BS AEROSPACE ENGINEERING  – 2001-03 Catalog
Aerospace Engineering Department
Engineering Bldg. (13), Room 260
(805) 756-2562
FAX: (805) 756-2376

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

AERO 121 Aerospace Fundamentals

2

AERO 215 Introduction to Aerospace Design

2

AERO 301, 302 Aerothermodynamics

5,5

AERO 303, 304 Aerothermodynamics

5,2

AERO 306 Aerodynamics and Flight Performance

4

AERO 307 Experimental Aerodynamics

2

AERO 315 Aerospace Engineering Analysis

4

AERO 320 Fundamentals of Guidance and Control

4

AERO 330 Aerospace Structural Analysis

4

AERO 401 Propulsion Systems

4

AERO 420 Stability/Control of Aerospace Vehicles

4

AERO 430 Aerospace Composite Structures Anlys

4

AERO 461, 462 Senior Project

2,3

CE 204 Strength of Materials

3

CE 205, 206 Strength of Materials and Lab

2,1

EE 201, 251 Electric Circuit Theory and Lab

3,1

Concentration courses (see below)

22

 

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SUPPORT COURSES

 

BIO 213 and ENGR/BRAE 213 (B2)*

2,2

CHEM 124 Gen Chem for Engineering (B3/B4)*

4

CSC 231/CSC 234

2

CSC 341 Numerical Engineering Analysis (B6)*

4

EE 321, 361 Electronics and Lab

3,1

ENGL 149 Technical Writing for Engineers (A3)*

4

IME 144 Intro Design and Manufacturing

4

MATE 210 Materials Engineering

3

MATH 141, 142 Calculus I, II (B1)*

4,4

MATH 143 Calculus III (Add’l Area B)*

4

MATH 241 Calculus IV

4

MATH 242 Differential Equations

4

ME 211 Engineering Statics

3

ME 212 Engineering Dynamics

3

PHYS 131 General Physics (Add’l Area B)*

4

PHYS 132, 133 General Physics

4,4

 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 32 units are in Support.

 

®See page 79 for complete GE course listing.

 

®Minimum of 8 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (8 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing * 4 units in Support

0

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no add’l units req’d)

B1 Mathematics/Statistics  * 8 units in Support

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 

B5 (requirement for Liberal Arts students only)

 

B6 Upper-division Area B * 4 units in Support

0

Additional Area B units* 8 units in Support

0


Area C  Arts and Humanities (16 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (16 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

 

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ELECTIVES

0

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one)

Aeronautics Concentration

 

AERO 405 Supersonic/Hypersonic Aerodynamics

4

AERO 443, 444, 445 Aircraft Design

2,4,4

Aeronautics electives

8

 

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Astronautics Concentration

 

AERO 451 Orbital Mechanics I

4

AERO 447, 448, 449 Spacecraft Design

2,4,4

Astronautics electives

8

 

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