A total of 27 credit hours of general-education courses is required in the
engineering curricula. Eight (8) credit hours are required in communications
courses: ENG W131, COMM R110, and TCM 360. A 1 credit hour
course in engineering ethics is required: EE 401 for electrical
engineering or ME 401 for mechanical engineering students. Eighteen (18)
credit hours in humanities and social sciences must be selected from a list of
approved courses. One social science course, ECON E201, is required of
all students. The remaining 15 credit hours are to be selected by the student
according to the following rules:
The student should explore different areas of the humanities and the
social sciences.
Each general-education program should have a unifying framework.
Courses such as accounting, industrial management, personal finance, ROTC,
and personnel administration do not fulfill the purpose of the general-education
program, regardless of their general value in the total engineering education.
Courses that teach skills, such as keyboard/computer music courses,
photography, drawing, etc., cannot be used to satisfy these general-education
requirements.
General-education electives may be found in such subjects as philosophy,
religion, history, literature, fine arts, sociology, psychology, anthropology,
economics, and modern languages. A list of currently approved courses is posted
in engineering and technology offices.
At least 6 credit hours must be taken in humanities and 3 in social
sciences.
A minimum of 6 credit hours must be selected in the same department. If an
approved economics course is chosen for a social science elective, this
requirement will be automatically satisfied.
No more than 6 credit hours may be used at the introductory level. These
courses are preceded by an asterisk (*) on the approved list.
Modern language courses, when used as electives, must include at least 6
credit hours of a single language.
Foreign language courses in a student’s native language may not count
as general-education electives.
Geography courses are not acceptable as general-education electives.
The Pass/Fail option may not be used to satisfy general-education
requirements.
If credit by examination in a course is used to satisfy part of the
general-education requirements, an additional 3 credit hours must be
satisfactorily completed in the same department. (Note: In the case of a foreign
language, the additional course must be in the same language.)
The approved list of courses may vary from semester to semester. A course
that is on the approved list during the semester the student takes the course
will be accepted even if it is later removed from the list.
Students may petition their academic advisor and department chair for
approval of courses not listed.
