The Master of Engineering, Plan C, Aerospace Engineering Specialization is an on-campus or online degree program focused on providing students with aerospace engineering-relevant content, in disciplines such as Fluid Flow, Propulsion, Structures, and Materials and Manufacturing. This program is intended for professional students who have an undergraduate degree in engineering and are working in the aerospace industry. This is a coursework-only degree program with no thesis requirement.
Effective Fall 2023
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses (Select at least one course from two different groups for a minimum of 6 credits): | 6 | |
| Group A: | ||
| Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering | ||
| Computational Methods for Mechanical Eng. | ||
| Group B: | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics | ||
| Advanced Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Group C: | ||
| Advanced Mechanics of Materials | ||
| Materials Issues in Mechanical Design | ||
| Technical Electives (see list below) | 24 | |
| Program Total Credits: | 30 | |
Technical Electives (Select at least eight courses from the below technical electives or the above foundational courses for a minimum of 24 credits):
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow Technical Electives: | ||
| Computational Fluid Dynamics | ||
| Laser Diagnostics for Thermosciences | ||
| Physical Gas Dynamics I | ||
| Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics | ||
| Propulsion Technical Electives: | ||
| Space Propulsion and Power Engineering | ||
| Chemical Rocket Propulsion | ||
| Orbital Mechanics | ||
| Aerospace Vehicles Trajectory and Performance | ||
| Turbomachinery | ||
| Combustion | ||
| Broad-Beam Ion Sources | ||
| Advanced Combustion Theory and Modeling | ||
| Structures Technical Electives: | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Vibrations | ||
| Advanced Machine Design | ||
| Advanced Topics in Mechanical Vibrations | ||
| Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Engr | ||
| Mechanics of Composite Materials | ||
| Materials & Manufacturing Technical Electives: | ||
| Advanced/Additive Manufacturing Engineering | ||
| Advanced Composite Materials | ||
| Materials Engineering | ||
| Composites Product Development | ||
| Processing of Polymer Composites | ||
| Systems Engineering Technical Electives: | ||
| Coupled Electromechanical Systems | ||
| Control Systems | ||
| Simulation Modeling and Experimentation | ||
| Principles of Dynamics | ||
| Foundations of Systems Engineering | ||
| Overview of Systems Engineering Processes | ||
A minimum of 30 credits are required to complete this program.1
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Of the 30 minimum credits required for this program, at least 21 credits must be at the 500-level or above and earned at CSU.