** Students must earn a “C” or better in MEE 150, MEE 230, MEE 251 and MEE 270 to use them as prerequisites.
Rev. 6/25/20
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
4-Year Program (for students entering in Fall 2019)
Student:
ID:
Advisor:
1st Year FALL (17 cr.) Grade
ENG 101 College Composition (3 cr.) _____
MAT 126 Calculus I (4 cr.) _____
MEE 101 Intro to Mech. Eng. (1 cr.) _____
MEE 120 Eng. Graphics & CAD (2 cr.) _____
PHY 121 Physics for Eng. & Sci. I (4 cr.) _____
_______ HVSC Elective
2
nd
Year FALL (17 cr.)
CHY 121/3 General Chemistry I/Lab (4 cr.) __/__
or CHY 131/3 Chemistry for Engineers/Lab __/__
MAT 228 Calculus III (4 cr.) _____
MEE 230** Thermodynamics I (3 cr.) _____
MEE 251** Strength of Materials (3 cr.) _____
_______ HVSC Elective
3
rd
Year FALL (15 cr.)
MEE 320 Materials (3 cr.) _____
MEE 360 Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.) _____
MEE 370 Controls (3 cr.) _____
MEE 380 Design I (3 cr.) _____
STS 332 Statistics for Engineers (3 cr.) _____
4
th
Year FALL (15 cr.)
MEE 432 Heat Transfer (3 cr.) _____
MEE 442 Mechanical Lab II (2 cr.) _____
MEE 487 Capstone Design I (4 cr.) _____
_______ MEE Technical Elective (3 cr.)
_______ MEE Technical Elective (3 cr.)
1
st
Year SPRING (17 cr.) Grade
MAT 127 Calculus II (4 cr.) _____
MEE 125* Computational Tools for MEs (3 cr.) _____
MEE 150** Statics (3 cr.) _____
PHY 122 Physics for Eng. & Sci. II (4 cr.) _____
_______ HVSC Elective
*COS 220 or ECE 177 may substitute for MEE 125
2
nd
Year SPRING (16 cr.)
ECE 209 Fund of Electric Circuits (3 cr.) _____
ENG 320 Tech. Comm. for Engineering (3 cr.) _____
MAT 258 Diff. Eq. & Lin. Algebra (4 cr.) _____
MEE 231 Thermodynamics II (3 cr.) _____
MEE 270** Dynamics (3 cr.) _____
3
rd
Year SPRING (15 cr.)
MEE 330 Manufacturing Engineering (3 cr.) _____
MEE 341 Mechanical Lab I (3 cr.) _____
MEE 381 Design II (3 cr.) _____
MEE 456 Intro to Finite Elements (3 cr.) _____
_______ Engineering Elective (3 cr.)
4
th
Year SPRING (17 cr.)
MEE 443 Mech. Lab. III (2 cr.) _____
MEE 471 Mechanical Vibrations (3 cr.) _____
MEE 488 Capstone Design II (3 cr.) _____
_______ MEE Technical Elective (3 cr.)
_______ HVSC Elective
_______ HVSC Elective
Engineering Elective (3 cr.)
Course
Grade
Course
Grade
Course
HVSC
credits
Grade
Human Values and Social Context (HVSC) areas (18 cr)
Ethics
(not part of
HVSC)
Western
Cultural
Tradition
Social Contexts
&
Institutions
Cultural Diversity
& International
Perspectives
Population
&
Environment
Artistic &
Creative
Expression
1.
ENG 320
3
X
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(if needed) 7.
(if needed) 8.
Students must complete 18 credits in the HVSC areas, and each of the five HVSC areas must be satisfied at least once. Students must also take
a course that satisfies the Ethics requirement. Note that some courses satisfy more than one category (e.g. Ethics and one of the HVSC areas).
