Mechanical Engineering Minor
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Sciences is offering a minor for students in the School of Engineering who are not currently majoring in mechanical engineering. Fifteen units are required to complete the minor. Students must obtain a GPA of at least 2.0 for the courses taken.
Requirements
For a background in mechanical design, the following two courses are required for the mechanical engineering minor:
- MEMS 0024: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design (3 units) Pre-req: ENGR 0011
- MEMS 1028: Mechanical Design 1 (3 units)
Pre-req: ENGR 0145 or ENGR 0141
Options
Students must choose one of the four options below to complete the courses required for a mechanical engineering minor.
Thermal-Fluids option
- MEMS 0051: Introduction to Thermo-Fluids Engineering (3 units)
Pre-reqs: PHYS 0175 and CHEM 0960
Co-req: MATH 0290
- MEMS 1051: Applied Thermodynamics (3 units)
Pre-req: MEMS 0051
- MEMS 1072: Applied Fluid Dynamics (3 units)
Pre-req: MEMS 0051
Dynamic Systems option
- MEMS 1014: Dynamic Systems (3 units)
Pre-req: MEMS 0031 or ECE 0031
- MEMS 1015: Rigid-Body Dynamics (3 units)
Pre-reqs: MATH 0240 and ENGR 0135 or ENGR 0131
- MEMS 1045: Automatic Controls or ECE controls course (3 units)
Pre-req: MEMS 1014
Mechanical Design option
- MEMS 1029: Mechanical Design 2 (3 units)
Pre-reqs:
MEMS 0024 and MEMS 1028
- MEMS 1033: Fracture Mechanics for Manufacturing and Performance (3 units)
Pre-reqs: ENGR 0022 and MEMS 1028
- MEMS 1047: Finite Element Analysis (3 units)
Pre-reqs: MEMS 1028, MEMS 1052 and MEMS 1072
Mechanical Measurements option
- MEMS 1014: Dynamic Systems (3 units)
Pre-req:
MEMS 0031 or ECE 0031
- MEMS 1041: Mechanical Measurements 1 (3 units)
Pre-reqs:
ENGR 0145 or ENGR 0141
and MEMS 0031 or
ECE 0031;
Co-req: MEMS 1014
- MEMS 1042: Mechanical Measurements 2 (3 units)
Pre-req:
MEMS 1041
Minor application form
