Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the program will:
- Become successful practitioners in mechanical engineering.
- Apply their liberal arts background to business and society.
- Continue to develop intellectually.
- Acclimate to the business environment.
The eleven generic indicators of achievement listed under Department
of Engineering objectives apply specifically to mechanical engineering graduates,
as a measure of the program’s effectiveness in meeting its stated objectives.
In addition to fulfilling the degree requirements, the following
courses must be successfully completed. ENGL 1 & 2 or placement
examination*; 18 hours in humanities or social science electives**; 3
hours in literature or literature in translation; the literature course
must be chosen from courses in CLL, ENGL, FRLT, JWST, LIT
or SPLT in the humanities division. The 18 credits of social science
and humanities electives must include SPCM 1 or 7, one course in behavioral social sciences, one course in
history and philosophy in social sciences and TPP 112. Students
transferring in with previous social science/humanities credits may use
them in place of requirements in the same category as the
transferred credits.
MATH 71, 72, 73, 131, 143 and ENGG/CSC 185; PHYS 11A, 11B,
12A; CHEM 3A, 3B; ENGG 1, 10, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 100, 110,
113, 114, 115, 139, 141, 142, 143D, 143F, 149, 160A, 163, 169, 170; 12
hours in technical electives.†
Course selection is made in conference and with the approval of a faculty adviser.
Footnotes
* If this requirement is fulfilled by passing the placement examination, 6 semester
hours in the humanities or social sciences should be taken with adviser’s approval.
** With adviser’s approval. Courses may not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
† Mechanical engineering majors will choose four
technical electives from the following list of courses: ENGG 32A, 35,
36, 116, 119, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 143E, 145, 146,
174, 179. Course selection made with approval of adviser.