Nuclear Engineering, B.S

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Please note: The third year of the program varies depending upon which semester the student chooses to take away following The Arch Summer Semester classes. Please note the following differences in curriculum:

• If students are going to be away during the Fall semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Fall Away Track for year three of their program.
   
• If students are going to be away during the Spring semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Spring Away Track for year three of their program.

Fourth Year

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Electives

The HASS Core for students (described under “Schools/School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences”, elsewhere in this catalog) is based on Institute and School of Engineering requirements.  Be certain that you understand these graduation requirements.

Beyond meeting these requirements, MANE students are encouraged (but not required) to:

• Choose at least one HASS course that further develops their ability to make informed judgements that consider the impacts of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and/or societal contexts; and
• take HASS courses that will improve their communication skills beyond the one required HASS Communication Intensive course.

Students desiring minors in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences must consult the school or department in which the courses are offered to obtain further information and specific requirements.

Dual Major Programs

 A Dual major in Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering is available to students who follow a prescribed program that can be completed in eight semesters. General requirements and procedures for dual degrees are described in more detail in the  MANE Handbook (emailed to you when you declare a major in MANE, available from the MANE Students Services office, JEC 2012, and https://mane.rpi.edu/undergraduate).

Footnotes

¹ Choice of ENGR-1200, ENGR-1400 or CIVL-1200.

² Students changing majors to NUCL and transfer students may use ENGR-1100 to satisfy MANE-1010. Consult the MANE Undergraduate Handbook on how to acquire remedial course content.

³ Any 1 credit engineering exploration elective (e.g., “Introduction to [major]” or ENGR- 1300 or ENGR 1700) may be substituted.

⁴ STSO-4100 should be completed before MANE-4380. Students may instead choose any 4-credit course indicated as a “PDII Option” in the ‘Attributes’ column in SIS, in which case two credits will satisfy the STSO-4100 requirement and the remaining two credits may satisfy free elective credit.

⁵ Choose from ENGR-1600 or MANE-4460 (spring only, junior or senior year). Students may take both courses, in which case MANE-4460 can count as an NE Technical Elective. Students choosing ENGR-1600 should take it in the sophomore year or earlier. When ENGR-1600 satisfies the 3-credit Materials Science Elective the fourth credit may apply to Free Elective.

⁶ Choose from ENGR-2050 and MANE-2220; both have ENGR-1010 embedded in them. MANE-2220 is recommended for nuclear engineering majors who are not dual majors in other engineering disciplines.

⁷ MANE-4380 and/or MANE 4390 are a required senior year fall-spring sequence.

⁸ NE Technical Electives are MANE 4000-level or higher courses directly related to Nuclear Engineering and taught by nuclear engineering program instructors. An independent study course or undergraduate research project (URP) with a nuclear engineering program instructor may be used to satisfy one of the NE Technical Electives.
 

^A These courses should be completed by the end of the first year / second semester.

^B These courses should be completed by the end of the third semester.

^C These courses should be completed by the end of the second year / fourth semester (prior to the Arch Summer).

Natural Science and Mathematics Distribution Requirement

In addition to satisfying Rensselaer’s Math/Science Core, undergraduate students in MANE are required to complete a minimum of 30 credits in the natural sciences and mathematics. These credits must be taken for a grade that contributes to the student’s GPA (not P/NC, not S/U) or be approved applicable transfer credits (including AP and IB credits). These credits establish a foundation such that further study in the applied engineering sciences stimulates “the application of science to the common purposes of life.”

MANE students who successfully complete at Rensselaer the named courses and electives appearing in the degree template above will meet or exceed both Rensselaer’s Math/Science Core requirements and the Natural Science and Mathematics Distribution requirement.

Students who transfer in courses for fewer credits than the Rensselaer equivalent may be required to make up Math/Science Core and/or Natural Science and Mathematics Distribution credits. Consult with your advisor and the Degree Clearance Officer for your major to be sure you 

Pass / No Credit (P/NC) and Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory (S/U) Courses

No courses declared P/NC apply to the major other than possibly certain HASS electives and Free Elective courses. (See the HASS Core requirements and limits on P/NC elsewhere in this catalog.) In particular, the Engineering Design Elective, Capstone Design Elective, Computation Elective, and Technical Electives may not be P/NC.

Students taking additional courses to satisfy the Math/Science Core or the Natural Science and Mathematics Distribution requirement must take them for a letter grade. They may not be P/NC or S/U.

The School of Engineering requires that 1 credit courses graded S/U that are not from the School of Engineering may not apply to Free Elective credits.

Catalog Year

Students matriculating at Rensselaer generally follow the currently applicable Academic Year catalog curricula. Students are also permitted to choose to follow a subsequent academic year’s catalog to take advantage of the continuous evolution of Rensselaer’s curricula.

In MANE, an undergraduate student matriculating as a transfer student may be permitted to follow the School of Engineering catalog curricula from the prior two academic years. This choice will be made by the transfer student’s Degree Clearance Officer for their MANE degree or an Associate Dean of Engineering.