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Nov 23, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Nuclear Engineering Certificate
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The undergraduate Certificate in Nuclear Engineering is a five-course sequence consisting of three nuclear engineering courses and two discipline specific courses related to nuclear engineering from the various engineering departments. Any undergraduate engineering students in the Swanson School of Engineering and can earn the certificate in conjunction with an undergraduate engineering degree. Qualified students in the Dietrich School of Arts and Science students can pursue the certificate with approval.
After earning the certificate, students should be able to do the following: apply the concepts of nuclear and reactor physics, reactor kinetics, radiation protection, fuel depletion, and heat transfer to engineering problems; apply engineering skills, knowledge, and expertise to nuclear energy problems; for light water reactors, support engineering projects for the design of the reactor core and the reactor coolant system; assess important social and technical issues related to nuclear science and technology; describe and explain the nuclear fuel cycle from mining to disposal including reprocessing and waste management.
Interested students should visit http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/nuclear/ or call 412-624-9720 for more information.
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Requirements
Fifteen (15) credits are required to complete the certificate. A minimum 2.5 GPA is required for students to participate in the certificate. Students must obtain a GPA of at least 2.5 for the courses taken. All undergraduate certificate students are required to complete three (3) courses from the list below as well as two (2) department specific courses:
Plus two (2) Degree Specific Courses
Students should select two (2) courses from the list below that is appropriate to their degree of study.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Non-engineering Math and Science Majors
Non-engineering math and science majors (e.g., Math, Chemistry, Physics) must complete the three (3) core Nuclear Engineering courses, provide the Director of the Nuclear Engineering a proposal for two additional courses in the student’s major and obtain the Director’s signed approval. The ∼1-page proposal must include the following:
- two (2) courses from the student’s major
- the catalog description of the two (2) courses
- a short statement on how these two (2) courses complement the three (3) core nuclear courses and/or apply to nuclear engineering.
This proposal will be signed by the Director and kept on record by the MEMS Department.
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