The uAchieve Interactive Degree Audit is the official method for tracking the completion of your specific degree requirements. Please be aware that there are multiple ways for students to progress through this
major. This is just one sample and adjustments may be required due to curriculum changes.
Students should work with their advisor to develop their individual plan. A full list
of undergraduate course descriptions is available.
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First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Grand Total = 128 Credits
- 24 total credits.
- Required courses are
- UN 1015-Composition (3 credits),
- a Foundations in the Human World course (3 credits),
- a Communication Intensive course (3 credits),
- an Arts and Culture course (3 credits),
- an Intercultural Competency (3000+) course (3 credits),
- a SHAPE course (3 credits),
- an Essential Education Experience (3000+) course (3 credits),
- and 3 credits of Activities for Well-being and Success.
Activities for Well-being and Success
- Mainly physical education courses with some additions.
- Three credits are required for graduation.
- These credits will be included as earned hours and may be used to determine full-time
enrollment status.
- The Activities for Well-being and Success list is also available in the MAE Advising Center.
Technical Electives
- Any 4000+ level courses in the College of Engineering except MET courses are acceptable
for ME technical electives; with the exception of MET 4377.
- These prefixes – AE, BE, CM, CEE, EE, ENG, GE, ME, MSE - may be used by BSME students
for technical elective credits (if allowed to enroll in the course by the offering
department) with the following exceptions:
- BE 4000, BE 4900, BE 4901, BE 4910, BE 4930, BE 5000, BE 5900, BE 5930,
- CEE 4510, CEE 4900, CEE 4905, CEE 4910, CEE 4915, CEE 4916, CEE 4920, CEE 4930, CEE
4990, CEE 5190, CEE 5250, CEE 5390, CEE 5490, CEE 5560, CEE 5561, CEE 5562, CEE 5563,
CEE 5590, CEE 5890, CEE 5920, CEE 5930, CEE 5990, CEE 5991, CEE 5992, CEE 5994, CEE
5997, CEE 5998, CEE 5999,
- CM 4000, CM 4020, CM 4040, CM 4060, CM 4080, CM 4855, CM 4860, CM 4861, CM 4900, CM
4910, CM 4990, CM 5900, CM 5950, CM 5990,
- EE 4000, EE 4800, EE 4805, EE 4870, EE 4901, EE 4910, EE 5290, EE 5805, EE 5900, EE
5990, EE 5991, EE 5992, EE 5994,
- ENG 4060, ENG 4070, ENG 4900, ENG 4905, ENG 4910, ENG 4990, ENG 5060, ENG 5100, ENG
5200, ENG 5300, ENG 5400, ENG 5990, ENG 5998,
- GE 4000, GE 4900, GE 4910, GE 4916, GE 4930, GE 4931, GE 4933, GE 4934, GE 4961,
GE 4962, GE 4970, GE 5187, GE 5930, GE 5940, GE 5950, GE 5960, GE 5970, GE 5994, GE
5995, GE 5998, GE 5999,
- ME 4990, ME 4901, ME 4911, ME 4999, ME 5010, ME 5990, ME 5994, ME 5995, ME 5999, ME
6000,
- MSE 4130, MSE 4131, MSE 4140, MSE 4141, MSE 4970, MSE 4990, MSE 5100, MSE 5900, MSE
5970, and MSE 5990
- or any other research/special topics/seminar/senior design/etc. credits (courses without
a specific course description and/or syllabus).
- Undergraduate students cannot typically enroll in 6000-level courses.
- Special topics courses (4990, 5990, etc.) may be approved on an individual section/semester
basis if a student/faculty member submits or creates a course syllabus for evaluation.
- OSM 4300 is also acceptable.
Prerequisites
- The prerequisite course must be successfully completed prior to taking the subsequent course.
- A grade of ‘C’ or better in MA 2160 is required as a prerequisite for ME 2110 and
ME 2201.
Concurrent Prerequisites
- Courses that may be taken at the same time, although it is not necessary if the prerequisite
course is completed first.
Required Corequisites
- Courses must be taken together in the same semester.
Engineering Fundamentals
- MA 1160/1161 is a concurrent prerequisite for ENG 1101 and ENG 1102.
- ENG 1102 project content varies by section number.
Math
- Students are placed into an initial math course based on ACT/SAT math score, the online ALEKS assessment,
or a math placement exam score for credit (AP, IB, CLEP).
- MA 1160 (4 credits) or MA 1161 (5 credits) satisfy the Calculus 1 requirement.
- MA 2320 and MA 3520 are offered as full semester courses for students taking these
courses in separate semesters.
- The Math department also teaches MA 2321 as an accelerated course (equivalent to MA
2320) in the first half of a given semester and MA 3521 as an accelerated course (equivalent
to MA 3520) in the second half of the same semester (registration must be for the
same section number of both MA 2321 and MA 3521 in that semester).
- MA 2320, MA 2321, and MA 2330 are all equivalent and are approved prerequisites for
MA 3520 or MA 3521.
- MA 3530 and 3560 are also equivalent to MA 3520/3521.
- MA 2710, 2720 and 3715 are all acceptable in place of MA 3710.
Enterprise
- Choose from the following modules:
- CEE 3490,
- ENT 2950,
- ENT 2960,
- ENT 2961 (2CR),
- ENT 2962,
- ENT 3953,
- ENT 3954,
- ENT 3955,
- ENT 3956,
- ENT 3958,
- ENT 3959,
- ENT 3961,
- ENT 3962,
- ENT 3963,
- ENT 3964,
- ENT 3965,
- ENT 3966,
- ENT 3967,
- ENT 3969,
- ENT 3971,
- ENT 3972,
- ENT 3973,
- ENT 3974,
- ENT 3975,
- ENT 3976,
- ENT 3979,
- ENT 3980,
- ENT 3981,
- ENT 3982,
- ENT 3983,
- ENT 3984,
- ENT 3985,
- ENT 3987 (2 CR),
- ENT 4951,
- ENT 4954,
- ENT 4955,
- ENT 4961,
- and ENT 4962.
- Modules may not be offered every semester and may have pre-requisites and/or restrictions.
- UN 3002 and/or UN 3003 (Cooperative Education): Up to 2 credits total can be used
as Enterprise module credits in the BSAE-Enterprise curriculum.
- ENT 2961 and/or ENT 2962 are also usable as an Essential Education SHAPE course but
not both as ENT Modules and Essential Education.
- ENT 3953, ENT 3959, ENT 3961, ENT 3963, ENT 3964, ENT 3971, ENT 3982, and/or ENT 3983
are also usable as Essential Education Activities for Well-being and Success course(s)
but not both as ENT Modules and Essential Education
- In order to enroll in ENT 4950 to begin enterprise capstone project work, the online
project approval process must be completed (i.e. project approved by the MAE department).
- Complete instructions for this process are available in the MAE Advising Center and
are linked on the MAE Advising web page.
- All four required Enterprise project semesters (ENT 3950/3960/4950/4960) must be completed
on the same Enterprise team.
- ENT 2950/2960 for the same team may be substituted for ENT 3950/3960, if necessary.
Transfer, Advanced Placement, or Study Abroad Courses
- Not included in credit hours used for GPA calculations.
- Transfer credit is awarded for Michigan Tech equivalent course work only if a grade of ‘C’ or better
(2.00/4.00) or
equivalent is earned at a transfer institution.
- Study abroad credit will be awarded based on passing a course according to equivalent
international standards.
- Advanced Placement credit is awarded according to published AP Exam score standards (also IB and CLEP).
Revised Spring 2025 for 2025-2026 academic year.
