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This page contains the current requirements for the bachelor degree in mechanical engineering. These requirements have been revised most recently in December 2001.

All students, regardless of year of matriculation, may graduate under the current requirements.

Current Graduation requirements - Total requirement - 48 courses

MATHEMATICS - 4 courses

• Math 214-1,2,3 Calculus
• Math 215 Multiple Integration and Vector Calculus

• Gen Eng 205-1,2,3,4 Engineering Analysis

• Phys 135-2,3 General Physics
  
• Chemistry through Chem 102 General Inorganic Chemistry or Chem 171 Accelerated General Inorganic Chemistry

• Gen Eng 106-1,2 Engineering Design and Communication
• One speaking course from approved list

• MECH ENG 220 Thermodynamics
  
• MECH ENG 241 Fluid Mechanics I
  
• CIV ENG 216 Mechanics of Materials or MECH ENG 262 Stress Analysis and Finite Elements I
  
• Mat Sci 201 Pinciples of the Properties of Materials
  
• ECE 270 Applications of Electronic Devices
  (Students planning to take advanced ECE courses as electives may substitute ECE 221 Fundamentals of Circuits)

SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES THEME REQUIREMENT - 7 courses

UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES - 5 courses

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM - 16 courses

The Mechanical Engineering Faculty has revised the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum (12/5/2001). Beginning fall 2001 a signed Mechanical Engineering Option will not be required. All students will be required to take 340-1 as a major course and 5 technical electives which will contain 2-300 level mechanical engineering courses, 1-200 or 300 level technical elective (any engineering, science or math course) and 2-300 level technical electives (any engineering, science or math course). A maximum of two 399's are allowed. Students will be encouraged to concentrate electives in an area of interest. All mechanical engineering students already in the program who have not filed a signed option form or are not following the form on file will be required to meet these new requirements with no signed option. Here is the curriculum that will be required.

• Required courses - 11 courses as follows:
  • Seven core courses
    • Mech_Eng 202 Mechanics II
    • Mech_Eng 224 Experimental I
    • Mech_Eng 240 Int. Mechanical Design & Manufacturing
    • Mech_Eng 315 Theory of Machines - Design of Elements
    • Mech_Eng 340-1 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
    • Mech_Eng 377 Heat Transfer
    • Mech_Eng 390 Int. Dynamic Systems
  • One course from
    • Mech_Eng 314 Theory of Machines - Dynamics
    • Mech_Eng 363 Mechanical Vibrations
    • Mech_Eng 391 Fundamentals of Control Systems I
  • One course from
    • Mech_Eng 362 Stress Analysis
    • Mech_Eng 365 Finite Elements for Stress Analysis
    • Civ_Eng 327 Finite Element Methods in Mechanics
  • One course from
    • Mech_Eng 370 Thermodynamics II
    • Mech_Eng 373 Engineering Fluid Mechanics
  • One design course from
    • Mech_Eng 340-2 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
    • Mech_Eng 366 Finite Elements for Design & Optimization
    • Mech_Eng 398 Engineering Design
• Electives - 5 courses as follows (a maximum of two 399's are allowed)
  • Two 300-level mechanical engineering courses
  • One 200- or 300-level technical elective
  • Two 300-level technical electives

A technical elective would be a course in engineering, science or mathematics. Students are encouraged to concentrate electives in an area of interest. Suggested courses in the following areas may be obtained from the department office: biomedical engineering, fluid dynamics, intelligent mechanical systems, manufacturing, solid mechanics, nanotechnology/ micro-electromechanical systems, and design.