Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S.


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Graduates are capable of applying engineering principles to today’s industrial problems. In the four-year Bachelor’s degree programs, emphasis is placed on necessary theoretical concepts as well as practical laboratory experience in manufacturing processes and techniques, instrumentation and controls, and equipment and machinery design, and performance testing and evaluation. Particular emphasis is placed on studies meeting the needs of those industries which are prevalent in the Southeast.

The Bachelor of Science with a major in Mechanical Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)


See listing of requirements.   

General Education Requirements Specific to This Major:


PHYS 1111 /PHYS 1111L  and PHYS 1112 /PHYS 1112L  may be substituted for PHYS 2211 /PHYS 2211L  and PHYS 2212 /PHYS 2212L .

Choose One of the Concentrations Below (12 Credit Hours)


General Concentration


Upper Level Electives (9 Credit Hours)


Select any nine credit hours from the following: 

  • MET 3XXX
  • MET 4XXX
  • IET 4135
  • EDG 3XXX
  • EDG 4XXX (Maximum of 2 EDG courses allowed for General Concentration)

Note: Students taking the General Concentration are not allowed to select minors in Engineering Design Graphics, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, or Energy/HVAC. 

Energy-HVAC Concentration


Engineering Graphics Design Concentration


Manufacturing Concentration


Program Total (128 Credit Hours)


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