Nuclear Engineering Minor

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A minor in nuclear engineering is available to any student. Available areas of specialization include reactor physics, nuclear power systems, nuclear fusion, direct energy conversion, neural fuzzy approaches, reactor thermal-hydraulics, nuclear materials and radioactive waste management.

For more information, email the Nuclear Engineering Student Services Office.

Requirements for the Minor (12 credits)

Required Courses (6 credits)

One group from the following (6 credits)

NUCL 32000 - Introduction To Materials For Nuclear Applications and
NUCL 42001 - Radiation Interaction With Materials And Applications
OR
NUCL 46000 - Introduction To Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion and
NUCL 56000 - Introduction To Fusion Technology
OR
NUCL 31000 - Introduction To Neutron Physics and
NUCL 40200 - Engineering Of Nuclear Power Systems
OR
NUCL 20500 - Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory I and
NUCL 30500 - Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory II
OR
NUCL course - Credit Hours: 3.00 and
Additional course - Credit Hours: 2.00-3.00
OR
NUCL course* - Credit Hours: 3.00
NUCL course* - Credit Hours: 3.00

Notes

Provided the above 12 credit hours are successfully completed with a grade of “C” or better in all of the courses, a NE Minor will be awarded.
All of the above perscribed minor courses must be taken at Purdue West Lafayette campus to be eligible for the NE Minor.
*These are a combination of two upper division NE courses recommended by NE faculty.
Minimum Pre-requisities and/or Co-requisites include: MA 16500, MA 16600, MA 26100, MA 26200 (or MA 26500 + MA 26600); PHYS 17200, PHYS 24100 (or PHYS 26100 or PHYS 27200), or ENGR 16200.

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