Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
General Education
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Impacted Program
Major
- M E 304 - Mechanics of Materials
- M E 314 - Engineering Design: Mechanical Components
- M E 330 - Mechatronics Laboratory
- M E 340 - Introduction to Manufacturing Engineering
- M E 350 - Thermodynamics
- M E 360 - Fluids Engineering
- M E 430 - Automatic Control Systems
- M E 452 - Principles of Heat Transfer
- M E 490W - Engineering Design: Senior Project
- M E 491 - Engineering Design: Senior Project
- M E 495 - Mechanical and Thermal Systems Laboratory
- A E 341 - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Major Restriction for Registration
Master Plan
Mechanical Engineering, B.S. - Roadmap
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Mechanical Systems
- M E 520 - Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations
- M E 530 - Linear Control
- M E 532 - Robot Modeling and Control
- A E 535 - Mechanics of Composite Structures
- M E 535 - Mechanics of Composite Structures
- M E 540 - Mechanics of Polymers
- M E 542 - Materials Structures
- M E 543 - Powder-Based Manufacturing
- M E 544 - Scalable Manufacturing of Emerging Technology
- M E 570 - Engineering Sensor Technology
- M E 580 - Biomechanics
- M E 582 - Introduction to Nanobiotechnology
- M E 585 - Fundamentals of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Preparation for the Major
48 units- M E 190 - Computer-Aided Design
- M E 200 - Statics
- A E 200 - Statics
- M E 202 - Computer Programming and Applications
- M E 220 - Dynamics
- A E 220 - Dynamics
- M E 230 - Basics of Mechatronics
- M E 240 - Introduction to Engineering Materials
- M E 241 - Materials Laboratory
- A E 280 - Methods of Analysis
- BIOL 100 - General Biology
- BIOL 101 - World of Animals
- CHEM 202 - General Chemistry for Engineers
- CHEM 200 - General Chemistry
- MATH 150 - Calculus I
- MATH 151 - Calculus II
- MATH 252 - Calculus III
- PHYS 195 - Principles of Physics
- PHYS 195L - Principles of Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 196 - Principles of Physics
- PHYS 196L - Principles of Physics Laboratory
Professional Electives
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Thermal Systems
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.