Required for Admission to the Professional Program

A cumulative USU GPA of 2.8 or higher is required in the pre-professional courses, NOT including ENGL 2010 . All courses require a grade of C- or better. Additionally, no more than 3 repeats total are allowed in the pre-professional courses. Multiple repeats of the same course and audits are included in the total of 3 repeats.

• CHEM 1210 - Principles of Chemistry I 4
• CHEM 1215 - Chemical Principles Laboratory I 1
• ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2) 3
• ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics 3
• ENGR 2030 - Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 3
• ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials 3
• ENGR 2210 - Fundamental Electronics for Engineers 3
• MAE 1010 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 3
• MAE 1200 - Engineering Graphics 2
• MAE 2160 - Material Science 3
• MAE 2165 - Material Science Laboratory 1
• MAE 2300 - Thermodynamics I 3
• MATH 1210 - Calculus I (QL) 4
• MATH 1220 - Calculus II (QL) 4
• MATH 2210 - Multivariable Calculus (QI) 3
• MATH 2250 - Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (QI) 4 **
• PHYS 2210 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (BPS/QI) 4
• PHYS 2215 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers Lab I 1
• PHYS 2220 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (BPS/QI) 4
• PHYS 2225 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers Lab II 1

• *MAE 1010  is not counted towards the curriculum of students who have completed more than 30 credits of Pre-Professional courses. If a student doesn’t take MAE 1010  in their first 30 credits of the Pre-Professional Program, they may still meet graduation requirements by taking 5 technical electives (15 credits) in the Professonal Program.

• **Both MATH 2270  and MATH 2280  may be taken in place of MATH 2250 . If MATH 2270  and MATH 2280  have been taken, the courses become required for the pre-professional program and will be counted towards the pre-professional GPA. Any repeats for these courses are counted towards the 3 repeats allowed in the pre-professional program.

Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Emphasis Required Courses

For Mechanical Engineering majors in the professional program the following academic regulations apply, in addition to University regulations:

1. A GPA of 2.0 or higher must be maintained in all upper-division engineering/math/science courses required for, or used as technical electives in, this major. Courses which were part of the pre-professional program requirements and University Studies courses are not included in this GPA calculation.
2. For Mechanical Engineering, not more than 10 hours of D or D+ credit may be applied toward meeting graduation requirements in engineering/math/science classes.
3. A maximum of one required or elective course completed as part of a professional program can be repeated to meet graduation requirements. Courses completed as part of a pre-professional program are not included in this total. Audits count as a time taking a class and will be counted towards repeats.
4. The P/D+, D, F grading option may not be used in required or elective courses completed as part of a professional program. (The P/D+, D, F grading option is approved for University Studies Courses.)
5. The academic regulations listed above (1-4) apply to required coursework and any elective engineering/math/science course which could be used to satisfy graduation requirements for the chosen degree. That is, once a student completes a particular technical elective, it becomes a required course for that student.

• CS 1400 - Introduction to Computer Science–CS 1 4 (grade of C or better)* or
• ECE 1400 - Computer Programming for Electrical and Computer Engineers I 4 (grade of C or better)*

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• ENGR 3080 - Technical Communication for Engineers (CI) 3
• MAE 3040 - Mechanics of Solids 3
• MAE 3210 - Engineering Numerical Methods 3
• MAE 3340 - Instrumentation and Measurements 3
• MAE 3420 - Fluid Mechanics 3
• MAE 3440 - Heat Transfer (QI) 3
• MAE 3600 - Engineering Professionalism and Ethics 1
• MAE 4300 - Machine Design 3
• MAE 4400 - Fluids/Thermal Laboratory (CI) 2
• MAE 4800 - Capstone Design I (CI) 3
• MAE 4810 - Capstone Design II 3
• MAE 5360 - Advanced Dynamics 3

• *Students are allowed one repeat for CS 1400  or ECE 1400 . This repeat is an additional repeat from the one allowed professional program repeat. ECE 1400  can be taken in place of CS 1400 , however, repeats in either class will count towards this repeat since both CS 1400  and ECE 1400  satisfy the course requirement.

Technical Elective - Aerospace Emphasis

A GPA of 2.0 or higher must be maintained in all upper-division engineering/math/science courses required for, or used as technical electives in, this major.

Mechanical Engineering students must take a total of 15 credits (5 courses) worth of Technical Electives. If a student takes MAE 1010  within the first 30 credits of the Pre-Professional Program, they are required to take 12 credit hours (4 courses) worth of technical electives. The Aerospace Emphasis requires 12 credits (4 courses) of the technical electives to be aerospace.

One elective course must be MAE 5500: Aerodynamics (3)  or MAE 5560: Dynamics of Space Flight (3) .

The other three elective courses may be any of the following:

• Aircraft

• MAE 5330 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems 3
• MAE 5500 - Aerodynamics 3
• MAE 5510 - Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight 3

• Propulsion

• MAE 5420 - Compressible Fluid Flow 3
• MAE 5540 - Propulsion Systems 3

• Solids/Structures

• MAE 5020 - Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics I 3
• MAE 5060 - Mechanics of Composite Materials I 3
• MAE 5670 - Fracture Mechanics 3

• Space

• ECE 5230 - Spacecraft Systems Engineering 3
• ECE 5240 - Space System Design 3
• MAE 5560 - Dynamics of Space Flight 3

• General

• MAE 5300 - Vibrations 3
• MAE 5310 - Dynamic Systems and Controls 3
• MAE 5320 - Mechatronics 4
• MAE 5370 - Optimization for Engineers 3
• MAE 5440 - Computational Fluid Dynamics 3