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BS in Nuclear Engineering Technology Degree Requirements
 
Program Highlights
  • Accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410)347-7700.
  • Opened for enrollment in 1984
 
Degree Requirements
60 Arts and Sciences Credits, including:
9 credits
Communications (must include 3-credit Written English Composition Requirement )
3 credits
Ethics
6 credits
Social Science/History
6 credits
Humanities and Social Sciences/History electives
12 credits
Math (at the level of college algebra and above; must include Calculus I and II)
12 credits
Natural Sciences (must include Chemistry with lab, Physics I-II with at least one lab, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics, Thermodynamics)
12 credits
Arts and Sciences electives
48 Technology Credits, including the following courses (at least 16 upper level credits are required):
• Electrical Theory
• Plant Systems Overview
• Computer Applications
• Reactor Core Fundamentals
• Materials
• Fluids
• Nuclear Materials
• Heat Transfer
• Health Physics/Radiation Protection
• Integrated Technology assessment (Capstone)
• Radiation Measurement Lab
• Nuclear Engineering Technology Electives as appropriate
 
 
16 Free Elective Credits (additional Arts and Sciences or Technology courses, or other applied/professional subjects such as education)
1 credit
Information Literacy

 

Note: The BS in Nuclear Engineering Technology Degree requires five laboratories: 
  • chemistry
  • physics
  • radiation measurement
  • and two additional labs in natural sciences and/or nuclear engineering technology subjects
 

 

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