if the student has not received financial aid from the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering). The NIPEM graduate student should take CGN 6905 and CGN 6971 with the faculty advisor Dr. Najafi or must receive approval from the advisor to complete the coursework with another faculty member. The structural engineering faculty have a complementary set of expertise in theoretical, analytical, computational, experimental and field investigation techniques well suited to address critical infrastructure issues. The structures program includes infrastructure system response to extreme-event loading (e.g. blast, wind, impact), durability of infrastructure and materials, health monitoring, evaluation and strengthening of existing structures, and the development of construction methods to improve long-term sustainability of new infrastructure. Within the structural engineering area of specialization, we offer a concentration in structural engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. This feature recognizes the rigorous academic requirements that our students are required to achieve. In addition, it alerts prospective employers that the students they are considering will be able to meet their expectations for training and competence in the field. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for a student to receive a concentration in structural engineering. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral candidate comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. The structural engineering PhD program requires a minimum of 90 total credits hours which includes a minimum of 30 credit hours of coursework. The remaining 60 credit hours can be a combination of courses and/or research hours. Students must take all four (4) Group A courses below, and at least four (4) Group B courses. The remaining courses required to reach 30 credit hours may be selected from Group B or Group C. However, there is considerable flexibility beyond the first eight (8) courses, to be determined in consultation with the student advisor and committee. The courses listed are subject to periodic updates as offerings fluctuate. A. Students must take all of the following courses: B. Students must take at least four (4) of the following courses: C. *All courses are three credits Note: Internships shall not be used to satisfy coursework requirements for either degree. If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. In the Structural Engineering program, students are required to take both a preliminary examination (written and oral), followed by an oral qualifying examination (research proposal defense) in a subsequent term. The written & oral preliminary exam focuses on academic performance in core structures courses, and is administered after the student completes two full semesters in the graduate program. The qualifying examination is then scheduled at least one semester after successful completion of the preliminary exam and in consultation with the research advisor. Written Component: The written portion of the preliminary examination for doctoral students is four (4) hours in duration. Books, notes and other reference material are not permitted. A calculator is allowed. The candidate will receive four questions at the beginning of the exam. Students are required to budget their time to complete all exam material. Written Exam Topics: 1 structural analysis question 1 structural dynamics question 1 concrete question (behavior and/or design) 1 steel question (behavior and/or design) The student is not required to bring design manuals to the exam. Oral Component: If the doctoral student passes the written portion of the exam, an oral defense of their exam will be administered within several weeks of the written exam (depending on examiner and student scheduling coordination). The student will meet with several structures faculty, where the strengths and weaknesses of the student as demonstrated in their written exam will be further explored. The discussions typically stay within the realm of the written exam, but may address aspects of material not specifically covered in the written exam. The oral portion of the exam lasts approximately one hour. At least 24 hours prior to the oral exam, the student may briefly review their written exam under the supervision of a structures faculty member. Outcome: If the student passes the oral portion of the exam, the student is admitted to the structures PhD program and may begin preparation for the qualifying examination (oral dissertation research proposal defense.) Failure of either the written or oral component of the preliminary exam constitutes failure of the exam. Students failing the exam are given the opportunity to retake the written and oral exam in the subsequent semester. Students failing a second time are not permitted to advance any further in the PhD program ORAL QUALIFYING EXAMINATION (Oral Dissertation Research Proposal Defense): Once the doctoral student has successfully completed the preliminary examination, the student and the advisor will schedule the qualifying examination (oral dissertation research proposal defense). This event includes the full supervisory committee. The student should provide the entire supervisory committee a written dissertation research proposal at least two weeks in advance of this event. The student will present their work to the committee and answer questions from the members. