Honors Major - Robotics and Control Engineering
We are the only engineering department at the Naval Academy to offer an honors major. The program combines more rigorous course work with an open ended research experience. The honors designation will appear on your diploma. More details can be found below.
Admission
Students who have selected Robotics and Control Engineering and are near the top of their class, will be invited to the Robotics and Control Engineering Honors Program at end of the 3/C year.
Course Work
The program involves taking Honors versions of three standard Robotics and Control Engineering courses (EW305H, EW306H and EW503) and one advanced technologies capstone course (EW502).
Class Of 2023 - Robotics and Control Engineering Honors Major - ERCH |
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| 3/c Fall | 3/c Spring | 2/c Fall | 2/c Spring | 1/c Fall | 1/c Spring |
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NN210 1-2-2 |
NE203 3-0-3 Ethics & Moral Reasoning |
NN310 1-2-2 Advanced Navigation |
NL310 3-0-3 Leadership: Theory and Applications |
NS43X 1-2-2 JO Practicum |
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SP211 3-2-4 General Physics I |
SP212 3-2-4 General Physics II |
EE331 3-2-4 Electrical Engineering I |
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3-0-3 HUM/SS Elective |
NL400 2-0-2 Law for the Junior Officer |
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SM221 4-0-4 Calculus III with Vector Fields |
SM212 4-0-4 Differential Equations |
SM316 3-0-3 |
EC312 2-2-3 Applications of Cyber Engineering |
EW300 3-0-3 Naval Weapons Systems |
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HH215 3-0-3 |
HH216 3-0-3 |
3-0-3 HUM/SS Elective |
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EM211 3-0-3 Statics |
EM232 3-0-3 Dynamics |
EM316 3-0-3 Thermo-Fluid Sciences I |
EM317 2-2-3 Thermo-Fluid Sciences II |
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3-0-3 Major Elective I |
EW495/6 0-6-3 Systems Engineering Research |
EW402 2-4-4 Systems Engineering Design |
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EW200 3-2-4 |
EW202 2-2-3 |
EW301 2-2-3 |
EW309 0-4-2 Guided Design Experience |
3-0-3 |
3-0-3 |
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EW305H 3-2-4 Linear Control Systems |
EW306H 2-2-3 |
3-0-3 Major Elective III |
EW503 3-0-3 Advanced Technologies |
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EW502 1-2-2 Honors Research and Design |
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| 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 20 |
| Major Credits: 58 | Total Credits: 145 | ||||
The Robotics and Control Engineering with Honors program is only three credits more than the standard, and does not involve overloading your schedule.
Research Experience
Beginning in the 2/C (junior) year students undertake background research, then write and present an in depth proposal for their research project. During the 1/C year they work closely with a faculty mentor on a semester long research project. Many of our students have published their work at national engineering conferences. Some sample projects appear on the Project Showcase.
