Aerospace Engineering Option
This information is provided as a service to our students, but the catalog is the final authority on prerequisites and you should consult with the Catalog or your advisor if you have any questions.
Additional Basic Sciences Semester Hours
BY/CH/PH Science Elective 4
Engineering Core for Aerospace Engineering Option
in Mechanical Engineering
MAE/CE - 271 Statics 3
EE 213 - Electrical Circuit Analysis I 3
ISE 321 - Engineering Economy 3
MAE 341 - Thermodynamics I 3
Aerospace Engineering Option
in Mechanical Engineering
(excluding Engineering Core)
MAE 100 - Introduction to Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering 2
MAE 110 - Introduction to Engineering Computer
Aided Design 3
MAE 200 - Principles of Aeronautics and
Astronautics 1
MAE 272 - Dynamics 3
MAE 285 - Numerical Methods and Computations I 3
MAE 311 - Principles of Measurement
and Instrumentation 3
MAE 342 - Thermodynamics II 3
MAE 310 - Fluid Mechanics I 3
MAE 370/CE 370 - Mechanics of Materials 4
MAE 371 - Aerospace Structures 3
MAE/ISE 378 - Materials and Manufacturing
Processes 3
MAE 385 - Numerical Methods and Computations 2
MAE 420 - Compressible Aerodynamics 3
MAE 430 - Fundamentals of Aerodynamics 3
MAE 440 - Rocket Propulsion I or 3
MAE 441 - Airbreathing Propulsion 3
MAE 449 - Aerospace Laboratory 2
MAE 450 - Introduction to Heat and Mass Transfer 4
MAE 468 - Elements of Spacecraft Design 3
MAE 480 - Aircraft Stability and Control 3
MAE 488 - Analysis of Engineering Systems 3
MAE 490 - Introduction to Engineering Design 2
MAE 492 - Aerospace Design 3
Technical Elective* 3
*MAE 244 (transfer students only) or MAE courses at 300 level or above, approved by the department.
Suggested Schedule of Courses for Full-Time Aerospace
Engineering Option in Mechanical Engineering
Fall Spring
First Year
MA 171 4 MA 172 4
CH 121/125 4 MAE 100 2
MAE 110 3 PH 111/114 4
EH 101 3 EH 102 3
HSBS/HFA* 3 MAE 285 3
17 16 33
Second Year
MA 201 4 MAE 200 1
MA 238 3 MAE 272 3
PH 112/115 4 MAE 370 4
MAE 271 3 MAE 341 3
HSBS/HFA* 3 MAE 385 2
Science Elective 4
17 17 34
Third Year
MAE 371 3 MAE 420 3
MAE 310 3 MAE 450 4
MAE 378 3 MAE 342 3
EE 213 3 MAE 311 3
ISE 321 3 MAE 488 3
HSBS/HFA* 3
18 16 34
Fourth Year
MAE 430 3 MAE 468 3
MAE 440 OR 3 MAE 480 3
MAE 441 3 MAE 492 3
MAE 449 2 HSBS/HFA* 3
MAE 490 2 Technical Elective 3
HSBS/HFA* 3 HSBS/HFA* 3
HSBS/HFA* 3
16 15 31
Total Hours 132
*HSBS/HFA - 3 hours of PHL 202 or equivalent, 9 hours in History
and Social and Behavioral Sciences (including a 6 hour sequence
in a discipline), and 6 hours in Humanities and Fine Arts.
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