The University of Alabama in Huntsville offers a current Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering through Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, covering aerodynamics, structures and materials, propulsion, flight mechanics and control, spacecraft design, and a capstone sequence. It is a public research university in a major aerospace, defense, and advanced-manufacturing hub; its department also offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Systems Engineering with research in propulsion, plasma science, combustion, turbulence, solid mechanics, materials, and unmanned systems.