for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

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The Mechanical Engineering program at Illinois is one of the most diverse engineering majors and plays a major role in advancing almost every industry. Students study physical principles behind how forces act on bodies of solids or fluids and the interaction of these bodies with their environments through exchanges of energy. Further, Mechanical Engineering students learn how to apply these basic principles to design, manufacture, and control machines and complex systems. Examples include systems that apply loads, transport matter and energy, and convert one form of energy to another. Mechanical Engineering is a broad major that is well suited for students interested in the engineering underpinnings of the modern world around them.

Current Program Educational Objectives

for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

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Graduation Requirements

Minimum hours required for graduation: 128 hours.

Minimum Overall GPA: 2.0

Minimum Technical GPA: 2.0

TGPA is required for required Engineering courses and any technical elective courses. See Technical GPA to clarify requirements.

University Requirements

Minimum of 40 hours of upper-division coursework, generally at the 300- or 400-level. These hours can be drawn from all elements of the degree.  Students should consult their academic advisor for additional guidance in fulfilling this requirement.

The university and residency requirements can be found in the Student Code (§ 3-801) and in the Academic Catalog.

General Education Requirements

Follows the campus General Education (Gen Ed) requirements. Some Gen Ed requirements may be met by courses required and/or electives in the program.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Composition I		4-6
Advanced Composition		3
fulfilled by ME 470
Humanities & the Arts (6 hours)		6
Natural Sciences & Technology (6 hours)		6
fulfilled by CHEM 102, PHYS 211, PHYS 212
Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)		6
fulfilled by ECON 102 or ECON 103, and any other course approved as Social & Behavioral Sciences
Cultural Studies: Non-Western Cultures (1 course)		3
Cultural Studies: US Minority Cultures (1 course)		3
Cultural Studies: Western/Comparative Cultures (1 course)		3
Quantitative Reasoning (2 courses, at least one course must be Quantitative Reasoning I)		6-10
fulfilled by MATH 220 or MATH 221; and MATH 231, MATH 241, MATH 285, PHYS 211, PHYS 212
Language Requirement (Completion of the third semester or equivalent of a language other than English is required)		0-15

Major Requirements

Orientation and Professional Development

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 100	Grainger Engineering Orientation Seminar (External transfer students take ENG 300.)	1
ME 290	Seminar	0
Total Hours		1

Introductory Economics Elective

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ECON 102	Microeconomic Principles	3
or ECON 103	Macroeconomic Principles
Total Hours		3

Foundational Mathematics and Science

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CHEM 102	General Chemistry I	3
CHEM 103	General Chemistry Lab I	1
MATH 221	Calculus I (MATH 220 may be substituted. MATH 220 is appropriate for students with no background in calculus. 4 of 5 credit hours count towards degree.)	4
MATH 231	Calculus II	3
MATH 241	Calculus III	4
MATH 257	Linear Algebra with Computational Applications	3
MATH 285	Intro Differential Equations	3
PHYS 211	University Physics: Mechanics	4
PHYS 212	University Physics: Elec & Mag	4
Total Hours		29

Mechanical Engineering Technical Core

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CS 101	Intro Computing: Engrg & Sci (CS 124 or ECE 220 may be substituted.)	3
ECE 205	Electrical and Electronic Circuits (ECE 110 and either ECE 210 or ECE 211 may be substituted.)	3
ECE 206	Electrical and Electronic Circuits Lab	1
ME 170	Computer-Aided Design	3
ME 270	Design for Manufacturability	3
ME 200	Thermodynamics	3
ME 310	Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics	4
ME 320	Heat Transfer	4
ME 330	Engineering Materials	4
ME 340	Dynamics of Mechanical Systems	3.5
ME 360	Signal Processing	3.5
ME 370	Mechanical Design I	3
ME 371	Mechanical Design II	3
ME 470	Senior Design Project	3
TAM 210	Introduction to Statics	2
TAM 212	Introductory Dynamics	3
TAM 251	Introductory Solid Mechanics	3
Total Hours		52

