1. Complete a minimum of 9 credit-hours of nuclear engineering-related coursework through Virginia Tech – 3 credit-hours of required courses and 6 credit-hours of elective courses from the approved list below. The approved elective list will be updated each year. Only a maximum of 3 credit-hours total may be taken for NSEG 5974. Up to 6 credit-hours of NSEG 5984 may be taken if two different course titles are involved.
2. All courses must be taken for a letter grade with a grade of B- or better. Pass/Fail grades will only be permitted for the NSEG 5974 course. A final average GPA of 3.00 or better must be achieved in the 9 hours of coursework accepted for the certificate.
1. REQUIRED COURSE:
Course No. Title (Credit-hours)
NSEG 5114 Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals (3)*
* Completion of NSEG 3145 & 3146 at the undergraduate level will satisfy completion of this NSEG 5114 required course. However, another course from the Elective list below must replace it such that the student completes 9 graduate course credits total.
2. ELECTIVE COURSES (select two):
Course No. Title (Credit-hours)
NSEG 5104 Applied Mathematics for Nuclear Engineers (3)
NSEG 5124 Nuclear Reactor Analysis (3)
NSEG 5134 Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport (3)
NSEG 5204 Nuclear Fuel Cycle (3)
NSEG 5214 Nuclear Power Plant Operations & Systems (3)
NSEG 5284 Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security (3)
MSE 5384G Advanced Nuclear Materials (3)
NSEG 5424 Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (3)
NSEG 5504 Radiation Effects on Metals and Alloys (3)
NSEG 5514 Structural Materials Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems (3)
PHYS 5514 Advanced Introduction to Nuclear Physics (3)
NSEG 5604 Radiation Detection & Shielding (3)
NSEG 5974 Independent Study (Nuclear Engineering) (3)**
NSEG 5984 Special Study (Nuclear Engineering) (3)**
NSEG 6124 Advanced Nuclear Reactor Analysis (3)
NSEG 6204 Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle (3)
NSEG 6334 Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis (3)
NSEG 6984 Advanced Special Study (Nuclear Engineering) (3)
** A total of 3 hours maximum for NSEG 5974 or 6 hours maximum for NSEG 5984 (two different course titles) w/ approval of program coordinator