Prerequisites for Required ME Courses
We’ve put together a detailed list of all of the prerequisites required for the courses in our program. Many of these courses require multiple prerequisites, and may even require a prerequisite course that also
requires prerequisites.
Offered Only in Fall
PHYS 122: Electricity and Magnetism
- Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and MATH 162
CHEM 137: Chemical Principles for Engineers
- No Prerequisites
ME 121: Engineering Mechanics II
- Prerequisites: ME 120, MATH 161, MATH 162
ME 160: Engineering Computation I
- Prerequisites: ME 120
ME 204: Mechanical Design
- Prerequisites: ME 226 and Senior Status
ME 213: Mechanical Systems
- Prerequisites: ME 121, ME 226, MATH 165
ME 225: Intro to Fluid Dynamics
- Prerequisites: MATH 164, MATH 165, PHYS 121, ME 120
ME 240: Fund. of Instrumentation & Measurement
- Prerequisites: ME 226, PHYS 122, ME 160
ME 280: Intro to Material Science
- Prerequisites: ME 226 and PHYS 122
Offered Only in Spring
PHYS 121: Mechanics
- Prerequisites: PHYS 099 or ME 104 and MATH 161
ME 123: Thermodynamics
- Prerequisites: MATH 162 and PHYS 121
ME 205: Advanced Mechanical Design
- Prerequisites: ME 204
ME 223: Heat Transfer
- Prerequisites: ME 123, ME 225, MATH 165
ME 226: Intro to Solid Mechanics
- Prerequisites: ME 120
ME 241: Mechanics Lab (ME 225, ME 240)
- Prerequisites: ME 225 and ME 240
ME 251: Heat Power Application
- Prerequisites: ME 123 and ME 225, which can be taken concurrently
ME 260: Engineering Computation II
- Prerequisites: ME 160, MATH 161, MATH 162, MATH 164 and MATH 165
Offered in Fall and Spring
MATH 161: Calculus 1A
- No Prerequisites
MATH 162: Calculus IIA
- Prerequisites: MATH 161
MATH 164: Multidimensional Calculus
- Prerequisites: MATH 162
MATH 165: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
- Prerequisites MATH 162
OPT 210: Circuits (MTH 165 and PHY 122)
- Prerequisites: MATH 165 and PHYS 122
ME 110: Intro to CAD and Drawing
- No Prerequisites
ME 120: Engineering Mechanics I
- Prerequisites: MATH 161
Equivalent Coursework and Series
MATH 141, 142, and MATH 143 are equivalent to MATH 161 and 162. Students on the MATH 14X track should take MATH 141 their first semester, MATH 142 their second semester, and MATH 143 over the summer while following the standard ME schedule.
MATH 171 and 172 is equivalent to MATH 161 and 162. Students on the MATH 17X track can follow the standard ME schedule.
PHYS 113 is equivalent to PHYS 121 and is offered every semester.
CHEM 131 is equivalent to CHEM 137 and is offered in the fall semester.