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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Nuclear Engineering, BSNE


About the Program

Baccalaureate Plan of Study

https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/academics/undergraduate/pos

Minor Requirements

https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/academics/undergraduate/pdfs/NE%20Minor.pdf

 

Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Nuclear Engineering  include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.

Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.

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131 Credits for Graduation
Students must have a graduation index of 2.0

Nuclear Engineering Major Courses (56 credits)


(https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/Academics/Ugradman2010.pdf)

NE Technical Electives - (15 credits)


(https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/Academics/Undergrad/tech_electives.html)

  • Technical Elective I - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Elective II - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Elective III - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Elective IV - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Elective V - Credit Hours: 3.00

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (48 credits)


Note


NOTE: COM 11400  is counted separately from the 15 credits of Gen Ed requirement. Therefore the Gen Ed requirement can be considered to be 12 + 3 credits = 15 when including COM 11400  

General Electives (12 credits)


(https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/Academics/Ugradman2010.pdf) (9 in Social sciences and 9 In Humanities)

  • Lower level Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Upper level Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Lower level Social Sciences - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Upper level Social Sciences - Credit Hours: 3.00

University Core Requirements


  • Human Cultures Humanities
  • Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
  • Information Literacy
  • Science #1
  • Science #2
  • Science, Technology, and Society
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website or click here .

Program Requirements


18 Credits


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16 Credits


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18 Credits


15 Credits


15 Credits


Spring 4th Year


15 Credits


Note


131 semester credits required for Bachelor of Engineering degree.
Students must have a graduation index of 2.0

Degree Requirement


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Critical Course


The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

Foreign Language Courses


Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish