Mechanical Engineering Technology, BSET
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2025-2026. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 121
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I 1 | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing 1 | 3 |
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | ||
| MATH 2144 | Calculus I (Q) | 4 |
| MATH 2153 | Calculus II (Q) | 3 |
| Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 3 | |
| Courses designated (DH) | 3 | |
| Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Chemical Principles I (LN) | ||
| Chemistry I (LN) | ||
| General Chemistry for Engineers (LN) | ||
| PHYS 2014 | University Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | ||
| SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | 3 |
| Diversity (D) | ||
| Courses designated (D) | ||
| May be paired with another designated course | ||
| Global Cultural Competency (G) | ||
| Courses designated (G) | 3 | |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Additional general education credit hours (at least 1 hour) are required to meet the total 40-hour minimum. If courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple minimum general education designation hours above, more than 1 hour of additional general education will be required here to meet the 40-hour minimum. | ||
| Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F). | 1 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| Specialty | ||
| MET 2313 | Fundamentals of Hydraulic Fluid Power | 3 |
| MET 3543 | Manufacturing Processes 3 | 3 |
| MET 4223 | Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing | 3 |
| or MET 2223 | Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing with Computer-Aided Design | |
| Related Specialty | ||
| ENGR 1412 | Introductory Engineering Computer Programming | 2 |
| or EET 3303 | Python Programming for Technology and Engineering | |
| ENSC 2113 | Statics | 3 |
| ENSC 2613 | Introduction to Electrical Science | 3 |
| ENSC 2411 | Electrical Science Lab | 1 |
| Select three hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Technical Drawing and Basic CAD 4 | ||
OR | ||
| Engineering Design with CAD and Technical Graphics | ||
OR | ||
| Engineering Design with CAD for MAE and Technical Graphics | ||
| ENSC 2141 | Strength of Materials Lab | 1 |
| ENSC 3231 | Fluids and Hydraulics Lab | 1 |
| ENSC 3311 | Material Science Lab | 1 |
| ENSC 3431 | Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Lab | 1 |
| ENGR 2421 | Engineering Data Acquisition Controls Lab | 1 |
| Hours Subtotal | 27 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| ENSC 2143 | Strength of Materials | 3 |
| or GENT 3323 | Strength of Materials | |
| MET 3433 | Basic Thermodynamics 5 | 3 |
| or ENSC 2213 | Thermodynamics | |
| MET 3453 | Heat Transfer 6 | 3 |
| MET 3003 | Dynamics | 3 |
| or ENSC 2123 | Elementary Dynamics | |
| MET 3113 | Basic Instrumentation | 3 |
| MET 3313 | Applied Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| MET 3343 | Metallurgy and Polymers | 3 |
| MET 4003 | Machine Elements | 3 |
| MET 4103 | Senior Design I | 3 |
| or MET 4133 | Interdisciplinary Design I | |
| MET 4123 | Senior Design II | 3 |
| or MET 4143 | Interdisciplinary Design II | |
| IEM 3503 | Engineering Economic Analysis | 3 |
| or IEM 3513 | Economic Decision Analysis | |
| Select 9 hours of the following: | 9 | |
| Fundamentals of Mechatronics | ||
| Advanced Mechanical Computer-Aided Design | ||
| Applied Vibration and Acoustics | ||
| Advanced Mechanical Design | ||
| Practical Computational Fluid Dynamics | ||
| Finite Element Methods | ||
| Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications | ||
| Internal Ballistics | ||
| External Ballistics | ||
| Terminal Ballistics and Armor | ||
| Mechatronic System Design | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Technology Practice | ||
| Industrial Assessment and Improvement | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 42 | |
| Electives | ||
| A total of 12 credit hours from the following with at least 3 being upper-division hours: MET 4993 Mechanical Engineering Technology Practice, Accounting, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprise, Finance, Geology, Legal Studies in Business, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics. 7 | 12 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 121 | |
- 1
If B or higher is not earned in ENGL 1113 Composition I or ENGL 1313 Critical Analysis and Writing I, ENGL 1213 Composition II or ENGL 1413 Critical Analysis and Writing II is also required (per Academic Regulation 3.5).
- 2
MET 1223 also permitted.
- 3
MET 1213 or GENT 1223 also permitted.
- 4
GENT 1153 also permitted.
- 5
GENT 3433 is also permitted.
- 6
MET 4433 or GENT 4433 is also permitted.
- 7
MATH 1513 can be taken here if a student needs to take MATH 1513 as a prerequisite for MATH 1813.
Graduation Requirements
- A minimum average Technical GPA of 2.00 is required. The technical GPA is calculated from all courses counting in the curriculum with a prefix belonging to the degree program, or substitutions for these courses.
- A grade of 'C' or better is required in all courses with an analytical or natural science designation or engineering or engineering technology prefix.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made so long as the changes do not delay graduation or result in semester hours being added.
- The minimum requirements for the Mechanical Engineering Technology degree is 121. In cases where two courses can meet a requirement and they have differing credit hours, the lower credit hour course is typically recommended. The alternatives are largely listed to facilitate transfer into the MET degree from other programs.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 and 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.