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend. Committee members may attend remotely using modern technology as circumstances require. The supervisory committee is responsible for guiding the student and to ensure the proposed research is both suitable for Ph.D. level work and reasonably achievable within the projected timeline. A re-examination may be requested by the supervisory committee if significant revisions are recommended. At least one term (semester) of additional preparation is required before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination (proposal defense) and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the oral qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Sustainable Construction Engineering Within the construction engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in sustainable construction engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Sustainable Construction Engineering (SCE) are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a SCE faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the coursework requirements outlined on the following page for the SCE specialization. You will also be required to complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must also have it approved by your advisor during the first week of classes in your first semester. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. Prior to the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester along with any changes in your PPS. Once your course selection has been approved by your advisor, you will then send (via email) your course selection along with your updated and approved PPS to your advisor with a copy submission to ESSIE’s graduate department. Your advising hold will then be removed, allowing you to register. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) for processing. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the core competency courses listed in the coursework requirements. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in construction materials engineering. After the course requirements for the categories are met, remaining coursework must be selected from approved electives. MS or ME with Thesis Minimum 30 total semester hours; min. 24 hours coursework permitted and max 6 hours Masters Research (CGN 6971) permitted OR 27 hours coursework and 3 hours Masters Research (CGN6971) required; min. 15 hours coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering, written master’s thesis; oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research (CGN 6971) is required during the final/graduating semester. The student must take a minimum of 21 credits of coursework from the college of engineering. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis) Minimum 30 total semester hours of coursework; (only available if the student has not received financial aid from the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering), min. 15 hours coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering. The student must take a minimum of 21 credits of coursework from the college of engineering. A. Technical Fundamentals of Construction Competency (9 credits required): B. Construction Materials Competency (3 credits – take one of the following courses): C. Construction-Applied Resources Competency (3 credits – take one of the following courses): D. Field Construction Operations Competency (3 credits): E. Electives (12 credits): Elective Notes Within the construction engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with doctoral degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry and academia. They are at the forefront of construction workforce development, digital technologies for design, planning, construction, and inspection, and construction material design and use. Consequently, we offer a specialization in sustainable construction engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). ADVISING: Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral candidate comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. Class requirements needed to provide the student with a practical and theoretical knowledge base will vary widely based on the area of specialization. Because of this, classes will be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor and approved by the doctoral committee. If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. The written portion of the qualifying examination contains a proposal for the doctoral thesis that the student will carry out. The proposal should include an introduction chapter that gives a background for the topic, project objectives, a description of the expected advancement in science and engineering that will result from this project, and an outline of the remainder of the document. The document should also include a literature review chapter, methodology chapter, and if any preliminary results are available they should also be included. The oral portion of the qualifying examination shall be an oral defense of the proposal. The candidate will present the problem to be studied, give background information on the topic including the state of the art on the subject, explain the project objectives, describe the methodology to be used, and summarize any preliminary data collected if available. The student will answer questions about the novelty of the work, the methodology to be used, any results to date, and expected contribution to science and engineering. The student may also be asked questions related to background knowledge of the student’s area of specialization. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the oral qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Transportation Engineering Within the transportation engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in transportation engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Transportation Engineering (TTE) are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a TTE faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS), which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) to ESSIE’s graduate department for processing. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed term project that earned a grade of B or better from any of the TTE courses (ore or elective) listed in the coursework requirements. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 gpa within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in transportation engineering. After the core and elective course requirements are met for transportation, electives must be chosen in consultation with advisors. MS or ME with Thesis A minimum of 30 credit hours with a minimum of 24 hours of course work and 6 hours Masters Research (CGN 6971) with a written master’s thesis and final oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research (CGN 6971) is required during the final/graduating semester. Coursework should satisfy the core, transportation electives, and other electives criteria indicated below. