Aerospace Systems Design Concentration

**First year - fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 245	Intro to Aerospace Engineering	3
	KU Core Goal 2.1*^H	3
MATH 125^H	Calculus 1	4
PHSX 150	Seminar in Phys., Astr., & Engineering Physics	.5
CHEM 130 CHEM 150	General Chemistry I, or Chemistry for Engineers	5
	TOTAL HOURS	15.5

**First year - Spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 211 EECS 138	Computing for Engineers, or Intro to Computing	3
	KU Core Goal 2.1*^H	3
MATH 126^H	Calculus II	4
PHSX 211^H	General Physics I	4
PHSX 216 PHSX 213	General Physics I Laboratory, or General Physics I Honors	1 5
	TOTAL HOURS	15

**Second year - Fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 345	Fluid Mechanics	3
CE 260	Statics and Dynamics	5
MATH 127^H	Calculus III	4
MATH 220^H	Applied Differential Equations	3
PHSX 212^H	General Physics II	3
PHSX 236 PHSX 214	General Physics II Laboratory, or General Physics II Honors	1 4
	TOTAL HOURS	18

**Second year - Spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 445	Aircraft Aerodynamics and Performance	3
C&PE 221 ME 212	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I, or Basic Engineering Thermodynamics	3
MATH 290^H	Elementary Linear Algebra	2
CE 310	Strength of Materials	4
PHSX 313	General Physics III	3
PHSX 316	Intermediate Physics Lab	1
	TOTAL HOURS	16

**Third year - fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 507	Aerospace Structures	3
AE 545	Fundamentals of Aero Design	5
AE 550	Dynamics of Flight I	3
	KU Core Elective*^H	3
EPHX 521	Mechanics I	3
	TOTAL HOURS	17

**Third year - Spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 421	Aerospace Computer Graphics	4
AE 551	Dynamics of Flight II	5
AE 572	Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion	3
AE 508 EPHX 536	Aerospace Structures II (a), or Electronic Circuit Measurement & Design (s)	3 4
	TOTAL HOURS	15-16

**Fourth year - fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
AE 520 AE 521	Aerospace Material & Processes (s), or Aerospace Systems Design I (a)	3 4
	KU Core Elective*^H	6
EPHX 516	Physical Measurements	4
EPHX 531	Electricity & Magnetism	3
	TOTAL HOURS	16-17

**Fourth year - spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
EPHX 536 AE 523	Electrical Circuit Meas. and Design (a), or Space System Design (s)	4
EPHX 601	Design of Physical and Electronic Systems	4
	KU Core Electives*^H	6
	TOTAL HOURS	14

CURRICULUM NOTES

(a) Aircraft track
(s) Spacecraft track
* Students must ensure the electives they choose fulfill all remaining KU Core requirements.
^H Honors equivalent course is available.

CORE DISTRIBUTION

GE 1.1 CRITICAL THINKING: PHSX 211
GE 1.2 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY: MATH 125

GE 2.1 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: ELECTIVE
GE 2.2 ORAL COMMUNICATION: ELECTIVE

GE 3H ARTS & HUMANITIES: ELECTIVE
GE 3N NATURAL SCIENCES: CHEM 150
GE 3S SOCIAL SCIENCES: ELECTIVE

AE 4.1 DIVERSITY IN UNITED STATES: ELECTIVE
AE 4.2 GLOBAL AWARENESS: ELECTIVE

AE 5.1 ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: PHSX 150, 216, 236, 316, and 516

AE 6.1 INTEGRATION & CREATIVITY: EPHX 601

2021-2022 Curriculum