Total Semester Hours Required: 36

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department encourages students pursuing a GIEL certificate along with an MS in Engineering and Public Policy to complete their MS coursework requirements in their first year and their GIEL certificate requirements in their second year. Students who prefer to complete their GIEL certificate requirements in their first year are asked to speak with their MS degree adviser beforehand.

Students in the MS in Engineering and Public Policy with a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership will complete 16 semester-hours of Gordon Engineering Leadership Coursework in addition to 20 semester-hours of Engineering and Public Policy coursework.

Required GIEL Coursework

All students will be required to complete the following 16 Semester Hours of Gordon Engineering Leadership coursework.

ENLR 5121Engineering Leadership 12
ENLR 5122Engineering Leadership 22
ENLR 5131Scientific Principles of Engineering 12
ENLR 5132Scientific Principles of Engineering 22
ENLR 7440Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 14
ENLR 7442Engineering Leadership Challenge Project 24

Engineering and Public Policy Core Coursework

Students will also complete 20 semester-hours of the following Engineering and Public Policy coursework. Students may choose 12 SH under the Sustainable Engineering and Systems Modeling courses list and 8 SH under the Public Policy and Analysis courses list.