Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering is a program of study requiring 128-136 credits of undergraduate work, including a two-term senior project capstone requirement completed through oral and written reports and a 400-hour internship. If desired, the candidate may also choose an appropriate sequence of elective courses for a concentration in Manufacturing or Aerospace.
Required coursework can be grouped in four categories: General Education, Major Requirements, Electives or Concentration Requirements, and Additional Requirements.
Requirements
I. General Education
NOTE: Distribution requirements are similar to the existing Engineering Technology General Education requirements.
Study Area I: Arts and Humanities
| Literature | |
| Philosophy or Fne Arts | |
| Literature, Philosophy or Fine Arts (3) | 3 |
Study Area II: Social Sciences
| History | |
| ECON or GEOG or HIST or PS or ET 399 | |
Study Area III: Behavioral Sciences
| Anthropology, Psychology, or Sociology | 3 |
Study Area IV: Natural Sciences
Skill Area I: Communication Skills
| WRT 110 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
| ENGR 290 | Engineering Technical Writing and Presentation | 3 |
Skill Area II: Mathematics
Skill Area III: Foreign Language Proficiency
Skill Area IV: University Requirement
II. Major Requirements
| ENGR 150 | Introduction to Engineering | 3 |
| ENGR 251 | Engineering Mechanics I - Statics | 3 |
| ENGR 252 | Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics | 3 |
| ENGR 357 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| ME 216 | Manufacturing Engineering Processes | 2 |
| ME 217 | Manufacturing Engineering Processes Lab | 1 |
| ME 258 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 |
| ME 345 | Engineering Statistical Analysis of Operations | 3 |
| ME 352 | Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems | 3 |
| ME 354 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| ME 367 | Machine Design I | 3 |
| ME 368 | Machine Design II | 3 |
| ME 370 | Instrumentation | 3 |
| ME 454 | Heat Transfer | 3 |
| ME 497 | Senior Project I: Project Research | 2 |
| ME 498 | Senior Project II: Design Project | 3 |
| ME 467 | Finite Element Analysis with Applications | 3 |
III. Electives or Concentration Requirements
General Electives:
| ME 458 | Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems Design | 3 |
| or | |
| ME 459 | Energy Conversion Systems | 3 |
| | |
| ME Electives | 6 |
| Tech Elective | 3 |
Manufacturing:
| ME 340 | Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing for Mechanical Design | 3 |
| ME 360 | Manufacturing Operations Analysis and Simulation | 3 |
| ME 460 | Manufacturing System Design | 3 |
| and | |
| ME 461 | Discrete Event Simulation for Manufacturing Systems | 3 |
| or | |
| ME 466 | Inventive Engineering Design | 3 |
Aerospace:
| ME 480 | Propulsion Systems | 3 |
| ME 483 | Aerodynamics | 3 |
| ME 486 | Aerospace Structures and Materials | 3 |
| ME 403 | Aerospace Control Systems | 3 |
IV. Additional Requirements
| CET 236 | Circuit Analysis | 3 |
| CHEM 161 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 162 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| ENGR 392 | Engineering Practicum (400 hours) | 1 |
| ENGR 240 | Computational Methods for Engineering | 3 |
| ETM 260 | Computer Aided Design and Integrated Manufacturing CAD/CAM/CIM | 3 |
| ETM 356 | Materials Analysis | 3 |
| MATH 222 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Linear Algebra and Probability for Engineers | 4 |
| MATH 355 | Introduction to Differential Equations with Applications | 4 |