Learning roadmap
What to learn before what.
Work down the layers. Each course shows what it needs first, so you can see exactly which prerequisite is in your way and patch that one thing.
Readiness gate
Move on when you can
Use this as a quick checkpoint before starting the next layer.
- Model the situation
- Solve without copying
- Check units and scale
- Explain the result
The dependency map
From foundations to specialization.
This is the order of dependence, not a fixed schedule. Anything in the same layer can be learned in parallel. The chips under each course name what it leans on.
Recommended first route for beginners: Mathematics and Physics together, then Statics, then Mechanics of Materials. Pick up CAD and Programming alongside them whenever you have time, since they help everywhere.
Start here
The language everything else is written in. These have no prerequisites, so you can learn them in parallel.
The course that opens everything
Statics is where free-body diagrams and equilibrium begin. Almost the entire mechanical core depends on it.
The engineering science core
Each branch builds on the gateway and a foundation. Thermodynamics opens its own chain into fluids and heat.
Where analysis becomes design and systems
These pull several core courses together. Notice how much each one depends on.
Pick one direction, then prove it
You do not take everything. Choose a single track and finish with a portfolio that shows what you can do.
Not sure where you fit
Find the one prerequisite that is blocking you.
Rather than guess, take the short readiness check. It points you to the exact foundation to patch first, so you are not starting from a random course.
Next step
Start the beginner path.
Begin with foundations, then move through the roadmap in dependency order.