Technical Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Science elective(s), chosen from one of the following:		4
CHEM 104 & CHEM 105	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Lab II
MCB 150	Molecular & Cellular Basis of Life
PHYS 213 & PHYS 214	Univ Physics: Thermal Physics and Univ Physics: Quantum Physics
Statistics elective, one course chosen from:		3
IE 300	Analysis of Data
STAT 400	Statistics and Probability I
MechSE electives chosen from the departmentally approved list below.		6
All 400 level ME courses, except 470 and potentially 497, 498 (As Approved)
All 400 level TAM courses, except potentially 497, 498 (As Approved)
Technical electives chosen from the departmentally approved list below.		6
ABE 361	Functional Analysis and Design of Agricultural Machine Systems	3
ABE 430	Project Management (As Approved)	2
ABE 436	Renewable Energy Systems	3 or 4
ABE 445	Statistical Methods	4
ABE 452	Engineering for Disaster Resilience (As Approved)	3 or 4
ABE 454	Environmental Soil Physics	3
ABE 455	Erosion and Sediment Control	2
ABE 456	Land & Water Resources Engrg	3 or 4
ABE 457	NPS Pollution Processes	2
ABE 459	Drainage and Water Management	3 or 4
ABE 466	Engineering Off-Road Vehicles	3
ABE 469	Capstone Design Experience	4
ABE 476	Indoor Air Quality Engineering	4
ABE 483	Engineering Properties of Food Materials	3
ABE 488	Bioprocessing Biomass for Fuel	4
ABE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
ABE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
ADV 462	Computational Advertising Infrastructure	3 or 4
ADV 492	Tech and Advertising Campaigns	3
AE 352	Aerospace Dynamical Systems	3
AE 402	Orbital Mechanics	3 or 4
AE 403	Spacecraft Attitude Control	3 or 4
AE 410	Computational Aerodynamics	3 or 4
AE 412	Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer	4
AE 416	Applied Aerodynamics	3 or 4
AE 419	Aircraft Flight Mechanics	3 or 4
AE 420	Finite Element Analysis	3 or 4
AE 428	Mechanics of Composites	3
AE 433	Aerospace Propulsion	3 or 4
AE 434	Rocket Propulsion	3 or 4
AE 435	Electric Space Propulsion	3 or 4
AE 442	Aerospace Systems Design I	3
AE 443	Aerospace Systems Design II	3
AE 451	Aeroelasticity	3 or 4
AE 452	Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations	4
AE 454	Systems Dynamics & Control	3 or 4
AE 456	Global Nav Satellite Systems	4
AE 460	Aerodynamics & Propulsion Lab	2
AE 461	Structures & Control Lab	2
AE 468	Optical Remote Sensing	3
AE 480	Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics	3 or 4
AE 482	Introduction to Robotics	4
AE 483	Autonomous Systems Lab	2
AE 485	Spacecraft Environment and Interactions	3 or 4
AE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
AE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
ANSC 445	Statistical Methods	4
ASRM 402	Actuarial Statistics II	4
ASRM 410	Investments and Financial Markets	3 or 4
ASRM 450	Methods of Applied Statistics	3 or 4
ASRM 451	Basics of Statistical Learning	3 or 4
ASRM 453	Applied Bayesian Analysis	3 or 4
ASRM 461	Loss Models	4
ASRM 469	Casualty Actuarial Mathematics	3 or 4
ASRM 471	Life Contingencies I	4
ASRM 472	Life Contingencies II	3
ATMS 301	Atmospheric Thermodynamics	3
ATMS 302	Atmospheric Dynamics I	3
ATMS 304	Radiative Transfer-Remote Sens	3
ATMS 306	Cloud Physics	3
ATMS 312	Atmospheric Dynamics II	3
ATMS 405	Boundary Layer Processes	4
ATMS 406	Tropical Meteorology	4
ATMS 410	Radar Remote Sensing	4
ATMS 411	Satellite Remote Sensing	4
ATMS 420	Atmospheric Chemistry	4
ATMS 424	Atmospheric Convection	4
BADM 460	Business Process Modeling	3
BADM 461	Tech, Eng, & Mgt Final Project	4
BIOC 406	Gene Expression & Regulation	3
BIOC 446	Physical Biochemistry	3
