B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2007 – 08 Catalog)

Freshman year, first semester (14 - 15 credits)

ENGL 1                   Composition and Literature (3)

CHM 25                 Introductory Chemical Principles and Laboratory (4) or

PHY 11, 12        Introductory Physics I and Laboratory (5)

MATH 21              Calculus I (4)

ENGR 1                  Engineering Computations (3) or

ENGR 5             Introduction to Engineering Practice (3)

Freshman year, second semester (14 - 15 credits)

ENGL 2                   Composition and Literature: Fiction, Drama, Poetry (3)

PHY 11, 12             Introductory Physics I and Laboratory (5) or

CHM 25            Introductory Chemical Principles and Lab (4)

MATH 22              Calculus II (4)

ENGR 5                  Introduction to Engineering Practice (3) or

ENGR 1             Engineering Computations (3)

Sophomore year, first semester (16 - 17 credit hours)

ME 10                     Graphics for Engineering Design (3)

MECH 3                 Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics (3)

MAT 33                 Engineering Materials and Processes (3)

MATH 23              Analytical Geometry & Calculus III (4)

                                elective (3 - 4)

Sophomore year, second semester (17 - 18 credit hours)*

ME 104                   Thermodynamics I (3)

MECH 12               Strength of Materials (3)

PHY 21, 22             Introductory Physics II and Laboratory (5)

MATH 205            Linear Methods (3)

                                elective (3 - 4)

*Co-op students must take ME 21 sophomore year, second semester (18-19 credit hours). Co-op students will take a MATH elective (3), ME 231 (3), MECH 102 (3), and an HSS elective (3-4) during the summer after the sophomore year (12-13 credit hours). See Co-op program for details.

Junior year, first semester (16 - 18 credit hours)

ME 21                     Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I (1)

ME 231                   Fluid Mechanics (3)

MECH 102             Dynamics (3)

ME 215                   Engineering Reliability (3) or

MATH 208       Complex Variables (3) or

MATH 230       Numerical Methods (3) or

MATH 231       Probability and Statistics (3)

                                elective (6 - 8)

Junior year, second semester (17 credit hours)

ME 121                   Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II (1)

ME 211                   Integrated Product Development I (3)

ME 240                   Manufacturing (3)

ME 242                   Mechanical Engineering Systems (3) or

ME 245             Engineering Vibrations (3)

ME 252                   Mechanical Elements (3)

ECE 83                    Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (3)

ECE 162                  Electrical Laboratory (1)

Senior year (30 - 34 credit hours)

ME 111                   Professional Development (1) [Fall only]

ME 212                   Integrated Product Development II (2) [Fall only]

ME 207                   Mechanical Engineering Laboratory III (2)

ME 321                   Introduction to Heat Transfer (3)

                                electives (22 - 26)

The total number of credits required for graduation is 129. A total of 38 credits in electives must be taken. These electives are of five types:

Mechanical Engineering Electives

a) Humanities/Social Sciences: A total of 17 credits of electives in humanities and social science, which must include ECO 1. (Note that these electives are in addition to the 6 hours of required freshman English.) See description of HSS in Section III of the catalog.

b) ENGR. Elective A: One, 3-credit course selected from the following: MECH 302, MECH 305, ME 304, ME 322, ME 331, or ME 343.

c) ENGR. Elective B: One, 3-credit course selected from any ME 300 or MECH 300-level course, excluding ME 310.

d) ENGR. Elective C: Three, 3-credit courses selected from any ME 300 or MECH 300-level course or an engineering/science/mathematics course, as approved by the department chair. ME 310 may be taken once to satisfy this requirement.

e) Free electives: 6 credit hours in any subject area are required.

Basic Requirement: English and Economics. (Three courses totaling a minimum of ten credit hours):

Students must complete English 1 or 3, English 2,4,5,6,8,10, or 11 and Economics 1. Students with advanced placements in English I usually take English 11 to complete the English requirements.

Advanced Requirement: Breadth and Depth. 13 Credits in courses designated as HU (humanities) or SS (social science), not including one-credit courses, with the following restrictions:

   1. At least eight credits must be in a common discipline and from the same department or program. At least three of these credits must be a the 100-level or above, or at the intermediate level or above for a single modern foreign language.
   2. At least three credits in a discipline different from, and not cross-listed with, the discipline employed to satisfy the concentration requirement above.
   3. At least three credits must be designated as HU.
   4. HSS Credit is not given for a first elementary-level modern foreign language course (e.g. Spanish 1) until after the second elementary-level course (e.g. Spanish 2) is completed satisfactorily.
   5. None of the courses taken to satisfy the HSS requirement can be taken Pass/Fail.