<p>I was a civil engineer as an undergrad and am a structural engineering MS/Ph.D. graduate student. As far as I'm concerned, Continuum Mechanics, Finite Element Methods, Structural Dynamics, Structural Reliablity, Nonlinear Structural Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, and Plasticity Theory are not classes any undergrad takes.</p>
<p>Infact, compare:</p>
<p>Classes</a> and Seminars</p>
<p>I'm not a CEE, but the courses still seem to match up. That program's core courses include Advanced Structural Analysis and Structural Dynamics (both related to structural analysis at the undergrad level), Advanced Modeling (related to modeling at the undergraduate level), Probabilistic Models (which is also taught at the undergrade level), and Foundation Engineering, which I'm sure is covered somewhere in the undergraduate catalog.</p>
<p>Just because you took advanced electives (which is really a moot point since they were part of your PhD studies) doesn't change the point regarding the core courses. Most schools just rehash the undergraduate material to repackage and resell it. </p>
<p>At least Stanford requires leveling courses. Most places don't even do that.</p>
<p>You are ridiculous if you think structural dynamics or advanced structural analysis is even remotely related to undergrad structural analysis at Stanford. I've TAed undergrad structural analysis. Structural dynamics and advanced structural analysis are not even remotely close to undergrad analysis. Prepackaged courses might be true at whatever schools you went to. Don't generalize about courses at schools you know nothing about</p>
<p>G.P., by your logic, Calc I, Calc II, and Calc III is basically the same course, but repackaged. It's pretty difficult to tell from a course name whether or not the same material is being taught. We'd have to go into the syllabi to figure that out.</p>
<p>What's that rule about graduate courses that start with the name "Introduction to..."? They're usually the hardest ****ing class on earth?</p>