Earning a master’s degree in engineering courses today can already be done purely online. This provides busy professionals the opportunity to pursue their careers and their advanced studies at the same time without sacrificing the other.

Virginia Tech offers a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree program through its distance learning method. This naval engineering course focuses on aerodynamics, structures, propulsion and flight mechanics. The program involves interactive discussions between students and their professors as well as downloadable and prerecorded lectures. Students have an opportunity to do a live internet meeting with his professor during which they can ask questions and review their homework.

A total of 30 hours are required for this master’s degree. Four key courses are covered and these are on advanced aero/hydrodynamics, vehicle structures, vehicle dynamics and control and numerical methods. Electives offered are on design optimization, automatic flight control, computational aerodynamics, computational structural analysis and aerospace manufacturing.

In the area of aerodynamics, students will learn how to use advanced computational and experimental facilities while in structures, they will gain knowledge on the latest numerical techniques for structural analysis. On propulsion that involves jets to rockets, students are expected to develop an understanding on the propulsion systems and be able to analyze them. Finally with regards to flight mechanics, what will be taught are astrodynamics, aircraft performance, stability and control.

Virginia Tech is one of the top 25 graduate schools in the U.S. and as such, you can be sure to gain quality education. The faculty members are active practitioners in the various areas of aerospace engineering and are engaged as well in the institution’s research program.

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