Aerospace Engineering Minor
Students can receive an aerospace minor by successfully completing the following courses:
ME 127: Introduction to Composite Materials
ME 136: Introduction to Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
ME 163: Engineering Aerodynamics or AE C162/ME C162: Introduction to Flight Mechanics
and their respective prerequisites:
ME C85: Introduction to Solid Mechanics
ME 106: Fluid Mechanics
ME 132: Dynamic Systems and Feedback
Application and Declaration Process
Students can declare their Aerospace Engineering (AE) minor after completing the following three (3) prerequisite courses:
- ME C85
- ME 106
- ME 132
Students must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 at the time of their application, as well as a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the prerequisite courses in order to declare and be admitted to the AE Minor program. To declare your intention to pursue the AE minor, please use your Berkeley email address/Calnet ID and fill out the AE Minor application-to-declare form. The deadline to submit an application is by the drop/add deadline of the semester prior to a student’s expected graduation term (e.g., drop/add deadline in Fall 2024 semester for those graduating in Spring 2025). If there are any prerequisite courses in progress being taken in the semester before the expected graduation term, final grades and GPA for the prerequisite courses will be verified to determine eligibility before processing the application to declare the AE Minor program. Late applications will not be considered. Students must have declared no later than the first day of classes of their expected graduation term.
For questions, please contact aero@berkeley.edu or call (510) 643-8017.
Policies for Completion and Certification of Minor Program
The policies detailed below are general guidelines. However, Aerospace Engineering will not confirm adherence to any policies dictated by a candidate’s major program. Aerospace Engineering will confirm only that you have completed the three (3) prerequisite courses (for admission to the Aerospace minor) and that you later satisfied the three minor courses (for completion of the Aerospace minor). Aerospace Engineering will not confirm any overlap in coursework and whether this is allowed by your major program. Candidates are strongly encouraged to submit a course study plan to their major advisors to confirm that they are on track to satisfy both major and minor requirements.
Mechanical Engineering (ME) Majors ONLY are allowed to overlap the 3 prerequisite courses. ME students will receive the minor by successfully completing the 3 prerequisite courses and the following 3 upper division courses:
- ME 127
- ME 136
- ME 163 or ME C162/AE C162.
These three upper division ME courses cannot overlap or be used towards your ME Technical Electives for the ME major. Note that a minimum of 24 total units are required to satisfy the technical elective requirement for the ME major and to complete the minor in AE. Of the 24 total, 15 will apply toward the ME major, and nine (9) will apply toward the AE minor. Of the 15 technical elective units applying toward the ME major, nine (9) must be ME-sponsored. Please confirm with your ESS adviser that your plan for completing all the needed technical electives for ME and the AE minor is consistent with the above policy.
For non-ME majors, a maximum of only one upper division course (numbered 100+) can be counted toward both the minor and major, there are no restrictions of how many lower division courses overlap. This is general guidance, and you should confirm with your major advisor whether such an overlap is allowed and whether there any exist any other constraints that might affect conferral of the Aerospace minor.
Completing the minor: All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be taken for a letter grade. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all of the minor courses at the time of graduation. Completion of the minor cannot delay a student’s graduation. Students will need to complete and submit to the AE Student Services Advisor a Confirmation of Completion of Minor Form via email at aero@berkeley.edu or by dropping off the form to Room 6175 Etcheverry Hall. The Confirmation of Completion of Minor Form must be submitted no later than the drop/add deadline of the expected graduation term. Please note that though the AE Student Services Advisor may receive and sign off on a candidate’s Completion of Minor Form, it is incumbent upon the candidate to ensure that minor requirements do not conflict with major requirements by speaking to their major advisor. Receipt of the Completion of Minor Form does not guarantee minor conferral.