Mechanical Engineering: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 2400 Calculus I (4 cr)
• ME 1000 Introduction to Engineering (2 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 16 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 2500 Calculus II (4 cr)
• ME 2100 Statics (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 15 credits

• MATH 2600 Linear Algebra (3 cr)
• ME 2200 Dynamics (3 cr)
• ME 2400 Mechanics of Materials (3 cr)
• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 15 credits

• ME 2600 Thermodynamics (3 cr)
• ME 3100 Fluid Mechanics (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 12 credits

• ME 3300 Machine Design (3 cr)
• ME 3500 Heat Transfer (3 cr)
• ME 4900 Senior Design (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 14 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)