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Undergraduate Program -- Aerospace Engineering Curricula

Below is the list of courses for each of the four years of the Aerospace Engineering program. Hours shown in parentheses; total = 128 semester hours. See also: AE Curricula Flowchart 2005/2006 Catalog (pdf).


FIRST YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (16)
Math 141 - Calculus I (4)
EF 151 - Eng. Fundamentals (4)
EF 105 - Eng. Fundamentals (1)
Chemistry 120 - Gen. Chem. (4)
English 101 - English Comp. (3)

SPRING SEMESTER (16)
Math 142 - Calculus II (4)
EF 152 - Eng. Fundamentals (4)
EF 202 - Eng. Fundamentals (2)
English 102 - English Comp. II (3)
UGEE* (3)


SECOND YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (18)
Math 241 - Calculus III (4)
ME 231 - Dynamics (3)
MSE 201 - Intro to MSE (3)
Physics 231 - Fund. of Physics (3)
AE 201 - Aerospace Seminar (1)
Econ. 201 - Social Sciences Cluster (4)

SPRING SEMESTER (17)
Math 231 - Differential Equations (3)
Math 200 - Matrix Comp. (1)
ME 321 - Mechanics of Materials I (3)
Physics 232 - Fund. of Physics (4)
EF 230 - Computer Solutions of Eng. Prob. (2)
Philo 241 (3)


THIRD YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (16)
AE 341 - Fluid Mechanics I (3)
AE 370 - Airplane Performance (4)
ME 391 - Engineering Analysis (3)
EE 301 - Circuits & Electro. Mech. (3)
ME 331 - Thermodynamics (3)

SPRING SEMESTER (15)
AE 363 - Structural Analysis of Aerospace Vehicles (3)
AE 351 - Compressible Flow (3)
AE 345 - Aerospace Eng. Instru & Measurement (3)
ME 363 - System Dynamics (3)
ME 344 - Heat Transfer (3)


FOURTH YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (16)
AE 410 - Prof. Dev. (2)
AE 422 - Aerodynamics (3)
AE 425 - Propulsion (4)
AE 424 - Astronautics (4)
AE 426 - Intro to Aerospace Design (2)
EF 402 - Eng. Fundamentals (1)

SPRING SEMESTER (15)
AE 449 - Senior AE Lab (3)
AE 429 - Aerospace System Design (3)
UGEE* (3)
UGEE* (3)
UGEE* (3)

NOTES
*University General Education Electives (UGEE) - (12 hours in areas specified below). See catalog for approved courses which much include:

  1. Social Sciences (3 hours)
  2. Arts and Humanities (3 hours)
  3. Cultures and Civilization (6 hours)