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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Mechanical Engineering Major


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General Education Requirements


First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3


English Composition - Total Credits: 6


Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3


Mathematics - Total Credits: 4


Distribution Requirement Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking


(see notes below)

Multicultural and International


(see note 1 below)

Additional Degree Requirements


Other Required Courses (can be taken as Pre-Major or Advanced Standing student)


Technical Electives - Total Credits: 6


Students must select and complete six credits for upper level mechanical engineering courses. At least 1.5 design credits must also be completed.

Advanced Standing Courses - Total Credits: 47


Total Credits: 126-129


Notes


  1. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
  2. UNLV requires six credits of humanities, three credits of fine arts and nine credits of social science. Six of these 18 credits must be taken before the student can achieve Advanced Standing status. The remaining twelve credits may be taken either as pre-program or advanced standing.
  3. The Constitutions requirement can be satisfied with a four-credit option such as   or  .

     

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