The first three years of the Mechanical and Mechatronics engineering programs consist primarily 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, however, elective courses are not included every term.
For Mechanical Engineering students, the final year is composed almost entirely of technical electives (TEs), allowing students to take courses toward their option or add a specialization. However, five technical electives (TE) are scheduled in the Mechatronics final year. These five courses must be chosen from a list of approved courses, and this enables the student to focus on a particular Mechatronics area of interest.
Mechanical Engineering
First-Year | Second-and-Third-Year | Fourth-Year
First-Year Courses
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.
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1A (Fall) |
CHE 102 Chemistry of Engineers |
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MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering |
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MATH 116 Calculus 1 for Engineering |
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ME 100 Mechanical Communication & Professionalism |
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PHYS 115 Mechanics |
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1B (S/W) |
ME 101 Introduction to Mechanical Practice 2 |
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MATH 118 Calculus 2 For Engineering |
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ME 123 Electrical for Mechanical Engineers |
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ME 115 Structure & Properties of Materials |
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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.
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ME 201 Advanced Calculus |
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ME 202 Statistics for Engineers |
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ME 219 Mechanics of Deformable Solids 1 |
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ME 230 Control of Properties of Materials |
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ME 269 Electromechanical Devices & Power Processing |
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2B (F/S) |
ME 203 Ordinary Differential Equations |
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ME 212 Dynamics |
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ME 220 Mechanics of Deformable Solids 2 |
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ME 250 Thermodynamics 1 |
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ME 262 Intro to Microprocessors & Digital Logic |
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3A (S/W) |
ME 303 Advanced Engineering Mathematics |
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ME 321 Kinematics & Dynamics of Machines |
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ME 340 Manufacturing Processes |
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ME 351 Fluid Mechanics 1 |
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ME 354 Thermodynamics 2 |
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3B (F/W) |
ME 322 Mechanical Design 1 |
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ME 353 Heat Transfer 1 |
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ME 360 Intro to Control Systems |
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ME 362 Fluid Mechanics 2 |
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ME 380 Mechanical Engineering Design Workshop |
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MSE 261 Engineering Economics: Financial Management for Engineers |
Fourth-Year Courses
In the final year, students are required to take seven technical elective courses. A minimum of 4 need to come from the department of MME (ME/MTE level 400-500) and these are considered List 1 TEs.
3 additional TEs can come from other Engineering departments, these are considered List 2 TEs.
You can find the list of TEs (List 1 and 2) on this site: Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor of Applied Science - Honours). List 2 is not comprehensive, only the most popular courses are listed. If you don't see a course that you are interested in listed, reach out to mechadvisor@uwaterloo.ca to see if you can take it.
Students will also complete the capstone design project (ME481 and ME482), and two additional CSEs.
Mechatronics Engineering
First-Year | Second-and-Third-Year | Fourth-Year
First-Year Courses
Courses in first year concentrate on basic mathematics, physics, computation and engineering materials. The course MTE100: Mechatronics Engineering is focused on fundamental knowledge and skills essential for academic and professional development in mechatronics engineering.
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Term |
Course and Title |
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1A (Fall) |
CHE 102 Chemistry for Engineers |
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MTE 121 Digital Computation |
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MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering |
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MATH 116 Calculus 1 for Engineering |
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MTE 100 Mechatronics Engineering |
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1B (S/W) |
MATH 118 Calculus 2 For Engineering |
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MTE 111 Structure and Properties of Materials |
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MTE 119 Statics |
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MTE 120 Circuits |
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MTE 140 Algorithms and Data Structures |
Second-Year & Third-Year Courses
Second and third-year courses go more deeply into Mechatronics Engineering and include topics such as electromechanical devices, kinematics and dynamics of machines, computer interfacing, real-time operating systems, electromechanical machine design, and control systems.
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| 2A (F/W) | MTE 201 Experimental Measurement and Statistical Analysis |
| MTE 202 Ordinary Differential Equations | |
| MTE 219 Mechanics of Deformable Solids | |
| MTE 262 Introduction to Microprocessors and Digital Logic | |
| MTE 182 Physics 2 (Dynamics) | |
| CSE - Complementary Studies Elective | |
| 2B (S/W) | MTE 203 Advanced Calculus |
| MTE 204 Numerical Methods | |
| MTE 220 Sensors and Instrumentation | |
| MTE 241 Introduction to Computer Structures and Real-Time Systems | |
| MTE 252 Linear Systems and Signals | |
| 3A (W/S) | MTE 309 Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer |
| MTE 325 Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing for Mechatronics Engineering | |
| MTE 321 Design and Dynamics of Machines | |
| MTE 320 Actuators and Power Electronics | |
| MTE 351 Systems Models 1 | |
| 3B (F/W) | MTE 352 Fluid Mechanics 1 |
| MTE 322 Electromechanical Machine Design | |
| MTE 360 Automatic Control Systems | |
| MTE 380 Mechatronics Engineering Design Workshop | |
| MSE 261 Engineering Economics: Financial Management for Engineers | |
| CSE - Complementary Studies Elective |
Fourth-Year Courses
In the final year, students typically choose a set of five high-level technical elective courses from Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems Design Engineering. Students will also have to complete the capstone design project (MTE 481 and MTE 482). Two additional CSEs, and MTE 484: Digital Control Applications.