Mechanical Engineering & Physics
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 19000 Elementary Engineering Design (3)
DD 29700 Engineering Topics: MATLAB (1)
CS 142 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (3)
PH 351 Analog Electronics I (4)
*CH 107 (Advance Placement Chemistry) may replace CH 105 and
CH 106
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Sciences
ME 20000 Thermodynamics (3)
ME 27000 Basic Mechanics (3)
ME 27200 Mechanics of Materials (4)
ME 27400 Basic Mechanics 2 (3)
ME 31000 Fluid Mechanics (4)
ME 31400 Heat/Mass Transfer (4)
ME 33000 Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems (3)
ME 34000 Dynamic Systems and Measurements (3)
ME 34400 Introduction to Materials (3)
ME 48200 Control Systems (3)
Engineering Design
ME 26200 Mechanical Design (3)
ME 37200 Mechanical Design 2 (4)
ME 41400 Thermal Fluid Design (3)
ME 46200 Engineering Design (4)
Engineering Communication and Ethics
TCM 36000 Communications in Engineering (2)
ME 40100 Ethics in Engineering (1)
Electives
Mechanical Engineering Electives (9)
List of
approved Mechanical Engineering Electives
Statistics Elective (3)
List of
approved Statistics Electives
Physics
MA 106 Calculus 1 (5)*
MA 107 Calculus 2 (4)*
MA 208 Calculus 3 (3)*
PH 201 Introduction to Analytical Physics 1 (5)*
PH 202 Introduction to Analytical Physics 2 (5)*
PH 301 Modern Physics 1 (3)
PH 303 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics (3)
PH 311 Experimental Modern Physics (3)
PH 331 Electromagnetic Theory 1 (3)
PH 332 Electromagnetic Theory 2 (3)
PH 351 Analog Electronics I (4)*
PH 495 Senior Seminar (1)
* Required courses for Mechanical Engineering
majors