<p>Does one have to take the classes one would take in undergrad but weren’t offered in grad?</p>
<p>I am not really sure I understand the question, but I guess I can offer moral support in that I am also an ME by undergrad degree but doing AE for my grad degree, haha.</p>
<p>Hope this clears it up-say you major in MechE udergrad, but plan on majoring in AeroE. Assume the school does not offer AeroE courses. So you miss them-let’s use Air-Breathing Propulsion as an example. Would you need to take Air-Breathing Propulsion as a grad student? Thanks!</p>
<p>Only if you plan on making that a focus area of your graduate degree. I know that as an ME student at a school that DID offer AE classes, I still never took any of those sorts of classes, but I don’t plan on taking them in the future either unless I absolutely need to for the quals. Of course, even then I probably don’t need to since I have worked at a gas turbine company for the past 2 years.</p>
<p>Thanks, I do hope to concentrate in propulsion, don’t know if it’ll be air-breathing or space.</p>
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<p>It depends on the regulations for the PhD program you are enrolled in. Some programs have “breadth” requirements that force you to take classes outside your major field of study. In that case, you might be required for example to take a course in propulsion even if that is not your primary area of research. Many schools also have comprehensive qualifying exams that cover more than one area and might require general knowledge at the undergraduate level.</p>