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Aerospace Engineering

This program is currently under review and the degree table below may change.

Degree Table

Students must complete 96 Credit Points:

  • Foundation Units – 42 Cr Pts
  • Core Units - 30 Cr Pts
  • Elective Units – 24 Cr Pts

Degree Table

Foundation Units - 42 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

AERO5310 Foundations of Aerospace Structures

6

1

1

AERO5410 Foundations of Aerospace Design

6

1

1

AERO5660 Safety Systems Management

6

1

1

AMME5501 Foundations of System Dynamics and Control

6

1

1

AERO5210 Foundations of Aerodynamics

6

2

1

AERO5211 Foundations of Propulsion Systems

6

2

1

AERO5510 Foundations of Flight Mechanics

6

2

1

Core Units - 30 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

ENGG5217 Industrial Experience

0

1 & 2

2

AERO5901 Project 1 and Seminar in Aerospace Engineering

6

1

2

AMME5601 Professional Engineering

6

1

2

AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis

6

1

2

AERO5902 Project 2 and Seminar in Aerospace Engineering

6

2

2

AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design and Analysis

6

2

2

Elective Units -  24 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Engineering & Management                   

6

1

AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering

6

1

AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics

6

1

AERO5500 Flight Mechanics Test and Evaluation Adv

6

2

AERO5760  Spacecraft and Satellite Design

6

2

AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics

6

1

MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials

6

2

MECH5305 Smart Materials

6

1

Candidates entering the program with an undergraduate Engineering degree who have achieved a minimum of 75% average in their first 48 credit points of the MPE program will be permitted to replace AERO5901 Project 1, AERO5902 Project 2 and 12 credit points of elective units of study with ENGG5222 Dissertation A and ENGG5223 Dissertation B or ENGG5218 Dissertation.

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

ENGG5218 Dissertation or

24

1 & 2

ENGG5222 Dissertation A and

12

1 & 2

ENGG5223 Dissertation B

12

1 & 2

Total: 96 credit points