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 -- 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.