Undergraduate Study
The ABET-accredited aerospace engineering program is concerned with the design and construction of various types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing (helicopters) aircraft used for air transportation and national defense. It is also concerned with the design and construction of spacecraft, the exploration and utilization of space, and related technological fields.
Aerospace engineering is characterized by a very high level of technology. The aerospace engineer is likely to operate at the forefront of scientific discoveries, often stimulating these discoveries and providing the inspiration for the creation of new scientific concepts. Meeting these demands requires the imaginative use of many disciplines, including fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, structural mechanics, materials and aeroelasticity, dynamics, control and guidance, propulsion, and energy conversion.
Course requirements are as follows (190 minimum units required):
1. Ten department core courses: Civil and Environmental Engineering 108, Electrical Engineering 100, Materials Science and Engineering 14, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20, 102, 103, M105A, 105D, 157, 192A
2. Twelve aerospace engineering core courses: Electrical Engineering 102, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 150A, 150B, 150P, 154A, 154B, 154S, 157A, 161A or 169A, 166A, 171A, and one mathematics elective from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 191A, 192B, 192C, Electrical Engineering 103, 131A
3. Sixteen technical elective units (which should contain enough design units to satisfy the overall program requirement of at least 24 design units) selected from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 131A, 131AL, 132A, 133A, 133AL, 150C (heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, combustion/propulsion); 153A (acoustics); 155, 163A, 164, 169A (unless taken as part of the core), Civil and Environmental Engineering 137L, Electrical Engineering 142 (dynamics and control); Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 156B, 166C, 168, 193, Civil and Environmental Engineering 130F (structural and solid mechanics); Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 150R, 161A (unless taken as part of the core), 161B, 161C, 161D (space technology); 162A, 162C (design and mechanisms); Materials Science and Engineering 143A.
4. Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 20L; Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B; Physics 1A, 1B, 1C, 4AL, 4BL
5. HSSEAS general education (GE) course requirements. See the College and Schools section of this catalog for details
The ABET-accredited mechanical engineering program is designed to provide basic knowledge in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, solid mechanics, mechanical design, dynamics, control, mechanical systems, manufacturing, and materials. The program includes fundamental subjects important to all mechanical engineers, with options in design and manufacturing, dynamics and control, and fluids and thermal engineering.
Course requirements are as follows (192 minimum units required):
1. Ten department core courses: Civil and Environmental Engineering 108, Electrical Engineering 100 (also 110L -- see item 2 below), Materials Science and Engineering 14, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20, 102, 103, M105A, 105D, 157, 192A
2. Ten mechanical engineering core courses: Electrical Engineering 110L (may be taken concurrently with 100), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 131A, 133A, 156A, 162A, 162B, 162M, 169A, 171A, 193
3. Twenty technical elective units, to be selected from the three subject areas listed below, of which at least 12 units (including at least 4 laboratory units) should be from a single subject area:
a. Design and Manufacturing: Materials Science and Engineering 143A, Mathematics 120A, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering CM140, 155, 163A, 164, 168, 174; laboratory courses: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 162C, 163C, 172, M180L, 194, 195
b. Dynamics and Control: Electrical Engineering 102, 103, 131A, 131B, Materials Science and Engineering 143A, Mathematics 115A, 115B, 131A, 131B, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering CM140, 155, 156B, 163A, 164, 168, 174, 191A; laboratory courses: Civil and Environmental Engineering 130F, 137L, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 163C, 172
c. Fluids and Thermal Engineering: Electrical Engineering 103, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 132A, 134, 136, 150A, 150B, 150C, 150P, 150R, 153A, 161A, 161B, 174, 192B, 192C; laboratory courses: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 131AL, 133AL, 157A
4. Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 20L; Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 94; Physics 1A, 1B, 1C, 4AL, 4BL
5. HSSEAS general education (GE) course requirements. See the College and Schools section of this catalog for details
6. Four free technical elective units selected from upper division courses offered by the department; students are strongly encouraged to consult their adviser
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