In this rapidly changing and increasingly competitive technological world, graduate degrees are highly desirable and most often masteru2019s degrees are required to hold higher-level professional civil engineering positions in the industry, and in federal, state and municipal government agencies. The departmentu2019s graduate programs are designed to educate the technological leaders of the future in civil engineering, and are structured to accommodate both full-time and part-time students. The specialty areas include coastal, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources engineering in civil engineering. A distance learning masteru2019s degree program in civil engineering with coastal engineering concentration is also available, and can include transferable credits from other institutions.