Date of Publication :3rd October 2024

Abstract:It is widely believed by lecturers and professors in Engineering that to complete a Bachelor’s of Engineering or a Bachelor’s of Science degree, students must excel in Engineering Mathematics at the University level. The notion is that students that grasps Engineering Mathematics concepts, theory and application to engineering disciplines such as Mechanical and Civil, with this strong foundation, should translate to a strong performance in engineering core intense calculation courses. Currently, there is limited research that can validates this assumption. Students who completed their Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bachelor’s degree in 2024 academic profile was analyzed to determine the relationship between their performance in Engineering Mathematics yea r 3 which is year 1 of the Bachelors since at the University of Guyana Engineering Program is a 2+2, 2 years for the Associate degree and another 2 years for the Bachelor’s degree. Their Engineering Mathematics grades and scores where correlated with perfo rmances in core calculation courses in Mechanical Engineering such as Applied Thermodynamics, Theory of Machines and Strength of Materials, and Civil Engineering Course Structural Analysis. All the courses are in semester 1 in year 3. The spearman’s rank correlation coefficient showed that there is a moderate positive correlation between Engineering Mathematics (EMT 3100) performance/grade and Strength of Materials (MEC 3108) performance/grade for Mechanical Engineering. However, Theory of Machines (MEC 3107) and Applied Thermodynamics (MEC 3106) when analyzed with EMT 3100, revealed no correlation. Furthermore, there is a weak negative correlation between EMT 3100 and Structural Analysis (CIV 3115)

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