Search the course catalogue. Help Search the entire MIT website. The department's undergraduate program provides a broad intellectual foundation in the field of mechanical engineering. The program develops the relevant engineering fundamentals, includes experiences in their application, and introduces the important methods and techniques of engineering practice. A new undergraduate curriculum started in 1995.
Students learn the essentials of engineering measurement, and how to solve engineering problems.
They learn how to use engineering science in the development, design, and manufacture of useful devices and processes. These broader experiences involve the consideration of economic, environmental, ethical, legal, and social issues. A major objective of the curriculum is to enable students to respond more creatively and effectively to future engineering opportunities and challenges. The curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering provides a common basic foundation for all students in the first half of their programs, followed by electives in a variety of engineering areas. These sequences are complemented by a mathematics requirement, a subject which develops basic engineering skills, and a subject in engineering measurement.