Catalog Navigator : Four-Year Undergraduate Curriculum

Four-Year Curriculum Code 021

The aerospace engineering curriculum provides a broad and multidisciplinary education in the fundamentals of aircraft and spacecraft design. An energy systems concentration is available with careful planning of the coursework. The degree awarded upon completion of any of these options is the B.S. in aerospace engineering which is professionally accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

First Year

See First-Year Program (35)

Sophomore Year

First Semester

14:440:222 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (3)*

01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4)

14:650:210 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (3)

01:750:227 Analytical Physics IIA (3)

01:750:229 Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)

14:650:291 Mechanics of Materials (3)*

Second Semester

14:540:343 Engineering Economics (3)*

01:640:244 Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)

14:650:351 Thermodynamics (3)*

14:650:361 Introduction to Mechatronics (4)*

14:650:388 Computer-Aided Design in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (3)*

Junior Year

First Semester

01:640:421 Advanced Calculus for Engineering (3)*

14:650:312 Fluid Mechanics (3)*

14:650:342 Design of Mechanical Components (3)*

14:650:350 Mechanical Engineering Measurements with Lab (4)*

humanities/social science elective (200+) (3)

Second Semester

14:650:401 Dynamic Systems and Controls (3)*

14:650:449 Aerospace Materials (3)

14:650:458 Aerospace Structures (3)

14:650:460 Aerodynamics (3)

14:650:471 Aircraft Flight Dynamics (3)

Senior Year

First Semester

14:650:431 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I (2)

14:650:439 Multiphysics Simulations (3)*

14:650:457 Spacecraft and Mission Design (3)

14 :650:465 Orbital Mechanics (3)

14:650:487 Aerospace Engineering Design I (2)

technical elective (3)

Second Semester

14:650:433 Aerospace Engineering Laboratory (3)

14:650:463 Compressible Fluid Dynamics (3)

14:650:488 Aerospace Engineering Design II (2)

humanities/social science elective (200+) (3)

technical elective (3)

Total Credits = 132

Notes

Department Electives (select two from the lists below; can mix and match)

14:650:443 Vibrations (3)
14:650:447 Probabilistic Models in Mechanical and Aerospace Systems (3)
14:650:451 Vehicle Dynamics (3)

14:650:455 Design of Mechanisms (3)

14:650:481 Heat Transfer (3)

Energy Electives (select three for energy concentration; i.e., two department electives and one technical elective)

14:650:461 Internal Combustion Engines (3)
14:650:462 Power Plants (3)
14:650:474 Alternative Energy Systems I (3)
16:650:605 Renewable Energy (3)