BIOC 455	Technqs Biochem & Biotech	4
BIOE 380	Biomedical Imaging	3
BIOE 414	Biomedical Instrumentation	3
BIOE 415	Biomedical Instrumentation Lab	2
BIOE 416	Biosensors	3
BIOE 427	Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging	3
BIOE 430	Intro Synthetic Biology	3 or 4
BIOE 461	Cellular Biomechanics	4
BIOE 467	Biophotonics	3
BIOE 476	Tissue Engineering	3
BIOE 479	Cancer Nanotechnology	3
BIOE 480	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	3 or 4
BIOE 481	Whole-Body Musculoskel Biomech	3 or 4
BIOE 482	Musculoskel Tissue Mechanics	3 or 4
BIOE 485	Computational Mathematics for Machine Learning and Imaging	4
BIOE 497	Individual Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
BIOE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
BIOP 401	Introduction to Biophysics	3
BIOP 419	Brain, Behavior & Info Process	3
BIOP 432	Photosynthesis	3
CEE 310	Transportation Engineering	3
CEE 320	Construction Engineering	3
CEE 330	Environmental Engineering	3
CEE 340	Energy and Global Environment	3
CEE 350	Water Resources Engineering	3
CEE 360	Structural Engineering	3
CEE 380	Geotechnical Engineering	3
CEE 398	Special Topics (As Approved)	0 to 4
CEE 401	Concrete Materials	4
CEE 405	Asphalt Materials I	3 or 4
CEE 406	Pavement Design I	3 or 4
CEE 407	Airport Design	3 or 4
CEE 408	Railroad Transportation Engrg	3 or 4
CEE 409	Railroad Track Engineering	3 or 4
CEE 410	Railway Signaling & Control	3 or 4
CEE 411	RR Project Design & Constr	3 or 4
CEE 412	High-Speed Rail Engineering	3 or 4
CEE 415	Geometric Design of Roads	4
CEE 416	Traffic Capacity Analysis	3 or 4
CEE 417	Urban Transportation Planning (As Approved)	4
CEE 418	Public Transportation Systems	3 or 4
CEE 419	Transportation Economics	4
CEE 420	Construction Productivity	3 or 4
CEE 421	Construction Planning	3 or 4
CEE 422	Construction Cost Analysis	3 or 4
CEE 434	Environmental Systems I	3
CEE 437	Water Quality Engineering	3
CEE 438	Science & Environmental Policy	3
CEE 440	Fate Cleanup Environ Pollutant	4
CEE 442	Environmental Engineering Principles, Physical	4
CEE 443	Env Eng Principles, Chemical	4
CEE 444	Env Eng Principles, Biological	4
CEE 447	Atmospheric Chemistry	4
CEE 449	Environmental Engineering Lab	3
CEE 450	Surface Hydrology	3
CEE 451	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	3
CEE 452	Hydraulic Analysis and Design	3
CEE 453	Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics	4
CEE 457	Groundwater	3
CEE 458	Water Resources Field Methods	4
CEE 460	Steel Structures I	3
CEE 461	Reinforced Concrete I	3
CEE 462	Steel Structures II	3 or 4
CEE 463	Reinforced Concrete II	3 or 4
CEE 465	Design of Structural Systems	3
CEE 467	Masonry Structures	3 or 4
CEE 468	Prestressed Concrete	3 or 4
CEE 469	Wood Structures	3 or 4
CEE 470	Structural Analysis	4
CEE 471	Structural Mechanics	3 or 4
CEE 472	Structural Dynamics I	3 or 4
CEE 473	Wind Effects on Structures	4
CEE 474	Mechanics of Additive Manufacturing	3 or 4
CEE 483	Soil Mechanics and Behavior	4
CEE 484	Applied Soil Mechanics	3 or 4
CEE 490	Computer Methods	3 or 4
CEE 491	Decision and Risk Analysis	3 or 4
CEE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	1 to 16
CEE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
CHBE 413	Data Science for Chemistry and Engineering	4
CHBE 422	Mass Transfer Operations	4
CHBE 424	Chemical Reaction Engineering	3
CHBE 451	Transport Phenomena	3
CHBE 453	Electrochemical Engineering	2 or 3
CHBE 458	Synthetic Nanomaterials	3
CHBE 459	Polymer Rheology	3
CHBE 461	Functional Materials Assembly	3
CHBE 471	Biochemical Engineering	3 or 4
CHBE 472	Techniques in Biomolecular Eng	3 or 4
CHBE 473	Biomolecular Engineering	3 or 4
CHBE 474	Metabolic Engineering	3 or 4
