Curriculum
The curriculum you follow is based on what is listed in the Calendar for your first year in the Mech department, and for the two subsequent years. For example, if you took Mech 2 in 2008, you would use the second year curriculum from the 2008 calendar, the third year curriculum from the 2009 calendar, and the fourth year curriculum from the 2010 calendar.
Core Mechatronics courses, including project courses, cannot be substituted by other courses given at UBC or elsewhere.
Note: Due to limitations in course availability, all Option students are required to take their academic terms as per the normal Co-op schedule, regardless of their Co-op status. It will therefore take students a minimum of three years (after first year and Mech 2) to complete this program.
The normal Co-op order is:
| Term One | Term Two | Summer |
| Year 3 | Co-op | Academic | Co-op |
| Year 3.5 | Academic | Co-op | Co-op |
| Year 4 | Academic | Academic |
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Curriculum information for the M.Eng. program can be found here.
A sample list of the general mechanical curriculum is below. Please note that the Department evaluates its programs and courses on an ongoing basis, so the curriculum is subject to change.
This curriculum list is unofficial. The official curriculum for a cohort is determined by taking the appropriate UBC Calendar curriculum listing for four sequential years, beginning in the year a student starts the program. Current students with questions about their curriculum should check Vista 
or consult an advisor.
Year 2
APSC 201 (3) Technical Communication (taught as part of MECH 222 & 223)
MATH 253 (3) Multivariable Calculus (taught as part of MECH 222)
MATH 256 (3) Differential Equations (taught as part of MECH 221)
MECH 220 (4) Technical Skills Practicum
MECH 221 (13) Engineering Science I
MECH 222 (7) Engineering Science II
MECH 223 (7) Mechanical Design
Total Credits: 40
Year 3
CPSC 260 (4) Object-Oriented Program Design
EECE 314 (3) System Software Engineering
EECE 355 (3) Digital Systems and Microcomputers
EECE 363 (3) Electronic Circuits for Electromechanical Systems
EECE 376 (3) Electromechanics
MECH 306 (4) Data Analysis and Mechatronics Laboratories
MECH 325 (4) Mechanical Design I
MECH 326 (3) Mechanical Design II
MECH 328 (3) Mechanical Engineering Design Project
MECH 360 (3) Mechanics of Materials
MECH 364 (4) Mechanical Vibrations
MECH 366 (3) Modeling of Mechatronic Systems
Total Credits: 40
Year 4
APSC 450 (2) Professional Engineering Practice
MECH 375 (3) Heat Transfer I
MECH 392 (2) Manufacturing Processes
MECH 420 (3) Sensors and Actuators
MECH 421 (3) Mechatronics System Instrumentation
MECH 422 (3) Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems
MECH 431 (3) Engineering Economics
MECH 458 (6) Electro-Mechanical Design Project
MECH 467 (4) Computer Control of Mechatronics Systems
Technical Electives (3)
Complementary Studies Electives (6)
Total Credits: 38
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