Undergraduate Curriculum
Mechanical engineering (MEEN) at Texas A&M at Qatar challenges students and helps them to develop their full creative potential. Texas A&M at Qatar's program consists of three main areas: thermal-fluid sciences, systems and controls, and mechanics and materials. The courses taken in these areas enable students to develop the technical tools and skills required for enhancing design development. The education is broad and supports students being able to choose a variety of employment or further study opportunities.
Program Requirements
The freshman year is identical for degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and petroleum engineering. The freshman year is slightly different for chemical engineering in that students take CHEM 119 or CHEM 107/CHEM 117 and CHEM 120. It is recognized that many students will change the sequence and number of courses taken in any semester. Deviations from the prescribed course sequence, however, should be made with care to ensure that prerequisites for all courses are met.
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First Year |
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FALL |
SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS |
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General Chemistry for Engineering Students |
4 |
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Composition and Rhetoric 1 |
3 |
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Engineering Lab I - Computation 1 |
2 |
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Engineering Mathematics I 1,3 |
4 |
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3 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
16 |
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SPRING |
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Experimental Physics and Engineering Lab II - Mechanics 1 |
2 |
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Engineering Mathematics II 1,3 |
4 |
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Newtonian Mechanics for Engineering and Science 1 |
3 |
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6 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
15 |
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Total Semester Credit Hours |
31 |
1 A grade of C or better is required.
2 CHEN requires 8 hours of freshman chemistry, which may be satisfied by CHEM 119 or CHEM 107/CHEM 117 and CHEM 120; Credit by Examination (CBE) for CHEM 119 or CHEM 107/CHEM 117 plus CHEM 120.
3 Entering students will be given a math placement exam. Test results will be used in selecting the appropriate starting course which may be at a higher or lower level.
4 Of the 21 hours shown as University Core Curriculum electives, 3 must be from language, philosophy and culture, 3 must be from creative arts, 3 from social and behavioral sciences, 6 from American history, and 6 from government/political science. The required 3 hours from international and cultural diversity and 3 hours from cultural discourse may be met by courses satisfying the language, philosophy and culture, creative arts, social and behavioral sciences, and American history requirements if they are also on the approved list of international and cultural diversity or cultural discourse courses.
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Second Year |
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FALL |
SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS |
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Experimental Physics and Engineering Lab III - Electricity and Magnetism 1 |
2 |
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or MATH 253 |
Engineering Mathematics III 1 or Engineering Mathematics III |
3 |
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Geometric Modeling for Mechanical Design 1 |
2 |
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Engineering Mechanics 1 |
3 |
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Electricity and Magnetism for Engineering and Science 1 |
3 |
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Principles of Statistics I 1 |
3 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
16 |
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SPRING |
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or ECEN 214 |
Principles of Electrical Engineering 1 or Electrical Circuit Theory |
3 |
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Technical and Professional Writing |
3 |
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Differential Equations 1 |
3 |
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Principles of Materials and Manufacturing 1 |
2 |
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Mechanical Measurements 1 |
3 |
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Principles of Thermodynamics 1 |
3 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
17 |
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SUMMER |
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High Impact Experience 5 |
0 |
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High Impact Experience for Mechanical Engineers |
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Semester Credit Hours |
0 |
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Third Year |
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FALL |
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Solid Mechanics 1 |
3 |
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Fluid Mechanics 1 |
3 |
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Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 1 |
1 |
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Engineering Analysis for Mechanical Engineers 1 |
3 |
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Dynamics and Vibrations 1 |
3 |
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Seminar |
1 |
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3 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
17 |
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SPRING |
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Materials and Manufacturing Selection in Design 1 |
3 |
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Materials and Manufacturing in Design Laboratory 1 |
1 |
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Dynamic Systems and Controls 1 |
3 |
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Dynamic Systems and Controls Lab 1 |
1 |
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Solid Mechanics in Mechanical Design 1 |
3 |
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Heat Transfer 1 |
3 |
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Heat Transfer Laboratory 1 |
1 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
15 |
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Fourth Year |
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FALL |
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Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects |
2 |
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Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design 1 |
3 |
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6 |
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Technical Elective 6 |
6 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
17 |
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SPRING |
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Intermediate Design |
3 |
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3 |
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Technical elective 6 |
6 |
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General elective 6,7 |
3 |
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Semester Credit Hours |
15 |
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Total Semester Credit Hours |
97 |
5 All students are required to complete a high-impact experience in order to graduate. The list of possible high-impact experiences is available in the advising office.
6 See an academic advisor for a list of approved courses. Students must take at least three MEEN technical electives of which at least one course is from the Thermo-fluids Systems area; at least one from Data Science and Experimentation area; and at least one course is from Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems area.
7 Must be 300-499 level course.
Total Program Hours 128