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Curriculum in Engineering Technology
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering Technology Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 100 Introduction to Engineering Technology 3
††ET 111 Engineering Graphics 3
††MATH 175G Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry 5
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 241 Introduction to Engineering Materials 3
††OSHE 111 Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health,
and Environment 		 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
ECON 201 or
ECON 202G		 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)
Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)   		 3
††MATH 200G Calculus I 5
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 202 Computer Applications 3
††ET 212 Introduction to Programming 3
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3

Music, or
Art, or
Theatre, or
DanceG

   3
PHYS 191G General Physics 3
PLAB 193 General Physics Laboratory                          1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 205 Mathematical Methods for Engineering 3
††ET 213 Electrical Circuits 3
††ET 271 Engineering Statics 3
††ET 283 Manufacturing Processes 3
GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 375 Applied Thermodynamics 3
††ET 381 Strength of Materials 3
††IT 407 Six Sigma Industrial Quality 3
CHEM 121 General Chemistry I for Science Majors 3
HIST 101 or
HIST 102 or
HIST 201 or
HIST 202G		 Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization since 1500                        
American History to 1877
American History since 1877		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 371 Engineering Dynamics 3
††ET 385 Mechanical Design 3
††ET 492 Project Management 3
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
PHYS 192G General Physics 3
PLAB 194 General Physics Laboratory 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 376 Applied Fluid Mechanics 3
††ET 425 Control and Automation 3
††ET 493 Senior Design I 3
††Technical
Elective I2		   3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking             3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ET 478 HVAC 3
††ET 490 Seminar 1
††ET 494 Senior Design II                               3
††Technical
Elective II2		   3
Social
Science1,G		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 124

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††A grade of "C" or better is required in all major courses; an overall GPA of 2.0 is required to graduate.
1Economics, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Criminal Justice, or Political Science.
2Technical electives should be selected by students in consultation with their advisor.