Aerospace Engineering, BSAE
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2025-2026. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 123
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| ENGL 1213 | Composition II 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 1413 | Critical Analysis and Writing II | |
| or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
| American History & Government | ||
| HIST 1103 | Survey of American History | 3 |
| or HIST 1483 | American History to 1865 (H) | |
| or HIST 1493 | American History Since 1865 (DH) | |
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | ||
| MATH 2144 | Calculus I (Q) 1 | 4 |
| MATH 2153 | Calculus II (Q) 1 | 3 |
| Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H) | ||
| Course Designated (H) | 3 | |
| Course Designated (DH) | 3 | |
| Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course | ||
| CHEM 1414 | General Chemistry for Engineers (LN) 1 | 4 |
| or CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | |
| PHYS 2014 | University Physics I (LN) 1 | 4 |
| PHYS 2114 (LN) University Physics II (LN) | 4 | |
| Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | ||
| Course Designated (GS) | 3 | |
| Diversity (D) | ||
| Courses designated (D) | ||
| May be paired with another designated course | ||
| Global Cultural Competency (G) | ||
| Courses designated (G) | ||
| May be paired with another designated course | ||
| Additional General Education | ||
| Additional general education credit hours may be required to meet the total 40-hour minimum of general education credit if courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple general education designation hour requirements above. | ||
| Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F). | 0 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) 1 | 1 |
| MATH 2163 | Calculus III 1 | 3 |
| MATH 2233 | Differential Equations 1 | 3 |
| Basic Science | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| The Solar System (N) | ||
| Stars, Galaxies, Universe (N) | ||
| Introductory Biology (N) | ||
or BIOL 1114 | Introductory Biology (LN) | |
| Chemistry I (LN) ((May not be used for degree credit with CHEM 1414)) | ||
| Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Physical Geology (LN) | ||
| Petroleum Geology for Engineers | ||
| Optics | ||
| Introduction to Semiconductor Device Physics | ||
| Modern Physics | ||
| Engineering and Engineering Science | ||
| ENGR 1332 | Engineering Design with CAD for MAE 1 | 2 |
| ENGR 1412 | Introductory Engineering Computer Programming 1 | 2 |
| ENSC 2113 | Statics 1 | 3 |
| ENSC 2123 | Elementary Dynamics 1 | 3 |
| ENSC 2143 | Strength of Materials 1 | 3 |
| ENSC 2213 | Thermodynamics 1 | 3 |
| ENSC 2613 | Introduction to Electrical Science 1 | 3 |
| Choose one of the below laboratory options: 1 | 3 | |
OPTION 1 | ||
| Engineering Data Acquisition Controls Lab | ||
and two more hours from the following labs: | ||
| Strength of Materials Lab | ||
| Electrical Science Lab | ||
| Electrical Fabrication Lab | ||
| Fluids and Hydraulics Lab | ||
| Material Science Lab | ||
| Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Lab | ||
OPTION 2 | ||
| Measurements and Instrumentation 2 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 32 | |
| Upper Division Major Requirements 2 | ||
| ENSC 3313 | Materials Science | 3 |
| IEM 3503 | Engineering Economic Analysis | 3 |
| MAE 3013 | Engineering Analysis and Methods I | 3 |
| MAE 3153 | Introduction to MAE Design | 3 |
| MAE 3253 | Applied Aerodynamics and Performance | 3 |
| MAE 3293 | Fundamentals of Aerodynamics | 3 |
| MAE 3333 | Fundamental Fluid Dynamics | 3 |
| MAE 3324 | Mechanical Design I | 4 |
| MAE 3403 | Computer Methods in Analysis and Design | 3 |
| MAE 3724 | Dynamic Systems Analysis and Introduction to Control | 4 |
| MAE 4223 | Aerospace Engineering Laboratory | 3 |
| MAE 4243 | Aerospace Propulsion and Power | 3 |
| MAE 4283 | Aerospace Vehicle Stability and Control | 3 |
| MAE 4374 | Aerospace System Design | 4 |
| MAE 4513 | Aerospace Structures | 3 |
| Upper Division Elective Requirements | ||
| 3 hours of technical elective to be selected from the following list: | 3 | |
| 3000-level or above from: | ||
| Co-op Industrial Practice II | ||
| Introduction to Mathematical Modeling | ||
or from BAE, CHE, CIVE, ECEN, IEM, MAE, PETE | ||
| 4000-level or above courses from: | ||
| Energy Economics: Traditional and Renewable Energy Markets | ||
| Co-op Industrial Practice III | ||
Or from MATH, MET, or STAT | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 51 | |
| Total Hours | 123 | |
- 1
MAE requires grades of "C" or better for any course that is a pre-requisite or co-requisite to a required course on the degree plan.
- 2
Grades of "C" or higher in all Upper Division Major Requirements courses
Graduation Requirements
- A "C" or better is required in each course taken that is designated with footnote 1 or footnote 2.
- The major engineering design experience, capstone course, is satisfied by MAE 4374 Aerospace System Design.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 and 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.