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Mechanical Engineering, B.S. - Typical Course Sequence
Below is a typical course sequence for the Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree program. Schedules will vary by student, depending on areas of interest.
| Semester 1 | Credits | Semester 2 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | 4 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II | 4 | |
| Chemical Principles I | 3 | General Physics: Mechanics | 4 | |
| Experimental Chemistry I | 1 | Programming for Engineers with MATLAB | 3 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | 3 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 | |
| Introduction to Engineering Design | 3 | Matrices | 2 | |
| Arts Course | 3 | Total Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 17 | |||
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 | |||
| Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations | 4 | Electrical Circuits and Power Distribution | 3 | |
| Calculus and Vector Analysis | 4 | Dynamics | 3 | |
| General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | Strength of Materials | 3 | |
| Statics | 3 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 | |
| Health and Physical Activity | 1.5 | General Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum Physics | 2 | |
| Total Credits | 16.5 | Humanities Course | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 17 | |||
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 | |||
| Fluid Flow | 3 | Properties and Processing of Engineering Materials | 3 | |
| Instrumentation, Measurements, and Statistics | 4 | System Dynamics | 3 | |
| Intermediate Mechanics of Materials | 3 | Machine Design | 3 | |
| Effective Writing: Technical Writing | 3 | Heat Transfer | 3 | |
| Machine Dynamics | 3 | Materials Testing Laboratory | 1 | |
| Total Credits | 16 | Effective Speech | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 16 | |||
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 | |||
| Engineering for Manufacturing | 3 | Mechanical Design Project | 3 | |
| Lab Elective | 1 | Technical Elective | 3 | |
| Engineering Design Concepts | 3 | Technical Elective | 3 | |
| Technical Elective | 3 | Arts course | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Science course | 3 | Humanities course | 3 | |
| Technical Elective | 3 | Health and Physical Activity | 1.5 | |
| Total Credits | 16 | Total Credits | 16.5 | |
This program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.