ENGR 1RKIntroduction to Engineering Design: Rockets
Engineering · 2 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to rocket engineering, exploring launch vehicle structure, trajectory, stability, and propulsion. Topics include computer-aided design, structural analysis, conventional and additive manufacturing, aerodynamic analysis, flight dynamics, and electronics. Students work in teams to design, build, test, and launch solid-propellant rockets. Students present and explain their design choices. No prior experience or coursework required. Course led by experienced undergraduate members of UCLA rocket engineering club.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.