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Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Colorado Denver
 

 

Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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Required Mechanical Engineering Courses for the B.S. Degree:

    (credits)
        (3)
          ENGR 1025
    , Engineering Graphics and CAD
        (3)     
    ENGR 3012
    , Thermodynamics I
        (3)     
    ME 2023
    , Statics (CE 2121, Analytical Mechanics I may be substituted)
        (3)      ME 2033
    , Dynamics (CE 3111, Analytical Mechanics II may be substituted)
        (3)      ME 3010
    , Elementary Numerical Methods & Programming 
        (3)      ME 3021
    , Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
        (3)      ME 3022
    , Thermodynamics II
        (3)      ME 3023
    , System Dynamics I: Vibrations
        (3)      ME 3024
    , Introduction to Materials
        (3)      ME 3027
    , Measurements
        (1)     
    ME 3028
    , Measurements Lab
        (3)      ME 3030
    , Electric Circuits & Systems
        (1)     
    ME 3031
    , Fluid/Thermal Laboratory
        (1)     
    ME 3032
    , Electric Circuits & Systems Lab
        (1)
          ME 3034
    , Properties of Engineering Materials Laboratory
        (3)      ME 3035
    , Design of Mechanical Elements
        (3)      ME 3042
    , Heat Transfer
        (3)      ME 3043
    , Strength of Materials
        (3)      ME 3065
    , Intermediate Dynamics
        (3)      ME 3145
    , Manufacturing Processes Design
        (3)     
    ME 4023
    , System Dynamics II: Controls
        (3)      ME 4035
    , Senior Design I
        (3)      ME 4045, Senior Design II  

    View the Proposed Yearly Schedule of Required Courses.

Technical Electives:

          View the list of approved Technical Electives.

Required Math Courses:

    (credits)
        (4)    
    MATH 1401, Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
        (4)     MATH 2411, Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
        (4)     MATH 2421, Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
        (4)     MATH 3195, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations 
                 (Students wishing to obtain a math minor should take MATH 3191 
                  and MATH
    3200 instead of MATH 3195) 

Required Science Courses:

    (credits)
        (4)     
    PHYS 2311
    , General Physics I: Calculus-based
        (1)
         PHYS 2321
    , General Physics Laboratory I
        (4)     
    PHYS 2331
    , General Physics II: Calculus-based
        (1)     
    PHYS 2341
    , General Physics Lab II
        (5)     
    CHEM 1130, Engineering General Chemistry

Required Core Curriculum Courses

    (credits)
       (18)    Required core curriculum courses 

Required Communications Courses:          

    (credits)
        (3)    
    ENGL 1020
    , Core Composition I
        (3)     
    ENGL 2030, Core Composition II

 

 

 

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