IMPORTANT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING TIPS & NOTES

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Aerospace Engineering: Tips & Even More Tips

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CHECK SHEET

1) Follow the Check Sheet – it’s carefully organized to assure prerequisites/corequisites are not missed and that you

progress towards graduation quickly (129 credit hours are needed to graduate)

2) Follow the Check Sheet – missed prerequisites or corequisites for a Fall or Spring only class will result in, at least,

a year’s delay in graduation (exceptions for missed prerequisites are not granted)

3) The handy diagram, or flow chart, below shows how and when classes (e.g., prerequisites/corequisites) connect

4) Take your Technical Electives during your senior year, only after carefully considering career goals and consulting

with your faculty advisor

5) Taking summer classes (especially GE’s) is a great way to lighten the Fall/Spring course loads

C OR BETTER GRADES

1) Note that a C-minus grade does not meet AE department “C or better” requirements

2) Grades of C or better are required in many AE courses (carefully check the WSU undergraduate catalog and the many

check sheet notes)

3) All ME classes require C or better prerequisite grades

GENERAL EDUCATION

Be very careful to follow the General Education Program guidelines - all GE courses must be chosen from the approved

list in the WSU Undergraduate Catalog

ENGINEERING +

1) Students must complete three out of the following: (a) Undergraduate Research; (b) Cooperative

Education/Internship; (c) Global Learning/Study Abroad; (d) Service Learning; (e) Leadership; (f) Multi-

Disciplinary (g) Entrepreneurship (visit the College of Engineering website for more Engineering + details)

2) Don’t wait until your senior year to complete the requirements (start and finish as soon as you can)

3) Make sure you complete and submit the required Engineering + forms (it’s not done automatically)

MATH OR NATURAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE

Choose one course from the following (some are > 3 hrs.):

Biology – 1_ _, 2_ _, 309, 310, 370, 5_ _ or above

Chemistry – 212, 5_ _ or above

Geology – 102, 111, 235, 3_ _ or above

Honors – 153B, 153T

Health Sciences – 290

Physics – 195, 196, 3_ _ or above

Math or Stat – upper division, with Math 242 or higher prerequisite

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES

Technical electives allow you to either broaden or to enhance your technical knowledge. These courses must be taken

from aerospace engineering - preferably during the senior year and only after carefully considering career goals and

consulting with AE faculty.

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum Flow Chart (Including pre- & co-requisite s)

Prerequisite Coreq uisite

Freshman Soph omore Junior Senior

Subject Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

GE ENGL 10 1 ENGL 102 COMM 111 PHIL 385

GE Core GE Core ECON 2 01

Math MATH 242 MATH 2 43 MATH 344 MATH 555

Science CHEM 211 /L PHYS 31 3 PHYS 3 14

PHYS 315

Other Eng r

IME 222/L

Graphics

ECE 282/ L

Circuits

AE Core &

Design

AE 227 /L

Digital Comp

AE 223

Statics

AE 528

Design I

AE 628

Design II

AE 524

Aerodyn II

Aerodyn &

Propulsion

ME 398

Thermo

AE 502

Propulsion I

AE 324

Fund Flt

AE 424

Aerodyn I

AE 512 /L

Exp

Methods

Flt Dyn &

Control

AE 373

Dynamics

AE 415

Space Dyn

AE 514

Flt Dyn &

Ctrl

AE 607

Flt Control

Sys

Structures

ME 250

Materials

AE 333

Mech Mat

AE 525 /L

Flt Struct I

AE 625 /L

Flt Struct II

Tech Elect Tech Elect Tech Elect

Tech Elect Tech Elect

16 hrs. 16 hrs. 19 hrs. 18 hrs. 15 hrs. 15 hrs. 17 hrs. 13 hrs.

Math or Sci

Elect

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CHECK SHEET

1) Follow the Check Sheet – it’s carefully organized to assure prerequisites/corequisites are not missed and that you

progress towards graduation quickly (129 credit hours are needed to graduate)

2) Follow the Check Sheet – missed prerequisites or corequisites for a Fall or Spring only class will result in, at least,

a year’s delay in graduation (exceptions for missed prerequisites are not granted)

3) The handy diagram, or flow chart, below shows how and when classes (e.g., prerequisites/corequisites) connect

4) Take your Technical Electives during your senior year, only after carefully considering career goals and consulting

with your faculty advisor

5) Taking summer classes (especially GE’s) is a great way to lighten the Fall/Spring course loads

C OR BETTER GRADES

1) Note that a C-minus grade does not meet AE department “C or better” requirements

2) Grades of C or better are required in many AE courses (carefully check the WSU undergraduate catalog and the many

check sheet notes)

3) All ME classes require C or better prerequisite grades

GENERAL EDUCATION

Be very careful to follow the General Education Program guidelines - all GE courses must be chosen from the approved

list in the WSU Undergraduate Catalog

ENGINEERING +

1) Students must complete three out of the following: (a) Undergraduate Research; (b) Cooperative

Education/Internship; (c) Global Learning/Study Abroad; (d) Service Learning; (e) Leadership; (f) Multi-

Disciplinary (g) Entrepreneurship (visit the College of Engineering website for more Engineering + details)

2) Don’t wait until your senior year to complete the requirements (start and finish as soon as you can)

3) Make sure you complete and submit the required Engineering + forms (it’s not done automatically)

MATH OR NATURAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE

Choose one course from the following (some are > 3 hrs.):

Biology – 1_ , 2 , 309, 310, 370, 5 _ or above

Chemistry – 212, 5_ _ or above

Geology – 102, 111, 235, 3_ _ or above

Honors – 153B, 153T

Health Sciences – 290

Physics – 195, 196, 3_ _ or above

Math or Stat – upper division, with Math 242 or higher prerequisite

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES

Technical electives allow you to either broaden or to enhance your technical knowledge. These courses must be taken

from aerospace engineering - preferably during the senior year and only after carefully considering career goals and

consulting with AE faculty.

ME 398

AE 502

AE 424

AE 512 /L

AE 373

AE 415

AE 514

AE 607

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Even More Tips For Student Success

Prepared by Dr. L S Miller, Aerospace Engineering Department

The material outlined below will help you complete your degree and move on to future success. I know many of the tips

are incredibly obvious. Remember, however, you need to do the obvious (that’s why it’s obvious).

The best students:

• Follow the program plan of study without deviations

• See their advisor and register as soon as the process opens

• Carefully take electives that enhance their skills & match their career goals

• Attend every class (arriving early)

• Use their textbook and other references

• Take handwritten notes during class (even if there are online notes or handouts)

• Recognize that following lectures or examples doesn’t mean you truly understand the concepts (practice and

experience is needed – do the homework!)

• Strive to really learn material and to apply it at higher levels

• Work on average 9-hours a week on each engineering class they take

• Study & do homework alone (not in groups)

• Meet with the instructor when they have questions or problems

• Submit assignments and take every exam on time

• Understand there are no short cuts (put simply – they work hard and get results)

• Take great pains to guard their work from inspection or copying by others

• Recognize it’s their responsibility to fully demonstrate their knowledge

• Try to do better than the minimum acceptable levels

• Understand they will not be doing homework and exams in a future job

• Are personably responsible for all that they do or don’t do

• Understand how to effectively use the library