Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Program

Program Guidebook

The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) requires at least 128 hours of course work distributed as follows:

  • General Education (37 Hours Minimum)
  • First-Year Seminar (6 hours)
  • American Traditions (3 hours)
  • International Perspectives (3 hours)
  • Creative Dimension (3 hours)
  • Philosophical/Spiritual Dimension (3 hours)
  • Human Behavior and Society (3 hours)
  • Health and Wellness (1 hour)
  • Mathematics 221 (4 hours)
  • Chemistry 118 and Physics 210 (8 hours)

Visit the Admission Guidelines area of our website to read more about the University general education requirements.

Lower Division Required Courses (44 hours)

  • Mathematics 222, 323, 324
  • Physics 211
  • Engineering 101, 212, 213, 230, 232
  • Electrical Engineering 210, 215
  • Mechanical Engineering 197 (2 hours), 297 (2 hours)

Upper Level Required Courses (37 hours)

  • Engineering 366, 390
  • Mechanical Engineering 318, 330, 342, 344, 360, 362, 368, 397, 452, 497

Electives (12 hours)

  • One of Mechanical Engineering 432, 434, 444, 446, 448
  • One of Mechanical Engineering 462, 463, 466, 468, 472, 473, 476
  • Three hours technical elective from Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Biology or Chemistry; three hours free elective.