Core Curriculum

All full-time graduate students pursuing degrees in Mechanical Engineering at UMBC are advised to focus on completing at least one course from each thematic area of the designated Core Curriculum during their first year of study. Students generally take all core courses in their area of specialization.

Students may decide to enroll in graduate courses in Mechanical Engineering with no preparation.  While this may be appropriate for students with undergraduate degrees in related fields, such as Aerospace Engineering, we recommend that interested students take specific undergraduate courses (or their equivalent at another institution) prior to taking the graduate courses.

THEMATIC AREA
one from each area

CORE COURSES

 RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
Mathematics MATH404 Partial Differential Equations
or

MATH603 Matrix Analysis

or
ENCH620 Methods of Engineering Analysis

 Differential Equations

and

 Multivariable Calculus

and

Linear Algebra

Thermal-Fluid Sciences

ENME640 Fluid Mechanics
or
ENME631 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer

 undergraduate Fluid Mechanics
or
Transfer Processes

Dynamic Systems and Design

ENME605 Advanced Control Systems
or

ENME662 Linear Vibrations
or
ENME664 Advanced Dynamics

 Control Systems
or
Vibrations
or
Dynamics

Solid Mechanics and Materials

ENME677 Applied Elasticity
or
ENME670 Continuum Mechanics
or
ENME684 Mechanical Behavior of Materials

 Mechanics of Materials

The Mechanical Engineering core courses will be offered once per academic year.  MATH 404 is offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics usually during the Fall, Spring, and sometimes Summer semesters.