CHBE 475	Tissue Engineering	3
CHBE 476	Biotransport	3
CHBE 478	Bioenergy Technology	3
CHEM 232	Elementary Organic Chemistry I	3 or 4
CHEM 233	Elementary Organic Chem Lab I	2
CHEM 236	Fundamental Organic Chem I	4
CHEM 237	Structure and Synthesis	2
CHEM 312	Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 315	Instrumental Chem Systems Lab	2
CHEM 317	Inorganic Chemistry Lab	3
CHEM 332	Elementary Organic Chem II	4
CHEM 420	Instrumental Characterization	2
CHEM 436	Fundamental Organic Chem II	3
CHEM 437	Organic Chemistry Lab	3
CHEM 440	Physical Chemistry Principles	4
CHEM 442	Physical Chemistry I	4
CHEM 444	Physical Chemistry II	4
CHEM 445	Physical Principles Lab I	2
CHEM 447	Physical Principles Lab II	2
CHEM 452	Data Science for Chemistry and Engineering	4
CHEM 460	Green Chemistry	3 or 4
CHEM 472	Physical Biochemistry	3
CHEM 480	Polymer Chemistry	3 or 4
CHEM 482	Polymer Physics	3 or 4
CHEM 483	Solid State Structural Anlys	4
CHEM 488	Surfaces and Colloids	3 or 4
CHEM 497	Individual Study Senior (As Approved)	1 to 3
CPSC 489	Photosynthesis	3
CS 225	Data Structures	4
CS 233	Computer Architecture	4
CS 242	Programming Studio	3
CS 340	Introduction to Computer Systems	3
CS 341	System Programming	4
CS 357	Numerical Methods I	3
CS 374	Introduction to Algorithms & Models of Computation	4
CS 407	Cryptography	3 or 4
CS 409	The Art of Web Programming	3 or 4
CS 410	Text Information Systems	3 or 4
CS 411	Database Systems	3 or 4
CS 412	Introduction to Data Mining	3 or 4
CS 413	Intro to Combinatorics	3 or 4
CS 414	Multimedia Systems	3 or 4
CS 415	Game Development	3 or 4
CS 418	Interactive Computer Graphics	3 or 4
CS 419	Production Computer Graphics	3 or 4
CS 420	Parallel Progrmg: Sci & Engrg	3 or 4
CS 421	Programming Languages & Compilers	3 or 4
CS 422	Programming Language Design	3 or 4
CS 423	Operating Systems Design	3 or 4
CS 424	Real-Time Systems	3 or 4
CS 425	Distributed Systems	3 or 4
CS 426	Compiler Construction	3 or 4
CS 427	Software Engineering I	3 or 4
CS 428	Software Engineering II	3 or 4
CS 429	Software Engineering II, ACP	3
CS 431	Embedded Systems	3 or 4
CS 433	Computer System Organization	3 or 4
CS 436	Computer Networking Laboratory	3 or 4
CS 437	Topics in Internet of Things	3 or 4
CS 438	Communication Networks	3 or 4
CS 439	Wireless Networks	3 or 4
CS 440	Artificial Intelligence	3 or 4
CS 441	Applied Machine Learning	3 or 4
CS 442	Trustworthy Machine Learning	3 or 4
CS 443	Reinforcement Learning	3 or 4
CS 444	Deep Learning for Computer Vision	3 or 4
CS 445	Computational Photography	3 or 4
CS 446	Machine Learning	3 or 4
CS 447	Natural Language Processing	3 or 4
CS 448	Audio Computing Laboratory	3 or 4
CS 450	Numerical Analysis	3 or 4
CS 460	Security Laboratory	3 or 4
CS 461	Computer Security I	4
CS 463	Computer Security II	3 or 4
CS 465	User Interface Design	4
CS 466	Introduction to Bioinformatics	3 or 4
CS 467	Social Visualization	3 or 4
CS 468	Tech and Advertising Campaigns	3
CS 469	Computational Advertising Infrastructure	3 or 4
CS 473	Algorithms	4
CS 474	Logic in Computer Science	3 or 4
CS 475	Formal Models of Computation	3 or 4
CS 476	Program Verification	3 or 4
CS 477	Formal Software Development Methods	3 or 4
CS 481	Advanced Topics in Stochastic Processes & Applications	3 or 4
CS 482	Simulation	3 or 4
CS 483	Applied Parallel Programming	4
CS 484	Parallel Programming	3 or 4
CS 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
CSE 401	Numerical Analysis	3 or 4
CSE 402	Parallel Progrmg: Sci & Engrg	3 or 4
CSE 408	Applied Parallel Programming	4
CSE 412	Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs	2 to 4
CSE 414	Algorithms	4
CSE 422	Computer System Organization	3 or 4
