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Free Electives in MS Structural Engineering Program
Select additional courses from the list of breadth electives and from course offerings from the engineering and engineering-related disciplines that contribute to coherent program of study.
The following groupings are of courses to consider if your interest, whether in practice or in research, falls in these general areas. Please note that there are not concentrations (majors or minors) in the SEM graduate program. These groupings are simply suggestions tied to areas of interest.
Advanced Materials
Mechanics of Composites | AA256 | 3 | Autumn | Chang |
Damage and Failure Mechanics of Structural Systems | CEE305 | 3-4 | Spring | Lepech |
Experimental Stress Analysis | ME348 | 3 | Not Offered | Nelson |
Mechanical Properties of Materials | MATSCI208 | 3-4 | Spring | Dauskardt |
Fracture and Fatigue of Materials and Thin Film Structures | MATSCI358 | 3 | Not Offered | Dauskardt |
Analysis and Computation
Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE | CEE255 | 3-4 | Spring | Rajagopal |
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities | CEE261C | 3 | Spring | Gorle |
Advanced Structural Analysis | CEE280 | 3-4 | Autumn | Deierlein |
Mechanics and Finite Elements | CEE281 | 3 | Winter | Borja |
Nonlinear Structural Analysis | CEE282 | 3-4 | Winter | Simpson |
Structural Dynamics | CEE283 | 3-4 | Winter | Law |
Finite Element Methods in Structural Dynamics | CEE284 | 3-4 | Autum | Law |
Structural Monitoring | CEE286 | 3-4 | Winter | Noh |
Damage and Failure Mechanics of Structural Systems | CEE305 | 3-4 | Spring | Lepech |
Computational Fracture Mechanics | CEE306 | 3-4 | 2025-2026 | Linder |
Computational Solid Mechanics | CEE310 | 3-4 | Not Offered | Linder |
Computational Poromechanics | CEE314 | 3 | 2025-2026 | Borja |
Plasticity Modeling and Computation | CEE315 | 3 | Spring | Borja |
Finite Element Analysis | ME335A | 3 | Winter | Lew |
Finite Element Analysis | ME335B | 3 | Not Offered | Pinsky |
Finite Element Analysis | ME335C | 3 | Not Offered | Staff |
Earthquake Engineering
Nonlinear Structural Analysis | CEE282 | 3-4 | Winter | Simpson |
Structural Dynamics | CEE283 | 3-4 | Winter | Law |
Advanced Structural Concrete Behavior and Design | CEE285A | 3-4 | Autumn | Douglas |
Advanced Structural Steel Behavior and Design | CEE285B | 3-4 | Winter | Miranda |
Structural Monitoring | CEE286 | 3-4 | Winter | Noh |
Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction | CEE287 | 3 | Spring | Miranda |
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis | CEE288 | 3-4 | Winter | Baker |
Earthquake Seismology | GEOPHYS287 | 3-5 | Not Offered | Dunham |
Forensic Engineering
Mechanics and Finite Elements | CEE281 | 3 | Winter | Borja |
Nonlinear Structural Analysis | CEE282 | 3-4 | Winter | Simpson |
Structural Monitoring | CEE286 | 3-4 | Winter | Noh |
Managing Critical Infrastructure | CEE297M | 2 | Spring | McCann |
Structural Performance and Failures | CEE290 | 2 | Spring | Griffith |
Damage and Failure Mechanics of Structural Systems | CEE305 | 3-4 | Spring | Lepech |
Experimental Stress Analysis | ME348 | 3 | Not Offered | Nelson |
Risk and Reliability Engineering
Probabilistic Models in Civil Engineering | CEE203 | 3-4 | Autumn | Baker |
Structural Reliability | CEE204 | 3-4 | Autumn | Kiremidjian |
Decision Analysis for Civil and Environmental Engineers | CEE206 | 3 | Summer | Kiremidjian |
Data Analytics for Physical Systems | CEE254 | 3-4 | Autumn | Noh |
Applied Data Analysis Uncertainty Quantification | CEE267 | 3 | Not Offered | Staff |
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis | CEE288 | 3-4 | Winter | Baker |
Engineering Risk Analysis | MS&E250A | 3 | Winter | Pate-Cornell |
Decision Analysis I: Foundation of Decision Analysis | MS&E252 | 3-4 | Autumn | Shachter |
Sensing and Data Analytics
Data Analytics for Physical Systems | CEE254 | 3-4 | Autumn | Noh |
Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE | CEE255 | 3-4 | Spring | Rajagopal |
Structural Monitoring | CEE286 | 3-4 | Winter | Noh |
Data Analytics for Urban Systems | CEE322 | 3 | Autumn | Rajagopal |
Networks Analysis for Urban Systems | CEE345 | 3 | Not Offered | Jain |
Introduction to Sensors | ME220 | 4 | Spring | Kenny |
Digital Signal Processing | EE264 | 3-4 | Winter | Mujica |
Machine Learning | CS229 | 3-4 | Autumn Winter Spring Summer | Charikar |
Data Mining and Analysis | STATS202 | 3 | Autumn Spring | Walther |
Modern Applied Statistics: Learning | STATS315A | 3 | Winter | Duchi |
Structural and Geotechnical Design and Consulting
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities | CEE261C | 3 | Spring | Gorle |
Mechanics and Finite Elements | CEE281 | 3 | Winter | Borja |
Nonlinear Structural Analysis | CEE282 | 3-4 | Winter | Simpson |
Advanced Structural Concrete Behavior and Design | CEE285A | 3-4 | Autumn | Douglas |
Advanced Structural Steel Behavior and Design | CEE285B | 3-4 | Winter | Miranda |
Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction | CEE287 | 3-4 | Spring | Miranda |
Foundations and Earth Structures | CEE293 | 3 | 2025-2026 | Wren |
Computer Integrated Architecture/ Engineering/Construction | CEE222A | 3 | Winter | Fruchter |
Computer Integrated Architecture/ Engineering/Construction | CEE222B | 2 | Spring | Fruchter |
Urban Resilience
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | CEE218X | 3-5 | Not Offered | Staff |
Intro to Urban System Engineering | CEE243 | 3 | Autumn | Jain |
Introduction to Sensing Networks | CEE255 | 3-4 | Spring | Rajagopal |
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities | CEE261C | 3 | Winter | Gorle |
Structural Monitoring | CEE286 | 3-4 | Winter | Noh |
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis | CEE288 | 3-4 | Winter | Baker |
Managing Critical Infrastructure | CEE297M | 2 | Spring | McCann |
Network Analysis for Urban Systems | CEE345 | 3 | Not Offered | Jain |
Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering | CEE385 | 3-4 | Autumn | Miranda |
Data Science for Geoscience | Energy240 | 3 | Not Offered | Caers |
Engineering Risk Analysis | MS&E250A | 3 | Winter | Pate-Cornell |
Sustainable Cities | URBANST164 EARTHSYS160 | 4-5 | Spring | Kos |
Example non-engineering courses suitable as elective units
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