ME Undergraduate Program Electives

Fine Arts/Humanities Electives

The ME degree plan requires three hours of Fine Arts/Humanities credit. Courses approved are listed below. Note: Courses with the intent of developing or improving the competence of a student to perform a physical act (playing a musical instrument or participating in a band) do not satisfy this requirement. Some courses on the approved list are not offered every semester, so check the Course Schedule for availability and most current prerequisite requirements. These may be taken Pass/Fail.

• ARC 308 Architecture and Society I
• ARC 318K History of Architecture
• ARC 348 The Appreciation of Architecture
• ARC 368R Topics in the History of Architecture
• ARH 301 Introduction to the Visual Arts
• ARH 302 Survey - Ancient thru Medieval Art
• ARH 303 Survey - Renaissance thru Modern Art
• C C 302 Introduction to the Ancient World: Rome & Early Christianity
• C C 302K Intro to Archaeological Studies II: Classical Archaeology
• C C 303 Intro to Classical Mythology
• C C 304C Topic 2: Intro to Greek Private Life
• C C 305 Topic 2: Intro to Roman Public Life
• C C 306M Medical and Scientific Terminology
• C C 307K Introduction to Greek Archaology
• HMN 305 Freshman Seminar (by invitation)
• HMN 320 Core Course in the Humanities
• HMN 350 Topics Course in the Humanities
• MUS 302L Intro to Western Music
• MUS 303M Intro to Music in World Cultures
• MUS 342 Studies in Ethnomusicology
• PHL 301 Intro Philosophical Inquiries
• PHL 304 Contemporary Moral Problems
• PHL 305 Philosophy of Religion
• PHL 310 Introduction to Philosophy
• PHL 318 Introduction to Ethics
• PHL 320K Philosophy of Culture
• PHL 325K Ethical Theories
• PHL 325L Business, Ethics & Public Policy
• PHL 325M Medicine, Ethics, and Society
• PHL 327 Contemporary Philosophy
• T D 301 Introduction to Theater (previously DRM 301C)
• T D 317C History of the Theater to 1600 (previously DRM 312K)
• T D 317D History of the Theater, 1600-1900 (previously DRM 312L)

Mathematics Electives

The ME degree plan requires three hours of Mathematics Electives. Courses approved are listed below. Some courses on the approved list are not offered every semester, so check the Course Schedule for availability and most current prerequisite requirements. These courses may not be taken Pass/Fail

• M 427L Advanced Calculus for Applications II
• M 340L Matrices and Matrix Calculations
• M 361 Theory of Function of a Complex Variable
• M 364K Vector and Tensor Analysis I
• M 372K Partial Differential Equations and Applications
• M 374 Fourier and Laplace Transformations
• M 374K Fourier and Laplace Transformations

Natural Sciences Electives

The ME degree plan requires three hours of Natural Science credit, or three additional hours of Math Electives. Courses approved as Natural Science Electives are listed below. Some courses on the approved list are not offered every semester, so check the Course Schedule for availability and most current prerequisite requirements. These courses may not be taken Pass/Fail.

• BIO 311C Introductory Biology I
• CH 302 Principles of Chemistry II
• GEO 401 Physical Geology
• GEO 303 Introduction to Geology
• GEO 312K Geologic Engineering
• PHY 355 Modern Physics for Engineers

Social Electives

The ME degree plan requires three hours of Social Science Electives. Courses approved as Social Science Electives are listed below. Some courses on the approved list are not offered every semester, so check the Course Schedule for availability and most current prerequisite requirements. These may be taken Pass/Fail.

• ANT 302 Cultural Anthropology
• ANT 318L Mexican American Culture
• ANT 320M Upper-Division General Anthropology
• ANT 322M Topics in Cultures of the World
• ANT 324L Topics in Anthropology
• ANT 327C Race & Ethnicity in the U.S.
• ECO 304L Introduction to Economics I
• ECO 304K Introduction to Economics I
• GRG 303K Intro to Cultural & Historical Geography
• GRG 305 The Human World: An Intro to Geography
• GRG 315 The City: An Intro to Urban Geography
• GRG 324 Roots and Regions: American Cultures
• GRG 327K Energy and Society
• GRG 334 Conservation, Resources, and Technology
• GRG 337 The Modern American City
• LIN 306 Introduction to the Study of Language
• LIN 320K Descriptive Linguistics
• LIN 325 Black English
• PSY 301 Introduction to Psychology
• SOC 302 Introduction to the Study of Society
• SOC 309 Chicanos in American Society
• SOC 313K Introduction to the Study of Religion
• SOC 333K Sociology of Gender
• SOC 344 Racial and Ethnic Relations
• SOC 346 The City and Urbanization
• SOC 348K Chicanos: Sociological Perspectives

Gateway Electives

You must obtain formal approval for your Career Gateway electives before enrolling in those courses. You will be required to take a minimum of nine hours of Career Gateway elective courses. Any combination of approved Career Gateway courses that equals nine or more hours of course work can be counted toward the Mechanical Engineering degree. If you are on the 06-08 catalog or beyond, you must complete and obtain the Business Foundations Certificate in order to use those courses towards this requirement.

Sit down with any ME faculty member and choose the courses that best suit your needs. Complete the Career Gateway Elective Form and submit it to the Undergraduate Office in ETC 5.224. You can update your Career Gateway Electives at any time, but any change will require you to get the form approved again. Some courses must get special approval from the Undergraduate Faculty Advisor, Dr. Harovel Wheat.

The following are courses that need special approval as Career Gateway electives. No more than three hours of may be used.

• ME 1, 2, 379M: Topics in Mechanical Engineering
• ME 325L: Cooperative Engineering
• ME 362K: Readings in Engineering
• ME 371K: Legal Aspects of Engineering Practice
• XX XXX: Any Upper-Division course (not listed on the Approve Career Gateway Electives list.