ME NEWS
News of Interest to Mechanical Engineering Students
April 29, 2009

Directed Electives for Fall Quarter

Selected courses from mathematics and other engineering programs can serve as directed electives. Please discuss specific courses with your advisor before registering; a petition should be filed for any non-MEEN or non-MEMT directed elective. At least one of your directed electives must be a mechanical engineering course.

Prerequisites

Be sure to check the course descriptions for prerequisite information in the University Catalog at http://www.latech.edu/registrar/bulletin/2008-2009/partiv.pdf. In particular, freshman and sophomore students should be aware of the MATH 240-244 minimum GPA requirement of 2.0 on all attempts to enter MEEN 332, MEEN 351, MEEN 382, and MEMT 313. A minimum GPA of 2.0 in MATH 240-243 is required for entry into MEMT 212.

Junior Level MEEN Courses

Students taking junior level MEEN courses next year should be aware that most courses will only be offered in the quarter where they are listed on the curriculum sheet. Next year will be the first year where the new 134 semester hour curriculum is taught at the junior level, so students need to pay special attention to be sure they take their courses on schedule. For planning purposes, MEEN 321 and 371 will be taught in the winter and spring quarters.

Senior Level MEEN Courses

Senior level MEEN courses will be offered on the old 128 semester-hour schedule (see below). This is the last year that courses will be offered on this schedule. Most students will only need to take one directed elective since they took three additional hours already (in MEMT 212, MEEN 332, and MEEN 462). The directed electives can be taken any quarter. Seniors should also be aware that they can take the multidisciplinary capstone design sequence (which begins with ENGR 480) in place of the MEEN 480, 481 and 482 sequence; see Dr. Crittenden for details.

David Hall, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering Program Chair