Mechanical Engineering Discipline Course Recommendations

Major Directive

Click here to see how courses at Illinois public 4-year institutions accept courses in transfer for this major.

The following courses, beyond the prerequisite courses , are recommended if you choose to begin college at one Illinois school and later transfer to another, and if you want to major in Mechanical Engineering at your new school. Remember to consult with your academic advisor early and often.
(These recommendations also apply to General, Aeronautical, Manufacturing and Engineering Mechanics.)

• Mechanical Engineering Core Courses
  (12-16 semester credits)
  • EGR 941 - Engineering Graphics/CAD (2-4 semester credits)
  • EGR 942 - Statics (2-3 semester credits)
    and either
    EGR 943 - Dynamics (2-3 semester credits)
    or
    EGR 944 - [Combined] Statics and Dynamics (5 semester credits)
  • EGR 931 - Electrical Circuits (3-4 semester credits)
    or
    ERG 931L - Electrical Circuits (with Lab) (4 semester credits)
  • EGR 945 - Strength of Materials/Mechanics of Solids (5 semester credits)

• Engineering General Education Recommendations
  (28-37 hours)
  For the panel recommended shortened general education recommendations, the AES general education section
  
  For the traditional full IAI general education package recommendations, click here to go to the Engineering major prerequisite and general education recommendations

Check the worksheet to see what courses you can take to fulfill your general education requirements
The worksheet allows you to see what courses to take to fulfill the IAI Gen. Ed. package (Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum) at any participating college or university in the State. You will find it helpful to use the major recommended general education courses shown above. You may want to print or copy a hard copy of this page.

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