Undergraduate M.E. Curriculum

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FOUR YEAR QUARTERLY COURSE SCHEDULES

For the mechanical engineering curriculum, the required courses are presented for each quarter. Note that co-op students may need to "creatively" rearrange their schedules for timely graduation. Heed that it is ultimately the student's responsibility to satisfactorialy complete all the courses required for graduation

Freshman Year
Fall Quarter Courses - Freshman Year			Credits
MA	111	Calculus I	5
PH	111	Physics I	4
CLSK	100	College and Life Skills	1
EM	104	Graphical Communications	2
RH   HSS	131 XXX	Rhetoric and Composition or Elective	4 4
			16

Winter Quarter Courses - Freshman Year			Credits
MA	112	Calculus II	5
PH	112	Physics II	4
ME	123	Computer Applications I	4
RH   HSS	131 XXX	Rhetoric and Composition or Elective	4 4
			17

Spring Quarter Courses - Freshman Year			Credits
MA	113	Calculus III	5
PH	113	Physics III	4
EM	103	Introduction to Design	2
EM	121	Statics and Mechanics of Materials I	4
			15

Sophomore Year
Fall Quarter Courses - Sophomore Year			Credits
MA	221	Differential Eqns. & Matrix Algebra I	4
ES	203	Electrical Systems	4
ES	201	Conservation & Accounting Principles	4
HSS	XXX	Elective	4
			16

Winter Quarter Courses - Sophomore Year			Credits
MA	222	Differential Eqns. & Matrix Algebra II	4
ES	202	Fluid & Thermal Systems	3
CM	105	Engineering Chemistry I	4
ES	204	Mechanical Systems	3
HSS	XXX	Elective	4
			18

Spring Quarter Courses - Sophomore Year			Credits
MA	223	Statistics for Engineers	4
ES	205	Analysis & Design of Engineering Systems	4
CM	107	Engineering Chemistry II	4
HSS	XXX	Elective	4
			16

Junior Year
Fall Quarter Courses - Junior Year			Credits
ME	301	Thermodynamics II	4
ME	303	Kinematics of Machinery	3
EM	204	Statics and Mechanics of Materials II	4
ECE	207	Elements of Electrical Engineering II	4
			15

Winter Quarter Courses - Junior Year			Credits
ME	317	Design for Manufacturing	3
ME   ME	323 311	Computer Applications II or Mechanical Measurements	2 2
ME	328	Materials Engineering	4
RH HSS	330 XXX	Technical Communications or Elective	4 4
		Science Elective	4
			17

Spring Quarter Courses - Junior Year			Credits
ME   ME	323 311	Computer Applications II or Mechanical Measurements	2 2
ME	302	Heat Transfer	4
		Technical Elective**	4
RH HSS	330 XXX	Technical Communications or Elective	4 4
		Free Elective**	4
			18

Senior Year
Fall Quarter Courses - Senior Year			Credits
ME	470	Engineering Systems Design	4
ME   EM	406 406	Control Systems or Vibration Analysis	4 4
ME   ME	421 430	M.E. Lab or Mechatronic Systems	2 4
HSS	XXX	Elective	4
			14/16

Winter Quarter Courses - Senior Year			Credits
ME	450	Engineering Design	4
ME   ME	421 430	M.E. Lab or Mechatronic Systems	2 4
ME  ME   ME	461 462 XXX	Aero Design* or Thermal Design* or Technical Elective**	4
HSS	XXX	Elective	4
			14/16

Spring Quarter Courses - Senior Year			Credits
ME   ME   ME	460 462 XXX	Choose two from: Machine Design* Thermal Design* Technical Elective**	8
ME	XXX	Advanced Technical Elective**	4
	XXX	Free Elective**	4
			16

* Must take any two of: ME460 Machine Design, ME461 Aerospace Design, or ME462 Thermal Design

**20 credit hours in electives composed of 12 cr. hrs in technical electives, of which at least 4 cr. hrs. must be in advanced level courses and 8 cr. hrs. in free electives (i.e. 8 cr. hrs. tech. electives, 4 cr. hrs. adv. tech. electives, 8 cr. hrs. free electives).

A technical elective for the ME curriculum is defined as any course (at the 200 level or above) in chemistry, computer science, engineering, engineering management, life science, mathematics, or physics that is not cross-listed with HSS or similar in content to a required course. An advanced technical elective is designated with an * in the ME and EM course description section of the undergraduate bulletin or any 500 level course and above in Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Mechanical, Optical or Software Engineering programs. A science elective is any course in applied biology, chemistry, geology, or physics except those courses that are cross-referenced with an engineering course.