CSE 423	Operating Systems Design	3 or 4
CSE 426	Software Engineering I	3 or 4
CSE 427	Interactive Computer Graphics	3 or 4
CSE 428	Statistical Computing	3 or 4
CSE 429	Software Engineering II	3 or 4
CSE 440	Statistical Data Management	3 or 4
CSE 441	Introduction to Optimization	3 or 4
CSE 448	Advanced Data Analysis	4
CSE 450	Computational Mechanics	3 or 4
CSE 451	Finite Element Analysis	3 or 4
CSE 461	Computational Aerodynamics	3 or 4
CSE 485	Atomic Scale Simulations	3 or 4
ECE 329	Fields and Waves I	3
ECE 330	Power Ckts & Electromechanics	3
ECE 333	Green Electric Energy	3
ECE 340	Semiconductor Electronics	3
ECE 342	Electronic Circuits	3
ECE 343	Electronic Circuits Laboratory	1
ECE 350	Fields and Waves II	3
ECE 374	Introduction to Algorithms & Models of Computation	4
ECE 380	Biomedical Imaging	3
ECE 385	Digital Systems Laboratory	3
ECE 391	Computer Systems Engineering	4
ECE 395	Advanced Digital Projects Lab	2 or 3
ECE 401	Signal Processing	4
ECE 402	Electronic Music Synthesis	3
ECE 403	Audio Engineering	3
ECE 407	Cryptography	3 or 4
ECE 408	Applied Parallel Programming	4
ECE 410	Neural Circuits and Systems	3 or 4
ECE 411	Computer Organization & Design	4
ECE 414	Biomedical Instrumentation	3
ECE 415	Biomedical Instrumentation Lab	2
ECE 416	Biosensors	3
ECE 417	Multimedia Signal Processing	4
ECE 418	Image & Video Processing	4
ECE 419	Security Laboratory	3 or 4
ECE 420	Embedded DSP Laboratory	2
ECE 422	Computer Security I	4
ECE 424	Computer Security II	3 or 4
ECE 425	Intro to VLSI System Design	3
ECE 428	Distributed Systems	3 or 4
ECE 431	Electric Machinery	4
ECE 435	Computer Networking Laboratory	3 or 4
ECE 437	Sensors and Instrumentation	3
ECE 438	Communication Networks	3 or 4
ECE 439	Wireless Networks	3 or 4
ECE 441	Physcs & Modeling Semicond Dev	3
ECE 443	LEDs and Solar Cells	4
ECE 444	IC Device Theory & Fabrication	4
ECE 447	Active Microwave Ckt Design	3
ECE 448	Artificial Intelligence	3 or 4
ECE 449	Machine Learning	3 or 4
ECE 451	Adv Microwave Measurements	3
ECE 452	Electromagnetic Fields	3
ECE 453	Wireless Communication Systems	4
ECE 454	Antennas	3
ECE 455	Optical Electronics	3 or 4
ECE 456	Global Nav Satellite Systems	4
ECE 457	Microwave Devices & Circuits	3
ECE 458	Applic of Radio Wave Propag	3
ECE 459	Communications Systems	3
ECE 460	Optical Imaging	4
ECE 461	Digital Communications	3
ECE 462	Logic Synthesis	3
ECE 463	Digital Communications Lab	2
ECE 464	Power Electronics	3
ECE 467	Biophotonics	3
ECE 468	Optical Remote Sensing	3
ECE 469	Power Electronics Laboratory	2
ECE 470	Introduction to Robotics	4
ECE 472	Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging	3
ECE 473	Fund of Engrg Acoustics	3 or 4
ECE 476	Power System Analysis	3
ECE 478	Formal Software Development Methods	3 or 4
ECE 479	IoT and Cognitive Computing	4
ECE 480	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	3 or 4
ECE 481	Nanotechnology	4
ECE 482	Digital IC Design	3
ECE 483	Analog IC Design	3
ECE 486	Control Systems	4
ECE 487	Intro Quantum Electr for EEs	3
ECE 488	Compound Semicond & Devices	3
ECE 489	Robot Dynamics and Control	4
ECE 490	Introduction to Optimization	3 or 4
ECE 491	Numerical Analysis	3 or 4
ECE 492	Parallel Progrmg: Sci & Engrg	3 or 4
ECE 493	Advanced Engineering Math	3 or 4
ECE 495	Photonic Device Laboratory	3
ECE 498	Special Topics in ECE (As Approved)	1 to 4
ECON 302	Inter Microeconomic Theory (As Approved)	3
EPSY 456	Human Performance and Cognition in Context (As Approved)	3 or 4
ETMA 430	Project Management (As Approved)	2
GEOL 450	Investigating the Earth’s Interior	3
GEOL 451	Environmental Geophysics	4
GEOL 454	Introduction to Seismology	3 or 4
GEOL 460	Geochemistry	3
