Astronautical Engineering (BS)

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The Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering prepares students for engineering careers in the space industry, for research and development in industry and government centers and laboratories, and for graduate study. The program combines a core in the fundamentals of engineering, specialized work in astronautics and space technology, and technical electives to broaden and/or deepen the course work.

The requirement for this degree is a minimum of 133 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required in all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. See also the common requirements for undergraduate degrees section.

Composition/Writing Requirements

WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches Units: 4
WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 4

Total units: 8

General Education

General education Units: 24 * +

Required Lower Division Courses

AME 201 Statics Units: 4.0
AME 204 Mechanics of Materials and Structures Units: 4
AME 208 Mathematical Methods in Engineering Units: 4
ASTE 101L Introduction to Astronautics Units: 4
ASTE 280 Foundations of Astronautical Engineering Units: 4
CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4
ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2
ITP 168 Introduction to MATLAB Units: 2
MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 126g Calculus II Units: 4 or
MATH 127 Enhanced Calculus II Units: 4 or
MATH 129 Calculus II for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
MATH 226g Calculus III Units: 4 or
MATH 227 Enhanced Calculus III Units: 4 or
MATH 229 Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists Units: 4
MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I Units: 4
PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics Units: 4 or
PHYS 161Lg Advanced Principles of Physics I Units: 4 or
PHYS 171Lg Applied Physics I: Mechanics Units: 4 *
PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4 or
PHYS 162L Advanced Principles of Physics II Units: 4 or
PHYS 172L Applied Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and Optics Units: 4
PHYS 153L Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern Physics Units: 4 or
PHYS 163L Advanced Principles of Physics III Units: 4 or
PHYS 173L Applied Physics III: Topics in Modern Physics Units: 4

Required Upper Division Courses

AME 301 Dynamics Units: 3, 4
AME 308 Computer-Aided Engineering Units: 3, 4
AME 310 Engineering Thermodynamics I Units: 3, 4
AME 341aL Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory Units: 3, 4
AME 341bL Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory Units: 3, 4
ASTE 305 Astronautical Gas Dynamics Units: 4
ASTE 331 Spacecraft Systems Engineering Units: 4
ASTE 404 Computational Programming and Numerical Methods Units: 3
ASTE 421x Mission Systems Design Units: 3, 4
ASTE 475 Rocket Propulsion Units: 2
Technical electives Units: 8 **
**Technical electives consist of (1) any upper division course in engineering except CE 404, CE 412 and ISE 440, or (2) an upper division course in chemistry, physics or mathematics and MATH 225. No more than 3 units of 490 course work can be used to satisfy the technical elective requirement.

Total minimum units: 133

*Satisfies GE Category III requirement (for students following the previous GE Program).

**Technical electives consist of (1) any upper division course in engineering except CE 404 , CE 412 and ISE 440 , or (2) an upper division course in chemistry, physics or mathematics and MATH 225 . No more than 3 units of 490 course work can be used to satisfy the technical elective requirement.

+The university allows engineering majors to replace the GE Category IV with a second course in Categories I, II or VI (for students following the previous GE Program).