Curriculum Flowchart – Class of 2027 and Beyond

1 Students who choose to take COMPSCI 61A can take it in the fall and MATSCI 45 in the spring. Please note that COMPSCI 61A is an impacted course and AE students are not likely to get in.

2 Please note that these are fall semester-only courses: ENGIN 40, MECENG 132, EECS 149, MECENG 163, and CIV ENG 126.

3 Controls Course Options: MECENG 132*.

*Effective Fall 2026, MECENG 132 is the only option for this requirement.

4 Dynamics Course Options: CIVENG 126 and MECENG 104.

5 Electronics Options: EECS 149, ELENG 120, and MECENG 100.

6 Statistics & Data Science Options: CIVENG 93, ENGIN 178, DATA/COMPSCI/STAT C100*.

*The enrollment system enforces prerequisites for DATA/COMPSCI/STAT C100; therefore, students who have not completed C8 will be unable to enroll in the course.

7 Science Elective Course Options: Choose one of the following: ASTRON 7A, C10; BIOLOGY 1A+1AL, 1B; CHEM 1A/1AL, 1B, 3A/3AL, 3B/3BL, 4A, 4B; MCELLBI 32; PHYSICS 7C. Some of these courses require prerequisites and would therefore be more appropriately taken in a later semester.

Students who plan to take MECENG 40 for their Thermodynamics requirement in sophomore year will need to take CHEM 1A/1AL are prerequisites for MECENG 40.

8 Technical Electives: Please see this page for details: https://aero.berkeley.edu/technical-electives/

COURSE PREREQUISITES

Course Sequencing Matters!

AERO ENG 10	MATH 51; MATH 52; PHYSICS 7A; and COMPSCI 61A or ENGIN 7; Co-Requisite: MATH 53.
AERO ENG 100	MEC ENG 103; MEC ENG 104; MEC ENG 132; MEC ENG 106.
CIV ENG 93	ENGIN 7 or COMPSCI C8 / INFO C8 / STAT C8. Student should consult instructor prior to enrolling
CIV ENG 126	CIV ENG C30 / MECENG C85 and ENGIN 7; or consent of instructor
COMPSCI 61A	MATH 51 (may be taken concurrently); programming exp. equivalent to that gained from a score of 3 or above on the AP CS A exam
DATA/CS/STAT C100	COMPSCI C8 / DATA C8 / INFO C8 / STAT C8 with a C- or better, or Pass; and COMPSCI 61A, COMPSCI/DATA C88C, or ENGIN 7 with a C- or better, or Pass; Corequisite: MATH 54, 56 or EECS 16A (C- or better, or Pass, required if completed prior to Data C100)
ELENG C128/ME C134	EECS 16A or MECENG 100; MECENG 132 or EL ENG 120
EECS 149	COMPSCI 61C; COMPSCI 70; EECS 16A; and EECS 16B; or permission of instructor
ELENG 120	EECS 16A and EECS 16B; or MECENG 100 (which covers the similar topics to 16A and 16B)
ENGIN 7	MATH 52 (may be taken concurrently)
ENGIN 40	PHYSICS 7B and MATH 54. CHEM 1B recommended
ENGIN 178	ENGIN 7, MATH 51, MATH 52 MATH 53, and MATH 54 (may be taken concurrently)
MAT SCI 45	Students should have completed high school AP or honors chemistry and physics
MATH 51	3.5 years of high school math, including trigonometry and analytic geometry. Students with HS exam credits (such as AP credit) should consider choosing a course more advanced than 1A
MATH 52	MATH 51 or MATH N1A
MATH 53	MATH 52 or MATH N1B
MATH 54	MATH 52, MATH N1B, MATH 10B, or MATH N10B
MECENG 40	CHEM 1A, ENGIN 7, MATH 52, and PHYSICS 7B
MECENG C85	MATH 53; MATH 54 (may be taken concurrently); Physics 7
MECENG 100	ENGIN 7, COMPSCI 10, COMPSCI 61A, COMPSCI C8, or equivalent background in computer programing; MATH 51; PHYSICS 7A.
MECENG 103	MECENG 40; MECENG C85 / CIV ENG C30; MECENG 100; MECENG 106 (can be taken concurrently), and MECENG 109 (can be taken concurrently)
MECENG 104	MECENG C85, and one of ENGIN 7 or COMPSCI 61A
MECENG 106	MECENG C85 / CIV ENG C30 and MECENG 104 (104 may be taken concurrently)
MECENG 132	MATH 53, MATH 54, PHYSICS 7A, and PHYSICS 7B
MECENG 163	MECENG 40, MECENG 106
PHYSICS 7A	High school physics; MATH 51; MATH 52 (which may be taken concurrently)
PHYSICS 7B	PHYSICS 7A; MATH 51; MATH 52; MATH 53 (may be taken concurrently)
PHYSICS 89	MATH 53; PHYSICS 5A or PHYSICS 7A (can be taken concurrently); or instructor’s consent

*Please note that the most current prerequisite information can always be found in the UC Berkeley Course Catalog: https://undergraduate.catalog.berkeley.edu/courses.