Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Mechanical Engineering
For more information about SBC courses that fulfill major requirements, click here.
FRESHMAN |
---|
FALL | Credits |
---|---|
First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
WRT 102 (WRT) | 3 |
MEC 101 | 3 |
MAT 131 (QPS) | 4 |
PHY 131/133 (SNW) | 4 |
SBC |
3 |
Total | 18 |
SPRING | Credits |
---|---|
First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
MAT 211 or AMS 210
|
3 |
MEC 102 | 2 |
MAT 132 |
4 |
PHY 132 & 134 (SNW)
|
4 |
SBC | 3 |
Total | 17 |
SOPHOMORE |
---|
FALL | Credits |
---|---|
MAT 203 | 4 |
ESG 198 or CHE 131 or CHE 152 | 3-4 |
MEC 203 | 3 |
MEC 220
|
3 |
MEC 260 | 3 |
Total | 16-17 |
SPRING | Credits |
---|---|
MAT 303 | 4 |
Basic Science Elective** | 3 |
MEC 262 | 3 |
MEC 363 | 3 |
EST 392 (SBS) |
3 |
Total | 16 |
JUNIOR |
---|
FALL | Credits |
---|---|
ESG 332 | 3 |
MEC 225 | 1 |
MEC 301 | 3 |
MEC 310 | 3 |
MEC 316 (TECH) | 2 |
MEC 364 | 3 |
MEC 300 (STAS) | 2 |
Total | 17 |
SPRING | Credits |
---|---|
SBC | 3 |
MEC 305 | 3 |
MEC 317 (TECH) |
2 |
MEC 320 | 3 |
MEC 325 | 3 |
MEC 410 | 3 |
Total | 17 |
SENIOR |
---|
FALL | Credits |
---|---|
MEC 411 | 4 |
MEC 422 | 3 |
MEC 440* | 3 |
Technical elective #1 | 3 |
SBC | 3 |
Total | 16 |
SPRING | Credits |
---|---|
MEC 441* | 3 |
Technical elective #2 | 3 |
Technical elective #3 | 3 |
SBC | 3 |
SBC | 3 |
Total | 15 |
*This course partially satisfies the following: ESI, CER, SPK, WRTD, SBS+, STEM+, EXP+. For more information contact the CEAS Undergraduate Student Office.
**Basic science elective options: PHY 251/252, Modern Physics/Modern Physics Laboratory; ESG 281, Engineering Introduction to the Solid State; PHY 300, Waves and Optics; CHE 132 General Chemistry II; BIO 202, Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Biology; BIO 203, Fundamentals of Biology: Cellular and Organ Physiology; GEO 310, Introduction to Geophysics; GEO 312, Structure and Properties of Materials; AST 203, Astronomy; AST 205, Introduction to Planetary Sciences; ATM 205, Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences