Master of Science in Applied Mechanics

• A Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mathematics or physics.
• Students may be required to take particular courses to meet the program prerequisites after advisement by the Department.
• A program conform with the general requirements of the Viterbi School of Engineering.

• 27 units selected with the approval of an advisor of the Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) or Civil and Environmental Engineering.
• 21 units of required courses:
  • AME 530ab - Dynamics of Incompressible Fluids (3-3)
    
  • CE 507 - Mechanics of Solids I (3)
    
  • CE 508 - Mechanics of Solids II (3)
    
  • CE 525ab - Engineering Analysis (3-3)
    
  • CE 54a - Dynamics of Structures (3)
    
• 6 units of electives from the following courses:
  • CE 541b - Dynamics of Structures (3)
  • CE 542 - Theory of Plates (3)
  • CE 543 - Stability of Structures (3)
    
  • Other electives may be substituted with an advisor approval
    • Fluid Mechanics
      • AME 511 - Compressible Gas Dynamics(3)
      • AME 621 - Stability of Fluids (3)
    • Finite Elements and Dynamics
    • CE 529ab - Finite Element Analysis (3)
    • AME 522 - Nonlinear Dynamcal Systems, Vibrations and Chaos (3)
    • Control Theory
      • AME 451 - Linear Control Systems (3)
      • AME 541 - Linear Control Systems II (3)
      • AME 544 - Computer Control of Mechanical Systems (3)
      • AME 545 - Modeling and Control of Distributed Dynamic Systems (3)
    • Mathematics and Random Processes
      • EE 441 - Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (3)
      • EE 464 - Probability Theory for Engineers (3)
      • EE 562ab - Random Processes in Engineering (3-3)
      • CE 554 - Risk and Reliability Analysis for Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)
      • CE 561 - Uncertainty Quantification (3)