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Educational Plan for Master Degree Program Structural Engineering Major
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Brief Introduction to the Subject
Structural Engineering is a subordinate discipline in civil engineering; it plays an important role in the urban construction, national economic and social development. Structural Engineering has the longest history in Tongji University and is the most powerful and important subject, in that it educates outstanding engineers and has scientific research achievement which have considerable influence on academic and engineering fields. Structural Engineering discipline was founded in 1914; with the adjustment of college and departments in 1952, the merger of Shanghai Institute of Urban Construction and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials in 1996, as well as Shanghai Railway University in 2000, the academic discipline accelerate its development. In 1981, Structural Engineering was granted as the first group of institute offering master and doctor degrees and also as the first batch offering position of post-doctor in civil engineering. Structural Engineering discipline was ranked as state leading academic discipline in China Discipline Assessment of 1987, 2006 and Shanghai leading discipline in 2001. Structural Engineering discipline has distinct characteristic and strong educational and research ability in concrete structures/masonry structures, steel structures/timber structures, space structures, structural analysis, disaster reduction of structural and lifeline engineering, as well as structural life-time design and maintenance. The academic discipline now has 167 faculty members, including 1 academician, 4 MOE Chang-jiang Scholar Award professor, 39 professors, 61 associate professors, 3 senior engineers, and 5 senior technicians. Most of them are extraordinary famous international experts and scholars. They lead the development of structural engineering in this country. Recently, a great achievement acknowledged all over the world has been got in aspects of training of engineers, educational improvement, international collaboration, scientific research, and social service. The academic discipline has enrolled averagely 200 master graduate students, and 50 doctoral graduate students every year. Numerous educational improvement projects have been finished. Great numbers of advanced textbooks have been published. Team-work with many universities in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Korea, etc. have been established. Many activities, such as exchange of teachers and students, academic companionship, and research team works, etc. have been organized. A lot of state-level research projects, such as the National Climbing Plan B, the 863 Plan, the key plans of National Natural Science Foundation, Outstanding Young-Expert Program, and many other scientific researches sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, have been completed. In addition, the Structural Engineering discipline has achieved many national and local government awards and monopoly right. More than 20 national and Shanghai standards and codes of building structural design, construction, test, and appraisal have been authorized. Many software of computer aided engineering with independent monopoly right have been developed. Because of the international reputation and national leading position of Structural Engineering discipline, a couple of academic organizations and journals have been based in the academic discipline. A degree of master can be conferred in Structural Engineering discipline.

I. Educational Goal
a. To understand the fundamental principle of Marcs Gospel, Chairman Mao’s thoughts, and Xiao-Ping Deng’s ideas; to be patriotic; to obey the law; to develop the precise world outlook, life outlook, and value outlook; to reflect selfless dedication and enthusiastic national spirit; to combine capability, knowledge, and personality; to serve for modernization of socialism. b. To have practical, realistic, and scientific attitude, and to generate proper, meticulous, and honest academic atmosphere; to connect theory with practice; to be good at intensive and creative study, and team work spirit. c. To thoroughly learn fundamental theories, systemic professional knowledge and techniques of structural engineering; to be able to fluently speak the second language for scientific and academic communication; to have strong capability of using computers. d. To completely understand current situation and future trend of the subject and the newest development of relevant research fields; to have capability to do independent and creative researches, and effectively solve engineering practical problems.

II. Research Orientations
a. Concrete structure and bricklaying structure. b. Steel structure and wood structure. c. Space structure. d. Structural analysis. e. Structural and lifeline engineering; resistance and control of earthquake and disaster. f. Structural life-time design and maintenance

III. Educational System and Duration
The number of school years for a master student to complete the degree is 2.5, including 1 to 1.5 for classes taking and at least 1 for thesis writing. The maximum school years are not longer than 4 years. For a student fulfilling the plan ahead of time with the dissertation qualified for defense, it can be allowed for defense, graduation, and application of the degree ahead of time.

