Aerospace Engineering Minor

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus

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Program Coordinator/Contact

Yucheng Liu, Duane Sander Endowed Professor and Department Head
Jeffrey Doom, Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Crothers Engineering Hall 221, Box 2219
605-688-5426

Program Information

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with design and development of aircraft and spacecraft. Applications include traditional piloted fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, as well as autonomous aircraft of various types. The Aerospace Engineering Minor specifies a sequence of courses and academic experiences that provide a basic background in concepts required to solve design problems in aerospace applications.

Requirements for Aerospace Engineering Minor: 18 Credits

EM 321 - Mechanics of Materials (COM) Credits: 3
EM 331 - Fluid Mechanics (COM) Credits: 3
ME 311 - Thermodynamics I Credits: 3
or ME 314 - Thermodynamics Credits: 3
ME 431 - Aerodynamics Credits: 3

Select from the following

Select six credits from the following. Credits: 6