NUCLEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
SEMESTER 1
Course
(a,c) CHEM 110
CHEM 111
ENGL 015
ENGL 030
EDSGN 100
(a,b,c) MATH 140
MATH 140E
(g)
AHS course
SEMESTER 3
Course
CMPSC 201
CMPSC 200
E MCH 211
(a,c) MATH 251
(a,c) PHYS 212
(g)
AHS course
Chemical Principles
Experimental Chemistry
Rhetoric and Composition -orHonors Freshman Composition
Introduction to Engineering Design
Calculus with Analytic Geometry I -orCalc with Engineering Applications I
(GA, GH, or GS)
Total Semester Credits
C++ for Engineers (Preferred) –orProgramming with MATLAB
Statics
Ordinary and Partial Differential Eq.
Electricity and Magnetism
(GA, GH, or GS)
Total Semester Credits
SEMESTER 5
Course
CAS 100A/B
M E 320
(c,*) NUCE 301
(c,*) NUCE 309
(*)
NUCE 310W
Effective Speech
Fluid Flow
Fundamentals of Reactor Physics
Analytical Techniques for Nuclear
Concepts
Issues in Nuclear Engineering
Total Semester Credits
SEMESTER 7
Course
ENGL 202C
(*)
NUCE 403
(c,*) NUC E 430
(*)
NUCE 451
(d)
NUCE TE
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Technical Writing
Advanced Reactor Design
Design Principles of Reactor Systems
Experiments in Reactor Physics
NUCE Technical Elective
Total Semester Credits
Credits
3
1
3
3
4
3
17
Credits
3
3
4
4
3
SEMESTER 2
Course
FYS
(g)
AHS course
(g)
ECON 102
ECON 104
(a,c) PHYS 211
(a,b,c) MATH 141
MATH 141E
(f)
GHA
SEMESTER 4
Course
E MCH 212
E MCH 213
EMCH 213D
(f)
GHA
M E 300
MATH 230
PHYS 214
17
Credits
3
3
4
3
2
SEMESTER 6
Course
EE 212
M E 410
E MCH 315
E MCH 316
(c,**) NUCE 302
(c,**) NUCE 450
15
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
15
SEMESTER 8
Course
(g)
AHS course
(g)
AHS course
(e,f)
GTE
(**) NUCE 431W
(d)
NUCE TE
First Year Seminar
(GA, GH, or GS)
Microeconomic Analysis & Policy (GS) -orMacroeconomic Analysis & Policy (GS)
Mechanics
Calc with Analytic Geometry II -orCalc with Engineering Applications II
Health/Physical Activity
Total Semester Credits
Dynamics
Strength of Materials -orStrength of Materials with Design
Health/Physical Activity
Engineering Thermodynamics I
Calculus of Several Variables
Wave Motion and Quantum Physics
Total Semester Credits
Intro to Electronic Measuring Systems
Heat Transfer
Mechanical Response of Engr. Mat'l.
Experimental Determination of Mechanical
Response of Materials
Intro to Reactor Design
Radiation Detection and Measurement
Total Semester Credits
(GA, GH, or GS)
(GA, GH, or GS)
General Technical Elective
Nuclear Reactor Core Design Synthesis
NUCE Technical Elective
Total Semester Credits
Credits
1
3
3
4
4
1.5
17
Credits
3
3
1.5
3
4
2
16.5
Credits
3
3
2
1
4
3
16
Credits
3
3
3
4
3
16
Courses listed in boldface italic type require a C or better for entrance to major.
MATH 140E & 141E are only available at University Park in the semester listed.
Courses listed in boldface type require a C or better for graduation in this major.
Select from Nuclear Engineering Programs List (NUC E 405, 406, 408, 409, 420, 446, 470, 490, 497, or BIOE 406).
Nuclear Engineering courses not required for the major are also permitted, except Nuc E 401 (See department list). Three credits of co-op
may also be used for the GTE after completion of three co-op rotations.
Six ROTC credits may be substituted for three credits of GHA plus three GTE credits upon completion of the basic ROTC Program.
An elective course to satisfy General Education AHS requirements: GA - General Arts, GH - Humanities, GS - Social & Behavioral Sciences,
selected from the lists published in the University General Education Handbook.
* These Nuc E courses are ONLY offered in the Fall semester *
** These Nuc E courses are ONLY offered in the Spring semester *
5/8/2015