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Program checklist · Minor

Program Distribution Requirements for the Aerospace Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
2025-2026-undergraduate
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Minor Aerospace Engineering Courses (Minimum 6/3 Units) Complete two units of work from courses with the prefix AE as outlined in the lists below. Of this work, at least 2/3 unit must be in 4000-level AE courses. Aerodynamics and Propulsion Item # Title Units
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168421
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168421_944efed9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

5 items
  1. As published: “Introduction to Orbital Mechanics 1/3”
    1/3
  2. As published: “Fundamentals of Compressible Fluid Dynamics 1/3”
    1/3
  3. As published: “Fundamentals of Air-Breathing Propulsion 1/3”
    1/3

Aerospace Materials and Structures

6 items
  1. As published: “Fundamentals of Aerospace Structures 1/3”
    1/3
  2. As published: “Fundamentals of Composite Materials 1/3”
    1/3
  3. As published: “Fundamentals of Navigation and Communication 1/3”
    1/3
  4. As published: “Fundamentals of Aircraft Dynamics and Control 1/3”
    1/3
  5. As published: “Fundamentals of Spacecraft Dynamics and Control 1/3”
    1/3

Major Aerospace Design Experience

major core · 2 items
  1. As published: “Spacecraft and Mission Design 1/3”
    1/3
Source. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, catalog 2025-2026-undergraduate — https://wpi.cleancatalog.net/sites/default/files/undergraduate-catalog-202526-8-11-26.pdf. Captured page MA/168421-wpi.edu/pdf/168421-2025-2026-undergraduate-wpi.edu.pdf#page=480. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.