Hybrid SES Master’s in CEE Program Requirements

The Hybrid SES MS program was designed with four goals in mind:

  1. To provide a graduate degree that focuses on the application of systems-thinking concepts and data science tools to the disciplines of civil and environmental engineering
  2. To provide increased access to Stanford Civil and Environmental MS degrees for working professionals who are not able to leave the workforce for an entirely full-time MS degree program (typically 1.5 years in CEE)
  3. To give Civil and Environmental Engineering master’s students the opportunity to apply lessons from their graduate studies in their daily professional career by taking 1/3 of their required units as a part-time student with the opportunity and flexibility to take courses online
  4. To increase the affordability of earning an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering by enabling students to continue earning a full-time working salary while completing 1/3 of the required units part-time with the opportunity and flexibility to take courses online.

With these four goals in mind, to earn the hybrid SES MS degree students complete 45 graduate academic units.  These units are distributed across 4 components of the degree.

Hybrid (online) Degree Component

Systems-focused and Data Science SES Courses | Take 5 classes as a part-time graduate student with the opportunity to be online and focused on systems engineering and data science

Students take a minimum of 5 of the following available systems-focused and data science-focused courses depending on student interest: (Not all courses are offered every quarter and every year. Some courses are offered every other year. Quarter offered is subject to change)

Systems-focused Courses (Select a minimum of 2 courses)

  • CEE 206 - Decision Analysis for Civil and Environmental Engineers (3 units)
  • CEE 242R - Project Risk Analysis (3 units)
  • EE 263 - Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems (3 units)
  • CS 246 - Mining Massive Data Sets (3-4 units)

 

Data Science-focused Courses (Select a minimum of 2 courses)

  • STATS 202 - Data Mining and Analysis (3 units)
  • CS 221 - Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques (3-4 units)
  • CS 224R - Deep Reinforcement Learning (3 units)
  • CS 224W - Machine Learning with Graphs (3-4 units)
  • CS 229 - Machine Learning (3-4 units)
  • CS 230 - Deep Learning (3-4 units)

Students complete their hybrid SES MS courses as part-time Honors Cooperative Students (HCP) and are eligible to take between 3 units and 7 units of graduate courses per hybrid quarter.  Hybrid SES MS students can complete the hybrid component of their degree in as little as 3 quarters, or as many as 5 or 6 quarters.  Most importantly, students in the hybrid SES MS program should plan to complete their hybrid courses in a Spring Quarter or Summer Quarter prior to joining us on campus in Autumn Quarter as a full-time residential graduate student.

Residential (on-campus) Degree Components

Sustainable Engineered Systems Depth Courses in CEE | Take 5-6 courses in-person as a full-time graduate student focused on a depth area in civil and environmental engineered systems

Structure and Material Systems (all courses below are required):

  • CEE 280 -  Advanced Structural Analysis (3-4 units)
  • CEE 283  - Structural Dynamics (3-4 units)
  • CEE 285A or CEE 285B - Advanced Structural Concrete/Steel Behavior and Design (3-4 units)
  • CEE 291 - Solid Mechanics (3-4 units)
  • CEE 288 - Earthquake Hazard and Risk Analysis (3-4 units)
  • CEE 298 - Structural Engineering Seminar (1 unit)

 

Sustainable Construction Systems (all courses below are required):

  • CEE 241 - Managing Fabrication and Construction (4 units)
  • CEE 226 - Life Cycle Assessment for Complex Systems (3-4 units)
  • CEE 256 - Building Systems Design and Analysis (3-4 units)
  • CEE 241B - Infrastructure Project Delivery (3-4 units)
  • CEE 241C - Global Infrastructure Projects (1-2 units)
  • CEE 258 - Donald Watson Seminar in Sustainable Design and Construction (1 unit)

 

Environmental Engineering Systems (CEE 266A, CEE270, and CEE269A/B/C required):

  • CEE 266A - Watershed Hydrologic Processes and Models (3 units)
  • CEE 270 - Movement and Fate of Organic Contaminants in Waters (3 units)
  • CEE 269A, CEE 269B, or CEE 269C - Environmental Engineering Seminar (1 unit)

In addition to these required courses, two courses are required from one of the two groups below (Aquatic Chemistry & Biology and Process Engineering Group or Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Group) and one course is required from the other group below -

Aquatic Chemistry & Biology and Process Engineering Group

  • CEE 270M - Aquatic and Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering (3 units)
  • CEE 271A - Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes (3 units)
  • CEE 270B - Environmental Organic Reaction Chemistry (2-3 units)
  • CEE 271B - Environmental Biotechnology (4 units)
  • CEE 274P - Environmental Health Microbiology (3-4 units)

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Group

  • CEE 261A - Physics of Wind (3 units)
  • CEE 262A - Hydrodynamics (3-4 units)
  • CEE 262B - Transport and Mixing in Surface Water Flows (3-4 units)
  • CEE 262C - Coastal Ocean Modeling (3 units)
  • CEE 266F - Stochastic Hydrology (3 units)
  • CEE 266G - Water Resources Systems Analysis (3 units)

Atmospheric and Energy Systems (CEE 276B and CEE 263S required):

  • CEE 276B - 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything (4 units)
  • CEE 263S - Atmosphere/Energy Seminar (1 unit)

In addition to these required courses, four courses required from the group below -

  • CEE 263C - Weather and Storms (3 units)
  • CEE 263D - Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions (3 units)
  • CEE 176A - Energy Efficient Buildings (3-4 units)
  • CEE 207A - Understanding Energy (3-5 units) or CEE 207S - Understand Energy: Essentials (3 units)
  • CEE 207R - Extreme Energy Efficiency (3-5 units)
  • CEE 272R - Modern Power System Engineering (3 units)
  • CEE 278A - Air Pollution Fundamentals (3 units)
  • CEE 261A - Physics of Wind (3 units)
  • CEE 261C - Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities (3 units)

Sustainable Engineered Systems Elective Courses | Take 5 or 6 graduate level elective courses either as a part-time online graduate student or an in-person full-time graduate student  

Students are encouraged to pursue additional depth by taking graduate courses in one of the engineered system depth areas in CEE or broaden their systems understanding by taking relevant graduate courses in another departments across the Stanford School of Engineering, the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, or in any school at Stanford.

Sustainable Engineered Systems Breadth Experience | Broaden your graduate experience 

Students are required to complete a "breadth experience" either during your on-campus residency, or during the summer following your third residential quarter (Summer Quarter) on campus.  This breadth experience can take the form of a second seminar course in another CEE depth area (CEE 298, CEE 258, CEE 269A/B/C, or CEE 263S) to broaden your engineering systems skillset and connect with even more students in other CEE MS programs. Rather than a second seminar course you can also enroll in Curricular Practical Training (CPT) during the Summer Quarter following your third residential quarter on campus to broaden your practical knowledge in industry.

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