ME EN Technical Elective Options

Technical electives are the final phase of undergraduate education in Mechanical Engineering. Considerable latitude is allowed in the selection of technical electives. The objectives of the technical electives are to synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in required ME EN courses and to broaden the student’s knowledge in other related technical areas.

To see a list of approved courses outside Mechanical Engineering, click here.

Technical Elective Requirements

1. Twelve technical elective credit hours are required.
2. All technical electives must be:
   1. Upper division courses (3000-5999);
   2. Taken for a letter grade (except ME EN 5910 Co-op and ME EN 5930 Undergraduate Research);
   3. Satisfactorily completed with a C or better (B or higher to be used for an emphasis).
3. Six of the twelve technical elective credits must be completed with lecture-based 5000-level courses within the Mechanical Engineering department, excluding ME EN 4999, 5910, 5930 and 5950. This requirement is waived for students pursuing the Data Science Emphasis or Computer Science Minor. These students can complete all 12 technical elective credits from the list of approved courses outside of Mechanical Engineering.)
4. Each of the nontraditional ME courses (ME EN 4999, 5910, 5930, 5950) are capped at 3 credit hours each.
5. No more than 6 credits total may be taken from the following course numbers: ME EN 4999, 5910, 5930, 5950, plus the below lists of non-ME technical elective courses.

Co-op, Design, & Research Options

Technical elective credit may be earned for co-op, design, and research experiences through the following courses:

• ME EN 4999 – Honors Thesis/Project
• ME EN 5910 – Cooperative Education/Internship– Apply here
• ME EN 5930 – Undergraduate Research– Apply here
• ME EN 5950 – Independent Study– Apply here

These courses allow the student to have experiences not normally available in regularly scheduled classes.