Undergraduate Program
The Mechanical Engineering Department offers a four-year
undergraduate program leading to the bachelor of science degree in
mechanical engineering which is
accredited by the
Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place,
Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700.
In
consultation with an academic advisor the student plans a program
based on the approved Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum. The
format is a suggested program which can be modified within
constraints of satisfying all the requirements and course prerequisites
to satisfy scheduling needs or student preferences. The program
has ten elective courses among the 42 courses required for
the degree. Six of the electives must be approved courses in
Human Values and Social Contexts, and four must be technical
with the courses selected from specified groups. Lists of courses
qualifying for these electives are also available in the Mechanical
Engineering office. By careful use of this flexibility in electives,
students may pursue in some depth their particular interests
in both technical and non-technical subjects. Some Mechanical
Engineering electives will not be offered every year.
Students may wish to declare a
double major or obtain a second degree. One common choice is
to combine mechanical and electrical engineering. A minimum
of one extra year is ordinarily required for a double major
or a double degree. The student should see his or her academic
advisor early in the program to be sure all requirements are
being met.
The Mechanical Engineering Department
provides the students the opportunity to participate in a co-operative
education course, MEE 394 - Mechanical
Engineering Practice.
The course is under the direction of Associate
Professor Mike Boyle who is the mechanical engineering co-op advisor who monitors
the student's progress in the course. The course generally
requires that appropriate project work be assigned by the co-operating
company or agency.
Students who are enrolled in the
undergraduate program can undertake an integrated program where
the requirements of the fourth year of their basic curriculum
and the additional courses of the five-year option are distributed
to reinforce each other over the last two years of a five-year
program. This five-year pulp and paper option in Mechanical
Engineering is described in detail in the Chemical Engineering
section of the University of Maine Undergraduate Catalog..
The Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree and
a pulp and paper certificate are awarded concurrently at the
end of the fifth year of study.
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