Mechanical Engineering Concentration
Mechanical engineering involves the application of core physics and engineering principles in analyzing, designing, manufacturing and maintaining mechanical systems such as automobiles, aircraft, industrial machinery, manufacturing plants, power plants and many more. The concentration in mechanical engineering includes five required courses, three elective courses and a mathematics depth elective. The required courses are listed below along with elective course options.
| Required Courses | |
| EGR 344 | Fluid Mechanics |
| EGR 346 | Heat Transfer |
| EGR 359 | Mechanics of Materials |
| EGR 375 | Materials Science |
| ITD 102 | CAD Applications |
| Engineering Electives (choose any 3) | |
| EGR 342 | Thermodynamics II |
| EGR 365 | Linear Circuits II |
| EGR 366 | Analog Electronics |
| EGR 378 | Logic Design I |
| EGR 379 | Logic Design II |
| EGR 388 | International Experience in Engineering |
| EGR 459 | Mechanical Design |
| EGR 488 | Cooperative Education/Internship |
| EGR 599 | Senior Research |
| ETE 520 | Digital Signal Processing |
| PHY 461 | Electricity and Magnetism II |
| Mathematics Electives (choose 1) | |
| MAT 335 | Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra |
| MAT 440 | Mathematics Transforms with Applications |
| MAT 442 | Introduction to Numerical Analysis |
| MAT 501 | Mathematical Modeling I |
| MAT 520 | Introduction to Complex Variables |
| MAT 524 | Boundary Value Problems |
| MAT 540 | Mathematical Statistics I |
The semester-by-semester breakdown for the biomedical concentration for current students can be found here. Students following the 2009-2011 MSU Bulletin, including all new students, should click here.