For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering
The curriculum in nuclear engineering provides students with
comprehensive study in basic sciences, basic engineering, the social
sciences and humanities, and technical areas specific to nuclear
engineering. It also provides a large, flexible selection of both
technical electives and free electives that enables the student to
emphasize breadth or depth of study or both. The curriculum not only
prepares its graduates to enter directly into a wide variety of
careers in nuclear engineering but also to continue formal education
at the graduate level.
Nuclear engineering is a branch of engineering primarily
related to the development and use of nuclear energy sources,
including (1) the continued application of fission reactors as central
electric power plant thermal sources; (2) the longer term development
of fusion reactors for electric power generation; and (3) the use of
radiation sources in such areas as materials, biological systems,
medical treatment, radiation instrumentation, and activation
analysis.
The following suggested course sequence would allow for graduation in eight semesters.
The curriculum requires 127 hours for graduation. A curriculum revision was pending at the time of publication. See a departmental adviser for more information.
| First year | |
|---|---|
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 4 | CHEM 101--General Chemistry |
| 0 | ENG 100--Engineering Lecture |
| 3 | G E 103--Engineering Graphics and Design |
| 5 | MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I |
| 1 | NUC E 290F--Nuclear Engineering Freshman Orientation see footnote 1 4 |
| 4 | RHET 105--Principles of Composition |
| 17 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 4 | CHEM 102--General Chemistry (Biological or Physical Version) |
| 3 | MATH 130--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, II |
| 2 | MATH 225--Introductory Matrix Theory |
| 4 | PHYCS 106--General Physics (Mechanics) |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 |
| 16 | Total |
| Second year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 2 | C S 101--Introduction to Computing for Application to Engineering and Physical Science |
| 3 | MATH 242--Calculus of Several Variables |
| 4 | PHYCS 107--General Physics (Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism) |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 , free elective4 3, 4 , or elective in nuclear engineering4 5 |
| 15 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 1 | C S 110--Programming Laboratory |
| 4 | PHYCS 108--General Physics (Light, Sound, and the Structure of Matter) |
| 3 | MATH 285--Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions |
| 3 | M E 205--Thermodynamics |
| 4 | T A M 154--Analytical Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics) |
| 2 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 , free elective4 3, 4, 6 , or elective in nuclear engineering4 5 |
| 17 | Total |
| Third year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 3 | M E 211--Introductory Gas Dynamics |
| 3 | PHYCS/NUC E 346--Modern Physics for Nuclear Engineers |
| 3 | T A M 221--Elementary Mechanics of Solids |
| 3 | Advanced mathematics see footnote 7 |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 |
| 15 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 3 | ECE 260--Introduction to Electric Circuits see footnote 8 |
| 4 | NUC E 347--Introduction to Nuclear Engineering |
| 3 | NUC E 351--Nuclear Engineering Laboratory |
| 3 | Technical elective see footnote 9 |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 |
| 16 | Total |
| Fourth year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 3 | Nuclear engineering elective see footnote 5 |
| 6 | Technical electives see footnote 9 |
| 1 | NUC E 352--Advanced Nuclear Engineering Laboratory |
| 3 | NUC E 358--Design in Nuclear Engineering |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities, see footnote 2 or free elective4 4 |
| 16 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 3 | Nuclear engineering elective see footnote 5 |
| 6 | Technical electives see footnote 9 |
| 6 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2 , or free elective4 3 |
| 15 | Total |
footnote 2. Each student must satisfy the social sciences and humanities requirements of the College of Engineering, including ECON 102 or ECON 103. Students entering in fall 1994 and later must also satisfy the campus general education requirements for social sciences and humanities.
footnote 3. A total of 6 hours of electives are free to be selected by the student.
footnote 4. Consideration should be given to NUC E 101--Introduction to Energy Sources as a free elective in the freshman or sophomore year.
footnote 5. A student is required to take a minimum of 9 hours selected from the following nuclear engineering electives (at least 6 hours are to be at the 300 level): NUC E 241--Introduction to Radiation Protection (2 hours); NUC E 243--Radiation Protection Laboratory (1 hour); NUC E 290--Special Topics (1 to 4 hours); NUC E 295--Special Problems (1 to 4 hours); NUC E 312--Nuclear Power Economics and Fuel Management (3 hours); NUC E 321--Introduction to Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion (4 hours); NUC E 331--Material Science in Nuclear Engineering (3 hours); NUC E 341--Nuclear Radiation Protection (3 hours), NUC E 342--Radioactive Waste Management (2 hours); NUC E 352--Advanced Nuclear Engineering Laboratory (1 to 3 hours); NUC E 355--Reactor Statics and Dynamics (4 hours), NUC E 357--Safety Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Systems (3 hours); and NUC E 390--Intermediate Special Topics (1 to 4 hours).
footnote 6. To comply with the general education Composition II requirement, the department recommends one of these classes, which are listed in order of preference: SPCOM 220, B&T W 252, B&T W 251, RHET 133, RHET 143, ENGL 300.
footnote 7. Students are required to take a minimum of one 3-hour advanced mathematics course at the 300 level in addition to MATH 285.
footnote 8. ECE 270--Introduction to Circuit Analysis (4 hours) is strongly perferred. The extra hour can be used as a technical elective credit.
footnote 9. A student is required to select 15 hours of technical electives from a departmentally approved list above and in accordance with college guidelines.
NOTE: Students are required to have a specific area of specialization. This is accomplished by careful selection of technical electives and nuclear engineering electives to provide a minimum of three courses in the specialized area of study. Examples of such areas are power, materials, radiation protection, biological effect of radiation, thermal-hydraulics, fusion, and plasma engineering. A student who has selected an area of specialization may elect to substitute a more appropriate course for those specified as required in the above listing in order to begin a sequence. A course substitute must have as high a caliber and content as that being replaced .