Undergraduate Minor in Nuclear Engineering

Overview
The department offers a minor in nuclear engineering that is open to all students who are not majoring in NE and who have completed the necessary prerequisites for the minor requirements.

Admissions Requirements

The NE Minor is open to any undergraduate who has:

  • Declared a major (not NE) on the UC Berkeley campus
  • A GPA of at least 3.0 at the time of applying
  • Completion of the minor must not delay graduation.

Graduation Requirements

To be given credit for the NE minor, undergraduates must:

  • Fulfill all course requirements
  • Take upper-division NE courses for a letter grade.
  • Maintain a GPA of at least 2.0 in the required upper division NE courses

Application Process

  • Submit the PETITION FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNDERGRADUATE MINOR to the Undergraduate Advisor's Office after completion of the prerequisite courses.
  • Sumit a PETITION FOR COMPLETION TO THE UNDERGRADUATE MINOR to the Undergraduate Advisor's Office upon completion of the minor requirements.
  • The department will verify the completion of minor and send the original form to the Office of the Registrar.  A copy will be sent to the student's College or School and one retained in the department.
  • A notation in the memorandum section of the student's transcript will indicate completion of the minor.

Faculty Advisor

The Faculty Advisor for the Nuclear Engineering Minor is Professor J. Ahn

Prerequisite

  1. Mathematics 1A, 1B, 53, 54
  2. Physics 7A, 7B, 7C
  3. E45, Properties of Materials

Course Requirements

Course Units Title Prerequisites
NE101 4 Nuclear Reactions and Radiation Physics 7C

Students will also be required to take three additional courses from the following list:
Course Units Title Prerequisites
NE102 3 Nuclear Reactions and Radiation Laboratory NE101
NE107 3 Introduction to Imaging NE101 and 104, or Consent of instructor
NE104 4 Radiation Detection and Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory NE101 or equivalent or Consent of instructor, NE150 recommended
NE120 3 Nuclear Materials E45, and an upper-division course in thermodynamics, or Consent of instructor
NE124 3 Radioactive Waste Management E117 or equivalent, or Consent of instructor
NE130 4 Analytical Methods for Non-Proliferation NE101, or consent of instructor
NE150 3 Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory NE101, Math53 and 54
NE155 3 Introduction to Numerical Simulation in Radiation Transport Math 53 and 54
NE161 3 Nuclear Power Engineering Courses in fluid mechanics and heat transfer, junior-level course in thermodynamics, or Consent of instructor
NE167 3 Nuclear Reactor Safety NE 150, NE 161, or consent of instructor
NE170A 3 Nuclear Design: Design in Nuclear Power Technology and Instrumentation  
NE170B 3 Nuclear Design: Design in Bio-Nuclear, Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy NE162, NE107, or Consent of instructor
NE175 3 Methods of Risk Analysis Consent of instructor
NE180 3 Introduction to Controlled Fusion Physics 7C