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis) Minimum 30 total semester hours of coursework. Coursework should satisfy the core, transportation electives, and other electives criteria indicated below. Core Courses (min 9 credits) Transportation Electives (min of 9 credits) Other Electives (max of 12 credits) As transportation engineering is highly interdisciplinary, the graduate students are encouraged to choose electives from other branches of civil engineering and a variety of other disciplines including but not limited to: Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, and Statistics. Students must choose electives in consultation with their advisors. Non availability of courses: If any of the transportation courses are not available for reasons such as faculty members’ sabbatical the TTE faculty will recommend appropriate alternatives on a case-by-case basis. Within the transportation engineering field, many employers (consultants, academic institutions, research labs) seek out our graduates with PhD degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them. Consequently, we offer a specialization in transportation engineering within the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted by you to ESSIE’s graduate department and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral student comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the student. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral student’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate students for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. A total of 13 courses in transportation engineering are offered by the six faculty members in transportation engineering. The PhD pre-qualifying exam (discussed further in the section on QUALIFYING EXAM) generally includes one or more questions from each of the six faculty members on the courses they teach. The PhD students should seek to take at least one class from 4 or more of the transportation faculty members within the first year of their graduate studies so that they are prepared for the pre-qualifying exams. The courses must be chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor and considering past classes taken (if any) at a previous graduate-degree program (see also section on Transfer of Credits). Upon completion of the pre-qualifying exam, the faculty may recommend students to take additional transportation classes to enhance their breadth of knowledge. Once the requirements of the pre-qualifying exam are satisfied, the students can complete the remaining coursework (credit requirements) by choosing courses from any department in UF so as to best suit their dissertation work. This overall program of work will be developed by the student in consultation with the faculty advisor. A Comprehensive List of Transportation Engineering Courses Instructor | Course No. | Title Elefteriadou | TTE 6267 | Traffic Flow Theory Elefteriadou | TTE 6259 | Urban Streets Simulation and Control Washburn | TTE 5256 | Traffic Engineering Washburn | TTE 6205 | Freeway Operations Washburn | CGN 6905 | Advanced Traffic Simulation Srinivasan | TTE 5106 | Advanced Urban Transportation Planning Srinivasan | TTE 6505 | Discrete Choice Analysis Zhao | EGN 5215 | Machine Learning Applications in Civil Engineering Zhao | CGN 6905 | Transportation Data Analytics Du | TTE 5305 | Advanced Transportation Systems Analysis Du | TTE 6606 | Urban Transportation Models Guo | TTE 6315 | Highway Safety Analysis Guo | TTE 5805 | Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. In the Transportation Engineering program, the students are expected to take their written preliminary exam (also called the prequalifying exam) after completing two full semesters in the graduate program and the oral exam (also called proposal defense) much later (after making significant progress towards the dissertation). Preliminary Exam (Pre-qualifying Exam): Pre-qualifying exams are administered every summer (typically in May, a couple of weeks after the end of the spring semester). The students are provided with one or more questions from each of the six faculty members covering the courses they teach. The students are expected to answer four or more of the questions in detail (the exact number of questions to be answered will be indicated to the students in advance). This exam is typically open book / open notes and will be held over a period of 1 day. In addition, the student will also be required to submit a research paper on a topic provided by their advisor. The student must coordinate with the advisor to agree upon this research topic by early spring semester so that they have enough time to work on it. If a student’s performance in the written exam / paper was not satisfactory, the faculty members may choose to have an oral follow up exam. If the oral exam was not satisfactory either, the student is considered to have failed (Under exceptional circumstances the faculty members may recommend a re-exam to be taken later in summer or in early Fall). The faculty members (and advisor in particular) will discuss with the student why a PhD at UF is not the right fit for them and develop a plan of action for the student’s graduation with a master’s degree. If the students pass the exam overall, they can then proceed to start working on their dissertation. Passing the preliminary exam does not advance the student to candidacy. Oral Exam (Proposal Defense) and Advancement to Candidacy: Once the student has made adequate progress towards his/her dissertation, the student in consultation with the advisor will schedule the oral exam (1.5 – 2 hours in duration) or the proposal defense. This exam is evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units. The student should provide the entire supervisory committee a written proposal at least two weeks in advance of this exam. The student will present his/her work to the committee and answer questions from the members. