Mechanical Engineering Course Flowchart for Students Entering the Program in Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Junior Junior ENGR 296 Senior Senior
Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring or 396 Fall Spring
Internship ENGR 496
MATH 301 MATH 307 STAT 441
MATH 200 MATH 201 Experience Internship 130 credits
Differential Multivariate Applied
Calculus I Calculus II or ENGR Review or required to
Equations Calculus Statistics
4 hrs. 4 hrs. 398 Co-Op ENGR 498 graduate
3 hrs. 4 hrs. 3 hrs.
Experience Review of Co-
ECON 205 0 hrs. Op Exp. 0 hrs.
EGMN 203 EGMN 321 Economics of
EGMN 103 Mechanical & Numerical Product Dev. Prerequisites ENGR 402 ENGR 403
Mechanical & Nuclear Engr. Methods 3 hrs. for EGMN 402: Senior Design Senior Design
Nuclear Engr. Practicum II 3 hrs. Fall Complete 2 Studio I Studio II
Practicum I 1 hr. Spring from EGMN 1 hr. Fall 1 hr. Spring
1 hr. Fall 300, 303 and
420 AND
EGMN 215 complete 5
EGMN 420 EGMN 421 from EGMN
EGMN 190 Engineering EGMN 403
ENGR 395 CAE Design CAE Analysis 300, 301, 302, EGMN 402
Introduction to Visualization & Senior Design
Professional 3 hrs. Fall 3 hrs. Spring 303, 315, 321, Senior Design
Mechanical & Computation Lab II
Development 355, 420, 421, Lab I
Nuclear Engr. 3 hrs. Spring 2 hrs. Spring
1 hr. 416 and 455 2 hrs. Fall
1 hr. Fall

(typically in summer after junior yr.)

EGMN 301 EGMN 416 Science

between freshman & senior years)

or Co-Op (2-3 full-time work terms
PHYS 207 PHYS 208 EGMN 204 EGMN 302
Fluid Mechatronics Elective
Physics I Physics II Thermo Heat Transfer
(from VCU

Required 300+ hour Internship

Mechanics 3 hrs. Spring 3 hrs. Fall
5 hrs. 5 hrs. 3 hrs. Spring core list)
3 hrs. Fall Senior
CHEZ 101 3 hrs.
General Engineering
Elective Engineering
Chemistry Lab EGMN 202 EGMN 303
EGMN 102 EGMN 311 3 hrs. Elective
1 hr. Mechanics of Thermal Sys.
Statics Solid Mech. 3 hrs.
Deformables Design
3 hrs. Lab Engineering or
3 hrs. 3 hrs. Spring Engineering or
1.5 hrs. Fall Professional
Elective Professional
CHEM 101 Elective
EGMN 312 3 hrs.
General EGMN 201 3 hrs.
Thermal
Chemistry I Dynamics and PHIL 201
EGMN 309 EGMN 300 Sciences Lab
3 hrs. Kinematics Crit. Thinking MGMT 310
Material Mechanical 1.5 hrs. Spring
3 hrs. about Moral Managing
Science Sys. Design
Social Science Problems People in Orgs
3 hrs. Fall 3 hrs. Fall
Elective EGMN 315 3 hrs. 3 hrs. Junior
(from VCU Process and
core list) EGRE 206 System Dyn. 15 hrs. 15 hrs.
3 hrs. Electric 3 hrs. Spring
Circuits An engineering elective must meet all of these 4 criteria: 1)
4 hrs. Spring engineering course (CLSE, CMSC, EGMN, EGRB, EGRE, or
UNIV 111 UNIV 112 UNIV 200
ENGR), 2) ≥ 300 level, 3) ≥ 3 credits & 4) not otherwise
Focused Focused Writing and
required for the major. A professional elective must meet the
Inquiry I Inquiry II Rhetoric
same 4 criteria except the ACCT, ANAT, BIOC, BIOL, BIOS,
3 hrs. 3 hrs. 3 hrs.
BNFO, BUSN, CHEM, ECON, ENVS, FIRE, HSEP, INFO,
INNO, INSC, LFSC, MATH, MGMT, MKTG, NANO, OPER,
16 hrs. 16 hrs. 18 hrs. 17 hrs. 16.5 hrs. 16.5 hrs. PHIS, PHYS, STAT, SCMA & VNTR rubrics are allowed.

Engineering Math Business Engineering or Students must earn a minimum grade of C in UNIV 112 and
Prerequisite Fall = May Only Be Offered in Fall Semesters
Course Course Course Professional Arrows 200; PHYS 207; all EGMN, ENGR, and MATH courses used
Spring = May Only Be Offered in Spring
Elective (Any Color) to fulfill graduation requirements; and all courses used to
Engineering Science Gen. Ed. Corequisite Junior = Junior Standing to Enroll
Elective Course Course fulfill engineering and professional elective requirements.
Please refer to the VCU Undergraduate Bulletin for the official list of required courses.