NERS at University of Michigan

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NERS coursework.

• NERS 311Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Iopens 10 courses (2 directly)
• NERS 312Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences IIopens 7 courses (2.3 directly)
• NERS 320Applied Mathematics for Engineering Physics Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• EECS 215Introduction to Electronic Circuitsopens 3 courses (0.3 directly)
• EECS 314Electrical Circuits, Systems, and Applicationsopens 3 courses (0.3 directly)
• NERS 315Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratoryopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NERS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 37 NERS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 50 more NERS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NERS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at NERS 442

  1. PHYSICS 240PHYSICS 240
  2. NERS 311Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences I
  3. NERS 312Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences II
  4. NERS 441Nuclear Reactor Theory I
  5. NERS 442Nuclear Power Reactors

• 5 courses deep, ending at NERS 532

  1. PHYSICS 240PHYSICS 240
  2. NERS 311Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences I
  3. NERS 312Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences II

• 4 courses deep, ending at NERS 444

  1. PHYSICS 240PHYSICS 240
  2. NERS 311Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences I
  3. NERS 344Fluid Mechanics for Nuclear Engineers

• 2 courses deep, ending at NERS 320

  1. MATH 215MATH 215
  2. NERS 320Applied Mathematics for Engineering Physics I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NERS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NERS yet.

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Department events

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