UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MAE Undergraduate Student Handbook

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Resources

Introduction

Mission/Objectives/Outcomes

Advising

General Information

Registration and Withdrawal

Academic Standing
of Undergraduate Students

Typical Mechanical
Engineering Curriculum

Mechanical Engineering Flowchart

Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum and
Graduation Requirments

Curriculum Check Sheet

Required Courses-List
of Prerequisites

MAE Honors Program

Dual Enrollment

Aerospace Emphasis

Planned Schedule of MAE Electives

MAE Faculty & Staff

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TYPICAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

Freshman Year

Math 1500

Calculus I

5

Math 1700

Calculus II

5

Chem 1320

Gen Chem  II

3

Physics 2750

Univ Physics I

5

ENGR 1100

Engr Graphics Fn

2

English 1000

Expo & Argum

3

Hist 1100 or 1200
Pol Sc 1100 or 1700

American History/Government

3

MAE 2100

Computer Programming

2

MAE 1000

Intro to ME

1

ENGR 1110

Solid Modeling

1

Total Semester Hours

14

Total Semester Hours

16

Sophomore Year

Math 2300

Calculus III

3

Math 4100

Diff. Equations

3

Physics 2760

Univ. Physics II

5

MAE 3100

Comp Meth/Des

4

ENGR 1200

Statics

3

ENGR 2200

Strength of Mat'ls

3

ENGR 2300

Thermodynamics

3

MAE 2600

Dynamics

3

Social or Behavioral Science#

3

Humanities/Fine arts elective#

3

Total Semester Hours

17

Total Semester Hours

16

Junior Year

ENGR 2100

Circuits

3

MAE 3900

Mech Design I

3

MAE 3200

Engr Mat'ls. (WI)

4

MAE 4500

Manufacturing

3

MAE 3400

Fluid Mechanics

3

MAE 3600

System Dynamics

3

STAT 4710 or
IMSE 2110

Math Statistics or
Probability & Stat

3

MAE 4300

Heat Transfer

3

Humanities/Fine arts elective#

3

Humanities/Fine arts elective#

3

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

15

Senior Year

IMSE 2710

Engr Econ Analysis

3

MAE 4800

Thermo/Fluids Lab

3

MAE 3800

Instr & Meas Lab

3

MAE 4980

Snr Capstone Design

3

MAE 4900

Mech Design II

3

MAE 4000+ elective#

3

MAE 4000+ elective#

3

Technical elective above 3000#*

3

MAE 4000+ elective#

3

Social or Behavioral Science#

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15

* Acceptable 3000+ elective in area of engineering, physics, chemistry,
   biology or mathematics
# One 3-hour elective must be designated as writing-intensive (WI).

MAE Elective must be numbered 4000 or above. 
Undergraduates must have a GPA  of  3.0 or higher to enroll in graduate (7000+) courses.
Students satisfy an economics requirement by taking IMSE 2710.

Additional 2 hours (free elective) are required to satisfy 126 hours of graduation requirement.  This is typically fulfilled by 2 hours of advanced standing credit for Chem 1310, which is earned by taking Chem 1320 and receiving a grade of 'C-' or better.

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