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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

EMA 303
Course Description

Stress and strain, torsion, bending of beams, shearing stresses in beams, compound stresses, principal stresses, deflections of beams, statically indeterminate members, columns. For civil engineers.

Prerequisties

E M A 201andMATH 222, or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Grade Point Average
2.87

1.48% from Historical

Completion Rate
96.47%

5.49% from Historical

A Rate
12.06%

29.90% from Historical

Class Size
340

198.40% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

S

Shiva RUDRARAJU

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4.5
Rating
A

Andrew MIKKELSON

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3.5
Rating
J

JAMES PIKUL

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Rating

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