Free Electives

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	Winter	Dauskardt

Analysis and Computation

Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE	CEE255	3-4	Spring	Rajagopal
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities	CEE261C	3	Winter	Staff
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	Not Offered	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	2027-2028	Linder
Computational Solid Mechanics	CEE310	3-4	Not Offered	Linder
Computational Poromechanics	CEE314	3	2027-2028	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	Girmay
Structural Monitoring	CEE286	3-4	Winter	Noh
Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction	CEE287	3	Spring	Montemayor
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis	CEE288	3	Winter	Baker
Earthquake Seismology	GEOPHYS287	3-5	Winter	Beroza

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	Not Offered	Staff
Decision Analysis for Civil and Environmental Engineers	CEE206	3	Not Offered	Staff
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	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	Not Offered	Rajagopal
Introduction to Sensors	ME220	4	Not Offered	Kenny
Digital Signal Processing	EE264	3-4	Winter	Mujica
Machine Learning	CS229	3-4	Winter Spring	Koyejo Ma
Statistical Learning Data Science	STATS202	3	Winter Spring	Tibshirani Walther
Modern Applied Statistics: Learning	STATS315A	3	Winter	Trippe

Structural and Geotechnical Design and Consulting

Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities	CEE261C	3	Winter	Staff
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	Girmay
Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction	CEE287	3-4	Spring	Montemayor
Foundations and Earth Structures	CEE293	3	Not Offered	Staff
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	Spring	Jain
Introduction to Sensing Networks	CEE255	3-4	Spring	Staff
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities	CEE261C	3	Winter	Staff
Structural Monitoring	CEE286	3-4	Winter	Noh
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis	CEE288	3	Winter	Baker
Managing Critical Infrastructure	CEE297M	2	Spring	McCann
Topics in Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Research	CEE308	1	Autumn	Minho
Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering	CEE385	3-4	Autumn	Miranda
Data Science for Geoscience	Energy240	3	Winter	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

ECON 135: Finance for Non-MBAs
ECON 140: Introduction to Financial Economics
ESS 164: Fundamentals of GIS
GEOPHYS 190: Near-Surface Geophysics
GEOPHYS 287: Earthquake Seismology
STATS 195: Introduction to R
STATS 200: Introduction to Statistical Inference
STATS 202: Data Mining and Analysis

Other comparable courses may be suitable as elective units, subject to approval from your advisor. Courses unrelated to the profession or practice of structural engineering are not suitable.