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Program checklist · B.S.

Mechanical Engineering, B.S. (Altoona)

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Erie, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
113-114
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214591
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214591_c752a61f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    5 items
    1. IE 312
      3
    2. MATH 231
      2
    3. MATSE 259
      3
    4. ME 390
      0.5 General Education Course
      As published: “Academic and Career Development for Mechanical Engineers”
      0.5
    5. ME 490
      0.5 General Education Course
      As published: “Professional Development for Mechanical Engineers”
      0.5

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    23 items
    1. CHEM 110
      3
    2. EDSGN 100
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Cornerstone Engineering Design”
      3
    3. EMCH 211
      3
    4. EMCH 212
      3
    5. EMCH 213
      3
    6. ENGL 202C
      3
    7. MATH 140
      4
    8. MATH 141
      4
    9. MATH 220
      2-3
    10. MATH 251
      4
    11. ME 300
      3
    12. ME 320
      3
    13. ME 330
      3
    14. ME 340
      3
    15. ME 348
      Circuit Analysis, Instrumentation, and Statistics (4) This course
      As published: “Circuit Analysis, Instrumentation, and Statistics”
      3
    16. ME 360
      3
    17. ME 370
      3
    18. ME 410
      3
    19. ME 435
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Mechanical Engineering Systems Lab”
      3
    20. ME 450
      3 General Technical Elective
      As published: “Modeling of Dynamic Systems”
      3
    21. ME 454
      3
    22. PHYS 211
      4
    23. PHYS 212
      4

    Additional Courses

    12 items
    1. Select 1 credit of First-Year Seminar
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    2. CMPSC 200
      Programming for Engineers with MATLAB
      or: CMPSC 201 Programming for Engineers with C++
      3
    3. ME 440W
      3
    4. Select 3 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. BIOL 141
      3-4
    6. BIOL 161
      1
    7. CHEM 111& PHYS 214
      Experimental Chemistry Iand General Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum Physics
      Not resolved to a course
    8. CHEM 112
      3
    9. Select 3 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. ECON 14
      Principles of Economics
      Not resolved to a course
    11. ECON 102
      3
    12. ECON 104
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy”
      1.5

    Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    2 items
    1. CAS 100A
      Effective Speech
      or: CAS 100B Effective Speech
      3
    2. ENGL 15
      Rhetoric and Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ENGL 30H Honors Rhetoric and Composition
      3

    Supporting Courses and Related Areas

    3 items
    1. Select 3 credits in a 400-level ME Technical Elective course from department list excluding ME 410, ME 435, ME 440W, ME 441W, ME 442W, ME 443W, ME 450, ME 454, ME 490, ME 494, and ME 496
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. Select 6 credits in Engineering Technical Elective courses from department list
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    3. Select 3 credits in General Technical Elective courses from department list 1,2
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/altoona/mechanical-engineering-bs/. Captured page pages/0328.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.