Graduation Requirement

Required (Special General Education, 23 credits)

The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree does not adhere to the 44 credits of general education required by other programs. Rather, it requires a special distribution of communication, humanities and social science courses. Courses should be chosen to simultaneously satisfy the university cultural diversity requirement.

Required Communication Courses (7 credits)

• ENG 101 Composition (4) and
• SPEE 102 Public Speaking (3) or
• SPEE 233 Public Speaking for Technical Professions (3) or
• ENG 271 Technical Communication (4)

Required Humanities and Social Science Courses (minimum 16 credits)

In the interest of making engineers fully aware of their social responsibilities and better able to consider related factors in the decision-making process, course work in the humanities and social sciences is required as an integral part of our mechanical engineering program. To satisfy this requirement, the course selected must provide both breadth and depth and not be limited to a selection of unrelated introductory courses. Not all courses in humanities and social sciences are acceptable, i.e. skill developing courses are not acceptable. Courses should be chosen to simultaneously satisfy the university cultural diversity requirement. Each student should discuss with his/her mechanical engineering advisor selection of courses to meet this requirement. All students are urged to discuss this plan with their mechanical engineering advisors early in their academic career. An updated list of acceptable courses is posted in the department office and on the web.

Specifically, the minimum requirements consist of:

1. three credits of microeconomics or macroeconomics,
2. at least 6 credits in the humanities area,
3. at least 6 credits in the social science area.

Note: (a), (b), and (c) must total at least 16 credits.

To provide the measure of depth to the course of study, at least three credits at the 300 level or above must be included in the 16 credit requirement. At least one upper-division course must follow in the same subject area.

Required for Major (Prerequisites, 47 credits)

Mathematics (16 credits):

• MATH 121 Calculus I (4)
• MATH 122 Calculus II (4)
• MATH 223 Calculus III (4)
• MATH 321 Ordinary Differential Equations (4)

Physics (10 credits):

• PHYS 221 General Physics I (5)
• PHYS 222 General Physics II (5)

Chemistry (5 credits):

• CHEM 201 General Chemistry I (5)

Electrical Engineering (4 credits):

• EE 230 Circuits Analysis I (3) EE 240 Evaluation of Circuits (1)

Mechanical Engineering (12 credits):

• ME 101 Introduction to Engineering – Mechanical (2)
• ME 103 Computer Graphics Communications (1)
• ME 113 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (1)
• ME 201 Introduction to Problem Solving and Engineering Design (2)
• ME 212 Statics (3)
• ME 214 Dynamics

Required for Major (52 credits):

• EE 244 Introduction to Digital Systems (2)
• EE 253 Logic Circuits Lab (1)
• ME 206 Materials Science (3)
• ME 223 Mechanics of Materials (3)
• ME 241 Thermodynamics (3)
• ME 291 Engineering Analysis (3)
• ME 321 Fluid Mechanics (3)
• ME 324 Heat Transfer (3)
• ME 329 Applied Thermodynamics (3)
• ME 333 Manufacturing Processes (3)
• ME 336 Mechanical Engineering Experimentation I (2)
• ME 341 Linear Systems (3)
• ME 417 Design of Machine Elements (3)
• ME 420 Computer-Aided Engineering (3)
• ME 428 Design Project I (3)
• ME 436 Mechanical Engineering Experimentation II (2)
• ME 438 Design Project II (3)
• ME 463 Automatic Controls (3)
• ME 466 Mechanical Engineering Experimentation III (2)
• ME 492 Mechanical Engineering Seminar (1)

Required for Major (Electives, 6 credits)

Consult with your advisor for selection of electives:

Required Minor: None