Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

BSAE Curriculum by Semester
 
  Fall Semester – Year 1     Spring Semester – Year 1  
  (4) MATH 1511: Calculus & Analytic Geometry I     (4) MATH 1521: Calculus & Analytic Geometry II  
  (4) ENGR 190: Introduction to Engineering
    (3) PHYS 1310: Engineering Physics I
 
  (4) CHEM 1215: General Chemistry I Lecture and Laboratory     (1) PHYS 1310L: Engineering Physics I Laboratory  
  (4) ENGL 1110: Rhetoric and Composition     (3) ENGR 110: Introduction to Engineering Design  
      (3) Gen. Ed.: English Composition – Level 2  
        (3) Gen. Ed.: Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective  
         
   12 credit hours     17 credit hours  
  Total credit hours for Freshman Year: 29        
 
  Fall Semester – Year 2     Spring Semester – Year 2  
  (3) MATH 2530: Calculus III     (3) ME 228: Engineering Analysis I
 
  (3) ENGR 233: Engineering Mechanics I
    (3) ME 234: Engineering Mechanics II
 
  (3) PHYS 1320: Engineering Physics II
    (3) ME 261: Mechanical Engineering Problem Solving  
  (3) ME 210: Electronics and System Engineering
    (3) ME 240: Thermodynamics  
  (3) ENGR 217: Manufacturing Processes
    (3) Gen. Ed.: Oral Communication  
   1) ENGR 217L: Manufacturing Processes Laboratory      
  16 credit hours     15 credit hours  
  Total credit hours for Sophomore Year: 31        
 
  Fall Semester – Year 3     Spring Semester – Year 3  
  (3) ME 328: Engineering Analysis II
    (3) AE 424: Aerospace Systems Engineering
 
  (3) AE 339: Aerodynamics I
    (3) AE 439: Aerodynamics II
 
  (3) AE 362: Orbital Mechanics
    (3) AE 363: Aerospace Structures
 
  (3) AE 364: Flight Dynamics and Controls
    (3) ME 345: Experimental Methods I
 
  (3) CE 301: Mechanics of Materials
    (3) ME 341: Heat Transfer
 
  (1) ME 349: MAE Career Seminar        
         
  16 credit hours      15 credit hours  
  Total credit hours for Junior Year: 31        
 
  Fall Semester – Year 4     Spring Semester – Year 4  
  (3) CHME 361: Engineering Materials
    (3) AE 428: Aerospace Capstone Design  
  (3) AE 419: Propulsion
    (3) AE Senior Elective  
  (3) AE 447: Aerofluids Laboratory
    (3) PHYS 303: Energy and Society in the New Millennium  
  (3) Gen. Ed.: Humanities     (3) Gen. Ed.: Viewing a Wider World Elective  
  (3) Gen. Ed.: Creative and Fine Arts
     
           
  15 credit hours     12 credit hours  
  Total credit hours for Senior Year: 30        
  Total credit hours for Graduation: 121