This course will provide a technical perspective of the predominant aircraft propulsion systems in use today, along with systems and technologies that are being actively pursued for advanced future applications. The goal of this course is to provide the professional engineer with a solid technical understanding of state-of-the-art and emerging propulsion systems, along with the foundational technical tools necessary for their design and development. The first part of the course will involve an overview of fundamental concepts and tools for propulsion system analysis and design, including thermodynamics, combustion chemistry and compressible gas dynamics. The second part of the course will focus on the design and analysis of gas turbine and ramjet engines with an emphasis on key engine components, including intake and exhaust nozzle, turbomachinery, combustor and afterburner design. The last part of the course will focus on design and analysis tools for emerging technologies, particularly hypersonic (i.e., scramjet) and detonation-cycle (i.e., pulse detonation and rotating detonation wave) engines.