Aeronautical Engineering, Graduate Certificate

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The Graduate Certificate in the Aeronautical Engineering program is designed to provide students with a unique perspective, essential knowledge, and advanced engineering skills needed by todays practicing mechanical engineer. The courses are design focused for immediate transference to design applications in current industry and research.

Admission Requirements

Successful applicants must meet the following criteria for admission into the Aeronautical Engineering Certificate program.

Completion of the online graduate application along with the non-refundable application fee.
Submission of an official transcript of the baccalaureate degree directly from an accredited college or university.

*Students who have been admitted to the MSME with an aeronautics focus need to apply for the Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate program (application fee will not be required for those already admitted to the MSME program).

All material must be received by the CGC office and evaluated by the department to receive consideration to the Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate program. An undergraduate engineering degree from an ABET accredited engineering program is required or approved degree from the department head.

Program Requirements

Students are required to complete 12 hours of graduate study within a three-year period from the time of registration in their first mechanical engineering graduate course at The Citadel. Students who fulfill the program requirements will earn a Graduate Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering.

Graduation Requirement (Non-Credit Bearing)

LDRS 500 - The Citadel Principled Leadership Seminar

Graduation Requirements (Course Requirements)

All certificate candidates must:

File a plan of study outlining the intended areas of interest and listing the top four corresponding courses of interest.
Complete four courses (12 hours) from the aeronautical engineering area of study below.

Required Course:

MECH 631 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

At Least Three of the Following Courses:

MECH 611 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
MECH 670 - Applied Aerodynamics Credit Hours: 3
MECH 771 - Compressible Flow Credit Hours: 3
MECH 772 - Computational Methods in Thermal Sciences Credit Hours: 3

Course/ Certificate Availability:

The courses / certificates will be offered based on student preferences / overall demand indicated in the plan of study to be submitted after acceptance. Students should be aware course / certificate offerings will be based on minimum class size enrollment. The Mechanical Engineering Program will continually monitor student interest to expedite completion of the program of study.