Design and Implementation of a Capstone Course to Satisfy the Industry Needs of Virtual Product Development and ABET Engineering Criteria

Table 2

Mechanical engineering study plan.

(a) First year (FRESHMAN)

First semester						Second semester
Code and number	Course title	𝑈^∗	Contact; hours		Prerequisite	Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; hours		Prerequisite
			Lt	Lb					Lt	Lb
MATH 101	General Mathematics (1)	3	3	0		MATH 201	General mathematics (2)	4	4	0	MATH 101
PHYS 103	Physics (1)	4	3	3		PHYS 104	Physics (2)	4	3	3	PHYS 103
CHEM 103	Chemistry (1)	4	3	3		CS 102	Programming (1)	3	2	2
ENGL 103	English Composition	3	3	0		GE 102	Intro. to Engineering Design	2	1	3	ENGL 103
ARAB 101	Arabic Language (1)	3	3	0		ENGL 104	Technical Communication	3	3	0	ENGL 103
	Total	17				ISLS 101	Islamic culture (1)	2	2	0
							Total	18

^∗𝑈: Credit units; Lt: Lecture hours; Lb: lab. hours.

(b) Second year (sophomore)

First semester						Second semester
Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite	Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite
			Lt	Lb					Lt	Lb
GE 201	Statics	3	3	0	PHYS 103	ME 202	Dynamics	3	3	0	GE 201
ME 271	Thermodynamics I	3	3	0	PHYS 103, MATH 201	ME 272	Thermodynamics II	3	3	0	ME 271
ME 231	Materials science	3	3	0	CHEM 103	ME 232	Mechanics of materials	4	3	3	GE 201, ME 231
MATH 202	Advanced calculus	3	3	0	MATH 201	ME 222	Engineering graphics	3	1	6
ENGL 214	Technical writing	3	3	0	ENGL 104	MATH 303	Differential equations (1)	3	3	0	MATH 201
ISLS 201	Islamic culture (2)	2	2	0	ISLS 101	ISLS 301	Islamic culture (3)	2	2	0	ISLS 201
	Total	17					Total	18

(c) Third year (junior)

First semester						Second semester
Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite	Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite
			Lt	Lb					Lt	Lb
ME 371	Fluid Mechanics I	4	3	3	ME 202, MATH 303	ME 352	Mechanical Design I	4	4	0	ME 232
ME 341	Mechanics of machines	3	2	3	ME 202	ME 342	System Dynamics and Control	4	3	3	ME 202, MATH 303
ME 321	Manufacturing process I	3	3	0	ME 231	ME 372	Heat transfer	4	3	3	MB 371
EE 301	Fund. of Elect Engineering	4	3	3	PHYS 104	ME 312	Instrumentation and Measurements	3	2	3	MATH 201, EE 301
MATH 315	Engineering mathematics	3	3	0	MATH 303	ST AT 301	Prob. and Stat. for engineers	3	2	3
	Total	17					Total	18

(d) Summer training

Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact hours		Prerequisite
			Lt	Lb
ME 390	Professional training in mechanical Engineering	0	0	0	ENGL 214, junior standing (completed a minum 85 credit units)
	total	0	0	0

(e) Fourth year (senior)

First semester						Second semester
Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite	Code and number	Course title	𝑈	Contact; Hours		Prerequisite
			Lt	Lb					Lt	Lb
ME 491	Capstone Design Project I	1	1	0	ME 352, ME 372	ME 492	Capstone Design Project II	3	1	6	ME 491
ME 451	Mechanical design II	3	2	3	ME 352	ME 452	Finite element analysis	3	3	1	ME 232
ME 4xx	Technical elective	3	3	0		ME 4xx	Technical elective	3	3	0
ME 4xx	Technical elective	3	3	0		XX xxx	Technical elective	3	3	0
GE 405	Engineering economy	2	2	0		GE 406	Engineering management	2	2	0
ARAB 201	Arabic language (2)	3	3	0	ARAB 101	ISLS 401	Islamic culture (4)	2	2	0	ISLS 301
	Total	15					Total	16

Total credits required in the degree program: 136.