Course Planning
Visual Curriculum Roadmap
This graphic shows the ME major requirements, which include math (shown in black), chemistry (teal), and physics (orange) fundamentals; engineering science (blue); and the design (red), thermofluids (purple), and systems and controls (green) areas of mechanical engineering. Vertical arrows indicate prerequisite sequences.
Major Course Requirements
This table can help with course planning and shows both what is required to take a course as well what future courses will require that course be completed (or taken at the same time).
| Prerequisites | Corequisites | Course | Required For | Semester Typically Offered * |
| 2 years HS algebra | MATH 125 | Optional prep for MATH 161 | Fall Spring |
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| HS trigonometry | MATH 161 | MATH 162 (C req’d) ES 226 |
Fall Spring |
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| MATH 161 (C- req’d) | MATH 162 | MATH 263 (C req’d) ES 230 |
Fall Spring |
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| MATH 162 (C- req’d) | MATH 263 | MATH 264 ME 240 |
Fall Spring |
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| MATH 263 | MATH 264 | ME 352 | Fall Spring |
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| CHEM 121 | ES 231 ES 254 |
Fall | ||
| FYS | Fall | |||
| ES 101 | Fall | |||
| MATH 161 or MATH 165 | ES 226 | ES 230 | Fall Spring |
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| ES 226 MATH 162 |
ES 230 | ME 331 ME 355 |
Fall Spring |
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| CHEM 121 MATH 161 |
ES 231 | ME 355 | Spring | |
| CHEM 121 | MATH 263 | ES 254 | ME 362 | Fall |
| MATH 161 or permission |
PHYS 131 | PHYS 133 or 152 ME210 |
Spring | |
| PHYS 131 or 151 MATH 162 or permission |
PHYS 133 | Fall | ||
| MATH 161 or permission |
PHYS 151 | PHYS 133 or 152 ME210 |
Spring | |
| PHYS 131 or 151 MATH 162 or permission |
PHYS 152 | Fall | ||
| MATH 161 PHYS 131 or 151 |
ME 210 | ME 497 | Fall Spring |
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| ES 226 MATH 263 |
ME 240 | Fall Spring |
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| ES 230 | ME 331 | ME 475 ME 352 (Coreq) |
Spring | |
| MATH 264 | ME 331 | ME 352 | ME 480 | Spring |
| ES 230 ES 231 MATH 264 |
ME 355 | ME 497 | Fall | |
| ME 354 or ES 254 | ME 362 | ME 470 | Spring | |
| ME 362 | ME 470 | ME 475 ME 497 (coreq) |
Fall | |
| ME 331 ME 470 |
ME 475 | Spring | ||
| ME 352 | ME 480 | ME 497 (coreq) | Fall | |
| ME 210 ME 354 ME 355 |
ME 470 ME 480 |
ME 497 | Fall | |
| ME 470 ME 480 |
ME 498 | Spring |