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Program checklist · B.S.

Nuclear Engineering

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Erie, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
111
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214591
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214591_b1d223c3
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    16 items
    1. CHEM 111
      1
    2. EE 212
      3
    3. EMCH 211
      3
    4. EMCH 212
      3
    5. EMCH 213
      3
    6. EMCH 315
      2
    7. EMCH 316
      Experimental Determination of Mechanical
      As published: “Experimental Determination of Mechanical Response of Materials”
      1
    8. MATH 230
      4
    9. NUCE 310W
      2
    10. NUCE 321
      Introduction to Thermal-Fluid Sciences for Nuclear Engineers
      As published: “Introduction to Thermal-Fluid Sciences for Nuclear Engineers - I”
      3
    11. NUCE 322
      Introduction to Thermal-Fluid Sciences for Nuclear Engineers
      As published: “Introduction to Thermal-Fluid Sciences for Nuclear Engineers - II”
      3
    12. NUCE 403
      3
    13. NUCE 420
      3 Nuclear Engineering Elective
      As published: “Radiological Safety”
      3
    14. NUCE 431W
      Nuclear Reactor Core Design Synthesis
      As published: “Nuclear Engineering Capstone Design”
      4
    15. NUCE 451
      3
    16. PHYS 214
      (or Supporting 2 400-Level Legal Studies
      As published: “General Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum Physics”
      2

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    13 items
    1. CHEM 110
      3
    2. EDSGN 100
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Cornerstone Engineering Design”
      3
    3. ENGL 202C
      3
    4. MATH 140
      4
    5. MATH 141
      4
    6. MATH 251
      4
    7. NUCE 301
      4
    8. NUCE 302
      4
    9. NUCE 309
      3
    10. NUCE 430
      3 General Technical Elective
      As published: “Design Principles of Reactor Systems”
      3
    11. NUCE 450
      3
    12. PHYS 211
      4
    13. PHYS 212
      4

    Additional Courses

    16 items
    1. Select 1 credit of First-Year Seminar
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    2. CMPSC 200
      Programming for Engineers with MATLAB
      or: CMPSC 201 Programming for Engineers with C++
      3
    3. Select 3 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. EBF 200
      (GS)
      As published: “Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics”
      1
    5. ECON 102
      3
    6. ECON 104
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy”
      1.5
    7. Select 6 credits, of which 3 credits must be designated as design, from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    8. BME 406
      3
    9. NUCE 405
      3
    10. NUCE 408
      3
    11. NUCE 409
      3
    12. NUCE 428
      3
    13. NUCE 470
      Not resolved to a course
    14. NUCE 490
      3
    15. NUCE 496
      1-18
    16. NUCE 497
      3

    500-level NUCE courses with approval of adviser

    0 items

      Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      2 items
      1. CAS 100A
        Effective Speech
        or: CAS 100B Effective Speech
        3
      2. ENGL 15
        Rhetoric and Composition
        Not resolved to a course
        or: ENGL 30H Honors Rhetoric and Composition
        3

      Supporting Courses and Related Areas

      1 item
      1. Select 3 credits in General Technical Elective (GTE) courses from department list 1,2
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/engineering/nuclear-engineering-bs/. Captured page pages/0563.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.