Course Selection

A good place to start course selection is to review the research focus areas available in the department, and think about what your focus is going to be. The program is flexible so you can tailor course selections to your interests within the program requirements. Your project advisor may have course suggestions/requirements as well.

Keep in mind you have the option to go to more classes than you expect to take. Some may turn out to have too much overlap with what you have taken, are at too high a level, or not really what you thought they would be. It is easy to drop a class up to the 7th week but you cannot add after the first 3 weeks. And it can be very hard to catch up if you were not sitting in on a class.

When choosing courses you should be choosing for the entire academic year, you can modify your selections later but you should have a plan for your full program of 30 credits.

The requirement is 12 credits in MAE course work, excluding project and colloquia. You are not limited to classes in MAE you can choose classes from other departments/disciplines, you can find course descriptions in the Courses of Study. Classes should however be technical in nature, 1 or 2 non-technical classes may be approved if they closely relate to your program goals.

Course levels
5000 level intended for MEng
6000 level intended for PhD and interested MEng
4000 level intended for senior undergraduates but a very limited number of 4000 level classes can be taken if you have not had any background in the areas. Example: Introduction to Nuclear Science. Need to be petitioned to be included in your program. petition

Colloquium
Recommended as it gives you some breadth in a variety of areas. Generally weekly talks by outsiders, very simple assignments and one credit, many are S/U grading.

MAE 7999 MAE Colloquium (Fall, Spring)
MAE 5459 Energy Seminar I (Fall)
MAE 5469 Energy Seminar II (Spring)
MAE 6969 Seminar in GPS and GNSS (Fall)
MAE 5949 Enterprise Engineering Colloquium (Spring)

BME 5010 - Bioengineering Seminar (Fall, Spring)
BME 7900 - Biomedical Engineering Seminar (Fall, Spring)
CHEME 5990 - Medical and Industrial Biotechnology Seminar (Fall,Spring)
CEE 6020 - Seminar - Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (Fall)
CEE 6021 - Seminar: Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis (Spring)
CEE 6030 - Seminar - Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology (Spring)
CEE 6060 - Seminar - Transportation System Engineering (Fall, Spring)
CEE 6090 - Seminar: Engineering Systems and Management (Fall, Spring)
ORIE 9000 - ORIE Graduate Colloquium (Fall, Spring)
CS 7790 - Seminar in Artificial Intelligence (Fall, Spring)

MAE Course Offerings

Recommendations by Focus Area:
Astronautics
Dynamics, Systems and Controls
Energy and Sustainability
Fluids and Thermal Systems
Micro and Nanoscale Engineering
Materials, Solid Mechanics or Structural Mechanics
Additional focus areas coming soon

Minors
Systems Engineering
Bioengineering
Manufacturing
Engineering Management

Entrepreneurship
If you are interested in taking an entrepreneurship class NBA 5070 - Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers (Fall, spring. 3 credits) is the course targeted to MEng students. Do not register in MAE 4610 this class is intended for undergrads and will not be approved as part of your program.

MEng Project
Most often MEng Projects will fall under MAE 6900, when registering you should register under the section for your project advisor/project team and choose the number of credits your are doing for the current semester, ie. 8 credit project completed over 2 semesters, you should register for 4 credits in Fall and 4 credits in Spring.

Some students may choose projects outside MAE and you should register for the class your advisor designates, ie.BME 5910 or 5920 for a Biomedical Engineering Project.

Program of Courses
All students need to have an approved Program of Courses form turned in to the MEng Mailbox in Upson 108 by September 6. The form needs to be approved by your project advisor, if you have not finalized advisor selection by September 6, Matt Ulinski, the MEng Director can approve your form.