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6.4 Mechanical Engineering Program Regulations

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6.4.1 Mechanical Engineering Major
6.4.1.1 Technical Streams

6.4.1 Mechanical Engineering Major

The full-time 141 credit hour Bachelor of Engineering (Co-operative), Mechanical Engineering Major, requires eight academic terms and four work terms.
The 141 credit hours shall normally be taken in the academic terms and order as set out in Table 4 Mechanical Engineering Major.
Work terms shall normally be taken in the order as set out in Table 4 Mechanical Engineering Major.

Table 4 Mechanical Engineering Major

Term	Required Courses	Elective Courses
Engineering One	Chemistry 1050 or 1200 ENGI 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040 3 credit hours in English at the 1000 level or any Critical Reading and Writing course Mathematics 1000, 1001, 2050 Physics 1050, 1051	Students who are expecting to successfully complete the Engineering One requirements by the end of the Winter semester may apply to undertake a work term during the Spring semester. In this case, the prerequisite course ENGI 200W is expected to be successfully completed during the Fall semester. All other students are expected to successfully complete ENGI 200W in the Winter semester of Engineering One.
In addition to meeting the requirements outlined below, a student must successfully complete four Complementary Studies courses as described under Description of Program, Complementary Studies.
Fall Academic Term 3	ENGI 3101, 3424 ME 3101, 3102, 3301, 3401
Winter	ENGI 001W or 002W
Spring Academic Term 4	ENGI 4430 ME 4302, 4402, 4501, 4601
Fall	ENGI 001W or 002W or 003W
Winter Academic Term 5	ENGI 4421 ME 5103, 5201, 5502, 5602
Spring	ENGI 002W or 003W or 004W
Fall Academic Term 6	ME 6202, 6303, 6403, 6701, 6702	Students in the Biomedical Technical Stream must also take Human Kinetics and Recreation 2311 in Academic Term 6. Students in the Petroleum Technical Stream must also take Process Engineering 6202 in Academic Term 6
Winter	ENGI 003W or 004W or 005W (optional)
Spring Academic Term 7	ME 7203, 7704	6 credit hours from Technical Stream Required Courses, Academic Term 7 For students in the Biomedical Technical Stream, one Technical Stream Required Course is replaced by Human Kinetics and Recreation 2311, taken in Academic Term 6. For students in the Petroleum Technical Stream, one Technical Stream Required Course is replaced by Process Engineering 6202, taken in Academic Term 6. 3 credit hours from Technical Stream Elective Courses. One free elective which must be a 2000-level or higher course from any academic unit. Selection of a course must be approved by the Head of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and must be completed before Academic Term 8.
Fall	ENGI 004W or 005W (optional) or 006W (optional)
Winter Academic Term 8	ENGI 8152 ME 8705	3 credit hours from Technical Stream Required Courses, Academic Term 8 6 credit hours from Technical Stream Elective Courses

6.4.1.1 Technical Streams

A student must select one of the Technical Streams in the areas of Biomedical, Mechanics and Materials, Mechatronics, Petroleum, and Thermo-Fluids.
Technical Stream required courses must be chosen according to the student's stream as outlined below in the Technical Stream Required Courses Table.
Technical Stream elective courses must be chosen according to the student's stream as outlined below in the Technical Stream Elective Courses Table.

A student must choose one course in Academic Term 7 and two courses in Academic Term 8 according to the student's stream from the Technical Stream Elective Courses Table or other courses as approved by the Head of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.
The selection of a course as a technical stream course from outside these lists requires the approval of the Head of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.

Technical Stream Required Courses Table

Stream	Academic Term 6	Academic Term 7	Academic Term 8
Biomedical	Human Kinetics and Recreation 2311	Medicine 6250	Human Kinetics and Recreation 4703
Mechanics and Materials		ME 7104 ME 7703	ME 8604
Mechatronics		ME 7205 ME 7703	ME 8305
Petroleum	Process Engineering 6202	Process Engineering 7291	Process Engineering 8291
Thermo-Fluids		ME 7404 ME 7405	ME 8406

Technical Stream Elective Courses Table

Stream	Elective Courses
Biomedical	Electrical and Computer Engineering 7410 Electrical and Computer Engineering 8410 ME 7204 ME 7205 ME 7603 ME 8504
Mechanics and Materials	ME 7105 ME 7603 ME 8106 ME 8304 ME 8605 ME 8606
Mechatronics	Electrical and Computer Engineering 7200 Electrical and Computer Engineering 7410 Electrical and Computer Engineering 8410 Electrical and Computer Engineering 8610 ME 7204 ME 8304
Petroleum	Civil Engineering 8580 ME 7405 ME 7503 ME 8106 Process Engineering 7171 Process Engineering 8292 Process Engineering 8276
Thermo-Fluids	ME 7503 ME 7603 ME 8407 ME 8504 ME 8505 ME 8506