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Two Human Powered Submarines designed and raced by students in the Ocean Engineering Program at Texas A&M University.
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Undergraduate Curriculum
The ocean engineering curriculum includes courses in written communication skills, humanities, social sciences, and American heritage to ensure a well-rounded education. Courses that directly apply to ocean engineering include: coastal engineering, dynamics of ocean systems, engineering design of offshore and coastal systems, fluid mechanics, marine hydrodynamics, naval architecture, numerical methods, ocean engineering laboratory, ocean wave mechanics, oceanography, offshore and coastal structures, underwater acoustics, and underwater and moored system design. A number of approved technical elective courses are also required.
The requirements to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering are determined by the year of your enrollment at Texas A&M University. Each year is governed by a new Catalog; the 2007-08 catalog is Catalog 130. A database of Texas A&M University catalogs is available at the Office of Admissions web site.
Courses
The Ocean Engineering Program offers a large number of undergraduate courses for students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. These courses are described in the Courses page of this web site.
Several of the core requirements courses (e.g. ENGR 111 or CVEN 305) are also taught from within the Look College of Engineering or the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering. Descriptions of all courses offered at the University can be obtained in the University Course Catalog.
Requirements Under Catalog 130
The academic year 2007-08 is governed by Catalog 130. Although degree requirements may change somewhat from year-to-year, the basic coverage of courses and offerings remains similar. The following tables present the degree requirements as stated in Catalog 130.
Freshman Year: First Semester
ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric 3 hrs ENGR 111 Foundations in Engineering I 2 hrs MATH 151 Engineering Math. I 4 hrs PHYS 218 Mechanics 4 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity 1 hrs TOTAL: 17 hrs
Freshman Year: Second Semester
CHEM 107 Chemistry for Engineers 4 hrs ENGR 112 Foundations in Engineering II 2 hrs MATH 152 Engineering Math. II 4 hrs PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics 4 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs KINE 199 Required Physical Activity 1 hrs TOTAL: 18 hrs
Sophomore Year: First Semester
CVEN 221 Statics and Particle Dynamics 3 hrs MATH 251 Engineering Math. III 3 hrs STAT 211 Principles of Statistics 3 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs TOTAL: 15 hrs
Sophomore Year: Second Semester
CVEN 306 Principles of Materials Engineering 3 hrs CVEN 305 Engineering Mechanics of Materials 3 hrs MEEN 315 Principles of Thermodynamics 3 hrs -or- ECEN 215 Principles of Electrical Engineering 3 hrs MATH 308 Differential Equations 3 hrs OCEN 201 Introduction to Ocean Engineering 2 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs TOTAL: 17 hrs
Junior Year: First Semester
CVEN 302 Computer Applications in Engineering and Construction 3 hrs CVEN 311 Fluid Dynamics 3 hrs CVEN 336 Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 1 hrs CVEN 345 Theory of Structures 3 hrs OCNG 401 Introduction to Oceanography 3 hrs ---- Writing Skills Elective 3 hrs TOTAL: 16 hrs
Junior Year: Second Semester
CVEN 363 Dynamics 3 hrs CVEN 365 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering 3 hrs OCEN 300 Ocean Engineering Wave Mechanics 3 hrs OCEN 462 Hydromechanics 3 hrs OCNG 410 Introduction to Physical Oceanography 3 hrs TOTAL: 15 hrs
Senior Year: First Semester
OCEN 301 Dynamics of Offshore Structures 3 hrs OCEN 400 Basic Coastal Engineering 3 hrs OCEN 401 Underwater Acoustics for Ocean Engineering 3 hrs OCEN 402 Naval Architecture 3 hrs OCEN 481 Seminar 1 hrs ---- Technical Elective 3 hrs TOTAL: 16 hrs
Senior Year: Second Semester
ENGR 482 Ethics and Engineering 3 hrs OCEN 407 Design of Ocean Engineering Facilities 4 hrs OCEN 410 Ocean Engineering Laboratory 1 hrs ---- Core Curriculum Elective 3 hrs ---- Technical Elective 3 hrs ---- Technical Elective 3 hrs TOTAL: 17 hrs
Core Curriculum Electives are to be selected from the University Core Curriculum. Of the 18 hours shown as University Core Curriculum electives, 3 must be from visual and performing arts, 3 from social and behavioral science, 6 from U.S. history, 6 from POLS 206 and 207, and 6 from international and cultural diversity. The international and cultural diversity requirement may be met by courses satisfying the visual and performing arts, social and behavioral sciences, and the political science and history requirements if they are also on the approved list of international and cultural diversity courses.
Writing Skills Elective is to be selected from ENGL 210 or 301.
The technical elective program must be approved by the department head or the undergraduate advisor. Technical electives are chosen from the approved technical elective list, and at least 3 credit hours must be engineering design.