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AOE-2204: Introduction to Ocean Engineering

Description: Introduction to the design of ocean vehicles and offshore structures. Buoyancy. Hull geometry, body plan drawing, coefficients of form. Hydrostatic calculations. Intact and damaged stability of ocean vehicles and offshore structures. Large angle stability. Stability criteria for design and related rules and regulations. Marine economics.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-2305

Required By: AOE-3014, AOE-3264, AOE-4265

Corequisites: MATH-2204

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 2.80 (rounds to B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.19%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.56%

Delgosha Olivier Coutier202429.6%35.1%21.8%8.9%3.0%1.6%2.806

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W