Univ. of Southern California Online, M.S. in Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering

University of Southern California,
Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering,
Olin Hall of Engineering(OHE),
Los Angeles, CA 90089,

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Structural Engineering is a Civil Engineering discipline which emphasizes analytical and experimental studies of the behavior of structures (e.g., buildings, bridges, and dams) under service loads (e.g., traffic) and environmental loads (e.g., wind and earthquake). Emphasis is placed on response predictions or computations for these structures and their constituent materials (e.g., steel, reinforced concrete, and composites). Study is made of the nature of these loadings, both static and dynamic, with implications being drawn for design.