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Program checklist · Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

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Program
Award
Doctor of Philosophy
Credential class
ceterms:DoctoralDegree
CIP
30.3201
Total credits (published)
627-645
Credits (computed from items)
906
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166683
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166683_c4a7eaa6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

0 items

    Core

    major core · 0 items

      Select three subjects from one of the Core Areas listed in the table below.

      major core · 0 items

        Breadth Subject 1

        0 items

          A breadth subject is a subject chosen from outside a student’s main research area, intended to expand their knowledge base, strengthen interdisciplinary thinking, and provide contextual or methodological skills that enhance their primary field of study.

          0 items

            Unrestricted Electives

            electives · 0 items

              Thesis

              1 item
              1. 1.THG
                Graduate Thesis 2
                Not resolved to a course
                540

              Core Areas

              major core · 0 items

                Environmental Chemistry 1

                3 items
                1. 1.76
                  Aquatic Chemistry
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 1.83
                  Environmental Organic Chemistry
                  Not resolved to a course
                  or: 1.831 Environmental Organic Chemistry
                  12
                3. 1.84[J]
                  Atmospheric Chemistry
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                Environmental Fluid Mechanics 2

                7 items
                1. 1.61
                  Transport Processes in the Environment
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 1.63[J]
                  Advanced Fluid Dynamics
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                3. 1.65
                  Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows and Wind Energy
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                4. 1.69
                  Introduction to Coastal Engineering
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                5. 1.72
                  Groundwater Hydrology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                6. 2.25
                  Fluid Mechanics
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                7. 12.802
                  Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                Environmental Microbiology

                2 items
                1. 1.87[J]
                  Microbial Genetics and Evolution
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 1.89
                  Environmental Microbial Biogeochemistry
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                And one of the following subjects:

                3 items
                1. 1.881[J]
                  Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 6.8710[J]
                  Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                3. 7.492[J]
                  Methods and Problems in Microbiology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                Ecology and Evolution 2

                6 items
                1. 1.872[J]
                  Evolutionary and Quantitative Genomics
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 1.881[J]
                  Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                3. 1.873
                  Mathematical Modeling of Ecological Systems
                  Not resolved to a course
                  or: 1.89 Environmental Microbial Biogeochemistry
                  12
                4. 1.837
                  Resilience of Living Systems to Environmental Change
                  Not resolved to a course
                  or: 12.586 Modeling Environmental Complexity
                  12
                5. 1.845
                  Introduction to the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Ecology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                6. 1.87[J]
                  Microbial Genetics and Evolution
                  Not resolved to a course
                  or: 8.591[J] Systems Biology
                  12

                Hydrology

                6 items
                1. 1.61
                  Transport Processes in the Environment
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                2. 1.65
                  Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows and Wind Energy
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                3. 1.713[J]
                  Land-Atmosphere Interactions
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                4. 1.714
                  Surface Hydrology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                5. 1.72
                  Groundwater Hydrology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                6. 1.723
                  Computational Methods for Flow in Porous Media
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                Geotechnics/Geomechanics

                1 item
                1. 1.361
                  Advanced Soil Mechanics
                  Not resolved to a course
                  9

                And two of the following subjects:

                3 items
                1. 1.364
                  Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
                  Not resolved to a course
                  9
                2. 1.38
                  Engineering Geology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12
                3. 1.72
                  Groundwater Hydrology
                  Not resolved to a course
                  12

                Mechanics and Materials

                0 items

                  Select one subject from each concentration:

                  concentration · 0 items

                    Concentration 1: Fundamentals

                    concentration · 2 items
                    1. 1.550
                      Engineering Mechanics
                      Not resolved to a course
                    2. 1.581[J]
                      Structural Dynamics
                      Not resolved to a course

                    Concentration 2: Computation

                    concentration · 3 items
                    1. 1.001
                      Engineering Computation and Data Science
                      Not resolved to a course
                    2. 1.121[J]
                      Advancing Mechanics and Materials via Machine Learning
                      Not resolved to a course
                    3. 1.545[J]
                      Atomistic Modeling and Simulation of Materials and Structures
                      Not resolved to a course

                    Concentration 3: Specialization

                    concentration · 4 items
                    1. 1.361
                      Advanced Soil Mechanics
                      Not resolved to a course
                    2. 1.541
                      Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures
                      Not resolved to a course
                    3. 1.583[J]
                      Topology Optimization of Structures
                      Not resolved to a course
                    4. 2.074
                      Solid Mechanics: Elasticity
                      Not resolved to a course

                    Systems Engineering

                    0 items

                      Select one of the following CEE domain subjects:

                      6 items
                      1. 1.125
                        Architecting and Engineering Software Systems
                        Not resolved to a course
                      2. 1.144[J]
                        Applied Category Theory for Engineering Design
                        Not resolved to a course
                      3. 1.200[J]
                        Transportation: Foundations and Methods
                        Not resolved to a course
                      4. 1.202
                        Demand Modeling
                        Not resolved to a course
                      5. 1.208
                        Resilient Networks
                        Not resolved to a course
                      6. 1.260[J]
                        Logistics Systems
                        Not resolved to a course

                      Select one subject each from two different methods:

                      0 items

                        Probability and Statistics

                        3 items
                        1. 1.203[J]
                          Applied Probability and Stochastic Models
                          Not resolved to a course
                        2. 6.3702
                          Introduction to Probability
                          Not resolved to a course
                        3. 6.7700[J]
                          Fundamentals of Probability
                          Not resolved to a course

                        Optimization

                        2 items
                        1. 15.081[J]
                          Introduction to Mathematical Programming
                          Not resolved to a course
                        2. 15.C57[J]
                          Optimization Methods
                          Not resolved to a course

                        Machine Learning

                        3 items
                        1. 1.C51& 6.C51
                          Machine Learning for Sustainable Systemsand Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications
                          Not resolved to a course
                        2. 6.7900
                          Machine Learning
                          Not resolved to a course
                        3. 6.7920[J]
                          Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Methods
                          Not resolved to a course
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