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Pre-Approved Technical Electives

All technical electives for mechanical engineering must be approved by the student’s advisor. However, the following courses have already been pre-approved as technical electives and will not have to be approved again by the advisor.

PLEASE NOTE: This list denotes courses that, if taken, will be applied towards the technical elective requirement for the BSME. This list does not supersede pre-requisite or other course/program requirements associated with these courses.

Pre-approved technical electives by discipline

Biology

BIOL 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Biology courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Business Bridge to Career

BUSBTC 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Business Bridge to Career courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Chemistry

CHEM 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Chemistry courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Civil Engineering

CE 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Civil Engineering courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

College of Innovation and Design

COID 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division College of Innovation and Design courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Computer Science

CS 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Computer Science courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Computer Systems Engineering

CSE 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Computer Science courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Construction Management

– CMGT 385 Construction Contracts & Law (3)
– CMGT 417 Project Scheduling (3)

Economics

ECON 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Economics courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Electrical Engineering courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Engineering Science

ENGR 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Engineering Science courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses

Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile

GIMM 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division GIMM courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses

Excludes GIMM 440 (3)

Honors College

– HONORS 392 Honors Colloquia (3)

Information Technology and Supply Chain Management

ITM/SCM 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Information Technology and Supply Chain Management courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/ capstone courses.

Interdisciplinary Professional Studies

IPS 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Economics courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Kinesiology

– KINES 330 Exercise Physiology and Lab (3)
– KINES 370 Biomechanics and Lab (3)
– KINES 403 Head and Neck Anatomy (3)
– KINES 438 Qualitative Analysis of Human Movement (3)

Management

Upper-division Management courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses – AND- excludes HRM courses
– BUS 3xx or 4xx
– BUSMGT 3xx or 4xx
– ENTREP 3xx or 4xx
– INTBUS 3xx or 4xx
– NONPROF 3xx or 4xx

Marketing

MKTG 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Marketing courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Materials Science and Engineering

MSE 3xx or 4xx: Upper division Materials Science courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Mathematics

MATH 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Mathematics courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

Mechanical Engineering

ME 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Mechanical Engineering courses. Credits in these courses fulfill ME and technical elective requirements.

Physics

PHYS 3xx or 4xx: Upper-division Physics courses, excluding seminar, independent study, internships, and senior project/capstone courses.

STEM Education

– STEM-ED 350 Research Methods (3)
– STEM-ED 410 STEM Teaching Methods (3)