MECE at Columbia University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. MECE E3408COMPUTER GRAPHICS ＆ DESIGN.
  2. ENME E3105MECHANICS.
  3. MECE E3401MECHANICS OF MACHINES.

A suggested order for the 39 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MECE coursework.

• MECE E3100INTRO TO MECHANCIS OF FLUIDS.opens 7 courses (5 directly)
• ENME E3113MECHANICS OF SOLIDS.opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• MECE E6100ADVANCED MECHANICS OF FLUIDS.opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• MECE E3401MECHANICS OF MACHINES.opens 1 course (1 directly)
• MECE E4100MECHANICS OF FLUIDS.opens 1 course (1 directly)
• MECE E6422INTRO-THEORY OF ELASTICITY I.opens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate MECE work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 39 MECE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 97 more MECE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in MECE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MECE E6106

  1. ENME E3105MECHANICS.
  2. MECE E3100INTRO TO MECHANCIS OF FLUIDS.
  3. MECE E4100MECHANICS OF FLUIDS.
  4. MECE E6106Finite Element Method for Fluid Flow and Fluid-Structure Interactions.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MECE E6200

  1. ENME E3105MECHANICS.
  2. MECE E3100INTRO TO MECHANCIS OF FLUIDS.
  3. MECE E6100ADVANCED MECHANICS OF FLUIDS.

• 3 courses deep, ending at MECE E3450

  1. ENME E3105MECHANICS.
  2. ENME E3113MECHANICS OF SOLIDS.
  3. MECE E3450COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN.

• 3 courses deep, ending at MECE E6400

  1. ENME E3105MECHANICS.
  2. MECE E3401MECHANICS OF MACHINES.
  3. MECE E6400ADVANCED MACHINE DYNAMICS.

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on MECE sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Adrian Buganza Tepole
• Alexis Abramson
• Anthony Genova
• Arvind Narayanaswamy
• Bianca Howard
• Carlos Paz Soldan
• Changyao Chen
• Chaoqun Dong
• Enrico Zordan
• Gerard Ateshian
• Harry West
• Hod Lipson
• Homayoon Beigi
• James Hone
• Jeffrey Kysar
• Karen Kasza
• Kristin Myers
• Mary Boyce
• Matei Ciocarlie
• Michael Burke
• P Schuck
• Qiao Lin
• Sinisa Vukelic
• Sunil Agrawal
• Vijay Modi
• Vijay Vedula
• Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MECE yet.

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Department events

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