Aerospace Engineering Minor

A minor in Aerospace Engineering requires at least 23 credit hours. All classes must be completed with a grade of C or better. The student will be responsible for any prerequisites to required courses. A maximum of 6 hours of transfer work may apply to the minor.

Model Degree Program

The minor in Aerospace Engineering requires the following:

• at least 23 credit hours of coursework
• a minimum overall GPA of 2.0
• a minimum grade of “C” or better in all courses taken for the minor

The student will be responsible for any prerequisites to required courses. Only 6 hours of transfer work may be applied to the minor.

Required Courses (17 credit hours)

Complete all of the following courses:

• MAE 3401 - Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems
• MAE 4135 - Aerodynamics
• MAE 4410 - Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
• MAE 4421 - Automatic Control of Aerospace and Mechanical Systems
• MAE 4510 - Engineering Design I
• MAE 4511 - Engineering Design II

Aerospace Engineering Electives (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 hours from the following list:

• MAE 4000 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar
• MAE 4021 - Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Aerospace Engineering
• MAE 4130 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
• MAE 4316 - Aerospace Propulsion
• MAE 4402 - Intermediate Dynamics
• MAE 4415 - Flight Dynamics
• MAE 4425 - Space Environment OR
• MAE 5091 - Space Environment
• MAE 4470 - Space Systems Engineering
• MAE 5125 - Advanced Dynamics
• MAE 5130 - Incompressible Flow
• MAE 5131 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
• MAE 5140 - Compressible Flow
• MAE 5145 - Hypersonics
• MAE 5391 - Rocket Propulsion
• MAE 5419 - Trajectory Optimization
• MAE 5424 - Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control
• MAE 9510 - Special Topics: Graduate

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