Elective Courses for the ASE Curriculum***

Approved Technical Electives

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EM 4123 – Intro to the FEM (consent of instructor)
EM 4133 – Mechanics of Composite Materials (EM 3213 and MA 3253)
EM 4143 – Engineering Design Optimization (Consent of Instructor, same as ASE 4553)

Any 4000/6000 – level ASE courses (click on the name for more information):

ASE 4133 – Automatic Control of Aerospace Vehicles (ASE 4123)
ASE 4153 – Advanced Performance (ASE 2013)
ASE 4163 – Introduction to Flight Test Engineering (ASE 3313, ASE 4123)
ASE 4243 – Astrodynamics II (ASE 4143)
ASE 4333 – Helicopter Aerodynamics and Performance (Consent of Instructor)
ASE 4423 – Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (Consent of Instructor)
ASE 4433/6443 – Fundamentals of Numerical Grid Generation (Consent of Instructor)
ASE 4553 – Engineering Design Optimization (Consent of Instructor, same as EM 4143)

Please note that the following courses are not acceptable as Technical Electives:

Approved Mathematics/Science Electives

The following courses from the Departments of Mathematics and Physics are approved as Math/Science Electives for the Aerospace Engineering Curriculum. Other courses may be elected, with special approval of the Department Head.

PH 3063 – Astrophysics (co-requisite PH 3613, or consent of instructor)
PH 3613 – Modern Physics (PH 2233, MA 2733)
PH 4113 – Electronic Circuits for Scientists (PH 2223 and MA 2733)
PH 4123 – Digital Electronics for Scientists (PH 2223)
PH 4213 – Intermediate Mechanics (PH 2233 and MA 2733)
PH 4323 – Electromagnetic Fields I (PH 2233 and MA 2743)
PH 4513 – Optics (PH 2233 and MA 2733)

Please note that the following course is not acceptable as a Math/Science Elective:

MA 3113 – Introduction to Linear algebra – Lower-level course

The following courses from the Departments of Mathematics and Physics are approved as Math/Science Electives for the Aerospace Engineering Curriculum. However, they do require one (or more) additional prerequisite course(s):

MA/CS 4313 Numerical Analysis I (CS 1011 or equivalent, MA 3113, and MA 2743)
MA/CS 4323 Numerical Analysis II (CS 1011 or equivalent, MA 3113, and MA 3253)
MA 4353 Multivariable Calculus (MA 2743, MA 3113, MA 3253)

PH 4413 Thermal Physics (PH 3613 and MA 2743)

*** Revised 08/10/2005