Requirements: Two Courses

Good writing skills enable students to create and share ideas, investigate and describe values, and record and explain discoveries—all skills that are necessary for professional success and personal fulfillment. Students must also be able to write correctly and engage in a productive writing process that includes drafting, feedback, and revision. They also must be able to locate relevant information, evaluate its usefulness and quality, and incorporate it logically and ethically to support ideas and claims for different audiences and purposes.

Major: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS

Course: English 101-102; 112; 298; or 131-132

Requirements: One Course

Upon completion of the first-year composition requirement, students must take one other approved writing intensive (WC) course. The WC course can be within the student’s major or an elective.

Engineering Major: Aerospace
Course: AE 449; EF 437

Biomedical
BME 449; EF 437; Philosophy 345

Biosystems
English 360; EF 437

Chemical
CBE 415; EF 437

Civil
CE 205; EF 437

Computer Engr.
ECE 395; EF 437

Computer Sci.
COSC 395; English 355 or 360; EF 437

Electrical
ECE 395; EF 437

Industrial
IE 250; EF 437

Materials
MSE 304; EF 437

Mechanical
ME 449; EF 437

Nuclear
NE 401; EF 437

Requirements: One Course

Oral communication skills enable students to interact successfully with others, share ideas, and present and explain discoveries, all of which are necessary for professional success and personal fulfillment. Students should be able to speak in an informative and/or convincing manner to other individuals and to groups, both small and large. Students should be able to locate relevant information, evaluate its usefulness and quality, and incorporate the information logically and ethically in oral communication.

Engineering Major: Aerospace
Course: AE 450 (12-1-2021 revise and resubmit); EF 437

Biomedical
AE 450 (12-1-2021 revise and resubmit); EF 437

Biosystems
BSE 404; EF 437

Chemical
CBE 320; EF 437

Civil
CE 205; EF 437

Computer Engr.
ECE 401; EF 437

Computer Sci.
COSC 401; EF 437

Electrical
ECE 401; EF 437

Industrial
IE 201; EF 437

Materials
MSE 220; EF 437

Mechanical
ME 450 (12-1-2021 revise and resubmit); EF 437

Nuclear
NE 471; EF 437

Requirements: One Course

Effectively communicating ideas within a particular discipline or profession is a fundamental skill that all students should acquire and demonstrate. Applied Oral Communication (AOC) courses will expand upon OC course skills to promote understanding of and engagement with targeted audiences and stakeholders in a variety of communication contexts, such as: interpersonal, small group, and team communication; nonverbal and cross-cultural communication; communication of discipline-specific or professional information both within and outside the discipline or profession; conversational communication in formal and informal settings; and active listening.

Engineering Major: Aerospace
Course: AE 460; EF 438

Biomedical
BME 460; EF 438

Biosystems
BSE 403; EF 438

Chemical
CBE 488 or 490; EF 438

Civil
CE 399/399S; EF 438

Computer Engr.
ECE 402; EF 438

Computer Sci.
COSC 402; EF 438

Electrical
ECE 402; EF 438

Industrial
IE 422; EF 438

Materials
MSE 489; EF 438

Mechanical
ME 460; EF 438

Nuclear
NE 472; EF 438

Requirements: Three Credit Hours

What does it mean to be human? In attempting to answer this question, people have produced—and continue to produce—culturally and historically significant works. The study and critical interpretation of such works and their creators enriches students’ lives and helps students understand the human condition, which is essential to our flourishing in an increasingly global community.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Choose from approved AH list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Biosystems
Philosophy 244

Requirements: Two Courses

Quantitative and statistical evidence and mathematical and logical reasoning often play critical roles in building arguments and claims to support opinions and actions. Students should therefore possess the mathematical and quantitative skills needed to evaluate such arguments and claims. Students should be able to recognize the quantitative dimensions of questions and issues they will encounter in their professional and personal lives. They also should be able to use mathematical and logical reasoning to formulate and solve problems.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Math 132; Math 141-142; Math 147-148

Requirements: Two Courses, one must have lab included

Over time, advances in science and technology have shaped our understanding of the world and our place in it. All students should be familiar with the fundamental principles and chief discoveries of one or more scientific disciplines, should understand the role and relevance of science in contemporary society, and should be able to use scientific knowledge and methods to answer questions about natural phenomena and analyze contemporary issues.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Chemistry 122/123 or 128; EF 152 or 158

Computer Science
EF152 or 158 ; Biology 101 or 150; Chemistry 102/103 or 122/123 or 128 or Physics 231

Requirements: Three credit hours

Why do people – individually and collectively – do what they do? Answering this question allows us to better understand ourselves, make better decisions, and promote the health and success of individuals and groups. The ability to answer this question requires gaining knowledge about both (a) individual and group behavior and (b) political and social systems that have been gleaned from the social sciences, as well as understanding the methods by which social scientists collect, create, and evaluate such knowledge.

Engineering Majors: Aerospace
Course: Econ 201 or 207

Biomedical
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Biosystems
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Chemical
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Civil
Econ 201 or 207

Computer Engr.
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Computer Sci.
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Electrical
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Industrial
Econ 201 or 207

Materials
Choose from approved SS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Mechanical
Econ 201 or 207

Nuclear
Econ 201 or 207

Requirements: Three credit hours

Courses in the International Focus area of the Global Citizenship category develop students’ knowledge of international cultures. Courses will help students develop an understanding of historical influences and contemporary dynamics that shape the experiences of those living outside the United States.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Choose from approved GCI list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Requirements: Three credit hours

Courses in the U.S. Focus area of the Global Citizenship category develop students’ appreciation of the variety and realities of the “American experience,” taking into consideration categories of difference, such as social class, disability, ethnicity, gender, human geography, language, race, religion, and sexual orientation. Courses will help students develop an understanding of the transnational, historical, and contemporary forces that affect American society, in order to foster students’ awareness of their own identities and responsibilities in a deeply pluralistic nation and globally intertwined world.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Choose from approved GCUS list in Undergraduate Catalog.

Requirements: Six credit hours

These electives offer students choice and flexibility to choose specific areas and courses in the arts & humanities, applied arts & humanities, social sciences, and / or global citizenship to explore in greater depth.

Engineering Majors: All Engineering Majors/Honors/Concentrations/5 year BS/MS
Course: Choose from approved AH, AAH, GCI, GCUS, SS lists in Undergraduate Catalog.

Requirements: Nine credit hours; Two courses; Two subject areas

Truly well-educated citizens should be ready to lead and solve problems, building on their chosen fields of study and personal interests and strengths. Students will benefit from experiences that broaden, extend, apply, and integrate prior learning and promote effective collaboration and self-awareness. In all Engaged Inquiries courses, students will produce an investigative, creative, or practical work relevant to the course topic.

Engineering Majors: Aerospace
Course: EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and AE 345

Biomedical
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and BME 345

Biosystems
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and BSE 402

Chemical
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and CBE 415

Civil
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and CE 399/399S

Computer Engr.
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and students choose from approved EI List in Undergraduate Catalog

Computer Sci.
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and students choose from approved EI list in Undergraduate Catalog

Electrical
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and students choose from approved EI list in Undergraduate Catalog

Industrial
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and IE 404

Materials
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and MSE 489

Mechanical
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and ME 345

Nuclear
EF 141-142; EF 151-152; EF 157-158; and NE 472