Program: Mechanical Engineering BS - Texas Tech University

Apr 08, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication Literacy courses meeting the CL requirement for the Mechanical Engineering major are ME 4370 and ME 4371 .

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1315 - Introduction to Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring

MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
EGR 1206 - Engineering Graphics: Software A 2 Semester Credit Hours
Elective (History) 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3301 - General Electrical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 2301 - Statics 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring

MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 2322 - Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 2302 - Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 2115 - Introduction to Programming Lab 1 Semester Credit Hours
Political Science Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours *
Elective (Oral Communication) 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 16

Third Year

Fall

ME 3403 - Mechanics of Solids 4 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3164 - Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 1 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3322 - Engineering Thermodynamics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3311 - Materials Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3370 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3215 - Numerical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

ME 3165 - Computational Fluid Dynamics 1 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3333 - Dynamic Systems and Vibrations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Department Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Select from departmentally approved list.)
ME 3365 - Introduction to Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3228 - Materials and Mechanics Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3371 - Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 3342 - Mathematical Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Fourth Year

Fall

ME 4334 - Control of Dynamic Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 4234 - Control of Dynamic Systems Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
ME 4370 - Engineering Design I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 4251 - Thermal-Fluid Systems Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy, & Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours*†
Department Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Select from departmentally approved list.)

Total: 16

Spring

Elective (Math or Science) 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Select from departmentally approved list.)
ME 4371 - Engineering Design II 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2324 - Engineering Economic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
Department Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Select from department-approved list.)
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours*

Total: 15

Total Hours: 131

All students must satisfy the university foreign language requirement with two years of foreign language credit from high school OR two semesters of college credit.

* Choose from core curriculum requirements.

^† Choose either a Language, Philosophy, and Culture or Creative Arts course that also meets the multicultural requirement .