Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.)
As a mechanical engineering major, you will learn how to combine motion, energy and force to create mechanical solutions. You will be challenged to think creatively and develop designs that will impact and improve society. With a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) degree from Messiah University, you will learn how to discover solutions to both complex and everyday problems. If you are interested in aerospace, automotive or construction machines, heating and cooling systems, manufacturing, or robotic and automated systems, mechanical engineering is the right fit for you!
Program Learning Outcomes
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates will be technically competent in their Engineering specialty area and able to perform essential engineering functions in their career of choice.
- Furthermore, graduates will continue to learn and hone competencies necessary to their career through graduate education, participation in professional activities/societies, or other means relevant to their work.
- Graduates will influence or lead inter-disciplinary and diverse design teams to generate creative solutions that meet societal challenges.
- Graduates will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Christian faith, pursuing their work with a servant’s heart and a keen awareness of social responsibility.
Student Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Engineering program demonstrate:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
Six credits distributed over multiple semesters from:
The sequence of the required six credits of
ENGR 415 is typically 1-1-2-2 over the last four semesters in the program of study. Alternative sequencing must be approved by the Engineering Department chair.
Mechanical Engineering requirements:
One of the following:
QuEST Requirements
| Experiential Learning requirement (ENGR 302) |
met/major |
| QuEST requirements |
Credits |
| First Year Seminar |
3 |
| Oral Communication |
3 |
| Created and Called for Community (W) |
3 |
| Mathematical Sciences (MATH 111) |
met/major |
| Laboratory Science (CHEM 105, PHYS 211) |
met/major |
| Science, Technology & the World |
waived |
Two of the following (6 credits total):
Social Science
European History
United States History |
6 |
| Literature |
3 |
| Philosophy and Religion |
3 |
| Arts |
waived |
| First Semester of Language |
3 |
| Second Semester of Language |
3 |
One of the following*:
Third Semester of Language
Cross Cultural
Non-Western Studies |
2 or 3 |
| Bible |
3 |
| Christian Beliefs |
3 |
| Wellness course |
1 |
| Ethics, World Views or Pluralism |
3 |
| QuEST requirements |
39-40 |
| Major requirements (inclusive of concentration) |
92-93 |
| Total credits |
131-133 |