Degree Requirements
Course requirements for a NERS BSE degree are displayed in the sample schedule below (or download the pdf). For help planning and scheduling your courses, please schedule an appointment with Trisha Fountain, advisor for the NERS undergraduate program.
NERS Undergraduate Grade Policy
In order to earn a BSE degree, students must have no grades of “C-” or below in any NERS program courses or technical electives. Students may have only one grade of “C-” or below in all required mathematics and technical courses. Students will be required to retake any course that falls outside this criterion.
Sample Schedule
| Subjects required by all programs (52-55 hrs.) | Total credit hours | Terms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Mathematics 115, 116, 215, and 216 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Engr 100, Intro to Engr | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engr 101, Intro to Computers | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chemistry 125/126 and 130 or Chemistry 210 and 2111 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Physics 140 with 141; Physics 240 with 2412 | 10 | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Related Technical Subjects (11 hrs.) | |||||||||
| MATSCIE 250, Princ of Eng Materials or MSE 220, Intro to Materials and Manf | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| EECS 215, Intro to Circuits or EECS 314, Electrical Circuits, Systems, and Applications | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| MECHENG 235, Thermodynamics I | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| Program Subjects (45 hrs.) | |||||||||
| NERS 250, Fundamentals of Nuclear Eng and Rad Sci | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| NERS 311, Ele of Nuc Eng & Rad Sci I | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| NERS 312, Ele of Nuc Eng & Rad Sci II | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| NERS 315, Nuclear Instr Lab | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| NERS 320, Prob in nucl Engr & Rad Sci | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| NERS 344, Fluid Mech Nucl Eng | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| NERS 441, Nuclear Reactor Theory I | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| NERS 444, Therm-hyd Nucl Sys | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Laboratory Course (above NERS 315)3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Design Course4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| NERS Electives5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 |
| Technical Electives (5 hrs.)6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| General Electives (12 hrs.) | 12 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – |
| Total | 128 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
Notes:
- If you have a satisfactory score or grade in Chemistry AP, A-Level, IB Exams or transfer credit from another institution for Chemistry 130/125/126 you will have met the Chemistry Core Requirement for Michigan Engineering.
- If you have a satisfactory score or grade in Physics AP, A-Level, IB Exams or transfer credit from another institution for Physics 140/141 and 240/241 you will have met the Physics Core Requirement for Michigan Engineering.
- Laboratory Course (above NERS 315) select one from the following: NERS 425, 575, 586. (NERS 575 needs program advisor’s consent.)
- Design Course select one: NERS 442, 554.
- One course must be selected from the following: NERS 421, NERS 471 and NERS 484. A maximum of 3 credit hours of independent study (NERS 499) can count as a NERS elective. All additional NERS 499 credits beyond those 3 can only be counted as a general elective.
- Technical Electives are 300-level and above Math, Physics, or Engineering courses outside the NERS Department. NERS 499 research may not count as a Technical Elective.
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Trisha Fountain
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Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
tvfount@umich.edu
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