What do you mean by “crowd out” the upper level courses, do you mean prevent me from taking?
I will consider this, I will look into maybe trying to get into upper level engineering courses with my physics background and maybe this Statics class (its a prereq for materials/dynamics anyway, I may be able to convince someone to sub Mechanics for Dynamics if its needed).
Would you say something similar about fluid mechanichs?
Done a bit of CAD before, including solid works, wish my school was offering that “Statics & Dynamics with CAD” course before I leave 
oof, important thing you did though!
Got to be honest, this one hits hard, when I transferred too this school I knew it didn’t have AE/ME (or any engineering when I started, they are starting Photonics). This late, its hard to change track, and I dont know what I am doing for grad school, I appreciate the honesty in this comment, its a lot too think about.
Think I have a better shot with researching theoretical propulsion concepts by any chance?
Not trying to be hard hitting, just honest. My son’s ME curriculum was 202 hours. You just can’t make all that ground up in a class or two. The early classes are really just preparation for the next ones. ME isn’t like an orange where you can show up green, grab a little slice with a class or two and be productive in the workforce at it. It’s more like an onion where the courses that you’ll use the most are built up on several layers of earlier ones.
What you have going for you is a background in Physics and CS. Parlay that to get a job in the industry.
@boneh3ad knows WAY more than I do about ME, AE and Physics. He suggested some upper level physics classes that would build on your current background.
Any class you say yes to, means saying no to another. I wouldn’t suggest displacing a 4th year Physics or CS course with a 2nd year ME course.
Good luck!
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Has anyone mentioned that it’s possible to get jobs in aerospace already with a BS in physics? You can also attend graduate school in AE/ME with a BS in physics. It’s fairly common.
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Me. That’s what I’ve been suggesting from the get go…play to your strengths. 
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