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2025-2026 College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 College Catalog

MEC 131 - Mechanics I - Statics for Engineering Technology


Credits: 3
Teaches Newton’s laws, resultants and equilibrium of force systems, trusses and frames, determination of centroids, and distributed loads and moments of inertia. Introduces dry friction and force systems in space.

Prerequisite: MTH 162  or MTH 167  and eligible to enroll in ENG 111 .

Lecture 3 hours.