Curriculum Requirements and Courses
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Requirements:
A grade of "C" or better must be achieved in all prerequisites for aerospace engineering courses.
Depending on the catalog year your are choosing (either the academic year you declared AE as your major or the academic year you are graduating), your course requirements differ. For a detailed list, determine which catalog applies to you, check the list in the catalog, and then see which classes you need to take and when to take it:
| Academic Year | AE Catalog | Curriculum Flowchart | 4-year curriculum |
| 2002-2003 | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| 2001-2002 | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| 2000-2001 | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| 1999-2000 | Click here | Click here | Not Available |
| 1998-1999 | Click here | Click here | Not Available |
| 1997-1998 | Click here | Click here | Not Available |
| 1996-1997 | Click here | Not Available | Not Available |
Add ECON 300. Also, the flowcharts indicate current courses offered and their equivalent from the required course list. See below for details.
Equivalent, substituted, and waved courses
Since the curriculum and the courses offered have changed over the past few years, the department has established a list of approved equivalents, substitutions, as well as dropped (i.e. waved) courses.
Equivalent Courses:
| Current course | Equivalent (from previous catalogs) |
| MAE 101A - Intro. to Aerospace Engr | AE 101, ENGR 101 (only for 98-99 catalog and prior) |
| MAE 172 - Engr. Design Graphics | ME 172 |
| MAE 205 - Computer Methods in ME | CECS 174 |
| MAE 330 - Engr. Thermodynamics | ME 330 |
| MAE 333 - Engr. Fluid Dynamics | AE 336 |
| MAE 334 - Aerodynamics I | AE 337, AE 436 |
| MAE 350 - Flight Mechanics | AE 350, AE 352 |
| MAE 365 - Aerospace Structures I | AE 374, AE 471 |
| MAE 371 - Analytical Mechanics II (Dynamics) | ME 371 |
| MAE 373 - Mechanics of Deformable Bodies | ME 373 |
| MAE 374 - Materials Lab. | AE 374L, ME 374 |
| MAE 381 - Spacecraft Systems Engr. | AE 320, AE 475 |
| MAE 390 - Aerospace Engr. Seminar | AE 390, AE 490 |
| MAE 408 - Syst. Engr. and Integration | AE 484 |
| MAE 434 - Aerodynamics II | AE 437 |
| MAE 440 - Aero. Lab. | AE 440L |
| MAE 452 - Propulsion | AE 462 |
| MAE 453 - Stability and Control | MAE 477, AE 351, 355, 455 |
| MAE 465 - Aerospace Structures II | AE 474 |
| MAE 478 - Aerospace System Design I | AE 478, AE 482 |
| MAE 479 - Aerospace System Design II | AE 479 |
| MAE 483 - Space Flight and Orbital Mech. | AE 425 |
| MAE 486 - Avionics Systems | AE 470 |
Approved substitutions (if Course required by your catalog):
| Course | Substitution |
| ENGR 492B | MAE 479 |
| AE 472 | MAE 465 |
| EE 370 | MAE 408 |
Courses waived: AE 270, AE 271, AE 470L
Disclaimer: The information on this website is given for advising purposes only and does not constitute official department approval. The undergraduate advisor has the authority to accept or require changes from the information contained in these pages.