Mechanical Engineering Sample Plan of Study

Year One - Fall Semester Credit   Year One - Spring Semester Credit
MAT 151 - Calculus I 4   MAT 152 - Calculus II 4
ESC 110 - Introduction to Engineering 3   ESC 120 - Design Tools and Processes 3
CHE 130 - Introductory Chemistry 4   PHY 201 - Physics I (calc-based) 4
ENG 101 - First-Year Composition 4   General Education Elective * 4
FYS 101 - First-Year Seminar 1      
Total 16   Total 15
         
Year Two - Fall Semester Credit   Year Two - Spring Semester Credit
MAT 260 - Ordinary Differential Equations and Series Solutions 4   MAT 253 - Calculus III 4

ESC 210 - Statics

3  

ME 220 - Kinematics and Mechanisms

3
ESC 220 - Material Science 3   ESC 240 - Dynamics 3

PHY 202 - Physics II (calc-based) OR
BIO 101 - Biology I OR
CHE 131 - Introductory Chemistry II

4   ESC 230 - Mechanics of Materials 4
 General Education Elective *   ME 330 - Engineering Thermodynamics I 3
Total 18   Total 17
         
Year Three - Fall Semester Credit   Year Three - Spring Semester Credit
MAT 450 - Partial Differential Equations OR
MAT 370 - Applied Probability OR
MAT 340 - Linear Algebra
4   MAT 460 - Numerical Differential Equations 4
ME 310 - Design and Manufacturability 3   ME 390 - Machine Design 3
ECE 260 - Electric Circuits 4   Upper Level Writing Course (e.g. COM 306) 4
ESC 370 - Design of Engineering Experiments 3   ME 320 - Fluid Mechanics 3
ME 340 - Engineering Thermodynamics II 3    General Education Elective * 4
Total 17   Total 16
         
Year Four - Fall Semester Credit   Year Four - Spring Semester Credit
Mechanical Engineering Elective ** 3   ME 482 - Capstone Design II 3
ME 480 - Capstone Design I 3    General Education Elective * 4
ME 446 - Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems 3   Mechanical Engineering Elective ** 3
ME 410 - Heat Transfer 3   Mechanical Engineering Elective ** 3
Mechanical Engineering Elective ** 3      
Total   15   Total 13
         
      Total planned credit hours 129

* General Ed Elective: choose four (4) of the following seven (7) general education courses:

Social Science 4
American History 4
Western Civilization 4
Other World Civilizations 4
Humanities 4
Fine Arts 4
Foreign Language 4

 

** Upper Elective: Any 3 or 4 credit hour ME course number 400 or higher

*** Open Electives allow students to take courses in areas of interest.

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