Mechanical Engineering & Biology
Five Year
Course Sequence
General Education
Butler Core Curriculum
CC 101 First Year Seminar (3)
CC 102 First Year Seminar (3)
CC 20X Global and Historical Studies (6) Second Year
Experience
Text and Ideas: Core Division 1 (3)
Perspectives in the Creative Arts: Core Division 2 (3)
The Social World: Core Division 3 (3)†‡
The Natural World: Core Division 4(3) *
Analytic Reasoning: Core Division 5(3)*
CC 1 Physical Well Being (1) Pass/Fail
Writing Across the Curriculum
• Every student must complete a course designated as writing
intensive during the junior or senior year
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Spanish, French, German, Latin, Greek, Chinese or Sign Language
(6)**
Engineering Majors
COM 102 Public Speaking (2)
• All engineering students are required to take public speaking;
this requirement is not fulfilled with the FYS sequence
† Fulfilled by ME majors with: EC 101 Economics and the
Modern World
‡ Economics coursework fulfills this requirement
* Engineering coursework fulfills this requirement
** Completion of six hours at the 200 level or above plus any
needed prerequisites
Basic Science, Math and Engineering
Science
CH 105 General Chemistry (5)*
CH 106 General Chemistry (5)*
PH 201 Analytical Physics 1 (5)
PH 202 Analytical Physics 2 (5)
BI 120 Principles of Biology I (3)
BI 121 Principles of Biology I Lab (2)
BI 122 Principles of Biology II (3)
BI 123 Principles of Biology II Lab (2)
Math
MA 106 Calculus 1 (5)
MA 107 Calculus 2 (4)
MA 208 Calculus 3 (3)
MA 215 Linear Algebra (3)
MA 334 Differential Equations (3)
Engineering
DD 190 Elementary Engineering Design (3)
DD 297 Engineering Topics: MATLAB (1)
CS 142 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (3)
PH 351 Linear Circuit Analysis (4)
* CH 107 (Advance Placement Chemistry) may replace CH 105
and CH 106
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Sciences
ME 200 Thermodynamics (3)
ME 270 Basic Mechanics (3)
ME 272 Mechanics of Materials (4)
ME 274 Basic Mechanics 2 (3)
ME 310 Fluid Mechanics (4)
ME 314 Heat/Mass Transfer (4)
ME 330 Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems (3)
ME 340 Dynamic Systems and Measurements (3)
ME 344 Introduction to Materials (3)
ME 482 Control Systems (3)
Engineering Design
ME 262 Mechanical Design (3)
ME 372 Mechanical Design 2 (4)
ME 414 Thermal Fluid Design (3)
ME 462 Engineering Design (4)
Engineering Communication and Ethics
TCM 360 Communications in Engineering (2)
ME 401 Ethics in Engineering (1)
Electives
Mechanical Engineering Electives (9)
List of approved
Mechanical Engineering Electives
Statistics Elective (3)
List of approved
Statistics Electives
Biology
BI 120 Principles of Biology I (3)
BI 121 Principles of Biology I Lab (2)
BI 122 Principles of Biology II (3)
BI 123 Principles of Biology II Lab (2)
BI 480 Biology Capstone (3)
CH 105 General Chemistry (5)†ƒ
CH 106 General Chemistry (5)†ƒ
† CH 107 (Advance Placement Chemistry) may replace CH 105
and CH 106
ƒ Required courses for Mechanical Engineering majors
Additionally, students must take one course with an accompanying
lab (indicated with L) from each group below. Two additional
courses, with or without labs, must be taken from two different
groups. The remaining credit hours can be obtained by taking any
biology course at the 300 level or above‡. At least one of the
courses must be a plant course (indicated with *) and at least one
of the courses must be an animal course (indicated with **). The
plant and animal courses should be taken in the sophomore year.
Genetics/Cellular/Molecular: Courses focus primarily on the
processes that occur within and between cells and that are common
to most living things.
323, Immunology
350, Cell Biology (L)
355, Plant Development* (L)
357, General Genetics (L)
358, Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Gene Evolution (L)
363, Plant Physiology* (L)
410, Microbiology (L)
440, Practical Molecular Biology (L)
458, Molecular Genetics (Pre-req: 350 or 357)
Evolution/Ecology/Behavior: Courses focus on the processes that
are responsible for understanding the distribution, abundance, and
diversity of organisms, from both contemporary and historical
perspectives.
310, Evolution
364, Population and Community Ecology (L)
370, Conservation Biology
415, Indiana Natural History (L)
420, Animal Behavior (L) (Pre-req: 301)
425, Landscape Ecology (L)
Organismal: Courses focus on particular taxonomic groups of
organisms. They may include information on physiology, behavior,
ecology, evolution, classification, etc. of the group.
301, Zoology** (L)
302, General Botany* (L)
303, Principles of Physiology (L)
312, Biology of Non-vascular Plants* (L)
316, Mammalogy** (L)
322, Vertebrate Biology** (L)
330, Tropical Field Biology (L)
412, Local Flora (L)
430, Developmental Biology (L)
‡ BI 325 cannot be counted toward the 37-hour minimum
required for the biology major. Students will be allowed to use a
maximum of three hours of independent study credit, internship
credit, research or honors thesis credit towards the 37-hour
minimum required for the biology.