IV.Credit and Curriculum
A master student must take at least 32 credits of courses, including 6 credits of general academic courses, at least 16 credits of professional academic courses, at least 8 credits of non-academic courses, and 2 credits of required segments.
(1) The courses of a master graduate student are classified as academic courses, non-academic courses, and remedial courses. (2) Academic courses are classified as professional academic and general academic courses. General academic courses include politic, foreign language, etc. Professional courses are elective courses with union lecture, examination, and homework. Different chapters of a course can be taught by several instructors. In the professional academic courses, at least one about math and one about mechanics need to be taken. The professional courses, “Research frontiers and development trends of structural engineering”, “Advanced concrete structural theory”, “Advanced steel structural theory”, “Professional foreign language”, and “Professional practice” are required courses. The professional course titled “Research frontiers and development trends of structural engineering” is taught by professors from different fields. “Professional foreign language” is taught in small classes based on different fields. The number of students of each class is less than 20. “Professional practice” involves research assistance, teaching assistance, social investigation, design internship, etc. It can be arranged and evaluated by advisors. (3) Non-academic courses include general non-academic courses and professional non-academic courses. General non-academic courses include math, computer application and the second foreign language. Professional non-academic courses are elective and set up in research directions. When the number of students is more than 5, there are union lectures and examinations. Or the instructor can arrange the teaching method and the exam style. (4) Having approved by their advisors and instructors, and verified by Graduate School, eliminations of professional academic courses and non-academic courses can be allowed. However, students need to apply for it personally and take the relevant examination. (5) Professional academic courses and non-academic courses must be taught by associate professors or outstanding assistant professors with Ph.D. (6) Required segments involve seminar, preliminary examination, and defense. Seminars include general and professional seminars, 4 times for each at least. General seminars are set up by Graduate School. Professional seminars are given by professors in the department or visiting scholars off campus. (7) Remedial courses are required fundamental undergraduate courses in the major. Credits of remedial courses can not be counted as required credits leading to the degree. These courses need to be completed in 1 to 1.5 year with qualified examination. Students applying for the undergraduate remedial courses take the courses with undergraduate students in College of Civil Engineering.
Course Type
Course
Code
Course Name
Hours
Credits
Season
Autumn
Spring
Common courses

2070001
An Introduction To Nature Dialectics
54
2
√
√
2070003
Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism
36
1
√
√
2070100
First foreign language(Chinese)
108
3
√
√
2090001
First Foreign Language(English)
108
3
√
√
2900006
The conspectus of China
54
3

