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Sample A.B./B.E. Program: Mechanical Engineering

Students interested in mechanical engineering will find an array of applications to work on, including:

  • systems and controls
  • solid mechanics and mechanical design

Another application, fluids and thermal sciences, combines chemical and mechanical engineering.

The sample A.B. program below focuses on fundamentals; the sample B.E. programs offer 2 directions for mechanical applications.

Sample A.B. Engineering Sciences Major

Common core (3 courses)

Distributive core (2 courses)

Gateway (2 courses)

Electives (3 courses)

  • ENGS 76 Machine Engineering
  • PHYS 19 Introductory Physics III
  • PHYS 24 Introductory Physics IV OR MATH 23 Differential Equations

Sample B.E. Program (Systems and Controls)

Mathematics (1 course)

  • ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables

Engineering design (2-course sequence)

  • ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
  • ENGS 290 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

Mechanical engineering (6 courses)

  • ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics
  • ENGS 27 Discrete and Probabilistic Systems
  • ENGS 32 Electronics: Introduction to Linear and Digital Circuits
  • ENGS 140 Applied Mechanics: Dynamics
  • ENGS 145 Modern Control Theory
  • ENGG 148 Structural Mechanics OR ENGG 149 Introduction to Systems Identification

Sample B.E. Program (Solid Mechanics and Mechanical Design)

Mathematics (1 course)

  • ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation

Engineering design (2-course sequence)

  • ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
  • ENGS 290 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

Mechanical engineering (6 courses)

  • ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics
  • ENGS 34 Fluid Dynamics
  • ENGS 130 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • ENGS 140 Applied Mechanics: Dynamics
  • ENGS 142 Intermediate Solid Mechanics
  • ENGS 146 Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design