IB 421	Photosynthesis	3
IE 310	Deterministic Models in Optimization	3
IE 311	Operations Research Lab	1
IE 330	Industrial Quality Control	3
IE 340	Human Factors	4
IE 360	Facilities Planning and Design	3
IE 361	Production Planning & Control	3
IE 370	Stochastic Processes and Applications	3
IE 371	Simulation Modeling with Applications for Industrial Engineering	3
IE 400	Design & Anlys of Experiments	3 or 4
IE 410	Advanced Topics in Stochastic Processes & Applications	3 or 4
IE 411	Optimization of Large Systems	3 or 4
IE 412	OR Models for Mfg Systems	3 or 4
IE 413	Simulation	3 or 4
IE 420	Financial Engineering	3 or 4
IE 430	Economic Found of Quality Syst	3 or 4
IE 431	Design for Six Sigma	3
IE 434	Deep Learning: Mathematics and Applications	3 or 4
IE 445	Human Performance and Cognition in Context (As Approved)	3 or 4
IE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
IE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
MATH 314	Introduction to Higher Mathematics	4
MATH 347	Fundamental Mathematics	3
MATH 357	Numerical Methods I	3
MATH 403	Euclidean Geometry	3 or 4
MATH 412	Graph Theory	3 or 4
MATH 413	Intro to Combinatorics	3 or 4
MATH 414	Mathematical Logic	3 or 4
MATH 417	Intro to Abstract Algebra	3 or 4
MATH 418	Intro to Abstract Algebra II	3 or 4
MATH 423	Differential Geometry	3 or 4
MATH 424	Honors Real Analysis	3
MATH 425	Honors Advanced Analysis	3
MATH 427	Honors Abstract Algebra	3
MATH 428	Honors Topics in Mathematics (As Approved)	3
MATH 432	Set Theory and Topology	3 or 4
MATH 442	Intro Partial Diff Equations	3 or 4
MATH 444	Elementary Real Analysis	3 or 4
MATH 446	Applied Complex Variables	3 or 4
MATH 447	Real Variables	3 or 4
MATH 448	Complex Variables	3 or 4
MATH 450	Numerical Analysis	3 or 4
MATH 453	Number Theory	3 or 4
MATH 464	Statistics and Probability II	3 or 4
MATH 466	Applied Random Processes	3 or 4
MATH 473	Algorithms	4
MATH 475	Formal Models of Computation	3 or 4
MATH 481	Vector and Tensor Analysis	3 or 4
MATH 482	Linear Programming	3 or 4
MATH 484	Nonlinear Programming	3 or 4
MATH 487	Advanced Engineering Math	3 or 4
MATH 489	Dynamics & Differential Eqns	3 or 4
MATH 490	Advanced Topics in Mathematics (As Approved)	1 to 4
MATH 492	Undergraduate Research in Math (As Approved)	1 to 3
MCB 401	Cellular Physiology	3
MCB 402	Sys & Integrative Physiology	3
MCB 406	Gene Expression & Regulation	3
MCB 419	Brain, Behavior & Info Process	3
MCB 446	Physical Biochemistry	3
MCB 450	Introductory Biochemistry	3
MCB 493	Special Topics Mol Cell Biol (As Approved)	1 to 4
MSE 304	Electronic Properties of Matls	3
MSE 307	Materials Laboratory I	3
MSE 308	Materials Laboratory II	3
MSE 401	Thermodynamics of Materials	3
MSE 402	Kinetic Processes in Materials	3
MSE 403	Synthesis of Materials	3
MSE 405	Microstructure Determination	3
MSE 406	Thermal-Mech Behavior of Matls	3
MSE 420	Ceramic Materials & Properties	3
MSE 421	Ceramic Processing	3 or 4
MSE 422	Electrical Ceramics	3
MSE 440	Mechanical Behavior of Metals	3
MSE 441	Metals Processing	3
MSE 443	Design of Engineering Alloys	3
MSE 450	Polymer Science & Engineering	3 or 4
MSE 453	Plastics Engineering	3
MSE 455	Macromolecular Solids	3
MSE 456	Mechanics of Composites	3
MSE 457	Polymer Chemistry	3 or 4
MSE 458	Polymer Physics	3 or 4
MSE 460	Electronic Materials I	3
MSE 461	Electronic Materials II	3
MSE 464	Magnetic Materials and their Applications	3 or 4
MSE 466	Electrochemical Energy Conversion	3
MSE 470	Design and Use of Biomaterials	3
MSE 473	Biomolecular Materials Science	3
MSE 474	Biomaterials and Nanomedicine	3
MSE 480	Surfaces and Colloids	3 or 4
MSE 481	Electron Microscopy	3 or 4
MSE 485	Atomic Scale Simulations	3 or 4
