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The Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The MAE Department offers two degree programs:

Both degree programs are offered in a traditional, “live-lecture” format. The department has an undergraduate student enrollment of over 2,700 students. There are over 1,950 students in mechanical engineering, and almost 800 students in aerospace engineering.

The following courses will be affected beginning Summer 2018:

  • EGN 3321: Engineering Analysis – Dynamics
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in MAC 2313, and EGN 3310
  • EGN 3343: Thermodynamics
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGN 3310, MAC 2313
  • EGM 3601: Solid Mechanics
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in MAC 2311C, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, PHY 2048C, and EGN 3310
  • EAS 3810C: Design of Aerospace Experiments
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • EAS 3800C: Aerospace Engineering Measurements
    • EML 3701: Fluid Mechanics I
  • EAS 4134: High-Speed Aerodynamics
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EAS 3101: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
  • EAS 4300: Aerothermodynamics of Propulsion Systems
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in either of the following courses:
    • EAS 4134: High-Speed Aerodynamics, or
    • EML 4703: Fluid Mechanics II
  • EAS 4700C: Aerospace Design I
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • EGN 3373: Principles of Electrical Engineering
    • EAS 3800C: Aerospace Engineering Measurements
    • EML 3701: Fluid Mechanics I
    • EML 4142: Heat Transfer
    • EML 4225: Introduction to Vibrations and Controls
    • Co-Requisite: EAS 4931: Career and Faculty Advising II
  • EAS 4710C: Aerospace Design II
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EAS 4700C: Aerospace Design I
    • Pre-Requisite: EAS 4931: Career and Faculty Advising II
  • EML 3101: Thermodynamics of Mechanical Systems
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • MAC 2311C: Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
    • MAC 2312: Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
    • MAC 2313: Calculus with Analytic Geometry III
    • MAP 2302: Ordinary Differential Equations I
    • PHY 2048C: Physics for Engineers and Scientists I
    • EGN 3343: Thermodynamics
  • EML 4143: Heat Transfer II
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EML 4142: Heat Transfer
  • EML 4301C: Mechanical Systems Lab
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • EML 3303C: Mechanical Engineering Measurements
    • EGM 3601: Solid Mechanics
    • Co-Requisite: EML 4225: Introduction to Vibrations and Controls
  • EML 4306C: Energy Systems Lab
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EML 3303C: Mechanical Engineering Measurements
    • Co-Requisite: EML 4142: Heat Transfer
  • EML 4313: Intermediate System Dynamics and Controls
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • MAP 2302: Differential Equations
    • EGN 3321: Engineering Analysis – Dynamics
    • EGN 3373: Principles of Electrical Engineering
    • EML 4225: Introduction to Vibrations and Controls
  • EML 4501C: Engineering Design I
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • EGN 3373: Principles of Electrical Engineering
    • EML 3303C: Mechanical Engineering Measurements
    • EML 3701: Fluid Mechanics I
    • EML 4142: Heat Transfer I
    • EML 4225: Introduction to Vibrations and Controls
    • Co-Requisite: EML 4931: Career and Faculty Advising II
  • EML 4502C: Engineering Design II
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EML 4501C: Engineering Design I
    • Pre-Requisite: EAS 4931: Career and Faculty Advising II
  • EML 4504: Design & Analysis of Machine Components II
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EML 3500: Design & Analysis of Machine Components
  • EML 4703: Fluid Mechanics II
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following course:
    • EML 3701: Fluid Mechanics I
    • The following courses no longer require a co-requisite:
    • EGM 3601: Solid Mechanics
    • EGN 3321: Engineering Analysis – Dynamics
    • EGN 3343: Thermodynamics

Additionally, the following course will be affected beginning Summer 2019:

  • EML 3034C: Modeling Methods in MAE
    Pre-Requisite(s): “C” (2.0), or better in the following courses:
    • MAP 2302: Differential Equations
    • COP 3223: Introduction to Programming with C
    • Co-Requisites:
    • EGN 3321: Engineering Analysis – Dynamics
    • EAS 3933: Career and Faculty Advising I

Please note that the courses above reflect a change in current prerequisites to the “C (2.0) or Better” policy. If you are planning on taking any of the above courses starting in the Summer 2018 semester, please make sure that you will meet the new pre-requisite requirements.

If you do not meet these new prerequisites requirements, you will be expected to retake the course to meet the new prerequisites prior to registering for the courses listed above.

If you have any questions, you may contact Bonnie Esparza at bonnie.esparza@ucf.edu or 407-823-5448.

Pre-requisites/Co-requisites Changes (Required as of Summer 2017):
The MAE Courses with update pre-requisites/ co-requisites are as follows:

  • EAS 3101: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EML 3701
  • EAS 3800C: Aerospace Engineering Measurements
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGN 3343
  • EAS 4200: Analysis & Design of Aerospace Structures
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGM 3601
  • EML 3034C: Modeling Methods
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in MAC 2311C, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, and PHY 2048C
    CR: EGN 3321 and EAS/EML 3933
  • EML 3303C: Mechanical Engineering Measurements
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGN 3343
  • EML 3500: Design & Analysis of Machine Components
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGM 3601
  • EML 3701: Fluid Mechanics
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in MAC 2311C, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, PHY 2048C, EGN 3321, and EGN 3343
  • EML 4142: Heat Transfer
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EML 3701, and EML 3034C
  • EML 4225: Introduction to Vibration and Controls
    PR: “C” (2.0), or better in EGN 3321, EGM 3601, EML 3034C, and EGN 3373
  • EML 4411: Mechanical Power Systems
    CR: EML 3101
  • EML 4504: Machine Design II
    PR: EML 3500