American University of Beirut
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Fall 2023-2024
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA)
Minimum credits for
Program: BE in Mechanical Engineering*
Program: graduation: 173
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Basis for Admission:
Admission Conditions:
Course Title Cr Prerequisite/s Term Grade
I- FRESHMAN CLASS or EQUIVALENT - 30 CREDITS 30
II- MAJOR REQUIREMENTS - 101 CREDITS
FEAA 200 Introduction to Engineering and Architecture 3
MECH 201 Computer Aided Drawing and Design (CADD) 3
MECH 230 Dynamics 3
MECH 310 Thermodynamics I 3
MECH 314 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 3
MECH 320 Mechanics of Materials 3
MECH 332 Mechanics of Machines 3
MECH 340 Engineering Materials 3
MECH 341 Materials Lab 1
MECH 410L Thermal Fluid Laboratory 1
MECH 412 Heat Transfer 3
MECH 414 Thermodynamics II 3
MECH 420 Mechanical Design I 3
MECH 421 Manufacturing Processes I 3
MECH 430 Process Instrumentation and Measurements 3
MECH 432 Dynamics System Analysis 2
MECH 436 Control Systems 3
MECH 500 Approved Experience 0
MECH 501 Final Year Project 1
MECH 502 Final Year Project II 4
MECH 510 Design of Thermal Systems 3
MECH 525 Product Design and Development 3
MATH 201 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III 3
MATH 202 Differential Equations 3
MATH 212 Introductory Partial Differential Equations 3
MATH 218 Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications 3
MATH 251 Numerical Computing 3
STAT 230 Introduction to Probability and Random Variables 3
EECE 210 Electric Circuits 3
EECE 230 Introduction to Computation and Programming 3
EECE 312 Electronics 3
EECE 312L Circuits and Electronics Lab 1
CIVE 210 Statics 3
PHYS 211 Electricity and Magnetism 3
PHYS 211L Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory 1
CHEM 202 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry 3
INDE 301 Engineering Economy 3
Including but not restricted to INDE
Approved Ethics Course 3
410
Total credits in Major 101
III- SCIENCES ELECTIVE - 3 CREDITS
Must be chosen from BIOL 201 level courses or above, except BIOL
BIOL 3
209
Total credits 3
IV- TECHNICAL ELECTIVES - 15 CREDITS
ELECT. 1 3
Five courses with at least three from the selected ME track. One
elective can be from outside the major and one free elective (such as
engineering, math, economics, business or science). List of Pre-
Approved Technical Electives:
• Engineering Electives: BMEN: 600, 602, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610,
611. CHEN: 531, 611, 614, 615, 619, 672, 673, 675, 798A. CIVE:
421, 451, 460, 552, 555, 602, 603, 610, 648, 655, 658, 659, 670.
FEAA: 502. IEM: 412, 513, 533.
• Science Electives: BIOL: 201, 202, 210, 223, 244, 246, 250, 260,
268. CHEM: 206, 208, 211, 212, 217, 218, 228, 233, 234. MATH:
210, 219, 223, 224, 225, 227, 233, 241, 261, 271, 303, 304, 305,
Five courses with at least three from the selected ME track. One
elective can be from outside the major and one free elective (such as
ELECT. 2 engineering, math, economics, business or science). List of Pre- 3
Approved Technical Electives:
• Engineering Electives: BMEN: 600, 602, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610,
611. CHEN: 531, 611, 614, 615, 619, 672, 673, 675, 798A. CIVE:
ELECT. 3 421, 451, 460, 552, 555, 602, 603, 610, 648, 655, 658, 659, 670. 3
FEAA: 502. IEM: 412, 513, 533.
• Science Electives: BIOL: 201, 202, 210, 223, 244, 246, 250, 260,
268. CHEM: 206, 208, 211, 212, 217, 218, 228, 233, 234. MATH:
ELECT. 4 210, 219, 223, 224, 225, 227, 233, 241, 261, 271, 303, 304, 305, 3
306, 314, 341, 350, 351, 358. PHYS: 216, 217, 220, 222, 223, 225,
226, 228, 235, 236, 237, 249, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307.
• Other Electives: CMPS: 257, 272, 274, 277, 281, 285, 286, 287,
288, 350, 368, 372, 373. DCSN: 200, 210. ECON: 214, 215, 217,
218, 222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240,
241, 242, 243. ENMT: 225, 235. GEOL: 202, 205, 211, 226, 227.
ENST: 320, 396. MNGT: 215, 218, 220, 226, 229, 230. STAT: Any
ELECT. 5 course with a 3
number equal to or greater than 234. Also by approved petition,
HEHI 201 can count as outside or free technical elective
Total credits 15
V- GENERAL FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES REQUIREMENTS - 39 CREDITS
UNDERSTANDING *** GE ARABIC Communication Skills 3
UNDERSTANDING
203 Academic English 3
COMMUNICATION - ENGL
Based on RUSE, students who take ENGL 203 or ENGL 204 at the
freshman level must take an additional elective(s) at level 200 or
above to complete the 120 credits required for graduation. ENGL 206 is Academic English which Engineering students
should take. If a student was previously in Arts and
UNDERSTANDING
206 Advanced Academic English 3 Sciences and already took ENGL 204 before transferring to
COMMUNICATION - ENGL
MECH, then ENGL 204 is equivalent to ENGL 206. But those
registered as Engineering students take ENGL 206 directly.
It was approved in the department to add HEHI 201
(Foundations of Humanitarian engineering and Public
Health Innovations) or by approved petition either MECH
COMMUNITY-ENGAGED HEHI 201 OR by petition: MECH
0 499 (undergraduate research) if the student was working
LEARNINGb 499/MECH 501-502
on research topic that fulfill the GE requirements. Also
MECH 501/502 (Final year project) if the topic also fits the
GE requirements)
HUMAN VALUESb,c,d,e INDE 410 Engineering Ethics 0
CULTURES AND HISTORIESb,c,d,e 3
CULTURES AND HISTORIESb,c,d 3
CULTURES AND HISTORIESb,c,d 3
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLDb,d PHYS 211 Electricity and Magnetism 0
QUANTITATIVE REASONINGb,d MATH 201 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III 0
QUANTITATIVE REASONING OR
CHEM 202 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry 0
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLDb,d
SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALSb,d 3
SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALSb,d 3
Total GE Credits 24
TOTAL CREDITS NEEDED FOR GRADUATION 173
b
All students MUST TAKE an Arabic course chosen from the list of Understanding Communication - Arabic courses. Students who are exempted from Arabic are eligible to undergo the CAMES Arabic
placement exam and must take ONE of the following courses as per their determined level: ARAB 203, 204, 205 or 206/MEST 321, 322, 323, 324.
b
Must be chosen from the updated list of the requirements found on the registrar's website.
c
Students who elect CVSP 205 MAY NOT enroll in CVSP 201 or 202. Students who elect CVSP 206 MAY NOT enroll in CVSP 203 or 204 or vice versa.
d
At least one of the GE courses (except Understanding Communication) should be defined as a Social Inequalities course.
e
At least one of the courses from Cultures and Histories should be a CVSP course.
* A cumulative average of 2.3 or above is required for graduation
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