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Mechanical Engineering Major Requirements

The requirements listed below reflect Mount Union’s new curriculum for the 2012-2013 Academic Year.  For information regarding major or minor requirements for current students, please refer to the University Catalogue of your entering year.

Requirements for a Major in Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Courses

  • Introduction to the Engineering Profession
  • Introduction to Engineering Analysis and Problem Solving
  • Statics and Dynamics
  • Thermal Sciences I
  • Material Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery
  • Thermal Sciences II
  • Product Design and Development
  • International Engineering Field Experience
  • Design of Machine Elements
  • Control of Dynamic Systems
  • Mechanical Vibrations
  • Thermal Sciences III
  • Technical Elective 1
  • Technical Elective 2
  • Mechanical Engineering Capstone I
  • Mechanical Engineering Capstone II

Required Extra-Departmental Courses

  • Chemistry I
  • Calculus I
  • Calculus II
  • Calculus III
  • Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
  • Physics I
  • Physics II
  • Math or Science Elective
  • Project Management

Technical Electives

  • Introduction to Robotics
  • Probabilistic Design and Reliability
  • Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
  • Introduction to Finite Element Analysis