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral part. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. If the student passes, he/she advanced to candidacy. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination (proposal defense) and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering with Specialization in Water Systems Within water resources engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in water systems engineering within both the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering and Department of Environmental Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Water Systems are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a Water Systems faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS) located on the Resources page, which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) to ESSIE’s graduate department for processing. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook or Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the Group A core courses listed below. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in water systems engineering. In addition to the core course requirements, remaining coursework may be selected from approved electives. MS or ME with Thesis Minimum of 30 total semester hours; min. 24 hours coursework permitted and max 6 hours Masters Research permitted OR 27 hours coursework and 3 hours Masters Research required; min. 15 hours coursework in departmental courses (Group A), written master’s thesis; oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research is required during the final/graduating semester. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis option) (Non-thesis option is only available if the student has not received an assistantship from ESSIE) Minimum of 30 total semester hours of coursework composed of a minimum of 15 hours of core coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering or Environmental Engineering (Group A) along with 15 hours of elective courses (Groups B and C) as outlined below. Group A: ESSIE Core Courses (15 credits required): Group B: ESSIE Elective Courses: Group C: Non ESSIE Elective Courses: Elective Notes Master of Engineering (ME) or Master of Science (MS) Degree in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering with Specialization in Water Systems Within water resources engineering field, employers often seek out our graduates with master’s degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them into industry. Consequently, we offer a specialization in water systems engineering within both the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering and Department of Environmental Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. Master’s students specializing in Water Systems are expected to satisfy the following minimum coursework requirements and procedures. Upon admission, a Water Systems faculty member is assigned as your advisor. Regardless of whether you are pursuing a Thesis or Non-Thesis degree, you must complete the Master’s Program Plan of Study (PPS) located on the Resources page, which is posted on the ESSIE website. You must request the use of transfer credits toward your degree program on the PPS and obtain approval, as indicated by the advisor’s signature on the PPS. You will have an advising hold until your first PPS has been submitted based on these timeframes: Masters non-thesis submission is required by midterm of the first semester; Master’s thesis by midterm of the second semester. Before the registration periods of subsequent semesters, contact your advisor for approval of your proposed course selection for the upcoming semester, along with any changes in your PPS. You or your advisor need to submit your PPS (original or revised) to ESSIE’s graduate department for processing. Additional requirements may be imposed by the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, or the University of Florida Graduate School; therefore, the student should consult the Civil and Coastal Engineering Graduate Student Handbook or Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Handbook for additional information. Non-thesis students obtaining a Master’s of Science degree must satisfy the final exam requirements by submitting a completed design or analysis term project that earned a grade of B or better from one of the Group A core courses listed below. Projects from outside the curriculum will not be considered. Projects are to be submitted to the student’s advisor for approval and must be comprehensive in nature. Master of Engineering students are not required to complete the final examination per the Graduate Catalog. A thesis master’s degree-seeking student is required to have a supervisory committee. That committee must consist of a minimum of two members, a chair (usually the advisor) and at least one additional member. The full committee should be formed by the mid-term of the second semester. If a minor is designated, the committee must include a graduate faculty member from the minor department. Per the University of Florida Graduate School Policy, students must have an overall GPA of 3.00 and an overall 3.00 GPA within the departmental courses to be eligible for graduation. Courses are selected to ensure students obtain a minimum level of competency in water systems engineering. In addition to the core course requirements, remaining coursework may be selected from approved electives. MS or ME with Thesis Minimum of 30 total semester hours; min. 24 hours coursework permitted and max 6 hours Masters Research permitted OR 27 hours coursework and 3 hours Masters Research required; min. 15 hours coursework in departmental courses (Group A), written master’s thesis; oral defense. Enrollment of 3 credit hours (Fall/Spring) or 2 credit hours (Summer) of Masters Research is required during the final/graduating