Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Undergraduate Programs
Certificate in Heating, Ventilating, and
Air-Conditioning Engineering
(code MAE_CT03)
Director: Hamid Rahai
This 21-unit certificate is designed to prepare engineering and science students to design various HVAC systems. Students may also earn this certificate in conjunction with a bachelor's degree. Contact the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for more information.
Requirements
- 1. Consultation with the Program Director and preparation of a Program Planner;
- 2. Satisfactory completion of the required courses, as listed below;
- 3. Approval of a special project and its satisfactory completion (MAE 491);
- 4. Completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in an approved major. The Certificate may be awarded concurrently with or subsequent to the baccalaureate degree.
Required Courses
The HVAC Certificate Program requires a minimum of 21 semester units, as indicated below:
- Take all of the following:
- MAE 300 Engineering Instrumentation & Measurement (2)
- MAE 330 Engineering Thermodynamics I (3)
- MAE 431 Heat Transfer Systems Design (3)
- MAE 438 Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (3)
- MAE 490E Special Topics: HVAC Systems Design and Equipment (3)
- MAE 491 Special Problems (3)
- CE 336 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)
- Take one of the following:
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