MEE Technical Electives
Prerequisites
MEE 433
Solar-Thermal Engineering
MEE 230
MEE 434
Thermodynamic Design of Engines
MEE 231
MEE 441
Manufacturing and Testing of Composites
MEE 251
MEE 444
Robot Dynamics and Control
MEE 270
C
, MEE 380
MEE 445
Aeronautics
MAT 258, MEE 270
C
, MEE 125/ECE 177/COS 220
MEE 446
Astronautics
MAT 258, MEE 270
C
, MEE 125/ECE 177/COS 220
MEE 448
Fixed Wing Aircraft Design
MEE 120, MEE 251
C
, MEE 270
C
, MEE 360
MEE 450
Mechanics of Composite Materials
MEE 251
C
MEE 452
Aircraft and Automobile Structures
MEE 251
C
MEE 453
Experimental Mechanics
MEE 251
C
MEE 455
Advanced Strength of Materials
MEE 251
C
MEE 459
Engineering Optimization
MAT 228, MAT 258
MEE 462
Fluid Mechanics II
MEE 360
MEE 463
Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics
MEE 360
MEE 475
Fuel Cell Science and Technology
MEE 230
C
, CHY 121
MEE 480
Wind Energy Engineering
MAT 258, MEE 251
C
, Corequisite MEE 360
MEE 483
Turbomachine Design
MEE 230
C
, MEE 360
MEE 484
Power Plant Design and Engineering
MEE 230
C
, MEE 231
MEE 486
Refrig. and Air Cond. System Design
MEE 231
MEE 489
Offshore Floating System Design
MEE 360, MEE 380
MEE 490
Modern Control Theory and Applications
MEE 370
400 level courses offered by other engineering programs may, with MEE Department approval, be counted as a
MEE Technical Elective.
500 level courses in MEE or other engineering programs may, with instructor and MEE Department approval, be
counted as a MEE Technical Elective.
Engineering Elective
The “Engineering Elective” (3 credits) may consist of:
Any 300 or 400 level MEE elective course, or
Any 300 or 400 level course in College of Engineering (BEN, CHE, CIE, CET, ECE, EET, MET, SVT), or Innovation
Engineering (INV), or Pulp and Paper (PPA), except courses that have significant overlap with a required course.
A list of recommended courses, and prohibited courses, is available at: https://umaine.edu/mecheng/undergraduate-program/
A single course may not be counted as both the Engineering Elective and a MEE Technical Elective.
Prerequisites for Required Courses
(A prerequisite course must be taken before. A corequisite course must be taken either before or concurrently.)
Course
Prerequisites
Course
Prerequisites
Course
Prerequisites
MAT 127 MAT 126
C
MEE 125
COS 220
ECE 177
MAT 126
none
MAT 126
MEE 370 MEE 270
C
, MAT 258, ECE 209
MAT 228
MAT 127
C
MEE 150
MAT 126
MEE 380
MEE 270
C
MAT 258
MAT 127
C
MEE 230
MAT 127
MEE 381
MEE 120, MEE 251
C
STS 332
MAT 228
C
MEE 231
MEE 230
C
MEE 432
MEE 360, MAT 258
PHY 121
Corequisite MAT 126
MEE 251
MAT 127
C
, MEE 150
C
MEE 442
MEE 341
PHY 122
MAT 126
C
, PHY 121
C-
MEE 270
MEE 150
C
, corequisite MAT 228
MEE 443
MEE 442
CHY 121/3
CHY 131/3
MAT 126
C
MAT 126
MEE 320 MEE 230
C
, MEE 251
C
MEE 456 MEE 251
C
, MAT 258
ECE 209
MAT 127, PHY 122
MEE 330
MEE 120
MEE 471
MEE 270
C
, MAT 258
ENG 320
ENG 101
MEE 341
MEE 251
C
, MEE 360, MAT 258
MEE 487
MEE 360, MEE 370, MEE 381
MEE 360
MEE 230
C
, MEE 270
C
, MAT 258
MEE 488
MEE 487
C
and
C-
indicate the minimum grade required in that course.