<p>“Cornell has no Nuke program”</p>
<p>That’s not true (unless something’s changed). They have it, but the major is a graduate Master’s program.</p>
<p>People interested in nuclear often start(ed) at the undergraduate level majoring In Applied and Engineering Physics there. IIRC a guy I knew who was interested in it also was in ROTC there, apparently a navy background is big in the nuclear business because of all the nuclear subs, the navy supposedly gives great training.</p>
<p>The AEP degree is not specialized to a particular industry, this obviously creates more flexibility at the undergraduate level. You would have to check with the people at Cornell about implications if a higher degree of specialization is desired early, or the implications of the various degrees for a career in the field. I would not be surprised if AEP majors could take the courses in the master’s program, if they have the prerequisites. But this would have to be verified.</p>
<p>AEP at Cornell has traditionally been about the best program of its type that there is, and it is about the “top” engineering program at Cornell,
arguably. It is a pretty tough major there though, with top students.</p>
<p>I imagine people approach nuclear from Mech E too. There would likely be less direct overlap with nuclear at the undergrad level by that path, but you may be able to steer it more that way via electives.
How adequate that would be, you would have to check with people that actually know, not those who are speculating like me.</p>