MSE 487	Materials for Nanotechnology	3 or 4
MSE 488	Optical Materials	3 or 4
MSE 489	Matl Select for Sustainability	3 or 4
MSE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
MSE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
NE 410	Neural Circuits and Systems	3 or 4
NEUR 419	Brain, Behavior & Info Process	3
NPRE 321	Introduction to Plasmas and Applications	3
NPRE 330	Materials in Nuclear Engineering	3
NPRE 402	Nuclear Power Engineering	3 or 4
NPRE 412	Nuclear Power Econ & Fuel Mgmt	3 or 4
NPRE 413	Nuclear Separations and Fuel Reprocessing	2 or 3
NPRE 421	Plasma and Fusion Science	3
NPRE 423	Plasma Laboratory	2
NPRE 429	Plasma Engineering	3
NPRE 435	Radiological Imaging	3
NPRE 441	Radiation Protection	4
NPRE 442	Radioactive Waste Management	3
NPRE 445	Interaction of Radiation with Matter	4
NPRE 448	Nuclear Syst Engrg & Design	4
NPRE 449	Nuclear Systems Engineering and Design	3
NPRE 451	NPRE Laboratory	3
NPRE 452	Advanced Radiological Science Lab	2 or 4
NPRE 455	Neutron Diffusion & Transport	4
NPRE 457	Safety Anlys Nucl Reactor Syst	3 or 4
NPRE 461	Probabilistic Risk Assessment	3 or 4
NPRE 470	Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Sources	3
NPRE 475	Wind Power Systems	3 or 4
NPRE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
NRES 445	Statistical Methods	4
PHYS 329	Atmospheric Dynamics I	3
PHYS 330	Atmospheric Dynamics II	3
PHYS 370	Introduction to Quantum Information and Computing	3
PHYS 401	Classical Physics Lab	3
PHYS 402	Light	3 or 4
PHYS 403	Modern Experimental Physics	4 or 5
PHYS 404	Electronic Circuits	4 or 5
PHYS 427	Thermal & Statistical Physics	4
PHYS 435	Electromagnetic Fields I	3
PHYS 436	Electromagnetic Fields II	3
PHYS 446	Modern Computational Physics	3
PHYS 460	Condensed Matter Physics	4
PHYS 466	Atomic Scale Simulations	3 or 4
PHYS 470	Subatomic Physics	4
PHYS 475	Introduction to Biophysics	3 or 4
PHYS 485	Atomic Phys & Quantum Theory	3
PHYS 486	Quantum Physics I	4
PHYS 487	Quantum Physics II	4
PHYS 496	Communicating in Physics—Writing Papers and Giving Talks (As Approved)	3
PHYS 497	Individual Study (As Approved)	1 to 4
PHYS 498	Special Topics in Physics (As Approved)	1 to 4
PSYC 358	Human Factors	4
PSYC 456	Human Performance and Cognition in Context (As Approved)	3 or 4
SE 400	Engineering Law (As Approved)	3 or 4
SE 402	Comp-Aided Product Realization	3 or 4
SE 411	Reliability Engineering	3 or 4
SE 412	Nondestructive Evaluation	3 or 4
SE 413	Engineering Design Optimization	3 or 4
SE 420	Digital Control Systems	4
SE 422	Robot Dynamics and Control	4
SE 423	Mechatronics	3
SE 424	State Space Design for Control	3
SE 450	Decision Analysis I (As Approved)	3 or 4
SE 497	Independent Study (As Approved)	0 to 4
SE 498	Special Topics (As Approved)	1 to 4
STAT 409	Actuarial Statistics II	4
STAT 410	Statistics and Probability II	3 or 4
STAT 420	Methods of Applied Statistics	3 or 4
STAT 424	Design of Experiments	3 or 4
STAT 425	Statistical Modeling I	3 or 4
STAT 426	Statistical Modeling II	3 or 4
STAT 428	Statistical Computing	3 or 4
STAT 429	Time Series Analysis	3 or 4
STAT 430	Topics in Applied Statistics (As Approved)	3 or 4
STAT 431	Applied Bayesian Analysis	3 or 4
STAT 432	Basics of Statistical Learning	3 or 4
STAT 433	Stochastic Processes	3 or 4
STAT 434	Survival Analysis	3 or 4
STAT 437	Unsupervised Learning	3 or 4
STAT 440	Statistical Data Management	3 or 4
STAT 443	Professional Statistics (As Approved)	3 or 4
STAT 448	Advanced Data Analysis	4
STAT 480	Big Data Analytics	3 or 4
TE 461	Technology Entrepreneurship (As Approved)	3
TMGT 460	Business Process Modeling	3
TMGT 461	Tech, Eng, & Mgt Final Project	4
UP 430	Urban Transportation Planning (As Approved)	4

