Technical-Science Electives

As part of the mechanical engineering curriculum, students are required to complete four technical/science electives (at least 12 hours total). These electives can be categorized into three groups:

Mechanical Engineering Electives

All mechanical engineering courses at or above the 4000 level not already required in the BSME curriculum are acceptable. Special Project courses, MEEG 492V Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering, are allowed as electives only after approval in advance by the department head.

For planning purposes, below are the ME Electives and typical semester offerings.  These courses are subject to availability and enrollment.

Course Number Course Name Typically Offered
MEEG 41403 Design for Safety Spring
MEEG 42103 Control of Mech Systems Spring
MEEG 43103 Introduction to Tribology Spring
MEEG 44203 Power Generation Spring
MEEG 44303 Aerospace Propulsion Spring
MEEG 46303 Additive Manufacturing Spring
MEEG 43303 Hybrid Electric Vehicles Spring
MEEG 4910V/5910V Modern Principles in Thermal Transport Spring
MEEG 50303 Advanced Mechanics of Materials Spring
MEEG 51603 Advanced Product Design Spring
MEEG 53403 Computational Material Science Spring
MEEG 54003 Advanced Thermodynamics Spring
MEEG 55303 Fundamentals of Aerodynamics Spring
MEEG 42503 Introduction to Robotics Fall
MEEG 447003 Indoor Environmental Controls Fall
MEEG 45003 Intro to Flight Fall
MEEG 45203 Astronautics Fall
MEEG 47003 Mathematical Methods Engineering Fall
MEEG 4910V Emerging Technologies for Smart Mfg Fall
MEEG 4910V Machine Learning for Mechanical Engineers Fall
MEEG 52603 Intro to MEMS Fall
MEEG 52803 Microelectronics Reliability Fall
MEEG 53503 Lithium-Ion Batteries & Beyond Fall
MEEG 54503 Advanced Heat Transfer Fall
MEEG 55003 Advanced Fluid Dynamics I Fall
MEEG 5910V Decisions in Design Fall

 

Other Engineering Electives

The rules governing the selection of engineering electives are:

Engineering or Computer Science/Computer Engineering courses at or above the 3000 level not already required in the BSME curriculum are allowed as technical-science electives. Courses with content remedial to required courses are not allowed, and courses considered redundant to required courses are not allowed.

Additionally, CSCE 2004 Programming Foundations I may be used as a technical science elective, for up to 3 hours credit.

Some courses are very similar to courses required in the BSME curriculum and are not allowed, including:

  • INEG 24103 - Engineering Economic Analysis
  • CVEG 32103 - Hydraulics
  • INEG 35103 - Manufacturing System Design
  • CHEG 31403 - Heat Transport
  • ELEG 39903 - Circuits and Electronics

Science-Math Electives

The following science and math courses are accepted as technical-science electives:

Chemistry

  • 22673 Analytical Chemistry Lecture
  • 26101 Analytical Chemistry Lab
  • 26103 Organic Physiological Chemistry
  • 31103 Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
  • 34603 Elements of Physical Chemistry
  • 34501 Elements of Physical Chemistry Lab
  • 35004 Physical Chemistry I
  • 35104 Physical Chemistry II
  • 35121 Physical Chemistry Laboratory
  • 36053 Organic Chemistry I
  • 36203 Organic Chemistry II

Physics

  • 31103 Analytical Mechanics
  • 34503 Electromagnetic Theory I
  • 35404 Optics
  • 36103 Modern Physics
  • 40703 Intro to Quantum Mechanics
  • 43303 Thermal Physics

Math

  • 30803 Linear Algebra
  • 44203 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations