Program - Nuclear Engineering Department

The program is designed to prepare students for a career in industry, the national laboratories, or in state or federal regulatory agencies. The program, leading to a BS degree in Nuclear Engineering, emphasizes study in the following three undergraduate options:

• Nuclear Engineering
  (general option focused on nuclear energy, both fission and fusion)
• Bionuclear Engineering
  (option focused on medical diagnosis and treatment, and bioengineering)

Also there is a new Nuclear Engineering Minor offered.

In addition to the Freshman/Sophomore Seminar NE39, the department offers courses at the upper division level, which include nuclear reactions and radiation, introduction to medical imaging, nuclear reactor theory, fusion power engineering, radioactive waste management, radiological and biophysics, and nuclear materials.

Many students devote a fifth year to earning a master's degree. Students interested in careers in scientific research or in college teaching go on to complete the doctorate.