semester. MS or ME with Coursework Only (non-thesis option) (Non-thesis option is only available if the student has not received an assistantship from ESSIE) Minimum of 30 total semester hours of coursework composed of a minimum of 15 hours of core coursework in Civil and Coastal Engineering or Environmental Engineering (Group A) along with 15 hours of elective courses (Groups B and C) as outlined below. Group A: ESSIE Core Courses (15 credits required): Group B: ESSIE Elective Courses: Group C: Non ESSIE Elective Courses: Elective Notes Within the civil engineering field, employers (academic institutions, research labs, and consultants) often seek out our graduates with PhD degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them. Consequently, we offer a specialization in environmental engineering or civil engineering with a specialization in water systems engineering within both the Department of Environmental Engineering and Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted by you to ESSIE’s graduate department and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral candidate comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. A minimum of 15 credit hours must be taken within ESSIE. A list of typical in major Water Systems courses is provided below. This list is not exhaustive and other in major courses can been taken if approved by the faculty advisor. In addition to the 15 credit in major courses, the student will complete their remaining coursework (credit requirements) by choosing courses from any department at UF so as to best suit their dissertation work along with research hours. The overall program of work will be developed by the student in consultation with their faculty advisor Water Systems Courses If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. In the Civil Engineering Water System program, the students take their qualifying exam once they have made adequate progress towards their dissertation. In preparation for the qualifying exam the student will prepare a written dissertation research proposal which outlines their research objectives. The proposal is submitted to their graduate committee and then in coordination with their faculty advisor they will schedule their qualifying exam. The qualifying exam is composed of two parts: a written exam and oral exam (Proposal Defense). Written exam: The written exam is composed of questions provided by the members of the supervisory committee. The questions will typically relate to the students research proposal but may also include content that committee members believe will strengthen the proposed research. Oral Exam (Proposal Defense) and Advancement to Candidacy: Once the student has completed their written exam, the student in consultation with the advisor will schedule the oral exam (proposal defense). This exam is evaluated by the full supervisory committee. The student will present his/her work to the committee and answer questions from the members. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral exam. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. If the student passes, they advance to candidacy. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination (proposal defense) and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. Within the environmental engineering field, employers (academic institutions, research labs, and consultants) often seek out our graduates with PhD degrees. They have high expectations regarding the skills and capabilities that our graduates bring with them. The following requirements, in addition to the minimum requirements imposed by the UF Graduate School, must be met for graduation. The Ph.D. degree requires at least 90 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. A Ph.D. student does the major work in an academic unit specifically approved for offering doctoral courses and supervising dissertations. At least a B (3.00 truncated) is needed for courses included in the major (overall and major/departmental courses). Students will arrange to meet with their committee chair/advisor in order to complete the Program Plan of Study (PPS) found on the ESSIE website under the forms area. The student will also be provided with information about the completion of the Individual Development Plan (IDP). The PPS is done one time unless changes are made, but the IDP, which is found in Canvas, is done annually in conjunction with a scheduled advisement meeting with your Chair. The program plan of study includes supervisory committee member approvals, course advisement, transfer credit requests, and optional minor and certificate request information. Your program plan is due by the mid-point of your third semester. If it is not received by that point, you will have a hold placed on your record and you will not be permitted to register for subsequent terms until the form is submitted by you to ESSIE’s graduate department and processed by the ESSIE Graduate Academic Student Records staff. Membership: The supervisory committee for a doctoral candidate comprises at least four members selected from the Graduate Faculty. At least two members, including the chair, must be from the academic unit recommending the degree. At least one member serves as external member and should be from a different educational discipline, with no ties to the home academic unit. One regular member may be from the home academic unit or another unit. A co-chair may also be appointed. Co-chair: To substitute for the chair of the committee at any examinations, the co-chair must be in the same academic unit as the candidate. External member: If the academic unit’s committee activity conflicts with broader University policies or practices, the external member is responsible for bringing such conflicts to the attention of the appropriate governing body. Therefore, the external member is prohibited from holding any official interest in the doctoral candidate’s major academic unit. Faculty holding joint, affiliate, courtesy, or adjunct appointments in the degree-granting academic unit cannot be external