Minors

Proposal for a Minor in Aerospace

February 25, 2008

This minor is meant for BTech (and possibly DD) students of other departments. To obtain a minor, a student has to complete 30 credits. To obtain a minor in Aerospace Engineering, a student has to complete these 30 credits by taking all the courses listed as compulsory and any FOUR of the SIX courses listed as optional.

COMPULSORY COURSES                                           OPTIONAL COURSES (any four)
Intro to Aerospace Engg. (DIC) (8 credits)                          AE Fluid Mechanics (8 credits)
                                             AE Thermodynamics (6 credits)
                                                                                             AE Solid Mechanics (8 credits)
                                                                                                  Aerodynamics (Prerequisite: AE Fluid Mechanics or equivalent) (6 credits)
                                                                                                  Aerospace Propulsion (Prerequisite: AE Thermodynamics or equivalent) (8 credits)
                                                                                                  Aerospace Structural Mechanics (Prerequisite: AE Solid Mechanics or equivalent) (8 credits)
                                                                                                  Flight Mechanics (6 credits)
                                                                                                  Spaceflight Mechanics (6 credits)
                                                                                                  Aircraft Design (Prerequisites: DIC, AE Fluid Mechanics or equivalent) (6 credits)

Issues to note/discuss:

Move some optional courses to compulsory (DFM Feb. 20: Decided against this)
Total credits may vary from 32 to 36 (DFM Feb 20: To seek clarification from Dean AP: 30 credits or 5 courses?)
AE Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Solid Mechanics not available to ME/CL/CE students as applicable. (DFM Feb 20: Leave this only as a guideline, all options open to students)
Electives/other core courses to be included in the optional list? (DFM Feb 20: Decided to add Aircraft Design subject to prerequisites)
Groups of faculty may propose other, more specialized minors. Eg. Structural Mechanics (DFM Feb 20: Noted by faculty)

If such a minor is to based on electives, then it may be better to tie up with faculty from other departments and include courses from other departments as well.