（一）课程中文简介
《机械设计》课程是一门重要的必修技术基础课。其主要任务是使学生了解机械设计的一般过程，掌握机械设计的基础理论和基本方法，熟悉通用零件的设计与选用方法，培养学生具有一定的综合设计构思能力和创新设计意识，并使学生掌握通用机械上各种零（部）件的结构、性能、应用及设计。通过本课程的学习，最终目的是能综合运用《机械设计》课程及其先修课的知识进行机械传动装置和简单机械的设计，具有应用标准、规范、手册、图册等技术资料的能力，为学习专业课打下良好的基础。
同时，从课程的性质和特点出发，运用创造性思维，紧紧抓住“培养什么样的人”和“为谁培养人”这一关键问题，深入挖掘机械设计课程所蕴含的思政元素，实现课程思政和机械设计同向同行，形成育人协同效应。
（二）课程英文简介
“Mechanical Design” curriculum is an important compulsory basic course. The main task of the course is to make students understand the general process of mechanical design, master the basic theory and basic method of mechanical design, be familiar with the design and selection method of general parts, train the student having a certain comprehensive design ability and consciousness of innovation design, and make the students master the structure, performance, application and design for all kinds of components in general machinery. By learning this course, the ultimate goal is to apply correlation of knowledge about mechanical design curriculum and its prerequisite course in mechanical transmission device and simple mechanical design and have the abilities of using working standards, specifications, manuals, illustrated books and other technical information, which will lay a good foundation for learning specialized courses.
In addition, we should fully understand the moral function of all kinds of courses, start from the nature and characteristics of the course, start from reality, follow the principle of gradual improvement, use creative thinking, grasp the key of “training what kind of person” and “for whom to train people”, continuously and deeply excavate the ideological and political elements contained in Mechanical Design course, achieve common direction and advance together of course for ideological and mechanical design, so as to form educational synergy.