members on a student’s committee. Minor member: The Graduate Faculty member who represents a minor on a student’s committee may be appointed as the external member if he/she does not have a courtesy graduate appointment in the student’s major academic unit. Retired faculty: Graduate Faculty members who retire may continue their service on supervisory committees for 1 year. With approval of the academic unit, retired faculty may continue serving on existing or new committees beyond this period. Special appointments: People without Graduate Faculty status may be made official members of a student’s supervisory committee through the special appointment process. Appropriate candidates for special appointments include Limitations for special appointments: The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee. No more than 30 credits of a master’s degree from another institution will be transferred to a doctoral program. If a student holds a master’s degree in a discipline different from the doctoral program, the master’s work will not be counted in the program unless the academic unit petitions the Dean of the Graduate School. All courses beyond the master’s degree taken at another university to be applied to the Ph.D. degree must be taken at an institution offering the doctoral degree and must be approved for graduate credit by the Graduate School of the University of Florida. All courses to be transferred must be graduate-level, letter-graded with a grade of B or better and must be demonstrated to relate directly to the degree being sought. (NOTE: Research hours are not included because they are not letter-graded.) All such transfer requests must be made by petition of the supervisory committee no later than the third term of Ph.D. study. The total number of credits (including 30 for a prior master’s degree) that may be transferred cannot exceed 45, and in all cases the student must complete the qualifying examination at the University of Florida. In addition, any prior graduate credits earned at UF (e.g., a master’s degree in the same or a different discipline) may be transferred into the doctoral program at the discretion of the supervisory committee and by petition to the Graduate School. The petition must show how the prior course work is relevant to the current degree. All master’s degrees counted in the minimum 90 credit hours must be earned in the last 7 years. Minor work must be in an academic unit other than the major. If an academic unit contributes more than one course (as specified in the curriculum inventory and/or the Graduate Catalog) to the major, the student is not eligible to earn a minor from the contributing academic unit. A 3.00 (truncated) GPA is required for minor credit. In order to obtain a minor in another department area, the student will need approval from that department and to check on what the requirements are for that program. If a minor is chosen, the supervisory committee includes at least one Graduate Faculty member representing the student’s minor. If the student elects more than one minor, each minor area must be represented on the supervisory committee. Therefore, committees for students with two minors must have a minimum of five members. A list of available certificates is located on the Graduate School website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certify cate must be completed and submitted. It is best to do this prior to enrolling in the first course that should be counted toward the certificate. In order to obtain the certificate, an application must also be submitted in order to graduate with the certificate. This should be done during the semester when the last course is completed or thereafter. A minimum of 12 credit hours must be taken within ESSIE. 1 credit of Environmental Sciences seminar is required; Max 3 credits of Seminar allowed. A list of typical in major Environmental Engineering Sciences courses is provided below. This list is not exhaustive and other in major courses can been taken if approved by the faculty advisor. In addition to the 12 credit in major courses, the student will complete their remaining coursework (credit requirements) by choosing courses from any department at UF so as to best suit their dissertation work along with research credit hours. The overall program of work will be developed by the student in consultation with their faculty advisor. In addition to these requirements, at least one journal article accepted in a refereed journal. Environmental Engineering Sciences Courses If a student holds an assistantship, the student should be registered for 9 credit hours during the Fall and Spring and 6 credit hours during the summer in order to maintain the appointment. If the student registers for more than that, the student will have to pay out of pocket based on the student’s residency. Anything less than 9 credit hours is considered part-time in the Fall and Spring and anything less than 6 is considered part-time in the summer. Advanced Research (7979) is open to doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy (classified as 7 and 8). Students enrolled in 7979 during the term they qualify for candidacy will stay in this registration unless the academic unit elects to change their enrollment to Research for Doctoral Dissertation (7980), which is reserved for doctoral students admitted to candidacy (classified as 9). During the student’s final term, the student must be registered for research hours (a minimum of 3 in the Fall and Spring and 2 in the summer). If the graduating student is on an appointment, the student must be registered full-time based on the appointment requirements. QUALIFYING EXAMINATION: All Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination. It may be taken during the third term of graduate study beyond the bachelor’s degree. The student must be registered in the term the qualifying examination is given. The examination, prepared and evaluated by the full supervisory committee or the major and minor academic units, is both written (sometimes referred to as a preliminary