2023-2024 Course Catalog

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To obtain a minor in ESM a student must complete 21 credit hours of ESM courses as indicated below.

Courses must be taken on an A-F basis. An in-minor GPA of 2.0 is required, with a minimum grade of C- in each course.

Students completing the minor must obey all prerequsite rules. Some courses below have prerequisites not required for the minor.

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
1. Required Minor Courses
ESM 2104	Statics	3
ESM 2204	Mechanics of Deformable Bodies	3
ESM 2304	Dynamics	3
Subtotal		9
2. Fluid Mechanics Requirement
Select one of the following: ¹		3-4
ESM 3234	Fluid Mechanics I-Control Volume Analysis
ESM 3024	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
ME 3414	Fluid Dynamics ¹
CEE 3304	Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering ¹
AOE 3014	Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace and Ocean Engineers ¹
Subtotal		3-4
3. Approved Electives
Select six credits from the list		6
Subtotal		6
4. Approved ESM Research or Graduate Level Education
Select 3 credits from Senior Design Courses or Departmental Undergraduate Research courses. The following will automatically fulfill this requirement. ^2,3		3
AOE 4065	Air Vehicle Design
AOE 4066	Air Vehicle Design
AOE 4165	Space Vehicle Design
AOE 4166	Space Vehicle Design
AOE 4994	Undergraduate Research
BMES 4015	BME Senior Design and Project
BMES 4016	BME Senior Design and Project
BMES 4994	Undergraduate Research
CEE 4104	Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
CEE 4274	Land Development Design
CEE 4334	Hydraulic Structures
CEE 4544	Design of Earth Structures
CEE 4654	Geometric Design of Highways
CEE 4664	Pavement Design
CEE 4994	Undergraduate Research
ESM 4994	Undergraduate Research
ME 4015	Engineering Design and Project
ME 4016	Engineering Design and Project
ME 4994	Undergraduate Research
MSE 4075	Senior Design Laboratory
MSE 4076	Senior Design Laboratory
MSE 4994	Undergraduate Research
Subtotal		3
Total Credits		21-22

¹: Students taking a non-ESM course to satisfy Item 2 must take an additional 3 credit hours of ESM coursework from Item 3.
²: Any 3 credit 5000 or 6000 level ESM class may be substituted for any elective in Item 3 and/or the Research Requirement of Item 4. ESM 5004 Scientific Communication in Engineering Mechanics and/or ESM 5944 Seminar may not be counted.
³: The research requirement may be fulfilled through Senior Design Courses or through a departmental undergraduate research course. Research must demonstrate application of fundamental Engineering Science & Mechanics principles. Similar courses with different department prefixes may count with permission.

Complete six credits. At least 3 credits must be at 4XXX or above.¹

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Solid Mechanics
ESM/MSE 3054	Mechanical Behavior of Materials	3
ESM/MSE 3064	Mechanical Behavior of Materials Laboratory	1
ESM 4024	Advanced Mechanical Behavior of Materials	3
ESM 4044/CEE 4610	Mechanics of Composite Materials	3
ESM 4444/AOE 4054	Stability of Structures	3
Fluid Mechanics
ESM 3334	Fluid Mechanics II-Differential Analysis	3
Dynamics
ESM 3124	Dynamics II- Analytical and 3-D Motion	3
ESM 4114/AOE 4514	Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos	3
Biomechanics
ESM 4105	Engineering Analysis of Physiologic Systems	3
ESM 4106	Engineering Analysis of Physiologic Systems	3
ESM 4204	Musculoskeletal Biomechanics	3
ESM 4224	Biodynamics and Control	3
ESM 4234	Mechanics of Biological Systems	3
ESM 4245	Mechanics of Animal Locomotion	3
ESM 4246	Mechanics of Animal Locomotion	3
ESM 4304	Hemodynamics	3
Modeling and Optimization
ESM/AOE 4084	Engineering Design Optimization	3
ESM/ME 4194	Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Global Society	3
ESM/BMES 4614	Probability-Based Modeling, Analysis, and Assessment	3
ESM 4734/AOE 4024	An Introduction to the Finite Element Method	3

¹: Any 3 credit 5000 or 6000 level ESM class may be substituted for any elective in Item 3 and/or the Research Requirement of Item 4. ESM 5004 Scientific Communication in Engineering Mechanics and/or ESM 5944 Seminar may not be counted.