Curriculum Planning

General Education

Dependent on your admission year to MNSU, your academic catalog year may be different from others and the general education requirements may be different.

For the current catalog of general education goal areas and courses:

Current General Education Goal Areas Courses 

For earlier catalog years:

General education H/SS course list

Flowchart

The flowcharts linked below show the prerequisites for the required courses in the program, and give a recommended order of courses for the four-year plan. These flowcharts may also be used in completing planning worksheets.

2024-2025 FLOWCHART 

 

Four-year Plan

The flowcharts linked below show the prerequisites for the required courses in the program, and give a recommended order of courses for the four-year plan. These flowcharts may also be used in completing planning worksheets.

4-YEAR PLAN (2024-25)

4-year plan (2023-24)

4-year plan (2020-21)

Application

In order for a student to be able to enroll in upper-division (300–and 400–level) mechanical engineering classes, the student needs to be accepted into the ME program. During the sophomore year, students should submit an application for admission to the mechanical engineering program. 

Application

FE Exam

Taking FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) exam is a requirement for graduation. Passing FE gives the graduates an EIT (Engineer in Training) designation and the graduates are on the path to obtaining their PE  (Professional Engineer)license.

Number of questions covered for each topic

Fundamentals of Engineering Resources

Fundamentals of Engineering Reference Handbook

You will need to download FE reference handbook from the NCEES wesbite which you can use as a reference during your exam.