Undergraduate Program Requirements

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) – must complete the program listed below.

Courses Credits
Term
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Course subjects required by all programs (55 credits)
Mathematics 115, 116, 215 and 216 16 4 4 4 4
Eng 100, Introduction to Engineering 4 4
Eng 101, Introduction to Computers and Programming 4 4
Chemistry 125/126 and 130 or Chemistry 210 and 211 5 5
Physics 140 with Lab 141; Physics 240 with Lab 241 10 5 5
(1) Intellectual Breadth 16 4 4 4 4
Related Technical Core Subjects (11 credits)
ME 211, Introduction to Solid Mechanics 4 4
ME 240, Introduction to Dynamics 4 4
ME 235, Thermodynamics I 3 3
Program Subjects (45 credits.)
NA 270, Marine Design 4 4
NA 260, Marine Systems Manufacturing 3 3
NA 310, Marine Structures I 4 4
NA 320, Marine Hydrodynamics I 4 4
NA 321, Marine Hydrodynamics II 4 4
NA 331, Marine Engineering I 3 3
NA 332, Marine Electrical Engineering 3 3
NA 340, Marine Dynamics I 4 4
NA 387, Probability and Statistics for Marine Engineering 3 3
NA 470, Foundations of Ship Design 4 4
NA 475, Design Project 4 4
NA 491, Marine Laboratory I 3 3
NA 492, Marine Laboratory II 2 2
(2) Technical Electives 7-8 4 4
Unrestricted Electives (10-11 hrs.) 10 -11 2 3 2 3
Totals 128 17 17 17 16 14 16 16 15
(2) Choose at least two courses from List 1 and/or List 2. One course MUST come from List 1.List 1

  • NA 410- Marine Structures II
  • NA 420- Environmental Ocean Dynamics
  • NA 431- Marine Engineering II
  • NA 440- Marine Dynamics II

List 2

  • NA 401- Small Craft Design
  • NA 403- Sailing Craft Design Principles
  • NA 416- Theory of Plates and Shells
  • NA 423- Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • NA 483- Marine Control Systems
  • NA 525- Drag Reduction Techniques
  • NA 562- Marine Systems Production Strategy and Operations Management
  • Advanced Mathematics: Math 450, Math 454, or Math 471

** Other course as approved by the Undergraduate Program Chair

(1) Intellectual Breadth – See Engineering Bulletin for additional details.