Accelerated Mechanical Engineering Requirements

Required 128 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. Mechanical Engineering required courses*:

III. Program Required Electives  

IV. College of Engineering and Mines requirements 

 V. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines

Technical Electives and Optional Concentrations

One technical elective must be taken from each stem from UND unless the student is pursuing the Aerospace Concentration (see below). Students may receive an optional concentration, documented on the transcript, in one of the listed stems as indicated. Students who satisfactorily complete two full-time (40 hours/wk) or three part-time (20 hours+/wk) ME 397 Cooperative Education experiences for a combined total of at least three credit hours are granted a waiver for one technical elective, provided one of the Cooperative Education experiences lasts for the duration of either a fall or spring semester. The waived technical elective is considered as elective at large and is not specified into any one of the three stems listed below.

Mechanical Design Stem

Mechanical Design Concentration - 128 hours

Requires ME 323 Machine Component Design/ME 323L Machine Component Design Laboratory and any four of the Mechanical Design Stem technical electives.

Thermal Sciences Stem

Thermal Sciences Concentration - 128 hours

Requires ME 306 Fluid Mechanics, ME 341 Thermodynamics and any four of the Thermal Sciences Stem technical electives.

Manufacturing and Materials Stem

Manufacturing and Materials Concentration - 128 hours

Requires ME 418 Manufacturing Processes and any four of the Manufacturing and Materials Stem technical electives.

 Aerospace Concentration - 133 hours

Requires students to complete AVIT 102 Introduction to Aviation (5 credits) plus seven technical electives. AVIT 102 Introduction to Aviation includes earning a private pilot license and is recommended for the summer session between the freshman and sophomore years. ⁶

Technical electives must be chosen from the aerospace group of electives as identified by # in the above technical elective listing. One of the technical electives must be either ME 429 Introduction to Finite Element Analysis or ME 464 Computational Fluid Dynamics. ME 490 Special Laboratory Problems or an ME 590 Special Topics may also be included in the aerospace group at the discretion of the Mechanical Engineering Chair.

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Students must achieve a grade of “C” or better.

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ME 101 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, ME 201 Student Design, ENGR 200 Computer Applications in Engineering and ME 397 Cooperative Education may be waived by successful completion of ME 102 Professional Assessment and Evaluation. The ethics requirement as represented by ENGR 340 Professional Integrity in Engineering may also be waived, but not the University’s Essential Studies Requirements.

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Three technical electives must be completed from UND, one in each stem unless pursuing the aerospace concentration. One technical elective can be taken outside the ME Department within other CEM Departments, Math or Physics. The course must be at the 300-level or higher and be consistent with the student’s individual learning plan.

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Course must be completed from UND.

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ChE 315 of an alternative calculus-based statistics course may be substituted for MATH 321 with approval of the ME Department.

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Students already holding a private pilot license may provide proof of this certification to the ME Department as a substitute for AVIT 102 Introduction to Aviation.

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All transfer courses must be completed with a "C" or better.

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The Professional Degree Program (PDP) comprises upper-level core Mechanical Engineering courses and technical electives. All Mechanical Engineering majors must complete the courses indicated with the number one in the curriculum above as well as ENGL 110 College Composition I - College Composition I and ENGL 130 Composition II: Writing for Public Audiences - Writing for Public Audiences with the letter grade of a "C" or higher prior to admission to the PDP. 

Admission to the PDP is required for most 300- and 400-level Mechanical Engineering courses. 

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Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum.

Admission Requirements

The applicant must meet the School of Graduate Studies' current minimum general admission requirements as published in the graduate catalog.

1. B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited program and have an acceptable GPA.
2. GRE general test required for applicants with undergraduate degrees from other than ABET accredited programs.
3. 2.75 overall undergraduate GPA or a GPA of at least 3.00 for the junior and senior years.
4. Satisfy the School of Graduate Studies' English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the graduate catalog.
5. Students seeking admission to a combined B.S./Master’s program must have a GPA of at least 3.0 at the time of admission.

Students who hold an undergraduate engineering or science degree other than mechanical engineering may be admitted to provisional or qualified status with an obligation to acquire additional background in mechanical engineering as appropriate.

Degree Requirements

Students seeking the Master of Science degree at the University of North Dakota must satisfy all general requirements set forth by the School of Graduate Studies' as well as particular requirements set forth by the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Thesis Option

1. A minimum of 30 semester credits in a major field approved by the graduate committee, including the credits granted for the thesis and the research leading to the thesis.
2. At least one-half of the credits must be at or above the 500-level.
3. A maximum of one-fourth of the credit hours required for the degree may be transferred from another institution.
4. At least 21 credits of coursework.
5. Completion of a research project and its presentation in a thesis (4-6 credits for ME 998 Thesis).

Non-Thesis Option

1. Thirty-two (32) credits including credits approved by the graduate advisor required for the major.
2. Two credits of ME 997 Independent Study.
3. At least one-half of the credits must be at or above the 500-level.
4. A maximum of one-fourth of the credit hours required for the degree may be transferred from another institution.
5. Preparation of a written independent study approved by the faculty advisor.
6. Comprehensive final examination.

The research project, independent study, or design project may be from interdisciplinary areas such as bioengineering or environmental engineering, or they may be topics in design, manufacturing processes, vibrations, stress analysis, materials, power, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, or combustion.