Purdue Online MSCE Curriculum Map

Please note: this schedule is tentative/subject to change.

Starting in Fall 2026, the course prefixes CE and CEM will become CCE. Some course numbers will also change.

Course #/Name Credits Theme Area 2025 2026 2027 2028
CCE 50501: UAS-Based Mapping: Basic Principles 1 IRS/SM/SW   Spring   Spring
CCE 50502: UAS-Based Photogrammetric Mapping 1 IRS/SM/SW   Spring   Spring
CCE 50503: UAS-Based LiDAR Mapping 1 IRS/SM/SW   Spring   Spring
CCE 50700: Geospatial Data Analytics 3 IRS/SM/SW Fall   Fall Fall
CCE 50800: Geographic Information Systems 3 IRS/SM/SW Spring   Spring Spring
CCE 51300: Lighting and Daylighting Design of Buildings 3 IRS Spring Spring Spring Spring
CCE 51700: Smart Building Systems Modeling 3 IRS Spring Spring Spring Spring
CCE 52200: Computer Applications in Construction 3 IRS Spring   Spring Spring
CCE 52500: Built Environment Modeling 3 IRS        
CCE 53100: Nanotechnology for Civil and Environmental Applications 3 IRS Fall   Fall  
CCE 53600: Non-destructive Testing and Sensing for Civil Infrastructures 3 IRS/SM   Spring   Spring
CCE 54300: Coastal Engineering 3 SW Fall   Fall Fall
CCE 54400: Subsurface Hydrology 3 SW   Spring   Spring
CCE 54900: Computational Watershed Hydrology 3 SW Fall Fall Fall Fall
CCE 55000: Physico/Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering 3 SW Fall Fall Fall Fall
CCE 55400: Water Chemistry for Environmental and Ecological Engineering 3 SW Fall Fall Fall Fall
CCE 56400: Data Science For Smart Cities 3 SM/IRS Fall Spring    
CCE 56601: Network Models for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) 3 SM Fall Spring    
CCE 56900: Smart Logistics 3 SM   Fall   Fall
CCE 57000: Advanced Structural Mechanics 3 IRS Fall Fall Fall Fall
CCE 57200: Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures 3 IRS   Spring   Spring
CCE 57300: Structural Dynamics 3 IRS Spring Spring Spring Spring
CCE 57400: Introduction to Applied Computer Vision in Civil Engineering 3 IRS Spring   Spring  
CCE 57700: Advanced Steel Design 3 IRS Fall   Fall  
CCE 57900: Structural Stability and Design 3 IRS   Spring    
CCE 59500: Finite Elements in Elasticity 3 IRS Spring Spring Spring Spring
CCE 59700: Accounting and Finance for Managing Construction 3 IRS Spring Spring Spring Spring
CCE 59700: Behavior and Design of Anchorages in Concrete 3 IRS Spring Spring   Spring
CCE 59700: Biological Wastewater Treatment 3 SW   Spring   Spring
CCE 59700: Design in Urban Water Infrastructure 3 SW Fall Fall Fall Fall
CCE 59700: Design Principles and Practice of Drinking Water Systems 3 SW Spring   Spring  
CCE 59700: Pipeline Condition Assessment & Integrity Management 3 IRS Spring   Spring Spring
CCE 59700: Plastics in Infrastructure and the Environment 3 SW Summer Summer Summer Summer
CCE 59700: Requirements and Implementation of ISO 41001 3 IRS Fall/Spring Fall/Spring Fall/Spring Fall/Spring
CCE 59700: Temporary Structures - Vertical Construction Module 1 IRS   Spring    
CCE 63100: Advanced Concrete & Aggregates 3 IRS Spring   Spring Spring
CCE 65000: Photochemical Reactors: Theory, Methods, & Applications 3 SW Spring   Spring Spring
CCE 69700: Advanced Prestressed Concrete Design 3 IRS Fall   Fall  
CCE 69700: Seismic Design of Steel Structures 3 IRS Fall      

IRS = Infrastructure, Resiliency and Sustainability
SM = Smart Mobility
SW = Sustainable Water