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There are several types of electives (Humanities/Social Sciences, Technical, Departmental, General, etc), all are different.

Humanities/Social Science Elective
Humanities/Social Science (H/SS) electives are generally NON technical courses. Every Engineering student must take 6 of these courses (or 18 credits)
  • 01:355:101 (Expository Writing);
  • 01:220:200 (Economic Principles and Problems)   or     01:220:102 AND 01:220:103 (Micro and Micro Economics).

  • Note: Engineering Economics 14:540:343 is a different course than 220:200 and is NOT a H/SS.
  • Four free electives chosen from a list of courses;  Click here for a list of courses.
Free electives must be selected in a manner such that:
  At least two courses are at the 300/400 (upper) level;
  At least two courses, including one upper level, are from the same subject area;
  At least two different subjects are represented. All courses may be from the same subject only if a minor is earned in that subject. Two upper level courses from the list must still be taken.

Example 1:  355:101    220:200    220:301    940:326    830:101    700:101
Acceptable:  Two subjects are represented; two are from the same area (220:200 and 220:301); 2 upper level courses (220:301 and 940:326).

Example 2:  355:101    220:200    220:202    220:301    220:308    220:395
Acceptable: Only one subject is represented, this student is planning a minor in economics; 2 upper level courses;

Example 3:  355:101    220:200    920:101    920:102    920:326    830:101
NOT acceptable:  2 upper level courses have NOT been taken.

Example 4:  355:101    220:200    420:131    420:332    420:413    830:101
Acceptable: 2 upper levels represented; Two subjects are represented; two are from the same area (420 courses);

Example 5:  355:101    220:200    920:101    830:101    730:307    508:360
NOT Acceptable: no link between 1 upper level and another course;

Please consult your Dean for any further assistance.


 Acceptable Humanities/Social Science Electives List


Technical Elective
A Technical Elective is math or science related course. Each department within Engineering has a specific list of technical electives. Engineering students have to take 2-3 technical electives depending on the major. See your department for a list of acceptable courses.

Departmental Elective
A Departmental Elective is a course specific to your major. The number of required departmental electives is also specific to your major. See your department for details.

General Elective
A general elective is almost any course offered in the university with few exceptions. Most Engineering majors require only 3 credits to fulfill the general elective requirements, except for the Chemical option in Chemical Engineering (6 credits) and Applied Sciences in Engineering (9 credits).

List of the courses that are NOT acceptable:
  • CHEMISTRY 01:160:110 THROUGH 140
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 01:198:107, 110, 170
  • ENGLISH 01:355:096 THROUGH 099
  • EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:377:171 THROUGH 180
  • MATHEMATICS 01:640:011 THROUGH 115
  • Any University course with an "E" CreditPrefix




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