Curriculum Requirements and Courses

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.