Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering is a challenging profession concerned with the design, development, fabrication, and control of physical devices and systems. Our undergraduate programs are broad-based, but there are opportunities to specialize. Computer usage is integrated throughout the curriculum. Internships and co-ops with our industrial partners are available to our students at all levels.
Requirements for the bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Southern Maine include:
Engineering
EGN 100 Introduction to Engineering
EGN 300 Engineering Profession Concepts and Skills
EGN 401, 402, 403 Design Project I, II and III
Electrical Engineering
ELE 210 Electric Circuits I
ELE 211 Electric Circuits II
ELE 323 Electro-mechanical Energy Conversion
ELE 362 Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
MEE 150 Applied Mechanics: Statics
MEE 230 Thermodynamics I
MEE 251 Strength of Materials
MEE 270 Applied Mechanics: Dynamics
MEE 310 Component Modeling
MEE 341, 442 Mechanical Engineering Lab I and II
MEE 360 Fluid Mechanics
MEE 363 Physical Metallurgy
MEE 432 Heat Transfer
Technical Electives
Technical Electives comprising a total of at least 9 credit hours are selected from an approved list of mechanical engineering courses. Upon approval by the student's academic advisor 3 of the 9 credit hours may be selected from other technical disciplines (computer science, biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics) or other engineering offerings.
Mathematics
MAT 152D (Calculus A), MAT 153 (Calculus B), MAT 252 (Calculus C), MAT 350 (Differential Equations) and one advanced mathematics course, MAT 380 (Probability and Statistics) is recommended.
Computer Science
COS 160/170 (Structured Problem Solving: Java and Laboratory)
Basic Science
CHY 113K/114K Principles of Chemistry I
PHY 121K/114K and 123/116 (General Physics I and II)
Core Curriculum
The engineering core differs slightly from the USM Core. It is designed to provide more depth in selected areas.
Category |
Description |
Course |
| C | English Composition | ENG 100C College Writing |
| D | Quantitative Decision Making | MAT 152D Calculus A |
| E | Skills of Analysis/Philosophy | PHI 100-level One E designated course |
| F | Performance-Centered Arts | THE 170F Public Speaking |
| Three courses must be taken from the G, H, I group. Two of them must be in the same letter category and be topically related. | ||
| G | History-Centered Arts | |
| H | Humanities: Literature | |
| I | Humanities: Other Times/Other Cultures | |
| J | Social Science | ECO 101J, ECO 102J |
| K | Natural Sciences | PHY 121K, 114K |
| W | Writing-intensive One course | |
Credits to graduate: 130
For graduation, engineering majors must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in engineering courses.
If you wish to receive more information about the mechanical engineering program or would like to visit please contact engineering@usm.maine.edu or call 207.780.5287.