Nuclear Engineering, BSNE

Degree Requirements

125 Credits Required

Nuclear Engineering Major Courses (41 credits)

Required NUCL Courses + NE Technical Electives + Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements = 113 Credit Hours of Nuclear Engineering Major Courses

General Electives (12 credits)

Nuclear Engineering General Education Requirements  

(6 in Social sciences and 6 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 Courses can be applied to fulfill some of these requirements (UCC: Behavior Social Sciences,  UCC: Humanities, and UCC: Science, Tech & Society).  A maximum of 6 TR, CR, DC credits can be applied to the General Elective requirements.

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.

Program Requirements

Note

Students must have a graduation index of 2.0

Critical Course

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