Employ Big Data and Computer Modeling to Assess Risks and Guide Decisions
Extreme weather and similar crises are costly, in lives and property.
Engineers and scientists trained in statistical decision theory are uniquely positioned to help public policy makers and private organizations mitigate losses and reduce human impacts.
Duke will help get you there. Unique among professional master’s programs, we offer scholarships to competitive applicants—typically $20,000 to $30,000.
We’re seeing extreme events that previously could never have been predicted. Society needs professionals who can lead the creation of robust systems for when things don’t turn out exactly as expected.
Mark BorsukDirector, Duke Risk Engineering Master’s Program and Co-Director, Duke Center on Risk
Choose Your Concentration
A 30-credit professional degree, with an industry internship, that can be completed in three semesters.
MATH 551: Applied Partial Differential Equations and Complex Variables
MATH 555: Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 561: Numerical Linear Algebra, Optimization and Monte Carlo Simulation
MATH 577: Mathematical Modeling
Or another Engineering, Math, or Physics course at the 500 level or above with significant mathematical modeling or optimization content (approval required)
ENVIRON 520/521: Resource and Environmental Economics
ENVIRON 638: Environmental Life Cycle Analysis & Decision
ENVIRON 717: Markets for Electric Power
ENVIRON 640: Climate Change Economics
Or another Engineering, Economics, or Environment course at the 500 level or above with significant economic, evaluation, or decision content (approval required)
Policy Analysis
PUBPOL 504: Counterterrorism Law and Policy
PUBPOL 505S: National Security Decision-Making
PUBPOL 580S: Water Cooperation and Conflict
PUBPOL 582: Global Environmental Health: Economics and Policy
PUBPOL 583S: Energy and U.S. National Security
PUBPOL 585: Climate Change Economics and Policy
PUBPOL 607: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Health and Environmental Policy
LAW 590: Risk Regulation
Or another Engineering, Public Policy, or Law course at the 500 level or above with significant policy or law content (approval required)
CEE 551: Risk and Resilience Engineering (3 credits)
EGRMGMT 580: Decision Models
Specialization Courses
Choose three courses in one of four specializations—9 credits
CEE 575: Air Pollution Control Engineering
ENERGY 716: Modeling for Energy Systems
ENERGY 711: Energy and the Environment
ENERGY 630: Transportation and Energy
ENERGY 631: Energy Technology and Impact on the Environment
ENERGY 635: Energy Economics and Policy
EOS 512: Climate Change and Climate Modeling
Or another Engineering, Energy, or Earth Science course at the 500 level or above with significant energy or climate system content (approval required)
CEE 560: Environmental Transport Phenomena
CEE 561: Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
CEE 563: Fate and Behavior of Organic Contaminants
CEE 571: Control of Hazardous and Toxic Waste
CEE 581: Pollutant Transport Systems
CEE 667: Chemical Transformations of Environmental Contaminants
CEE 683: Groundwater Hydrology and Contaminant Transport
CEE 684: Physical Hydrology and Hydrometeorology
ENVIRON 539: Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment
ENVIRON 563: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Health and Environmental Policy
Or another Engineering or Environment course at the 500 level or above with significant environmental, public health, or engineering content (approval required)
ECON 672: Empirical Methods in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics
ECON 673: Mathematical Finance
ECON 674: Financial Derivatives
ECON 678: Derivatives for Speculation and Risk Management
ECON 823: Forecasting Financial Markets
Or another Engineering, Financial Technology, or Economics course at the 500 level or above with significant quantitative finance content (approval required)
CEE 525. Wave Propagation in Elastic and Poroelastic Media
CEE 621. Plasticity
CEE 642. Environmental Geomechanics
CEE 520. Continuum Mechanics
ME 527. Buckling of Engineering Structures
ME 555. Computational Materials Science
ME 742. Nonlinear Mechanical Vibration
BME 590. Viscoelastic Biomechanics
Or another Engineering course at the 500 level or above with significant materials or structural content (approval required)
Typical Study Plan
3 Semesters, or About 11/2 years
Category
Fall 1
Spring 1
Summer 1
Fall 2
Industry Preparation Core
MENG 570 Business Fundamentals for Engineers
MENG 540 Leadership & Management Principles for Technology-Based Organizations
