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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Nuclear Engineering (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take Calculus.

      
First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
CHM 210  - Chemistry I   4      
DEN 160  - College of Engineering Orientation   1      
DEN 161  - Engineering Problem Solving   1      
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
MATH 220  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4   KSC 030  
ME 212  - Engineering Graphics   2      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
CHE 354  - Basic Concepts in Materials Science and Engineering   1      
CHE 355  - Fundamentals of Mechanical Properties   1      
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
MATH 221  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II   4      
PHYS 213  - Engineering Physics I   5   KSC 040  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CIS 209  - Computer Programming for Engineers   3      
MATH 222  - Analytic Geometry and Calculus III   4      
NE 495  - Elements of Nuclear Engineering   3      
PHYS 214  - Engineering Physics II   5      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MATH 340  - Elementary Differential Equations   4      
CE 333  - Statics   3      
NE 415  - Introduction to Engineering Analysis   3      
Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective 3 KSC 050  
ME 513  - Thermodynamics I   3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
CE 533  - Mechanics of Materials   3      
ME 512  - Dynamics   3      
NE 690  - Radiation Protection and Shielding   3      
Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective 3 KSC 050  
ECE 519  - Electric Circuits for Engineers   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Restricted Elective 3    
NE 650  - Nuclear Fuel Cycles   3      
ME 571  - Fluid Mechanics   3      
NE 612  - Principles of Radiation Detection   3      
Arts and Humanities Elective 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
ME 573  - Heat Transfer   3      
ME 574  - Interdisciplinary Industrial Design Projects I   3      
NE 630  - Nuclear Reactor Theory   3      
Institutional Elective 3 KSC 070  
NE 640  - Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
NE 585  - Nuclear Engineering Design Projects   3      
NE 648  - Nuclear Reactor Laboratory   3      
Arts and Humanities Elective 3 KSC 060  
Institutional Elective 3 KSC 070  
Nuclear Engineering Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 123      

 

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