Courses For Aerospace Engineering

Required Courses for Aerospace Engineering

When going for a degree in Aerospace Engineering, students can go for a four year bachelor's degree or a six year masters. To gain the highest paying jobs, a master's degree is the better choice, but it does require more money for the extra two year's tuition. With this degree, graduates open themselves up to a career working with agencies like NASA who focus on creating reliable forms of transportation necessary to reaching space and exploring the planets.

Before a student even begins college Aerospace Engineering program, he or she must have solid background in mathematics. Colleges look specifically for students who have taken calculus. While calculus can be taken during the freshman year, it leads to extra course loads and detracts from homework time. Homework is an essential part of a college education, especially when the program being taken deals so heavily in math and science.

Typically during a freshman year, the following courses are required:

• Calculus II
• Computers for Engineers
• Digital Circuitry
• English Composition
• Humanities
• Introduction to Engineering
• Literature
• Physics
• Public Speaking

During Sophomore (Second) year:

• Analytical Geometry
• Calculus III
• Computer Design for Aeronautics
• Differentials
• Matrix Methods
• Physics II
• Physics III
• Solid Mechanics
• Statics
• Technical Writing

Junior year typically requires these classes:

• Advanced Engineering Math I
• Aerodynamics I
• Aerodynamics II
• Aerospace Structures
• Aircraft Structures
• Aircraft Structures II
• Airplane Stability
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Materials
• Experimental Aerodynamics
• Space Mechanics
• Space Propulsion
• Space Systems Engineering
• Spacecraft Controls
• Spacecraft Design
• Spacecraft Dynamics
• Thermodynamics

Finally, the last year of college arrives and these classes are required to gain a degree:

• Advanced Engineering Math II
• Aerospace Structures
• Aircraft Design
• Aircraft Detail Design
• Control Systems Analysis
• Humanities II
• Space Mechanics II
• Turbine & Rocket Engines

Students who want to continue to a Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering will then complete the next two years taking courses like:

• Aeroacoustic
• Analysis of Aircraft Structures
• Composite Materials
• Computational Aero and Fluid Dynamics
• Design Optimization
• Elasticity
• Finite Aerospace Applications
• Flight Dynamics
• Incompressible Aerodynamics
• Material Fatigue
• Nondestructive Testing
• Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
• Rocket Engine Propulsion Systems
• Thermal Stressors
• Turbulence

Featured Aeronautical School

WyoTech has earned an excellent reputation in the field of technology maintenance. A very high percentage of our graduates move into successful careers in automotive, truck, aircraft and power plant maintenance, just to name a few.

Learn more...