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Engineering Transfer Options

Complete your Associate of Science in Engineering at CNM and transfer to UNM to earn your bachelor's degree.

Requirements for University of New Mexico (UNM) Transfer

The following course clusters outline the unique requirements for each transfer major. All of the listed courses can be completed as part of your associate degree. By completing your associate degree, you will also fulfill the New Mexico General Education requirements.

Chemical Engineering

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  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 2135 - Organic Chemistry II*
  • CHEM 2135L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 

**Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • BIOL 2110 - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology 
  • BIOL 2110L - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab
  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 2130 - Organic Chemistry I 
  • CHEM 2130L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM: 

Program Concentration: Chemical Process Engineering:

  • MATH 2420 - Applied Linear Algebra

*Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

**All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by UNM. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Civil Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles*
    or
    ECON 2120 - Microeconomic Principles*
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • CAD 1001 - Basics of CAD**
    and
    CM 1205 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling **

***Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • BIOL 1110 - General Biology
    or
    GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology
  • SUR 2205 - Fundamentals of Land Surveying

* Please select one of the Econ courses as your Social and Behavioral Science Requirements.

**Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option. Both courses must be taken prior to transfer to receive credit for CE 160L at UNM.

***All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by UNM. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Computer Engineering
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles *
    or
    ECON 2120 - Microeconomic Principles*

Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields 
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I 
  • ENGR 2915 - Circuit Analysis II 
  • CSCI 1230 - C Programming 

* Please select one of the Econ courses as your Social and Behavioral Science Requirements.

Construction Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles*
    or
    ECON 2120 - Microeconomic Principles*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations**
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II

****Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • CAD 1001 - Basics of CAD ***
    and
    CM 1205 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling ***
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

Please choose one of the following sequences:

  • SUR 2205 - Fundamentals of Land Surveying
  • ACCT 2110 - Principles of Accounting I
  • and
  • BIOL 1110 - General Biology
  • BIOL 1110L - General Biology Lab
  • or
  • GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology
  • GEOL 1110L - Physical Geology Laboratory
  • or
  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors

* Please select one of the Econ courses as your Social and Behavioral Science Requirements.

**Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

***Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option. Both courses must be taken prior to transfer to receive credit for CE 160L at UNM.

****All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by UNM. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Electrical Engineering
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles*
    or
    ECON 2120 - Microeconomic Principles
  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields ** 

***Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab 
  • CSCI 1230 - C Programming
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I 
  • ENGR 2915 - Circuit Analysis II
  • PHYS 2310 - Calculus-based Physics III 

* Please select one of the Econ courses as your Social and Behavioral Science Requirements.

**Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

***All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by UNM. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Mechanical Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

**Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 
  • MATH 2420 - Applied Linear Algebra

*Please select this UNM program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

**All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by UNM. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Nuclear Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ECON 2110 - Macroeconomic Principles*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to complete the required 13 credit hours and satisfy UNM requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

* Please select one of the Econ courses as your Social and Behavioral Science Requirements.

Requirements for New Mexico Tech (NMT) Transfer

The following course clusters outline the unique requirements for each transfer major. All of the listed courses can be completed as part of your associate degree. By completing your associate degree, you will also fulfill the New Mexico General Education requirements.

Chemical Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements**:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 2130 - Organic Chemistry I 
  • CHEM 2130L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 
  • CHEM 2135 - Organic Chemistry II
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • CHEM 2135L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

**All courses listed under Program Approved Electives are required by NMT. Any courses not completed as part of the Associate degree may be taken in addition to the completion of the Associate.

Civil Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • BIOL 2110 - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology 
    or GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology
  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

Electrical Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I
  • ENGR 2915 - Circuit Analysis II 

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

Environmental Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics 3
  • BIOL 2110 - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology and
  • BIOL 2110L - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab
  • CHEM 2130 - Organic Chemistry I 
    or ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

Material Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • CHEM 2130 - Organic Chemistry I 
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

Mechanical Engineering
  • ARDR 1116 - Introduction to Architectural Drafting*
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab
  • ENGR 1101 - Survey of Engineering Fields**
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics
  • ENGR 2910 - Circuit Analysis I

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

** Students must complete ARDR 1116 and ENGR 1101 to receive credit for MENG 1110 and MENG 1110L at NMT .

Mineral Engineering
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I 
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology*
  • GEOL 1110L - Physical Geology Laboratory*

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics 
    or ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

Petroleum Engineering
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM Majors
  • CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Laboratory for STEM Majors 
  • CSCI 1153 - Programming in Matlab*
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I 
  • ENGL 1120 - Composition II 
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication 
  • MATH 1510 - Calculus I 
  • MATH 1520 - Calculus II 
  • MATH 2530 - Calculus III 
  • PHYS 1310 - Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 1310L - Calculus-Based Physics I Laboratory 
  • PHYS 1320 - Calculus-Based Physics II 
  • PHYS 1320L - Calculus-Based Physics II Laboratory 

Select the following Program Approved Electives to satisfy NMT requirements:

  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors 
  • CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for STEM Majors
  • ENGR 2810 - Engineering Statics 
  • GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology 
  • GEOL 1110L - Physical Geology Laboratory 
  • MATH 2410 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 

In addition to your associates you may also complete the following bachelors course requirements at CNM:

  • ENGR 2710 - Thermodynamics
  • ENGR 2815 - Engineering Dynamics

*Please select this NMT program requirement to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Option.

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