Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering Concentrations, BSE

The course requirements are identical for all concentrations in the freshman year. Beginning in the first half of sophomore year, a group of courses will either send the student toward computer engineering and electrical engineering concentrations, or another group of courses will direct the student toward mechanical engineering and materials engineering concentrations. Therefore, students must determine their area of concentration no later than spring of their freshman year to register appropriately for the first semester of their sophomore year.

For the first semester of the junior year and all subsequent semesters, the student is required to select engineering courses in his or her chosen concentration. Fulfilling the requirements of a double concentration is possible between either computer and electrical engineering, or materials and mechanical engineering. The program of study is shown below for the freshman year.

Mathematics and Science Prerequisite Courses

In order to graduate within four years, first-year students who are considering majoring in engineering must take the following mathematics and science prerequisite courses:

Requirements for the Major

Freshman Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

EG 140 - Programming Tools for Engineering and Science * **
MA 252 - Calculus II *
PH 202 - General Physics II *
PH 292 - General Physics Lab II *
TH 201 - Introduction to Theology **
HS 100 - Level Core Course **

Requirements for the Concentration

The course requirements for the first and second semesters of the sophomore year are the same for mechanical engineering and materials engineering concentrations. Courses for individual concentrations in mechanical engineering and materials engineering begin in the first semester of the junior year.

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

Junior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

EG 426 - Computer-Aided Simulation and Design *
EG 441 - Engineering Systems Analysis *
Engineering Concentration Course *
PL 200 - Level Philosophical Perspectives Course **
English Core **
History Core **

Senior Year

Fall Term

EG 497 - Engineering Design Project I *
Engineering Concentration Course *
Fine Arts Core **
Social Science Core **
Theology Core **
Elective

Spring Term

EG 498 - Engineering Design Project II *
Engineering Concentration Course *
Ethics Core **
Social Science Core **
Elective
Elective

Engineering Electives and Engineering Concentration Courses

The engineering elective may be any 200-, 300-, or 400-level engineering course (except EG 495 ) for which prerequisite/corequisite requirements have been satisfied. Any other electives may be taken either inside or outside of engineering. Electives and engineering concentration courses may be taken in any order allowed by prerequisites, but consideration should be given to the effect this will have on selection of a capstone design project in EG 497 /EG 498 during the senior year. The senior design topic should be derived from the 300- and 400-level engineering courses taken prior to beginning the senior design course sequence. These courses and the 400-level engineering courses taken during the senior year provide the technical basis for the project. The junior and senior years should be planned during the second semester of the sophomore year when the student formally selects his or her specific engineering concentration. Concentration courses in mechanical engineering and materials engineering are listed below:

Mechanical Engineering:

Materials Engineering:

Other Course Options

With the approval of the department chair, other engineering courses may be pursued through the Baltimore Student Exchange Program (BSEP). These courses must be at the junior/senior level, and care must be taken to ensure that institutional course prerequisites are satisfied.

Study abroad programs are possible, depending on the courses that are available. Study abroad programs require review and approval of the student's major advisor.

Key:

* Required for major.
** Terms may be interchanged.
*** Eligible for double counting toward a second concentration.

Notes:

Engineering cannot be taken as an interdisciplinary major.
Students must complete the diversity core requirement through a designated diversity core, major, or elective course (see Diversity Core Requirement under Curriculum and Policies).

Second Engineering Concentration

It is possible for a student to concentrate in both mechanical and materials engineering. He or she can add the second concentration by completing three rather than four of the concentration courses listed in the second concentration area. The student's single engineering elective can be used to take one of the second concentration courses. Electives can be used to take the other two. Substitutions for these concentration courses require the permission of the department chair.

The reason that only three courses are required for the second concentration is that a course from the first concentration may be double-counted as detailed below:

A student concentrating in mechanical engineering may count EG 423 toward the materials engineering concentration.
A student concentrating in materials engineering may count EG 454 toward the mechanical engineering concentration.