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Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Programs of Study: Curriculum in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

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Electives

Power, Safety & Environment
Plasma and Fusion Science and Engineering
Radiological, Medical and Instrumental Applications

POWER, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT Electives Listing
Hours	NPRE Electives
Power, Safety & Environment students must take a minimum of six hours from the following list:
2	NPRE 201 — Energy Systems
3	NPRE 412 — Nuclear Power Econ & Fuel Management
2	NPRE 442 — Radioactive Waste Management
3	NPRE 457 — Safety Analysis Nuclear Reactor Systems
3	NPRE/GLBL 480 — Topics in Energy Security
3	NPRE/GLBL 481 — Writing Sem on Tech & Security
1	NPRE/GLBL 482 — Military & Civ Uses Nuclear Energy
1	NPRE/GLBL 483 — Seminar on Security
3	NPRE 498 — Special Topics (contact the undergraduate studies offices of the department for a current list of approved topics and course sections.)

POWER, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT Technical Electives
Hours	Thermal Sciences
Power, Safety & Environment students must select the remaining 11 hours of technical electives from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline:
4	ME 320 — Heat Transfer
3	ME 400 — Energy Conversion Systems
3	ME 402 — Design of Thermal Systems
4	ME 404 — Intermediate Thermodynamics
4	ME 410 — Intermediate Gas Dynamics
4	ME 411 — Viscous Flow and Heat Transfer
4	ME 420 — Intermediate Heat Transfer
	Power and Control Systems
3	ECE 329 — Intro Electromagnetic Fields
4	ECE 410 — Digital Signal Processing, I
3	ECE 430 — Power Ckts & Electromechanics
3	ECE 476 — Power System Analysis
4	ECE 486 — Control Systems
	Solid, Fluid and Continuum Mechanics
3	TAM 251 — Introductory Solid Mechanics
1	TAM 252 — Solid Mechanics Design
3	TAM 424 — Mechanics of Structural Metals
4	TAM 435 — Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
4	TAM 445 — Continuum Mechanics
4	TAM 451 — Intermediate Solid Mechanics
3	TAM 456 — Experimental Stress Analysis
	Computational Sciences and Engineering
3	CS 257 — Numerical Methods
3	CSE 401/CS/MATH 450/ECE 491 —Intro to Numerical Analysis
3	CSE 411/CS/MATH 455 — Numerical Methods for PDEs
3	CSE 412/CS/MATH 458 — Numerical Linear Algebra
3	CSE 413/CS/MATH 459 — Numerical Approx and ODEs
3	ME 471 — Intro to Finite Element Analysis
	Environmental Engineering and Science
3	CEE 201 — Systems Engineering & Economics
3	CEE 330 — Environmental Engineering
3	CEE 437 — Water Quality Engineering
2 or 4	CEE 443 — Env Eng Principles, Chemical
3	CEE 444 — Env Eng Principles, Biological
3	CEE 445 — Air Quality Modeling
3	CEE 446 — Air Quality Engineering
3	CEE 447 — Atmospheric Chemistry

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PLASMA AND FUSION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Hours	Physical Science Electives
Plasma and Fusion Science and Engineering students must select the remaining 14 hours of electives from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline:
3	CHEM 104 — General Chemistry II (Physical Version)
1	CHEM 105 — General Chemistry Lab II (Physical Version)
3	PHYS 435 — Electromagnetic Fields I
3	PHYS 436 — Electromagnetic Fields II
4	PHYS 460 — Condensed Matter Physics
	Electrical Engineering Electives
3	ECE 329 — Intro Electromagnetic Fields
3	ECE 440 — Solid State Electronic Devices
3	ECE 441 — Physics & Modeling Semicond Dev
4	ECE 444 — IC Device Theory & Fabrication
3	ECE 484 — Prin Adv Microelec Processing
	Electronic Materials Electives
3	MSE 304 — Electronic Properties of Matls
3	MSE 403 — Synthesis of Materials
3	MSE 460 — Electronic Materials & Processes, I
3	MSE 461 — Electronic Materials & Processes, II
3	MSE 462 — Electronic Materials Lab

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RADIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION APPLICATIONS
Hours	Common Engineering and Technical Electives
Radiological, Medical and Instrumentation Application students must select 21 to 22 hours from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline. The initial list contains technical courses that are prerequisite for the more advanced sequences.
1	BIOE 120 — Introduction to Bioengineering
3	CHEM 104 — General Chemistry II (Physical Version)
1	CHEM 105 — General Chemistry Lab II (Physical Version)
3	CHEM 232 — Elementary Organic Chemistry I
2	CHEM 233 — Elementary Organic Chemistry Lab I
4	IB 150 — Organismal & Evolutionary Biol
1	IB 151 — Organismal & Evol Biol Lab
4	MCB 150 — Molec & Cellular Basis of Life
1	MCB 151 — Molec & Cellular Laboratory
3	NPRE/ECE 421/PHYS 479 — Plasma and Fusion Science
4	TAM 335 — Introductory Fluid Mechanics or ME 310 — Intro Gas Dynamics
	Biomolecular Engineering Electives
1	BIOE 120 — Introduction to Bioengineering
3	BIOEN 414 — Biomedical Instrumentation or BIOEN 472 — Techniques in Biomolecular Eng
3	CHEM 232 — Elementary Organic Chemistry I
3	MCB 450 — Introductory Biochemistry
3	MCB 401 — Cell & Membrane Physiology or BIOP 401 — Introduction to Biophysics
2	MCB 403 — Cell & Membrane Physiology Lab
	Biomedical Engineering Electives
1	BIOE 120 — Introduction to Bioengineering
3	CHEM 232 — Elementary Organic Chemistry I
3	ECE/BIOE 280 — Biomedical Imaging
3	ECE/BIOE 414 — Biomedical Instrumentation or BIOE 472 — Techniques in Biomolecular Eng
2	ECE/BIOE 415 — Biomedical Instrumentation Lab
3	ECE/BIOE 480 — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3	MCB 401 — Cell & Membrane Physiology or BIOP 401 — Introduction to Biophysics
3	MCB 402 — Sys & Integrative Physiology
2	MCB 403 — Cell & Membrane Physiology Lab
2	MCB 404 — Sys & Integrative Physiol Lab MCB 103 — Intro to Human Physiology

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