Four-Year Undergraduate Curriculum

Four-Year Curriculum Code 021

The undergraduate program in Aerospace Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Aerospace Engineering.

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers a standard curriculum leading to a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering, covering the areas of aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering with an optional Energy Systems or Packaging Engineering Concentration.

Students who select the Energy Systems or Packaging Engineering Concentration are required to take three of the departmental elective courses related to the energy or packaging engineering fields, respectively. These three courses can count towards the technical electives for degree completion. The Packaging Engineering Concentration also requires a fourth course, Introduction to Packaging Engineering. Details of the standard AE curriculum and the energy or packaging engineering concentrations are presented in the AE Curriculum section of the Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Handbook on the Rutgers MAE website.

First Year

See First-Year Program (35)

Sophomore Year

First Semester

14:440:222 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (3)*
01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4)
14:650:210 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (3)
01:750:227 Analytical Physics IIA (3)
01:750:229 Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)
14:650:291 Mechanics of Materials (3)*

Second Semester

14:540:343 Engineering Economics (3)*
01:640:244 Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)
14:650:351 Thermodynamics (3)*
14:650:361 Introduction to Mechatronics (4)*
14:650:388 Computer-Aided Design in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (3)*

Junior Year

First Semester

01:640:421 Advanced Calculus for Engineering (3)*
14:650:312 Fluid Mechanics (3)*
14:650:342 Design of Mechanical Components (3)*
14:650:350 Mechanical Engineering Measurements with Lab (4)*
humanities/social science elective (200+) (3)

Second Semester

14:650:401 Dynamic Systems and Controls (3)*
14:650:449 Aerospace Materials (3)
14:650:458 Aerospace Structures (3)
14:650:460 Aerodynamics (3)
14:650:471 Aircraft Flight Dynamics (3)

Senior Year

First Semester

14:650:431 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I (2)
14:650:439 Multiphysics Simulations (3)*
14:650:457 Spacecraft and Mission Design (3)
14:650:465 Orbital Mechanics (3)
14:650:487 Aerospace Engineering Design I (2)
technical elective (3)

Second Semester

14:650:433 Aerospace Engineering Laboratory (3)
14:650:459 Aerospace Propulsion (3)
14:650:463 Compressible Fluid Dynamics (3)
14:650:488 Aerospace Engineering Design II (2)
humanities/social science elective (200+) (3)
technical elective (3)

Total Credits = 132

Notes

*May be taken during the first or second semester, within the listed year.
All mechanical and aerospace engineering department electives may count as technical electives.

Department Electives (count as technical electives)

14:650:443 Vibrations (3)
14:650:447 Probabilistic Models in Mechanical and Aerospace Systems (3)
14:650:451 Vehicle Dynamics (3)
14:650:455 Design of Mechanisms (3)
14:650:461 Internal Combustion Engines
14:650:462 Power Plants
14:650:474 Alternative Energy I
16:650:605 Renewable Energy
14:650:478 ME Aspects of Electrical Packaging
14:650:481 Heat Transfer (3)

Energy Departmental Electives (select three for energy concentration)

14:650:461 Internal Combustion Engines (3)
14:650:462 Power Plants (3)
14:650:474 Alternative Energy Systems I (3)
16:650:605 Renewable Energy (3)

Packaging Engineering Technical Electives (select three plus 440:301 - four in total - for packaging engineering concentration)

14:440:301 Introduction to Packaging Engineering (required)
14:440:371 Packaging Evaluation Methods
14:440:373 Packaging Manufacturing
14:440:378 Sustainable Packaging
14:440:403 Safety Engineering in Packaging and General Industry
14:440:406 Packaging, Printing, and Decoration
14:440:468 Packaging Machinery
14:440:471 Distribution Packaging
14:440:477 Packaging Manufacturing II

Aerospace Engineering (ENG)

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING