undergraduatestudy.degree requirements

The general requirements and departmental requirements comprising the mechanical engineering major are incorporated in the following program. The freshman year course sequence represents the Pratt Common First Year. These courses lay the foundation for advanced engineering courses by establishing and reinforcing the principles of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Writing, and Computation. Core courses for the major start in the second year.

One regular course has 2.5 lecture hours per week (3 x 50 min. or 2 x 75 min.). Laboratory courses have one two-hour laboratory or recitation time scheduled per week. Each semester has 13 weeks of class, half a week of reading period, and one week of final exams.

Students must complete 16 required general undergraduate courses and 16 department specific courses to earn a baccalaureate degree (minimum 34 semester courses).

Course planning guidance is also provided for students participating in the Study Abroad program.

Freshman Year Courses

2nd, 3rd and 4th Year Courses

1. Part of a program of approved electives planned with the student's faculty advisor to suit individual interests and abilities. Five of these nine electives must be selected to meet the humanities and social sciences requirements of the Pratt School of Engineering. Also, three of the nine electives must be 100 level or higher, with the exception that engineering courses below the 100 level taken during the freshman or sophomore years may substitute for two of these 100-level electives. ROTC courses cannot be counted toward the 100-level requirement.

2. Restricted to 100-level or higher.

3. A list of disallowed courses is maintained in the dean's office.

Dual mechanical engineerig/biomedical engineering major

Pratt supports a dual major in mechanical engineering/biomedical engineering for students interested in pursuing such plans as graduate work in the medical field, employment in the medical devices industry. View the course planning for this dual degree on the BME Web site by downloading the BME Handbook at: http://www.bme.duke.edu/undergrads/curriculum.php.

Study Abroad - 2nd, 3rd and 4th Year Courses