BSE in Mechanical Engineering

College

Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Campus

East Falls

Format

On Campus

Credits

128

Duration

4 Years

Contact Information

Name: Brian George, PhD
Positions:
  • Program Director for Engineering Programs
  • Associate Professor
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Curriculum

Total: 128 credits

FIRST YEAR (35 credits)

Major Courses

  • Introduction to Engineering
  • Introduction to Computing
  • Engineering Drawing

Hallmarks Core

  • Pathways Seminar
  • Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
  • Topics in American Studies
  • Calculus I
  • Physics I with Lab
  • Chemistry I with Lab
  • Calculus II

DEC Core

  • Finding and Shaping Opportunity

SECOND YEAR (35 credits)

Major Courses

  • Physics II with Lab
  • Calculus III
  • Engineering Statics
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering Dynamics
  • Engineering Simulations
  • Mechanics of Materials

Hallmarks Core

  • American Diversity
  • Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication

DEC Core

  • Systems Thinking

THIRD YEAR (30 credits)

Major Courses

  • Engineering Simulation and Engineering Design Seminar
  • Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I
  • Integrated Engineering Product Development
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Numerical Methods for Engineers
  • Thermodynamics
  • Introduction to Material Science
  • Machine Design
  • Engineering Statistics
  • Design for Manufacturability

Hallmarks Core

  • Global Diversity or Global Citizenship

FOURTH YEAR (28 credits)

Major Courses

  • Engineering Economics
  • Introduction to Mechatronics
  • System Dynamics and Control
  • Heat Transfer
  • Senior Design Project I
  • Senior Design Project II

Hallmarks Core

  • Philosophies of the Good Life
  • Ethics
  • Contemporary Global Issues

DEC Methods

  • Integrative Seminar - Ethnographic Research Method

For complete course descriptions, please visit the Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate Course Descriptions.