McCormick undergraduate students interested in completing an MS in a different department are encouraged to complete these courses in the undergraduate curriculum for better preparation for the MS program:

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Electrical Engineering – EECS 221, 222, 223, 224, and 225
• Computer Engineering – EECS 205, 303, 311, 343, and 361
• Computer Science – EECS 205, 211, 213, and 311

Biomedical Engineering

• Biology or systems physiology course – BIO 210-3* or BME 301, 302, and 303
• Fluid Mechanics – BME 270 or equivalent
• Solid Mechanics – BME 271 or equivalent
• Statistics course

*CHEM 210-1 is prerequisite for this course

Mechanical Engineering

• ME 220 Thermodynamics
• ME 262/CE 216 Stress Analysis and Finite Elements

Students can then take the first course listed in each group to obtain the breadth needed for an MS in Mechanical Engineering in any area, or take courses recommended in one group to obtain the depth needed to be more specialized

Group 1 — Design, Manufacturing & Tribology
ME 240, ME 340-1, ME 340-2

Group 2 — Fluid Mechanics
ME 241, ME 373, ME 377

Group 3 — Dynamics, Control, Robotics, & Neural Engineering
ME 390, ME 333, ME 391

Group 4 — Solid Mechanics
ME 362, ME 381, ME 385

Group 5 — Nanotechnology & MEMS
ME 241, EECS 270, ME 224

Chemical and Biological Engineering

• Thermodynamics (ChE 211 preferred, or equivalent)
• Fluid mechanics (ChE 321 or equivalent)
• Heat or mass transfer (ChE 322 or 323, or equivalent)
• Kinetics/reaction engineering (ChE 307)