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Ocean Engineering Curriculum


DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCEAN ENGINEERING
For students graduating in calendar year 2008

FRESHMAN YEAR

FALL SPRING
CHEM1035CHEMISTRY FOR ENGR3
CHEM1045CHEM FOR ENGR LAB1 ENGE 1114 Exploration of ENGR Design 2
ENGE 1024 ENGR EXPLORATION 2 ENGL1106ENGLISH II3
ENGL1105ENGLISH I3 MATH1206CALCULUS II3
MATH1114LINEAR ALGEBRA2 MATH1224VECTOR GEOMETRY2
MATH1205CALCULUS I3 PHYS2305PHYSICS I4
ELECTIVE**3ELECTIVE**3
17 17

SOPHOMORE YEAR

FALL SPRING
AOE2074COMP METHODS3 AOE3094AOE MATERIALS3
AOE2204INTRO OCEAN ENGR3 AOE3204NAVAL ARCHITECTURE3
ESM2104STATICS3 ESM2204MECH DEFORM BODIES3
MATH2224MULTI VAR CALC3 ESM2304DYNAMICS3
PHYS2306PHYSICS II4 MATH2214DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS3
ELECTIVE**1ELECTIVE**3
17 18

** Electives include 6 credits each from Core Areas 2 and 3, 1 credit from Core Area 6, and 3 credits from Core Area 7 (the area 7 course may double count with area 2 or 3). The AOE Department requires that Econ 2005 be one of the courses taken in Area 3. These elective credits must also include a 1-3 credit computer programming course in C++ or Fortran selected from the following: CS 1044, ECE 1574, ENGE 2314 and ENGE 2324. Other C++ or Fortran courses may be approved by your advisor. Three to eight credits will be free electives.

JUNIOR YEAR

FALL SPRING
AOE3014AERO/HYDRODYNAMICS3 AOE3054EXPER. METHODS3
AOE3024THIN-WALL STRUCTURES3 AOE3224OCEAN STRUCTURES3
AOE3034VEH. VIB & CONTROL3 AOE3264RESIST & PROPUL OF SHIPS3
MATH4564OPER METH FOR ENGR3 AOE4214OCEAN WAVE MECHANICS3
ME3134FUND OF THERMODYN3 AOE4244MARINE ENGINEERING3
ELECTIVE**3 STAT4705STATISTICS FOR ENGR.3
18 18


SENIOR YEAR

FALL SPRING
AOE3044BOUND LAYER & HEAT TR3 AOE4066SHIP DESIGN (WI)3
AOE 4065 SHIP DESIGN (WI) 3 TECHNICAL ELECTIVES++3
AOE 4254 OE LABORATORY 1 ELECTIVES** 9
AOE 4334 SHIP DYNAMICS 3    
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES++6    
  16   15


WI refers to Writing Intensive Course

++ The AOE Department requires 9 credits of technical electives of which 6 credits must be an AOE course and the remaining 3 may be selected from a list of 3000 level and higher AOE and other approved technical courses.

Students must have had 2 years of a foreign language in high school or one year at the college level.


The "in-major GPA" consists of all courses taken under the AOE designation.
Students must pass all required courses and both the in-major and overall GPA must be at least 2.0 for graduation.


136 CREDITS ARE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.
NOTE: See the attached list of courses that do not count toward graduation credits

A minimum C- grade is required in all courses that are prerequisites to required AOE courses or are prerequisites of co-requisites to these courses.

AOE Satisfactory Progress Towards Degree

University Policy 91 outlines university-wide minimum criteria to determine whether students are making satisfactory progress towards t$ Specific expectations for satisfactory progress for Aerospace and Ocean Engineering majors are outlined below:
  • Each student must meet the minimum university-wide criteria as described in Policy 91 and summarized in the Undergraduate Course Catalog and Academic Policies Catalog.
    Additionally
  • After attempting 72 credit hours:
    AE students must have satisfactorily completed AOE 2074 and AOE 3104
    OE students must have satisfactorily completed AOE 2074 and AOE 3204
  • After attempting 98 credit hours:
    AE and OE students must have satisfactorily completed 24 credit hours of in-major courses and have 2.0 overall and in-major GPAs
Students who are identified as not making satisfactory progress towards their degrees will be placed on academic probation by the College of Engineering and must comply with the College.s procedures for continued enrollment.

This standard was reviewed and approved by the AOE Faculty on February 9, 2007.

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