Departments & Centers
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
B.S. in Engineering - Engineering Management
The School of Engineering and Technology and the Indiana University School of Business offer a joint program in engineering management. This program prepares students to begin careers that may lead to administrative or management positions in technological, engineering, or manufacturing operations. The program also prepares students for careers in large nontechnological organizations such as financial institutions, which may require skills generally associated with both engineering and business. The engineering management program provides a solid background in both engineering and management. To complete the graduation requirements, students take courses in electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering, as well as accounting, business law, economics, finance, marketing, and management.
Students who finish this four-year degree have several options for continuing their education. With approximately three additional semesters of study, they can also complete an undergraduate program in industrial, electrical, or mechanical engineering. With approximately six additional undergraduate courses they can enroll in a master's degree program in industrial, electrical, or mechanical engineering. They may also apply for direct admission to law school. Students interested in any of these options for continued education should consult their advisors when determining their plans of study.
The number of credit hours required for graduation is 127, distributed as follows for each discipline:
1. Mathematics and Physical Sciences
- Calculus: MATH 16500, 16600, 26100: 12 credit hours
- Multidimensional Mathematics: MATH 17100: 3 credit hours
- Differential Equations: MATH 26600: 3 credit hours
- Chemistry: CHEM-C 10500: 3 credit hours
- Physics: PHYS 15200 and 25100: 9 credit hours
2. Communications, Ethics and Contemporary
- Speech: COMM-R 110: 3 credit hours
- Writing: ENG-W 131: 3 credit hours
- Communication in Engineering Practice: TCM 36000: 2 credit hours
- Engineering Ethics and Professionalism: ME 40100: 1 credit hour
- Seminar & Fundamentals of Engineering Review: ME 40500: 1 credit hours
3. General Education
- Electives: 12 credit hours
4. Freshman Engineering Courses
- Introduction to the Engineering Profession: ENGR 19500: 1 credit hour
- Introduction to Engineering: ENGR 19600: 1 credit hour
- Introduction to Programming Concepts: ENGR 19700: 2 credit hours
- Computer Tools for Engineering: ENGR 29700: 1 credit hour
5. Engineering Courses
- Electrical Engineering: ECE 20400 and 26600: 2 credit hours
- General Engineering: 9 credit hours
- Mechanical Engineering: ME 20000, 27000, 27200, 27400, and 33000: 16 credit hours
- Materials: ME 34400: 3 credit hours
- Design: ME 46200: 3 credit hours
6. Economics: ECON E201, E202: 6 credit hours
7. Business
- Accounting: A200: 3 credit hours
- Business Law: BUS L203: 3 credit hours
- Finance: BUS F300: 3 credit hours
- Management: BUS Z302: 3 credit hours
- Marketing: BUS M300: 3 credit hours
- Operations and System Management: BUS P300: 3 credit hours
- Computer: BUS K201: 3 credit hours
- Statistics: STAT 35000: 3 credit hours
Semester by semester, the 127 total credit hours are distributed the same as the B.S.M.E. curriculum during the first two semesters, as shown below, and the student works with his or her advisor to make an individualized plan of study for the remaining semesters.
Freshman Year
First Semester
- ENGR 19500 Introduction to the Engineering Profession: 1 credit hours
- ENGR 19600 Introduction to Engineering: 3 credit hours
- CHEM-C 10500 Chemical Science I: 3 credit hours
- COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication: 3 credit hours
- MATH 16500 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I: 4 credit hours
Second Semester
- ENGR 19700 Introduction to Programming Concepts: 2 credit hours
- ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition I: 3 credit hours
- MATH 16600 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II: 4 credit hours
- PHYS 15200 Mechanics: 4 credit hours
- MATH 17100 Multidimensional Mathematics: 3 credit hours
NOTE: The Third through Eighth semesters are scheduled on an individual basis.