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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

MEC 301 - Thermodynamics


Variables that describe the thermodynamic state of a system or control volume, including absolute temperature, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy are introduced, and basic principles governing the transformations of energy, especially heat and work, are developed. Underlying principles are used to analyze and solve problems related to thermodynamic systems and to determine the changes in properties of the systems and surroundings implied by changes in inputs, configuration, or constraints.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): AMS 261  or MAT 203 ; PHY 125  or PHY 131  or PHY 141 ; CHE 131 ; MEC Major