Program Requirements

Mechanical Engineering Technical Electives

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a large number of technical electives; the program requires completion of seven technical electives (10.5 units) to be chosen from the lists below. Students who complete 6 units in one of the areas listed below can request a letter from the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office confirming this; the area will not be shown on the transcript.

Note that some courses appear under more than one category.

Courses from Other departments

With the permission of the involved departments, students may take a limited number of upper-level courses as technical electives from other departments.

MECH 500-level Courses

With the permission of the department, students may select courses as technical electives, from the list of 500-level Mechanical Engineering graduate courses.

Minor in Mechanical Systems

A Mechanical Systems Minor is open to all students outside the Mechanical Engineering program. It requires 9 units of MECH-designated courses, with a minimum of 4.5 units at the 300 level or above. Permission of the department is required. Courses that fulfill requirements for a Minor cannot form part of the requirements for the degree. In order to accommodate students from different backgrounds, as much flexibility as possible is given in course selection (consistent with course prerequisites). A suitable choice of second-year courses can lead to any areas of specialization given above in the Mechanical Engineering Technical Elective list.