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The School of Business and Technology

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

I. General Education Requirements 

Course Title Credits

A. Curriculum Area I - Arts and Humanities*

ARTS 101 Exploration of the Visual Arts — 3
ENGL 328 World Literature I — 3
ENGL 203 Fundamentals of Contemporary Speech — 3

Total — 9

B. Curriculum Area II - Social and Behavioral Sciences*

ECON 202 Principles of Economics II — 3
SOCI 201 Social Problems — 3

Total — 6

C. Curriculum Area III - Biological and Physical Sciences**

PHYS 121 General College Physics I — 4
PHYS 122 General College Physics II — 4

Total — 8

D. Curriculum Area IV - Mathematics**

MATH 110 Trig. and Analytic Geometry — 3 
MATH 112 Calculus I — 4

Total — 7

E. Curriculum Area V - English Composition**

ENGL 101 Basic Composition I — 3
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II — 3
ENGL 305 Technical Writing — 3

Total — 9

F. Curriculum Area VI - Emerging Issues

GNST 101 First Year Experience Seminar — 1

*Course Requirements other than those listed above should be selected in consultation with the advisor or Department Chairman.

**Students are required to receive a grade of C or better in these courses.

II. Departmental Core Courses 

Course Title Credits

CMTE 211 Statics — 3
CMTE 212 Strength of Materials — 4
EDTE 131 Technical Drawing I — 3
EDTE 132 Technical Drawing II — 3
ETEE 201 Circuit Technology I — 3
ETEE 202 Circuit Technology II — 3
ETME 301 Thermodynamics and Heat Power — 3
ETME 303 Machine Design I — 3
ETME 318 Applied Dynamics — 3
ETME 325 Engineering Materials — 3
ETME 342 Fluid Mechanics — 3
ETME 356 Manufacturing Processes — 3
ETME 381 Instrumentation and Measurements — 4
ETME 423 Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning — 3
ETME 445 Computer Integrated Manufacturing — 3
ETME 475 Mechanical Systems Design I — 3

Total — 50

III. Supportive Courses 

Course Title Credits

BUAD 411 Operations Rese. & Decision Theory — 3
BUAD 410 Production Management — 3
CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I — 4
CSDP 220 Introduction to Computer Programming — 4
MATH 211 Calculus II — 4

Total — 18

IV. Technical Elective Courses (minimum 15 hours) 

Course Title Credits

CMTE 214 Construction Surveying — 3
CMTE 313 Structural Design I — 3
CMTE 316 Environmental Technology II — 4
CSDP 222 Advanced Programming — 4
CSDP 341 Numerical Analysis I — 3
EDTE 341 Transportation Systems — 3
EDTE 342 Power and Energy Systems — 3
ENES 240 Engineering Computation — 3
ETME 304 Machine Design II — 3
ETME 360 CNC Machines and Programming — 3
ETME 395 Industrial Practice — 3
ETME 476 Mechanical Systems Design II — 3
ETEE 303 Circuit Technology III — 3
ETEE 314 Electrical Power and Machinery — 3
ETEE 474 Nuclear Fundamentals — 3
MATH 212 Calculus III — 4
MATH 321 Differential Equations — 4 

Total — 15

V. Free Elective

Total — 3

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS 126
 
 
 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Recommended Course Sequence

The following is a prototype of the associate degree program or equivalent experience that should be completed before enrolling for the junior and senior year.

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester Credits

Freshman Orientation — 1
English Composition I — 3
Technical Drawing I — 3
Trig. and Analytic Geometry — 3
General College Physics I— 4

Semester Total — 14

Spring Semester Credits
Behavioral Sciences — 3
Technical Drawing II (CAD) — 3
English Composition II — 3
Calculus I — 4
General College Physics II — 4

Semester Total — 17

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall Semester Credits

Statics — 3
Fund. of Contemporary Speech — 3
Circuit Technology I — 3
Principles of Chemistry I — 4
Literature, Foreign Lang. or Fine Arts — 3

Semester Total — 16

Spring Semester Credits
Strength of Materials — 4
Principles of Economics II — 3
Circuit Technology II — 3
Literature, Foreign, Lang. or Fine Arts — 3
Calculus II — 4

Semester Total — 17

The following is a recommended course sequence for those graduates of associate-degree technology programs or equivalent experiences to complete requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology at UMES.

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall Semester Credits

ENGL 305 Technical Writing — 3
ETME 301 Thermo. & Heat Power — 3
ETME 303 Machine Design I — 3
ETME 381 Instru.& Measurements — 4
ETEE 325 Engineering Materials — 3

Semester Total — 16

Spring Semester Credits
ETME 318 Applied Dynamics — 3
ETME 342 Fluid Mechanics — 3
ETME 356 Manufacturing Processes — 3
CSDP 220 Intro to Computer Programming — 4
Free Elective — 3

Semester Total — 16

SENIOR YEAR

Fall Semester Credits

BUAD 411 Oper. Research — 3
ETME 423 Heating, Vent & Air Cond. — 3
ETME 445 Compt. Integrated Man. — 3
Technical Elective — 3
Technical Elective — 3

Semester Total — 15

Spring Semester Credits
BUAD 410 Production Mgt. — 3
ETME 475 Mech. Sys. Design I — 3
Technical Elective — 3
Technical Elective — 3
Technical Elective — 3

Semester Total15

Total Semester Hours — 126

Department of Technology

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