** 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)
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.)
MEE Technical Electives (9 cr.)
HVSC
Human Values and Social Context (HVSC) areas (18 cr)
Ethics
(not part of
HVSC)
Cultural
&
& International
&
Creative
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).