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: Fluids 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.