Breadth and Mathematics Requirements

Aerospace Engineering Breadth Requirements

Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Combustion
and Propulsion (AFMCP)

AE 410/CSE 461: Computational Aerodynamics
AE 412/ME 411: Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer
AE 416: Applied Aerodynamics
AE 419: Aircraft Flight Mechanics
AE 433: Aerospace Propulsion
AE 434: Rocket Propulsion
AE 435: Electric Propulsion
AE 485: Spacecraft Environment
AE 498 HAT: Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics
AE 510/ ME 510: Advanced Gas Dynamics
AE 511: Transonic Aerodynamics
AE 512: Molecular Gas Dynamics
AE 514: Boundary Layer Theory
AE 515: Wing Theory
AE 538/ ME 501: Combustion Fundamentals
AE 564: Advanced Aero Propulsion Lab
AE 598 AAA: Advanced Applied Aerodynamics
AE 598 CAA: Aeroacoustics
AE 598 CFD: Advanced Computational Aerodynamics
AE 598 MCF: Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics
TAM 531: Inviscid Flow
TAM 532: Viscous Flow
TAM 536: Instability and Transition
TAM 537: Experimental Fluid Mechanics
TAM 538: Turbulence
TAM 570/CSE 560: Computational Fluid Mechanics

Controls and Dynamical Systems (CDS)

and

Space Systems (SS)

AE 454: Systems Dynamics & Control
AE 502: Advanced Orbital Mechanics
AE 504: Optimal Aerospace Systems
AE 555: Multivariable Control
ECE 515/ME 540: Control System Theory and Design
ECE 470/AE 482/CS 443/GE 421/ME 445: Introduction to Robotics

AE 402 Orbital Mechanics
AE 403 Spacecraft Attitude Control
AE 456 Global Navigation Satellite Systems
AE 468 Optical Remote Sensing
AE 485 Spacecraft Environment
AE 498 IHS: Intro to Human Spaceflight
AE 598 Planetary Entry

Structural Mechanics and Materials (SMM)

AE 451: Aeroelasticity
ME 471/AE 420/CSE 451: Finite Element Analysis
TAM 427/AE 427/MSE 454: Mechanics of Polymers
TAM 428/AE 428/MSE 456: Mechanics of Composites
TAM 451: Intermediate Solid Mechanics
TAM 551: Solid Mechanics I
Also accepted are any courses which have the above SMM courses as prerequisites.

It is possible that a MS student may have taken one or more of these or equivalent courses at the University of Illinois or elsewhere. In this case, if the course has not been used toward another degree, the student is allowed to petition to certify that one of the core area requirements has already been satisfied.

Mathematics Requirements

Graduate students are expected to exhibit competence in applied mathematics. MS students may meet this requirement by taking a minimum of 3-4 hours of mathematics courses from this list:

ECE 580: Optimiz by Vector Space Methds
MATH 446: Applied Complex Variables
MATH 447: Real Variables
MATH 448: Complex Variables
MATH 461: Probability Theory
MATH 481: Vector and Tensor Analysis
MATH 482: Linear Programming
MATH 484: Nonlinear Programming
MATH 487: Advanced Engineering Math
MATH 488: Math Methods in Engineering
MATH 489: Differential Equations II
Any MATH 500-level courses except MATH 567, 568, 578, 579, 595, 597, 598, 599
PHYS 508: Mathematical Physics I
PHYS 509: Mathematical Physics II
STAT 400: Statistics and Probability I
STAT 410: Statistics and Probability II
TAM 541: Mathematical Methods I
TAM 542: Mathematical Methods II
TAM 549: Asymptotic Methods

Undergraduate & Graduate Contacts

Brian S. Woodard
Director of Undergraduate Programs
(217) 300-8109
bswoodrd@illinois.edu

Laura Ann Gerhold
Academic Advisor & Coordinator of Undergraduate Program
(217) 244-8671
gerhold@illinois.edu

John Lambros
Interim Director of Graduate Studies
(217) 333-2242
lambros@illinois.edu

Jenna Russell
Graduate Programs Coordinator
jennar@illinois.edu

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