exam) and oral (sometimes referred to as the oral defense) and covers the major and minor subjects. In the Environmental Engineering Water System program the students take their qualifying exam once they have made adequate progress towards their dissertation. In preparation for the qualifying exam the student will prepare a written dissertation research proposal which outlines their research objectives. The proposal is submitted to their graduate committee and then in coordination with their faculty advisor they will schedule their qualifying exam. The qualifying exam is composed of two parts: a written exam and oral exam (Proposal Defense). Written exam: The written exam is composed of questions provided by the members of the supervisory committee. The questions will typically relate to the students research proposal but may also include content that committee members believe will strengthen the proposed research. Oral Exam (Proposal Defense) and Advancement to Candidacy: Once the student has completed their written exam, the student in consultation with the advisor will schedule the oral exam (proposal defense). This exam is evaluated by the full supervisory committee. The student will present his/her work to the committee and answer questions from the members. Except for allowed substitutions, all members of the supervisory committee must attend the oral exam. The student and chair or co-chair must be in the same physical location. With approval of the entire committee, other committee members may attend remotely using modern technology. At this time the supervisory committee is responsible for deciding whether the student is qualified to continue work toward a Ph.D. degree. If the student passes, they advance to candidacy. If a student fails the qualifying examination, the Graduate School should be notified. A re-examination may be requested, but it must be recommended by the supervisory committee. At least one term of additional preparation is needed before re-examination. *Time lapse: Between the oral part of the qualifying examination (proposal defense) and the date of the degree there must be at least 2 terms. The term the qualifying examination is passed is counted, if the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY: A student is admitted to candidacy upon completion of the qualifying exam when all committee members have approved the candidacy form and approved the dissertation topic. FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS: A student about to graduate should check the Graduate School website for deadlines and final term requirements. This would include the Editorial Office’s guidelines as well. A list of available graduate certificates is located on the EDGE website. If a student is interested in a certificate, an application for admission for the certificate must be completed and submitted.
The Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering presently offers two variations of a Masters degree: the Master of Engineering (M.E.) and the Master of Science (M.S.). Effective Fall of 1999, the Department of Civil Engineering offers a combined B.S./Master program to qualified undergraduate students seeking M.S. or M.E. degrees.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION HOLDS
graduate Administration
Department
Contact(s)
Title
Phone
Location
ESSIE
Ms. Nancy McIlrath
Graduate Academic Coordinator
(352) 294-7801
370C Weil Hall
Environmental Engineering Sciences
Dr. Michael Annable
EES Department Head and Graduate Coordinator
(352) 392-0845
216 Black Hall
Civil & Coastal Engineering
Dr. Dennis R. Hiltunen
ESSIE EDGE Program Director and Graduate Coordinator
(352) 294-7767
265J Weil Hall
Specialization Program Degree Requirements
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis MS or ME Degree (Coursework Only)
Thesis master’s degree
Grades & Graduation
CESD Coursework
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program PLan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
Course Requirements
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students
Grades and Graduation
Introduction
degree Requirements
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
External member:
The student’s supervisory committee chair requests the special appointment, briefly explaining what the special appointment contributes to the supervisory committee. A special appointment is made for a specific supervisory committee. If a student changes to a new degree or major and the committee chair wishes to include the special member on the new supervisory committee, another request must be submitted to the Graduate School for the new committee.
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
2. The student has the advisor’s permission to take the qualifying examination.ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
FINAL TERM REQUIREMENTS
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
Preliminary Examination
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
TTE 5305
Advanced Transportation Systems Analysis
TTE 5106
Advanced Urban Transportation Planning
TTE 6267
Traffic Flow Theory
TTE 6315
Highway Safety Analysis
TTE 5256
Traffic Engineering
TTE 6606
Urban Transportation Models
TTE 5805
Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities
TTE 6259
Urban Streets Simulation and Control
TTE 6505
Discrete Choice Analysis
TTE 6205
Freeway Operations and Simulation
CGN 6905
Machine Learning
CGN 6905
Transportation Data Analytics
CGN 6905
Advanced Traffic Simulation
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
Course Requirements
Non-thesis Master’s degree
Thesis Master’s degree-seeking students:
Grades & Graduation
Coursework Requirements
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credi
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
Environmental Engineering Sciences Ph.D.
Introduction
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
ADVISING
Program Pan of Study (PPS)
Supervisory Committee Establishment and guidelines
Transfer of Credit
Minors
Certificates
Coursework Requirements
Graduate Certificates