Mechanical Engineering Program Requirements

Mechanical Engineering, B.S.

To be admitted to the BSME program, a student must complete the foundation courses in Mathematics (MATH 1210, 1220, 2210, 2250); Physics (2210, 2215, 2220, 2225); Chemistry (CHEM 1210, 1215); English (ENGL 1010, 2010); and Engineering (ENGR 1000, 1030, 2010, 2030, 2140, 2160, 2450) with a minimum grade of C. Students need a grade point average of 2.5 or above. A student not meeting all of the admission requirements, may request in writing, a provisional admission status for a semester from the department. The provisional admission status must be approved by the mechanical engineering program coordinator.

Total Program Credits: 126

General Education Requirements: 39 Credits
ENGL 1010 Introduction to Writing CC 3 credits
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing Humanities Social Sciences 3 credits
Math 1210 Calculus I 5 credits
American Institutions: Complete one of the following: 3 credits
HIST 2700 US History to 1877 (3)
& HIST 2710 and US History since 1877 (3)
HIST 1700 American Civilization (3)
HIST 1740 US Economy History (3)
POLS 1000 American Heritage (3)
POLS 1100 American National Government (3)
Complete the following:
PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values 3 credits
HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness 2 credits
or PES 1097 Fitness for Life (2)
Distribution Courses:
COMM 1020 Public Speaking 3 credits
COMM 2110 Interpersonal Communications 3 credits
Fine Arts (Choose from list) 3 credits
Biology (Choose from list) 3 credits
PHYS 2210 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I 4 credits
CHEM 1210 Principles for Chemistry I 4 credits
Discipline Core Requirements: 78 Credits
CHEM 1215 Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory 1 credit
ENGR 1000 Introduction to Engineering 3 credits
ENGR 1030 Engineering Programming 1 credit
ENGR 2010 Engineering Statics 1 credit
ENGR 2030 Engineering Dynamics 3 credits
ENGR 2140 Mechanics of Materials 1 credit
ENGR 2160 Introductions to Materials Science and Engineering 3 credits
ECE 2210 Fundamentals of Electric Circuit Analysis 3 credits
ENGR 2300 Engineering Thermodynamics 3 credits
ENGR 2450 Computational Methods for Engineering Analysis 3 credits
MATH 1220 Calculus II 5 credits
MATH 2210 Calculus III 5 credits
MATH 2250 Differential Equations and Linear Algebra 4 credits
ME 3010 Linear Systems 3 credits
ME 3140 Machine Design 2 credits
ME 3310 Fluid Mechanics 3 credits
ME 3320 Heat Transfer 3 credit
ME 3335 Thermal/Fluid Experimentation 2 credits
ME 4010 Automatic Controls 3 credits
ME 4015 Control and Vibration Experimentation 2 credits
ME 4410 Computer Aided Engineering 2 credits
ME 4510 Mechanical Engineering Seminar 2 credits
ME 4810 Mechanical Engineering Capstone I 3 credits
ME 4820 Mechanical Engineering Capstone II 3 credits
PHYS 2215 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lab 1 credit
PHYS 2220 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I PP 4 credits
PHYS 2225 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Lab 1 credit
Elective Requirements: 9 Credits
(Choose 9 credits from the following. One course may be taken from Technical Elective list. At least six credit-hours must be at 4000 level.)
ME 3130 Kinematics (undefined)
ME 3160 Intermediate Materials (undefined)
ME 3170 Introduction to Plastics and Composites (undefined)
ME 3300 Applied Thermodynamics (undefined)
ME 4180 Compliant Mechanisms (undefined)
ME 4380 Design of Thermal/Fluid Systems (undefined)
ME 4390 Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Design (undefined)
ME 4420 Finite Element Methods (3)
ME 4550 Global Engineering (undefined)
ME 490R Advanced Current Topics for Mechanical Engineering (undefined)
Technical Elective Courses
ECE 3710 Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (3)
TECH 3400 Project Management (3)
TECH 3850 Quality Management in Technology (3)
Students may also take upper level computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering classes as technical electives. Approval Required

Graduation Requirements

  1. Completion of a minimum of 126 semester credits, with a minimum of 40 mechanical engineering upper-division credits.
  2. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or above, with a minimum grade of C in all discipline core and elective requirements.
  3. Residency hours - minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU. 10 of these hours must be within the last 45 hours earned. At least 12 of the credit hours earned in residence must be in approved ME courses.
  4. All transfer credit must be approved in writing by UVU and the mechanical engineering program coordinator.
  5. No more than 80 semester hours and no more than 20 hours in ME courses of transfer credit.
  6. No more than 6 semester hours may be earned through independent study.
  7. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.