MECH&AE C250R · MAE C250RRocket Propulsion Systems
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Rocket propulsion concepts, including chemical rockets (liquid, gas, and solid propellants), hybrid rocket engines, electric (ion, plasma) rockets, nuclear rockets, and solar-powered vehicles. Current issues in launch vehicle technologies. Concurrently scheduled with course C150R.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 103, 105A.
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MECH&AE C250R
- MECH&AE 103Elementary Fluid Mechanics
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MECH&AE 105AIntroduction to Engineering Thermodynamics
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