Mechanical Engineering & Chemistry
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)
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
Chemistry
CH 105 General Chemistry (5) †*
CH 106 General Chemistry (5) †*
CH 351 Organic Chemistry 1 (5)
CH 352 Organic Chemistry 2 (5)
MA 106 Calculus 1 (5)*
MA 107 Calculus 2 (4)*
PH 201 Analytical Physics 1 (5)*
PH 202 Analytical Physics 2 (5)*
Chemistry Electives
In addition, enough courses from the following selections to
reach at least 32 Chemistry hours are required. A course from at
least two divisions (Analytical, Physical, Inorganic, and
Biochemistry) is required.
CH 321 Analytical Chemistry 1 (5)
CH 332 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3)
CH 422 Analytical Chemistry 2 (3)
CH 431 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3)
CH 461 Biochemistry I (4)
CH 462 Biochemistry II (4)
CH 471 Physical Chemistry 1 (3)
CH 472 Physical Chemistry 2 (3)
† CH 107 (Advance Placement Chemistry) may replace CH 105
and CH 106
* Required courses for Mechanical Engineering majors