Free Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Additional course work, subject to the Grainger College of Engineering restrictions to Free Electives, so that there are at least 128 credit hours earned toward the degree.		11
Total Hours of Curriculum to Graduate		128

for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 

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Sample Sequence

This sample sequence is intended to be used only as a guide for degree completion. All students should work individually with their academic advisors to decide the actual course selection and sequence that works best for them based on their academic preparation and goals. Enrichment programming such as study abroad, minors, internships, and so on may impact the structure of this four-year plan. Course availability is not guaranteed during the semester indicated in the sample sequence. The curriculum sequence can also be viewed via dynamic and static curricular maps, which include prerequisite sequencing.

Students must fulfill their Language Other Than English requirement by successfully completing a third level of a language other than English. See the corresponding section on the Degree and General Education Requirements. One of the SBS courses must be an introductory economics course ( ECON 102  or ECON 103 ).  ME 470 will satisfy a core course requirement and the Campus General Education Advanced Composition requirement.

Free Electives: Additional course work, subject to the Grainger College of Engineering restrictions to Free Electives, so that there are at least 128 credit hours earned toward the degree.

First Year
First Semester	Hours	Second Semester	Hours
ENG 100	1	CS 101 (CS 124 or ECE 220 may be substituted.)	3
MATH 221 (MATH 220 may be substituted)	4	MATH 231	3
CHEM 102	3	PHYS 211	4
CHEM 103	1	Science elective course	4
ECON 102 or 103 (Counts as a Social/Behavioral Science General Education course)	3	ME 170 or Composition I course	3-4
Composition I course or ME 170	3-4
	16		17
Second Year
First Semester	Hours	Second Semester	Hours
ME 270	3	ME 200	3
MATH 241	4	MATH 285	3
PHYS 212	4	ECE 205 (ECE 110 and either ECE 210 or ECE 211 may be substituted.)	3
MATH 257	3	TAM 212	3
TAM 210	2	TAM 251	3
ME 290	0
	16		15
Third Year
First Semester	Hours	Second Semester	Hours
ME 310	4	ME 320	4
ME 340	3.5	ME 360	3.5
ECE 206	1	ME 371	3
ME 330	4	General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation)	3
ME 370	3	Language Other Than English (3rd level) course	4
	15.5		17.5
Fourth Year
First Semester	Hours	Second Semester	Hours
Statistics elective course	3	MechSE elective course	3
MechSE elective course	3	Technical elective course or ME 470	3
ME 470 (or Technical elective course)	3	Technical elective course	3
General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation)	3	General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation)	3
Free elective course	4	Free elective course	3
	16		15
Total Hours 128

for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Mechanical Engineering

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Student learning outcomes are based on learning outcomes in line with the ABET accreditation process.

Mechanical Engineering graduates will have:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Current Student Learning Outcomes

for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

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