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MECH&AE 183A · MAE 183AIntroduction to Manufacturing Processes

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Manufacturing fundamentals. Materials in manufacturing. Solidification processes. Metal forming processes. Material removal processes. Welding/joining. Rapid prototyping. Electronics manufacturing. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology.

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Enforced requisite: Materials Science 104.

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MAT SCI 104

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MECH&AE 183A

  • MAT SCI 104Science of Engineering Materials
    • CHEM 20AChemical Structure
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
    • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
    • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
      • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists Ianother path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced2 more beneath
      • CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
    • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
      • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
    • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
      • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I2 more beneath
      • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II2 more beneath
      • CHEM 20AChemical Structureanother path to it
      • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Changeanother path to it

1 direct requisite. Showing 23 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MECH&AE 183A

  • MECH&AE 162DMechanical Engineering Design I
    • MECH&AE 162EMechanical Engineering Design II
  • MECH&AE C183CRapid Prototyping and Manufacturing
  • MAT SCI M297BMaterial Processing in Manufacturing
  • MECH&AE M297BMaterial Processing in Manufacturing

4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.