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Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
Recommended Program

First Semester
ME 1 (Intro to Mechanical Engineering) (1 unit)
ME 26 (Engineering Graphics) (3 units)
ECE 70 (Engineering Computations Using C and Fortran) (3 units)
MATH 75 (Mathematical Analysis I) (4 units)
COMM 3, 7, or 8. Area A1 (see note 2) (3 units)
ENGL 5B and 10 Area A2 (see note 2) (3 units)
Total (17 units)

Second Semester
MATH 76 (Mathematical Analysis II) (4 units)
PHYS 4A, L (Mechanics and Wave Motion) (4 units)
G.E. Area B2 (see note 2) (3 units)
HIST 11 or 12 Area D1(see note 2) (3 units)
PLSI 2 Area D2 (see note 2) (3 units)
Total (17 units)

Third Semester
ME 31 (Engineering Materials) (3 units)
MATH 77 (Mathematical Analysis III) (4 units)
PHYS 4B (Electricity, Magnetism, and Heat) (3 units)
CHEM 1A (General Chem and Qual Analysis) (5 units)
PHIL 20 Area C2 (3 units)
Total (18 units)

Fourth Semester
CE 20 (Engineering Mechanics: Statics) (3 units)
ME 32 (Engineering Materials Lab) (1 unit)
ECE 90L (Elec Cir Lab) (1 unit)
ECE 91 (Intro Elec Engr) (3 units)
MATH 81 (Applied Analysis) (4 units)
PHYS 4C (Light and Modern Physics) (3 units)
Total (18 units)

Fifth Semester
ME 112 (see note 1) (Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics) (3 units)
ME 136 (Thermodynamics) (3 units)
CE 121 (Mechanics of Materials) (3 units)
G.E. Area C1 (see note 2) (3 units)
Total (18 units)

Sixth Semester
ME 116 (Fluid Mechanics) (3 units)
ME 118 (Fluid Mechanics Lab) (1 unit)
ME 134 (Dynamics in Machine Design) (3 units)
ME 140 (Adv Engineering Analysis) (3 units)
ME 144 (Adv Mech of Materials) (3 units)
Technical Area Course (see Major Requirements) (3 units)
Total (18 units)

Seventh Semester
ME 145 (Heat and Mass Transfer) (3 units)
ME 154 (Design of Machine Elements) (3 units)
ME 155 (Elements of Systems Design) (3 units)
ME 156 (Adv Thermodynamics - Fluid Mechanics) (3 units)
Technical Area Course (see Major Requirements) (3 units)
Total (15 units)

Eighth Semester
PHIL 120 Area IC (3 units)
PLSI 120 Area M/I (3 units)
Design Applications (3 units)
--- Design Application Area: ME 164 (Machine Design) or ME 166 (Energy Systems Design) [3 units]
G.E. Area D3 (see note 2) (3 units)
Total 12 (units)

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Notes

1. Also counts as major GPA.
2. See G.E. listings.

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