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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering/Course 2

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)	Subjects
Science Requirement	6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement	8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied by 2.001 and 18.03 in the Departmental Program]	2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 2.671 in the Departmental Program]	1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree	17
Communication Requirement
The program includes a Communication Requirement of 4 subjects: 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M) [satisfied by 2.009 and 2.671 in the Departmental Program].
PLUS Departmental Program	Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites if any (corequisites in italics).
Required Departmental Core Subjects	150
2.001 Mechanics and Materials I, 12, REST; 8.01, 18.02, 18.03
2.002 Mechanics and Materials II, 12; 2.001; 3.091, 5.111, or 5.112
2.003J Dynamics and Control I, 12, REST; 8.01, 18.03
2.004 Dynamics and Control II, 12; 2.003J, 8.02
2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02, 18.03
2.006 Thermal-Fluids Engineering II, 12; 2.005, 18.03
2.007 Design and Manufacturing I, 12; 2.001, 2.670
2.008 Design and Manufacturing II, 12, 1/2 LAB; 2.001; 2.005; 2.007 or 2.017J
2.009 The Product Engineering Process, 12, CI-M; 2.001, 2.003J, 2.005, 2.670
2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools, 6
2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation, 12, LAB, CI-M; 2.001, 2.003J, 8.02
2.672 Project Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB; 2.001, 2.003J, 2.006, 2.671
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02*
2.ThU Independent Study or Thesis, 6(1)
Restricted Elective Subjects	24
Students are required to take two of the following elective subjects (substitutions by petition to the ME Undergraduate Office):
2.016 Hydrodynamics, 12; 8.02, 18.03
2.017J Design of Systems Operating in Random Environments, 12; 2.003J; 2.016 or 2.005; 2.671
2.019 Design of Ocean Systems, 12, 1/2 LAB; 2.016 or 2.005; 2.671 or 6.071
2.06J Mechanical Vibration, 12; 2.003J
2.092 Computer Methods in Dynamics, 12; 2.001, 2.003J
2.12 Introduction to Robotics, 12; 2.004
2.14 Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems, 12; 2.004
2.370 Molecular Mechanics, 12; 2.001; 3.091, 5.111, or 5.112; 8.01
2.371 Microscale Fluid Mechanics, 12; 2.005, 8.02
2.51 Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer, 12; 2.006*
2.60 Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion, 12; 2.006*
2.71 Optics, 12; 2.004, 8.02, 18.03*
2.72 Elements of Mechanical Design, 12; 2.005, 2.007, 2.671
2.793J Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems, 12; 2.005, 6.021, 20.320, or permission of instructor
2.797 Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics, 12; 18.03 or 3.016; 7.012, 7.013, 7.014, or 7.015; 2.370 or 2.772J*
2.813 Environmentally Benign Design and Manufacturing, 12; 2.008 or permission of instructor
2.96 Management in Engineering, 12
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs	(36)
Unrestricted Electives(2)	48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree	186
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 186 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.
Notes
*Alternate prerequisites are listed in the subject description.
(1) To encourage more substantial research, design, or independent study, the department permits up to 15 units of 2.ThU credit, subject to approval of the student's thesis advisor.
(2) The department suggests that students elect an introductory computation subject (e.g., 6.00) as early as possible in their program, and also a basic electronics subject (e.g., 6.002 or 6.071).
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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