The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers a minor program with two emphases: thermal sciences and mechanics.
Requirements
The specific minimum courses required are as follows:
Thermal Sciences
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| MAE 303 | Mechanics of Fluids | 3 |
| MAE 311 | Thermodynamics I | 3 |
| MAE 312 | Thermodynamics II | 3 |
| or MAE 414 | Introduction to Gas Dynamics |
| MAE 315 | Heat and Mass Transfer | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 |
Mechanics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| MAE 332 | Mechanical Engineering Design I | 3 |
| MAE 340 | Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering | 3 |
| MAE 404 | Vibrations | 3 |
| MAE 436 | Dynamic Systems and Control | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 |
It may be possible to substitute other appropriate junior- or senior-level mechanical engineering courses for those specified above with prior approval of the department. Exceptions are rare and are not encouraged. All prerequisites and corequisites must be satisfied for all courses taken.
For completion of a minor, a student must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses specified as a requirement for the minor exclusive of lower-level courses, prerequisites and corequisites and complete at least six hours in upper-level courses in the minor requirement through courses offered by Old Dominion University.
