Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Major SBC Courses for the BE in Mechanical Engineering
This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).
| SBC Category |
Required Major Courses |
Optional Major Courses (See Note 3) |
|---|---|---|
| ARTS | ||
| GLO | ||
| HUM | ||
| LANG (see Note 4) | ||
| QPS | MAT 131, MAT 132 | |
| SBS | ECO 108, EST 392 | |
| SNW | PHY 131, PHY 132 | CHE 132, CHE 131, CHE 152 |
| TECH | MEC 316, MEC 317 | |
| USA | ||
| WRT | ||
| STAS | MEC 300 | |
| EXP+ | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | |
| HFA+ | ||
| SBS+ | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | |
| STEM+ | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | AMS 210, AMS 261, AMS 361, AST 203, AST 205, ATM 205, BIO 202, BIO 203, MAT 203, MAT 303, MAT 211, PHY 251, PHY 300 |
| CER | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | |
| DIV (see Note 5) | ||
| ESI | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | |
| SPK | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment | |
| WRTD | MEC 440 (partial fulfillment), MEC 441 (partial fulfillment |
Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.
Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options.
Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.
Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG).
Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:
- Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
- Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
- Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