√
Degree courses
2020061
Dynamics of Structures(A)
54
3

√
2020153
Advanced concrete structure theory
54
3

√
2020207
Wind Engineering for Structures
36
2

√
2020210
Stability Theory of Structural
36
2

√
2020235
Fundamentals of Damage Mechanics
36
2
√

2020325
Dynamics of Structures(B)
36
2
√

2020327
Earthquake engineering
36
2

√
2020376
Advanced structural testing
36
2

√
2020388
Advanced Theory of Steel Structures
36
2
√

2020418
Elasticity and Plasticity
54
3
√

2020444
Research frontiers and development trends of structural engineering
18
1
√

2020445
Advanced English
18
1
√

2020446
Internship
36
2
√
√
2020447
Variational Principle in Solid Mechanics
36
2

√
2020455
Elasticity and Plasticity (bilingual)
54
3
√

2020461
Advanced concrete structural theory (bilingual)
54
3
√

2102001
Matrix Theory
54
3
√

2102002
Numerical Analysis
54
3
√

2102003
Stochastic Process
54
3

√
2102005
Applied Statistics
54
3
√

2102006
Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations（I）
54
3

√
2102011
Applied of Mathematical Method（II）
54
3

√
Non-degree courses
2020046
Mechanics of Plates and shells
36
2

√
2020054
Lectures on Engineering Reliability
36
2
√

2020064
Structural Optimization and Programming
36
2

√
2020068
Stochastic Structures of Analysis and Modelling
36
2

√
2020202
Durability of Concrete Structures
18
1
√

2020206
Introduction to Selection of Structural System in Building Design
18
1
√

2020208
Numerical Analysis of Structures
36
2

√
2020219
Curtain Wall Structures
18
1
√

2020236
Cable and Membrane Structures
18
1
√

2020241
Modern Prestressed Structures
18
1

√
2020247
Finite element software ANSYS and its application
36
2

√
2020250
Elastic and plastic analysis and programming
54
3
√

2020377
Nonlinear analysis for concrete structure
36
2
√

2020378
High-rise building
36
2
√
√
2020385
Reticulated Shell Structures
18
1
√

2020387
Steel and Concrete Composite Construction
36
2

√
2020391
Engineering structural testing, appraisal and strengthening
18
1

√
2020400
Tall structure
18
1
√

2020419
Structural analysis programming
36
2

√
2020448
Fluid Mechanics
36
2

√
2020449
Fundamentals of solid modeling methods for structural engineering
36
2
√

2020450
Fundamental of symbolic and numerical methods for structural engineering
36
2
√

2020451
Finite Element Method
36
2
√

2020452
Finite Element Method (bilingual)
36
2

√
2020453
Design of Thin-walled Steel Structures
18
1
√

2020454
Steel pipe structure
18
1
√

2080001
C/C++Lanuage
54
3
√

2080002
Study of Cyber-Grapy
54
3
√

2080003
Foundation of Computer Network Technology
54
3
√

2080004
Introduction of Database System
54
3

√
2080006
Fundamentals of Software Technique
54
3

√
2090006
Second Foreign Language(English)
108
2
√
√
2090008
Second Foreign Language(Japanese)
108
2
√
√
2090009
Second Foreign Language(German)
108
2
√
√
2102007
Optimization Method
36
2

√
2102008
Discrete Mathema
54
3
√

2900001
Bodybuilding
36
1
√
√
Compulsory courses
2890001
Public lecture
0
1
√
√
2900002
Selected Topic
0
1
√

Complementary courses
3020002
Concrete Structure Basic Principle
68
0
√

3020003
Steel Structure Basic Principle
51
0

√
3020015
Structural Mechanics (Ⅰ、Ⅱ)
102
0
√
√
3020017
Engineering Mechanics
68
0

√
3020018
Construction in Civil Engineering
43
0

√

V.Thesis-writing
a. Preliminary examination of a master graduate student should be executed according to the regulation of education of a master graduate student in Tongji University. There must be a public preliminary presentation followed with questions and evaluation. The evaluation members of the presentation are not less than 3, including the student’s advisor. The position of other two members must not be lower than assistant professor with Ph.D. In general, the number of reviewed literatures should be more than 30, including 20 from the nation and 10 outside the country. After the defense of master. dissertation has been completed, the reviewed literatures must be more than 50 papers, including 30 Chinese papers and 20 foreign papers. b. Advisors should call for academic meetings periodically to encourage students’ communication about researches. c. A master graduate student should finish the dissertation independently and creatively based on advisor’s instruction. The quality of dissertation should demonstrate that the educational objectives have been completely achieved. d. Basically, a dissertation should be written in Chinese. International students can write it in English or other language approved by committee members and Graduate School with detail abstract in Chinese. e. All dissertations of master graduate students must be evaluated confidentially. The evaluation organized by the academic degree office in Shanghai is executed by Graduate School. f. When a master graduate student is applying for defense of dissertation, having achieved educational objectives but not up to requirements of paper publication, the defense can be approved after verified by the academic degree committee. If the defense is passed, the student can be allowed to graduate. The diploma of the degree will be sent to the candidate after papers are published. g. A master graduate student should publish an academic paper of high quality in a national or international journal or proceeding of the major or other relevant subject. The institution of the paper needs to be Tongji University. Either the student is the first author or the advisor is the first author and the student is the second author of the paper. 8. Confidentiality and management of a dissertation of an academic degree are executed according to the temporary regulation of confidentiality and manag