ME Undergraduate Curriculum

Current FSU Curriculum Diagram    

Links to 2022, 2021, 2015+2018, 2014, 2012 and 2009 + Curriculum Diagrams.

• In the Curriculum Diagram, prerequisite and co-requisite courses are indicated in italics below the course.
  • If you have earned a 'D' grade in a prerequisite or co-requisite course you can usually take the class, provided 1) you obtain instructors and department permission using a Course Prerequisite Waiver request and 2) you retake the earlier class the very first time it is offered again. Students having earned two 'D' grades in any required courses earlier in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum sequence will not be able to proceed. See ME Excessive Repeat Policy.
• Co-requisite courses may be taken either earlier or during the same semester.
• Because of the prerequisites and semester course offering restrictions you need to follow the schedule closely.

• Mechanical Engineering majors are required to speak with their assigned Faculty Advisor in order to complete a current Curriculum Diagram.
  • The Faculty Advisor provides valuable academic advisement via his/her knowledge of the curriculum content and serves to guide the student's studies to coordinate with their individual interests and skills level. Additionally the Faculty Advisor serves the student by providing knowledgeable insight and/or recommendations for potential career options, employment or graduate studies.
• The completed form must be returned to the Mechanical Engineering Department to have that term's departmental Advisement Hold removed.
• The Undergraduate Advising Coordinator, may provide academic advisement to a student with an assigned Faculty Advisor only one term per academic year.

Previous Curriculum Diagrams: 2022, 2021, 2015+2018, 2014, 2012 and 2009 +

The purpose of technical electives is to broaden and/or deepen a student's knowledge of engineering and technology. Mechanical Engineering majors are required to take a total of 12 hours of technical electives. A wide variety of courses are appropriate to satisfy this requirement. Sometimes it may also be desirable for a student to select an elective course from a discipline outside of Mechanical Engineering.

The student's choice of elective classes must always be discussed with, and approved by, their advisor prior to enrollment. Technical electives should be chosen that provide the student with the foundation necessary to achieve a competitive advantage in attaining their career goals. Not all electives will be approved. Some restrictions are:

1. Electives should only be taken during the senior year.
2. Only three elective hours (one class) may be taken outside Mechanical Engineering (from Non-Mechanical Technical Elective list below).
3. The student must have the required prerequisites and/or background for the course.
4. Any course not shown in the listing below must first be approved by the Undergraduate Coordinator and documented in the student’s academic folder.
5. An elective cannot usually be an alternate form of material already covered. For example, a second high-level programming language would not be acceptable. Nor would a first or second class in thermodynamics in another department be acceptable.
6. Material that could reasonably be learned independently is ordinarily not suitable. Nor is material that is not directly related to a career in mechanical engineering, or that is vocational.
7. The student may be able to take a graduate level class as a technical elective provided he/she has completed the Mechanical Engineering classes up to their junior year with a grade point average of 3.2 or better, and permission has been obtained from both their advisor and the instructor.

Below is a list of some suitable technical electives. Other classes not listed below may be appropriate after consultation with your academic advisor and the undergraduate coordinator.

Technical Electives - Mechanical Engineering

 updated listing 08/11/23

• EAS 4101 - Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
• EGN 3454 - Numerical Methods for Mechanical Engineers
• EMA 4225 - Mechanical Metallurgy
• EMA 4501 - Electron Microscopy
• EMA 4806 / EMA 4813 - Computational Material Physics
• EML 4161 - Cryogenics
• EML 4288 - Vehicle Design
• EML 4312 - Design and Analysis of Control Systems
• EML 4316 - Advanced Design and Analysis of Control Systems
• EML 4321 - Manufacturing Processes Control
• EML 4421 - Fundamentals of Propulsion Systems
• EML 4450 - Energy Conversion Systems for Sustainability
• EML 4452 - Sustainable Power Generation
• EML 4501 - Machine Design
• EML 4512 - Thermal-Fluid Design
• EML 4536 - Design using FEM (Finite Element Method)
• EML 4542 - Materials Selection and Design
• EML 4711 - Introduction to Gas Dynamics
• EML 4800 - Introduction to Robotics
• EML 4804 - Mechatronics II
• EML 4830 - Introduction to Mobile Robotics
• EML 4841 - Bio-Robotics and Locomotion
• EML 4524 - Design and Modeling Manufacturing Processes
• EML 4930 - Special Topics in ME
• EML 4905 - Directed Independent Study (permission required)
• EML 4970 - Honors in the Major (First 3 credits†)
• EML 4930 - Introduction to Bayesian Statistics

† Student may elect to use three (3) of the six (6) required credits of EML 4970, Honors Work, towards fulfilling the Technical Elective requirement – 
See Honors Work Course Request Form.

Non-Mechanical Technical Electives (must be 3000 level or above)

* Student must complete all required prerequisites

PHYSICS

• PHY 3101 - Intermediate Modern Physics
• PHY 3424 - Optics
• AST 4211 - Introduction to Astrophysics

MATHEMATICS

• MAA 4402 - Complex Variables
• MAD 3401 (FAMU) - Numerical Analysis
• MAD 3703 (FSU) - Numerical Analysis I
• MAP 3341 (FAMU) - Partial Differential Equations
• MAP 4341 (FSU) - Elementary Partial Differential Equations I
• MAS 3105 - Applied Linear Algebra I (3-4 cr)
• STA 3032 (FSU) - Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (3 cr)

CIVIL ENGINEERING

• CES 3100 - Structural Analysis
• CES 4101 - Advanced Structural Analysis
• ENV 4001 - Environmental Engineering
• ENV 4341 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
• TTE 4201 - Traffic Engineering
• TTE 4250 - Traffic Operations

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

• EEL 3216 - Fundamentals of Power Systems
• EEL 3472 - Electromagnetic Fields I
• EEL 3705 - Digital Logic Design
• EEL 4220 - Electromechanical Dynamics
• EEL 4746 - Microprocessor-Based System Design

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

• EGN 3443 - Statistical Topics in Engineering
• EIN 4333 - Design of Integrated Production Systems and Facilities Layout
• EIN 4621 - Manufacturing Systems Engineering
• EIN 4611 - Industrial Automation and Robotics
• EIN 4150/ 4444 - Technology Entrepreneurship & Commercialization

If you choose to follow one of the area tracks, completion of three courses in that area will gain you a Certificate of Specialization in that area.

Technical Electives  

Track areas

DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

MECHANICS AND MATERIALS

THERMAL FLUIDS

AERONAUTICS

MAGNET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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