MCH at Montana State University

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 MCH coursework.

• MCH 234CNC Milling Operations Level I: 3 Credits (6 Lab)opens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• MCH 103Intro to Computer Aided Manufacturing: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Other)opens 1 course (1 directly)
• MCH 231CNC Turning Operations Level I: 3 Credits (6 Lab)opens 1 course (1 directly)
• MCH 130Machine Shop: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 4 Lab)opens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• MCH 160Machine Shop Level 1: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Lab)opens 1 course (0.5 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 MCH 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 13 MCH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more MCH 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 MCH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at MCH 104

  1. MCH 103Intro to Computer Aided Manufacturing: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Other)
  2. MCH 104Introduction to Computer Aided Manufacturing Level II: 2 Credits (2 Lec)

• 2 courses deep, ending at MCH 232

  1. MCH 231CNC Turning Operations Level I: 3 Credits (6 Lab)
  2. MCH 232CNC Lathe Operation Level II: 3 Credits (3 Lab)

• 2 courses deep, ending at MCH 235

  1. MCH 234CNC Milling Operations Level I: 3 Credits (6 Lab)
  2. MCH 235CNC Milling Programmer Level II: 3 Credits (3 Lab)

• 2 courses deep, ending at MCH 242

  1. ETME 410Computerized Numerical Control and Computer-aided Manufacturing Technology: 3 Credits (1 Lec, 2 Lab)
  2. MCH 242CNC Probing and Macros: 3 Credits (2 Lec, 1 Lab)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MCH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MCH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

MCH does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.