Program overview

The first three years of the mechanical engineering program consist mainly of fundamental "core" courses that must be taken by all students. Non-technical or "complementary studies" elective courses (CSEs), which you choose, are distributed throughout the program to give academic breadth, but elective courses are not included every term. The final year is composed almost entirely of technical electives (TEs) which permit the student to specialize.

First-Year Courses

The first year of the mechanical engineering program is run primarily by the first year engineering office in E2-1778. Courses in first year concentrate on basic mathematics, physics, computation and engineering materials. The courses ME100: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice 1 and ME101:  Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice 2, are focused on fundamental knowledge and skills essential for academic and professional development in Mechanical Engineering.

Term

Course and Title

1A (Fall)

CHE 102 Chemistry of Engineers
 

MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering
 

MATH 116 Calculus 1 for Engineering
 

ME 100 Mechanical Communication & Professionalism
 

PHYS 115 Mechanics

1B (S/W)   

ME 101 Introduction to Mechanical Practice 2
 

MATH 118 Calculus 2 For Engineering
 

GENE 123 Electrical  for Mechanical Engineers
 

ME 115 Structure & Properties of Materials
 

C.S.E #1

Second-Year & Third-Year Courses

Second and third-year courses go more deeply into Mechanical Engineering, and include topics such as the strength of materials, electromechanical devices, dynamics, kinematics of machines, machine design, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, control theory and manufacturing.

Term

Course and Title

2A (F/W)

ME 201 Advanced Calculus
 

ME 202 Statistics for Engineers
 

ME 219 Mechanics of Deformable Solids 1
 

ME 230 Control of Properties of Materials
 

ME 269 Electromechanical Devices & Power Processing
 

C.S.E. #2

2B (F/S)   

ME 203 Ordinary Differential Equations
 

ME 212 Dynamics
 

ME 220 Mechanics of Deformable Solids 2
 

ME 250 Thermodynamics 1
 

ME 262 Intro to Microprocessors & Digital Logic

3A (S/W)

ME 303 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
 

ME 321 Kinematics & Dynamics of Machines
 

ME 340 Manufacturing Processes
 

ME 351 Fluid Mechanics 1
 

ME 354 Thermodynamics 2

3B (F/W)   

ME 322 Mechanical Design 1
 

ME 353 Heat Transfer 1
 

ME 360 Intro to Control Systems
 

ME 362 Fluid Mechanics 2
 

ME 380 Mechanical Engineering Design Workshop
 

MSCI 261

Fourth-Year Courses

In the final year, students typically choose a set of seven high-level technical elective courses from the six Mechanical Engineering specialty areas:

  • Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Machine Design and Solid Mechanics
  • Materials Engineering and Processing
  • Automation and Control
  • Thermal Engineering
  • Welding Design, Practice and Metallurgy

Students will also complete the capstone design project (ME481 and ME482), and two additional CSEs.