2002-2003 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Curriculum


FRESHMAN YEAR

Units

1st Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A -- Chemical Structure 4
English Composition 3 -- English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language 5
Mathematics 31A -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4

2nd Quarter

 
Mathematics 31B -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20 -- FORTRAN Programming with Numerical Methods Applications 4
Physics 1A -- Mechanics 5
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L -- Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory 7
Mathematics 32A -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1B -- Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields 5
Physics 4AL -- Mechanics Laboratory 2

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Mathematics 32B -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1C -- Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity 5
Physics 4BL -- Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory 2
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

2nd Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 14 -- Science of Engineering Materials 4
Mathematics 33A -- Linear Algebra and Applications 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M105A -- Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Mathematics 33B -- Infinite Series and Differential Equations 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102 -- Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 103 -- Elementary Fluid Mechanics 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Civil and Environmental Engineering 108 -- Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids 4
Electrical Engineering 100 -- Electrical and Electronic Circuits 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105D -- Transport Phenomena 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 192A -- Mathematics of Engineering 4

2nd Quarter

 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 150A -- Intermediate Fluid Mechanics 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 157 -- Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 169A -- Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations† or Aerospace Engineering Elective‡ 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Electrical Engineering 102 -- Systems and Signals 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 150B -- Aerodynamics 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 171A -- Introduction to Feedback and Control Systems 4
Mathematics Elective* 4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 150P -- Aircraft Propulsion Systems 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 154S -- Flight Mechanics, Stability, and Control of Aircraft 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 161A -- Introduction to Astronautics† or Aerospace Engineering Elective‡ 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 166A -- Analysis of Flight Structures 4

2nd Quarter

 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 154A -- Preliminary Design of Aircraft 4
Aerospace Engineering Electives (2)‡ 8
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 154B -- Design of Aerospace Structures 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 157A -- Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics Laboratory 4
Aerospace Engineering Elective‡ 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

TOTAL

191


*Students should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approved elective lists in the categories of mathematics and HSSEAS GE (see page 22 for details).

†Either Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 161A or 169A is required.

‡A total of 16 units of aerospace engineering electives (four courses) is required; electives must be selected so that the program contains a total of at least 24 design units.