San Francisco State UniversitySchool of Engineering
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM

Focus Area Electives

Student should select 10 units of elective courses from one of the clusters corresponding to one focus area below. The requirement of minimum Engineering Science (ES) units of 6.5, and minimum engineering design (ED) units of 3.5 must be satisfied. Deviation from these focus areas must be approved by the student’s advisor and the Mechanical Engineering Program Head.

Elective Courses for Machine Design Focus Area
CoursesUnitsES UnitsED UnitsSemester Offered
ENGR 306 Electromechanical Systems321
ENGR 308 Computer Methods in Engineering311
ENGR 410 Process Control312
ENGR 411 Instrument & Process Control Lab10.50.5
ENGR 415 Mechatronics321
ENGR 416 Mechatronics Lab10.50.5
ENGR 428 Applied Stress Analysis321
ENGR 432 Finite Element Methods321
ENGR 461 Mechanical and Struct. Vibration32.50.5
ENGR 828 Advanced Stress Analysis321
ENGR 830 Finite Element Methods321
ENGR 860 Advanced Engineering Design303
ENGR 862 Deform. & Fracture of Material321
Minimum Required:106.53.5
Elective Courses for Robotics and Control Focus Area
CoursesUnitsES UnitsED UnitsSemester Offered
ENGR 306 Electromechanical Systems321
ENGR 308 Computer Methods in Engineering 311
ENGR 410 Process Control312
ENGR 411 Instrument & Process Control Lab10.50.5
ENGR 415 Mechatronics321
ENGR 416 Mechatronics Lab10.50.5
Minimum Required:106.53.5
Elective Courses for Thermal-Fluids Focus Area
CoursesUnitsES UnitsED UnitsSemester Offered
ENGR 306 Electromechanical Systems321
ENGR 308 Computer Methods in Engineering321
ENGR 432 Finite Element Methods321
ENGR 465 Principles of HVAC312
ENGR 466 Gas Dyn. & Boundary Layer Flow321
ENGR 468 Applied Fluid Mech. & Hydraulics321
ENGR 866 Engineering Aspects of Air Poll.321
Minimum Required:106.53.5
Notes about choosing electives in focus areas:
  1. If a student wishes to count ENGR 699 (Independent Study) as an elective, course content and ES/ED units must be approved by both advisor and Mechanical Engineering Program Head.
  2. Students with Focus Areas of Robotics and Control and Machine Design must take ENGR 446/447 as Controls requirement.
  3. Students with Focus Area of Thermal-Fluids must take ENGR 410/411 as Controls requirement.
  4. ENGR 432 and ENGR 830 are offered on an alternative year basis.
  5. ENGR 428 and ENGR 828 are offered on an alternative year basis.
  6. Student must have an overall GPA greater than 2.5 to take graduate (800 level) courses to satisfy electives.