该系为合格的学生提供为期五年的BS-MS计划。该计划的主要组成部分是，合格的学生可以为其高级本科选修课程学习长达9个小时的经批准的研究生课程，并使他们计入田纳西大学的学士和硕士学位。该课程是为就读田纳西大学理学硕士学位的学生而设计的，因为其他大学可能不接受这些课程的研究生学分，因为它们被用来满足理学学士学位的要求。
Aerospace engineering uses the basic sciences and mathematics to develop the foundation for the design, development, production, testing, and applied research associated with aerospace vehicles. These vehicles include aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles. Auxiliary and propulsion systems are also an integral part of this education. These include guidance, control, environmental, ramjet, rocket, turbo-jet, and piston engine systems. Emphasis in the senior year is directed toward these topics, and the program culminates in a major aerospace design project. The educational objectives of the aerospace engineering program are either to be an entrepreneur or to be employed in industry, government, academia or a nongovernmental organization, and to continue professional development by participating in structured professional activities and/or by obtaining professional registration or certification, post-graduate credits and/or graduate degrees. <br>The department offers a Five-Year BS-MS program for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 9 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Tennessee.