MECH at McGill University

Where to start

Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.

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 MECH coursework.

• PHYS 101Introductory Physics - Mechanicsopens 31 courses (1.8 directly)
• PHYS 131Mechanics and Wavesopens 31 courses (1.8 directly)
• MECH 210Mechanics 1opens 29 courses (2.7 directly)
• MATH 263Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineersopens 25 courses (6 directly)
• MECH 215Staticsopens 21 courses (0.8 directly)
• MECH 309Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineeringopens 10 courses (4 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 MECH 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 82 MECH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 40 more MECH 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 MECH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at MECH 543

  1. PHYS 131Mechanics and Waves
  2. PHYS 101Introductory Physics - Mechanics
  3. MECH 210Mechanics 1