Aerospace advising
The goal of advisement is to provide guidance in planning academic and professional careers. All students in Aerospace Engineering (AE) are advised by the College of Engineering advisors at the Engineering Advising Center in the Scrugham Engineering & Mines Building, Suite 131. If you have questions about special permission, technical electives, graduate school or other aerospace engineering topics you can contact a faculty mentor. The link to faculty contact information is at the bottom of the page. For a complete description of the AE program and its classes please see the University General Course Catalog.
Announcements
- B.S. in AE planned to start Fall 2025
- CS 138 can be substituted for ME 203
- There will be limited offerings of AE courses in Fall 2025 and Spring 2026
Appointments
Advising appointments can be scheduled using Navigate. You can also visit the Engineering Advising Center web page for additional information.
Policies
- Course waivers: The Mechanical Engineering Department does not give waivers for pre-requisites or co-requisites.
- Repeat policy: A course may only be taken a maximum of three times. For C or better courses, you have three tries to get a C; for all other courses, you have three tries to get a D-. You need advisor permission to enroll in a course a third time and you must sign a form stating you know that it is your final chance to enroll in the course.
Required courses
Fall only
- AE 334 Aero structures and materials
- AE 412 Jet and Rocket Propulsion
- AE 451 Aircraft and Spacecraft Design I
- AE 458 Flight Stability and Control
Spring only
- AE 345 Flight Mechanics
- AE 370 Space Environment
- AE 381 Introduction to Aerodynamics
- AE 422 Aerospace Laboratory
- AE 452 Aircraft and Spacecraft Design II
Electives
Most electives are only offered once a year. Two electives are required (6 credits).
Aerospace Engineering Electives
Any course 300 level or above with an AE prefix that is not required is a technical elective. In addition, the following two courses are also aerospace engineering electives.
- ME 480 Gas Dynamics
- ME 482 Aerodynamics
Technical Electives
See the University General Course Catalog for additional engineering elective courses and MyNevada for current course offerings.
Substitutions
If you would like to use an upper division course that is not listed on the catalog, you must get faculty mentor approval. The list of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty members below shows who approves electives.
Suggested course sequence
The recommended schedule for the aerospace engineering curriculum, available in the University General Course Catalog, is designed so that you complete prerequisite courses before you take more advanced courses and so that you can avoid scheduling problems.
If you enter the University in the fall semester with all your college preparatory courses completed, you can complete your degree in four years by following this sequence. While you do not need to complete the curriculum in exactly the order shown, you are required to complete prerequisite courses before you enroll in more advanced classes.
External conditions may prevent you from completing the curriculum in the suggested order. This can substantially increase the time required to complete your degree, since some courses are not offered every semester and some of these courses are prerequisites for higher-level classes.
The curriculum flow chart identifies the courses that are prerequisites and co-requisites for more advanced classes. If you must take courses out of the suggested sequence, you should consider this information very carefully in consultation with your advisor.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty members
Matteo Aureli, accelerated BS/MS; graduate program director
Daichi Fujioka, capstone projects, internships
Angelina Padilla, National Merit Scholars and Presidential Scholars; approvals and waivers
Petros Voulgaris, Department chair; approvals and waivers
For all department faculty, see the Mechanical Engineering faculty & staff page.