BS in Mechanical Engineering

Program Overview

This four-year mechanical engineering program requires 128 credit hours, including core engineering courses, technical electives, and general education. It emphasizes hands-on learning through laboratory work and design projects, culminating in a capstone Senior Design project. The program provides a strong foundation in engineering fundamentals, design, manufacturing, control systems, and professional development.

Program Outline

Outline

Duration:

The program spans four years and requires the completion of 128 credit hours.

Structure:

• Nonengineering and General Education Requirements: 51 credit hours, including courses in writing, math, physics, chemistry, and humanities.
• Required Courses in the College of Engineering: 62 credit hours, including engineering fundamentals, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, dynamics, design, and manufacturing.
• Technical Electives: 12 credit hours from a selection of advanced mechanical engineering courses.
• Electives Outside the Major Rubric: 3 credit hours from courses outside of mechanical engineering.

Sample Course Schedule:

The provided schedule details the courses typically taken in each semester throughout the four years.

Modules:

• Engineering Fundamentals: Statics, Strength of Materials, Electrical Circuit Analysis, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Dynamics, Engineering Design and Graphics, Numerical Methods, Experimental Methods.
• Manufacturing: Manufacturing Process Principles.
• Control & Systems: Dynamics Systems and Control.

Other

The program emphasizes a hands-on approach through laboratory work and design projects included in various courses, culminating in the capstone Senior Design project.