Anyone done a part-time Aerospace Engineering Degree?

[shuttle_rtf]

I'm looking into York's Tech College part time degree course for Aerospace Engineering.<br /><br />Anyone gone down this path? Obviously, I'm a full time Journalist and with the British Army TAs at weekends...so I'm wondering how 'big' this degree this is.<br /><br />Can anyone help with advise on subjects, modules, areas that are best related to the subject matter I'm covering? I don't need the full degree, I'd like to study up on the related areas to help my understanding of 'nuts and bolts' Shuttles etc.

 

[vt_hokie]

I got my degree in aerospace engineering full time at Virginia Tech, but then I tried the part time route for grad school. I applied to Columbia and began working part time there toward a masters in mechanical engineering, but then I got RIF'd by my employer at the time (AlliedSignal), and moved further from NYC when I started working for Loral in Pennsylvania. I took one additional course through Columbia's video network back in 2001, but then I gave up. I found it to be very difficult to manage on top of work. I just turned 30, and I realize it's now or never, so I think I'm going to go back to grad school full time, maybe to pursue an MBA. Might as well do it while I'm still single and free of obligations...<br /><br />If you don't need the full degree, and you enjoy the subject matter, then go for it. It's nice to be able to go at your own pace, learning what you want to and as much as you want to!

 

[drwayne]

"Might as well do it while I'm still single and free of obligations... "<br /><br />Yes. Yes. Yes. You could not be more right. If you don't do things like that for yourself, you will find yourself regretting things that you can not do later.<br /><br />To the original question:<br /><br />Note that different schools and faculties support part time studies more than others. Some faculties have a bunch of professors that believe that your studies and research for school should be the MOST important thing in your life, and that you should not have a life at all outside of school.<br /><br />There are other departments that recognize the benefit of having part time students who are active in the workforce already adds a healthy element to the student mix.<br /><br />You can really only find out by talking to the department faculty and students.<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Thanks. Any idea of the specific areas of the degree that would translate well into an advanced understanding of related issues such as the Shuttle etc?

 

[vogon13]

You can spell Engineer correctly, you are halfway there.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[mrmorris]

<font color="yellow">"...you are halfway there. "</font><br /><br />Two-thirds of the way -- from the posts, he apparently realizes that there are no trains involved.

 

[spacefire]

the advanced core courses for the Aerospace Engineering curriculum will include structures and aerodynamics. At my school, the Senior design courses allowed for specialization, people could choose betweenn aircraft, engine and spaceship design. I guess you would choose spaceship design, though you wouldn't get to design anything as fancy as the SHuttle.<br />For a graduate degree, you can tailor your courses to suit your interest better and do your thesis in an area related to your interest as well.<br />Courses like Heat Transfer, Thermal Stresses, and some advanced supersonic aerodynamics might be for you. But, once again, that's at the Graduate level. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[Testing]

Need more programs like this. <br /><br />http://den.usc.edu/index.htm <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[vt_hokie]

"Two-thirds of the way -- from the posts, he apparently realizes that there are no trains involved."<br /><br />Huh? Are you talking about my reference to Amtrak's Acela Express...must've caught that as soon as I posted it, because I edited it out within like 5 minutes! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[mrmorris]

<font color="yellow">"Huh? Are you talking about my reference to Amtrak's Acela Express..."</font><br /><br />Um. No. It was a Ha Ha. Engineer. Train. Train Engineer. Not a <b>big</b> Ha Ha, but definitely smaller once explained...

 

[vt_hokie]

Okay, sorry, I get it now! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Thanks, that's very helpful.

 

[vt_hokie]

There are also a lot of interesting short courses from organizations such as Launchspace or AIAA. Working for a bankrupt company, I don't get to go to many of 'em, but I see a lot of interesting looking courses in the brochures they send me! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />