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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robotics Certificate Curriculum

First Semester (10cr)

  • Required 642:527 Math (3cr)
  • Required 650:514 Mechanisms of Robotics (Design of Mechanisms) (3cr)
  • Required Seminar (1cr)
  • Robotics Elective (Choose One from the list below) (3cr)

Second Semester (10cr)

  • Required 650:504 Advanced Control I (3cr)
  • Robotics Elective (Choose one from the list below) (3cr)
  • Required Seminar (1cr)
  • Technical Elective See below (3cr)

Third Semester (10cr)

  • Required 650: 512 Robotics and Mechatronics (3cr)
  • Required Seminar (1cr)
  • Robotics Elective (Choose one from the list below) (3cr)
  • Technical Elective See below (3cr)

Required Courses: Math (527), Mechanisms of Robotics (514), Advanced Control I (504), Robotics and Mechatronics (512), Seminar in Mechanical Engineering (608, 609). Robotics

Elective Courses: Math (528), Analytical Dynamics (522), Advanced Control II (505), Optimal Design (524), Computer Aided Design (510). In other departments: Applications of Robotics in Mfg. Systems (540:570), Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (198:520).

Technical Elective Courses: Any graduate course offered by Engineering, Math, Computer Science, or Physics. As per Graduate School guidelines, a maximum of two 400-level undergraduate courses can be taken with the permission of the graduate director toward the credit requirements for M.Sc. or M.Eng. degree.