Aerospace Studies: Aerospace Science and Engineering: MASc, MEng, PhD Courses

This list represents course offerings at the time of publication. Course descriptions are available on the UTIAS website.

Aircraft Flight Systems

Course Code Course Title
AER503H1
Aeroelasticity
AER1202H
Advanced Flight Dynamics
AER1211H
Human Control of Flight Systems
AER1216H
Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
AER1217H
Development of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems
(Prerequisite: AER1216H.)

Aerodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and Propulsion

Course Code Course Title
AER510H1
Aerospace Propulsion
AER1301H
Kinetic Theory of Gases
AER1303H
Advanced Fluid Mechanics
AER1304H
Fundamentals of Combustion
AER1306H
Special Topics in Reacting Flows
AER1307H Fundamentals of Aeroacoustics
AER1308H
Introduction to Modern Flow Control
AER1310H
Turbulence Modelling
AER1311H
Unsteady Gasdynamics
AER1316H
Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER1318H
Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER1319H
Finite Volume Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics
AER1324H
Introduction to Turbulence
(Exclusion: MIE1207H.)

Structures and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Course Code Course Title
AER501H1
Computational Structural Mechanics and Design Optimization
AER1403H
Advanced Aerospace Structures
AER1410H
Topology Optimization
AER1415H
Computational Optimization
AER1416H
Numerical Methods for Uncertainty Quantification
AER1418H
Variational Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Sustainable Aviation

Course Code Course Title
AER1315H
Sustainable Aviation

Robotics and Space Systems Engineering

Course Code Course Title
AER506H1
Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
AER521H1
Mobile Robotics and Perception
AER525H1
Robotics
AER1503H
Spacecraft Dynamics and Control II
AER1512H
Multibody Dynamics
AER1513H
State Estimation for Aerospace Vehicles
AER1515H
Perception for Robotics
(Exclusions: AER1514H, ROB1514H.)
AER1516H Robot Motion Planning
AER1517H Control for Robotics
AER1520H
Microsatellite Design I
AER1521H
Microsatellite Design II
ROB1514H
Mobile Robotics

Management and Policy

Course Code Course Title
AER1601H
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Management
AER1604H
Air Accident Investigation

Engineering Physics

Course Code Course Title
AER507H1
Introduction to Fusion Energy
AER1717H
Applied Plasma Physics I
(Reading course.)

Research Seminars and Professional Courses

Course Code Course Title
AER1800H
Research Seminar in Aerospace Science and Engineering
(For Year 1 MASc students only.)
AER1810H
MEng Project
(For MEng students only.)
JDE1000H
Ethics in Research
(Students registered in the MASc or PhD programs are required to participate in this non-credit seminar course during their first or second session of registration. This course must be completed in order to graduate.)

Reading Courses

Course Code Course Title
AER1820H
Directed Reading in Aerospace Studies

APS Engineering Course

Course Code Course Title
APS1012H
Managing Business Innovation and Transformational Change
APS1043H Writing Your Own Patent Application