<p>Well, I can give one example in detail. My wife had an M.S. in Math. and decided to get an M.S. in Civil Engineering (she always liked building structures, even built a house completely by herself). I am not sure which of the following were deficiencies, which are part of the M.S. and which were taken just because she was interested in the subject, but here’s her curriculum (she passed the FE, too, and even taught FE prep. courses). As you can see, the underdrad portion was very thorough and substantial. Her specialty was wastewater treatment and water supply/purification.</p>
<p>Undergrad.: Autocad. for Civil Eng./ Transportation Eng./ Statics/ Dynamics/ Mechanics of Materials/ Structural Eng. I/ Structural Eng. II/ Fluid Mechanics/ Basic Thermo./ Geotech. Eng./ Properties of Materials/ Adv. Autocad./ Water Res. Eng./ Reinforced Concrete Design/ Environmental Eng.</p>
<p>Grad.: Advanced Strength of Materials & Structural Eng./ Adv. Finite Elements/ Arctic Hydrological Eng./ Unit Processes: Biological/ Groundwater Dynamics/ Env. Mngmt. & Law/ Arctic Eng./ Hazardous & Toxic Waste Mngmt.</p>