Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Mechanical Engineering B.S.

Majors in Mechanical Engineering must complete the following University and Departmental degree requirements. Any deviation from the required courses, including engineering and mathematics course substitutions, must be approved, in writing, by the Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering.

Requirements

Freshman year

Ch 221General Chemistry I

4
Ch 222General Chemistry II

4
Ch 227General Chemistry Laboratory

1
Ch 228General Chemistry Laboratory

1
ME 120An Introduction to Engineering

3
ME 121Introduction to Systems and Control

3
ME 122Introduction to Design

3
Mth 251Calculus I

4
Mth 252Calculus II

4
Mth 261Introduction to Linear Algebra

4
Approved Science elective

4
First Year Inquiry

15
Total Credit Hours:50

Approved Science Elective: Any course from Biology, Environmental Science & Management, Chemistry, Geology or Physics not explicitly listed as a degree requirement or Upper Division Cluster course (CH 104-106, PH 201-203, PH 221-223 are also excluded.)

Sophomore year

EAS 211Statics

4
EAS 212Strength of Materials

4
EAS 215Dynamics

4
ECE 241Introduction to Electrical Engineering

4
ECE 241LIntroduction to Electrical Engineering Lab

0
Mth 254Calculus IV

4
Mth 256Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

4
Ph 211General Physics (with Calculus) I

4
Ph 212General Physics (with Calculus) II

4
Ph 213General Physics (with Calculus) III

4
Ph 214Lab for Ph 201 or Ph 211 or Ph 221 or Ph 231

1
Ph 215Lab for Ph 202 or Ph 212 or Ph 222 or Ph 232

1
Ph 216Lab for Ph 203 or Ph 213 or Ph 223 or Ph 233

1
Sophomore Inquiry

8
Total Credit Hours:47

Junior year

BA 306UEssentials of Finance for Non-Business Majors

4
or
Ec 314UPrivate and Public Investment Analysis

4
 
ME 213Properties of Materials

4
ME 213LProperties of Materials Lab

0
ME 240Survey of Manufacturing Processes

2
ME 240LSurvey of Manufacturing Processes Lab

0
ME 250Geometric Modeling

2
ME 313Analysis of Mechanical Components

4
ME 314Analysis and Design of Machine Elements

4
ME 320Fluid Mechanics

4
ME 320LFluid Mechanics Lab

0
ME 321Engineering Thermodynamics I

4
ME 322Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

4
ME 323Heat Transfer

4
ME 350Programming and Numerical Methods

2
ME 351Vibrations and System Dynamics

4
Wr 327Technical Report Writing

4
Total Credit Hours:46

Senior year

ME 411Engineering Measurement and Instrumentation Systems

4
ME 411LEngineering Measurement and Instrumentation Systems Lab

0
ME 488Design of Experiments

4
ME 491Design Process and the Mechanical Engineering Profession

4
ME 492Conceptual Design Project

4
ME 493Detailed Design Project

4
Approved mechanical engineering electives

16
Upper-division cluster

8
Total Credit Hours:44

Approved Mechanical Engineering electives

Electives include any non-required 400/500*-level mechanical engineering course, except that no more than 4 credits be taken from:

ME 401Research

1-6
ME 404Cooperative Education/Internship

1-12
ME 405Reading and Conference

1-6
ME 406Special Projects

1-6

Further, students can take one MCECS non-ME 400/500*-level course and apply it toward elective credits. Students can take an additional MCECS non-ME course, if taken at the 500*-level, with advisor approval.

MECOP students must complete EAS 407, MECOP Seminar.

*Non-Pathway students completing any 500-level course(s) will need to complete a Request to Use Graduate Courses for Undergraduate Degree Form and waive their ability to apply the course(s) to a graduate program.