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The Mechanical Engineering undergraduate curriculum is designed to prepare students who can consequently compete favorably in their professions. The curriculum, as shown in these pages, constitutes of a common freshman year with other engineering departments in the College of Engineering. The mechanical engineering courses taken in the sophomore and junior years are analytical and design oriented. The design oriented courses are assessed based on open-ended problems, team work, hands-on, multidisciplinary, and communication skills, and are designed to be taken also in the senior year.

FRESHMAN YEAR

First Semester			Second Semester
No.	Course	Cr.	No.	Course	Cr.
ENGR 120	Freshman Engr I	2	ENGR 130	Freshman Engr II	2
Math 264	Calculus I	4	Math 265	Calculus II	4
Engl 110	Freshman Comp.	3	Engl 111	Freshman Comp.	3
Chem 132	General Chemistry Lec	3	Phys 221	General Physics	5
Chem 112	General Chemistry Lab	1	Econ 205	Economics	3
	Life Science Elective	3
TOTAL		16		TOTAL	17

SOPHOMORE YEAR

First Semester			Second Semester
No.	Course	Cr.	No.	Course	Cr.
CiEn 224	Statics	3	MeEn 225	Dynamics	3
Math 395	Cal III & Diff Equ	4	MeEn 221	Numerical Methods for Engr	3
	Humanity Elective	3	MeEn 227	Mech. of Materials	3
Phys 222	General Physics	5	MeEn 235	Materials Sci & Engr	3
ENGR 230	Technical Comm	2	MeEn 252	Intro to CADD	3
			ElEn 352	EE Fundamentals	3
TOTAL		17	TOTAL		18

JUNIOR YEAR

First Semester			Second Semester
No.	Course	Cr.	No.	Course	Cr.
MeEn 300	Thermodynamics I	3	MeEn 301	Thermodynamics II	3
MeEn 312	Fluid Mechanics	3		Matl. Sci & Engr Elect	3
MeEn 335	Material Processing	3	MeEn 365	Machine Design	3
ENGR 340	Engr. Math	3	ENGR 320	Probability & Statistics	2
MeEn 350	Mechanics of Machines	3	Hist	History Elective	3
	Social Science Elective	3	MeEn 356	Measurements	3

TOTAL		18	TOTAL		17

SENIOR YEAR

First Semester			Second Semester
No.	Course	Cr.	No.	Course	Cr.
ENGR 400	Engr Seminar	1	MeEn 456	Engr Model & Control	3
	Thermal Science Elective	3	MeEn 451	M. E. Sr. Design II	3
MeEn 450	M.E. Sr. Design I	2	CiEn 310	Engr Economy	3
Hist	History Elective	3		Arts Elective	3
MeEn 442	Heat Transfer	3		General Tech Elec	3
MeEn 444	Heat Transfer Lab	1		Health/PE Activities	2
	Literature Elective	3
TOTAL		16	TOTAL		16

Mechanical Engineering Technical Elective Groups

Thermal Science

Course	No.	Cr.
Fluid Dynamics	MEEN 313	3
Thermal Environmental Engineering	MEEN 421	3
Mechanical Energy Systems	MEEN 460	3
Thermal System Analysis	MEEN 482	3

Materials Science & Engineering

Course	No.	Cr.
Engineering Materials & Selection	MEEN 337	3
Composite Materials	MEEN 336	3
Intro to Finite Elements	MEEN 430	3
Engineering Design: Materials & Manufacturing	MEEN 482	3

General Technical Elective

Course	No.	Cr.
Mechtronics	MEEN 464	3
Mechanical Vibrations	MEEN 343	3
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing	MEEN 471	3
Fracture Mechanics	MEEN 338	3
Intermediate Manufacturing Processes	MEEN 439	3
Topics in Mechanical Engineering	MEEN 467-468	3
Senior Projects	MEEN 497-498	3
Engineering Practice	MEEN 499	3

Note: The courses listed under Thermal Science, and Materials Science and Engineering may also count as one of the general technical elective courses.

Curriculum content last updated 03/28/2007
Web page last updated 10/09/2004
Students are advised to check with their advisors for updates to the above course/curriculum chart.

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