Information for Prospective Students

Leveling (Make-up) Courses for Holders of Non-ME BS Degrees in other Engineering, Physical Sciences, Computer Science, or Math

Applications from individuals with a B.S. degree in other Engineering disciplines, Math, Computer Science, and  Physical Sciences (such as Physics or Chemistry) are considered. To qualify for a graduate degree, applicants are expected to have at least an undergraduate-level exposure to most of the core ME disciplines.

The ME Department does not offer "provisional,”  "probationary," or “conditional” admissions. For this reason, applicants who do not hold  a BSME degree should complete the leveling courses before formally applying for the degree program. This can be accomplished while in graduate, non-degree status. The ME Graduate Director may be consulted to design a course plan. Once the individual has completed 12 credit hours of leveling course work under the non-degree status, he/she may be considered for regular admission to an ME graduate degree program. If the individual has fulfilled all other admission requirements and has received a minimum grade of B in all of these four (4) courses (i.e., a minimum GPA of 3.0 for these 12 credit hours), the ME Department will review his/her graduate application for regular admission.

 

CE 202 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics

CE 302 - Mechanics of Materials

CS 151 - Computer Programming Fundamentals (or equivalent)

** Math 316 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

ME 301 - Engineering Thermodynamics (Classical Thermodynamics taught by Physics Dept. is not an acceptable substitute.)

ME 306 - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (Classical Mechanics taught by Physics Dept. is not an acceptable substitute.)

ME 317 (or CE 331) -  Fluid Mechanics (May be waived for students who do not intend to pursue Energy/Thermo-Fluid areas upon approval of the student's advisor.)

ME 320 - Heat Transfer (May be waived for students who do not intend to pursue Energy/Thermo-Fluid areas upon approval of the student's advisor.)

ME 357 - Vibrations (or CE 520; see below) (This subject will be required if the student intends to take ME 516 as a Core graduate course.)

ME 370 (or CE 305) -  Engineering Material Science (May be waived for students who do not intend to pursue Materials and Solid Mechanics areas upon approval of the student's advisor.)

ME 380 - Controls (This subject will be required if the student intends to take ME 580 or ME 581 as a Core graduate course.)

Notes:

• Your academic advisor (or Committee-on-Studies) may require additional leveling courses.

• Course descriptions and pre-requisites are available in the UNM Catalog.

• A grade of at least "B" will be required in all make-up courses.

• None of the above-listed courses (except for Math 316 and CE 520) may be applied towards an ME graduate degree.

• Students who intend to pursue Dynamic Systems, Controls, and Robotics areas are encouraged to take the following course (authorized for graduate credit towards MSME and/or PhD):

CE 520 - Introduction to Structural Dynamics