IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Effective Fall 2003
Approved by ME Faculty on May 9, 2003
Updated: December 9, 2005
INTRODUCTION
General education is an important part of the mechanical engineering (ME) program at IUPUI. Besides specializing in all areas of mechanical engineering, ME graduates need to become familiar with many of the contemporary issues concerning society, cultures, and environment. In addition to their technical skills, engineering students should possess good communication and critical thinking skills; they need to be aware of ethical issues that may arise during their professional careers, and be effective leaders in society and policy making concerning technology development and use. For these reasons, the curriculum includes a strong general education component that provides students an integrated and well-rounded education in the humanities, social sciences, arts, and related areas. A total of 15 credit hours of course work is required in the general education category. These courses are in addition to the 9 credit hours required in written communications (ENG W131), public speaking (COMM R110), technical communications (TCM 360), and engineering ethics and professionalism (ME 401).
With the assistance of an academic advisor in the department, each student should select 15 credit hours of general education courses in accordance with their own interests and the following rules:
REQUIREMENTS
- ECON E201 (3 credits)
is a required course that addresses contemporary microeconomic theories; market and price issues; method of
economics; market, price, and resource issues.
- At least 6 credit hours of the remaining 12 credits must be chosen from those courses on the approved list of courses which are indicated as having significant contemporary, societal, or cultural emphasis. Approved courses in this category are shown in bold on the Approved General Education Electives List below.
ADDITIONAL RULES
- General education electives may be found in subjects such as philosophy, religion, history, literature, fine
arts, classical studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, geology, geography, environment, public affairs,
and modern languages. A list of currently approved courses is attached below.
- Students are encouraged to explore different areas of general education.
- At least two of the courses must be at 200 or higher level in addition to ECON E201 (to assure depth); or, in
the case of foreign languages, coursework beyond the first three credit hours of a particular language can be used in
place of 200 level courses.
- To further insure depth a minimum of 6 credit hours must be selected in at least one department. This
requirement will be automatically satisfied, for example, if an approved economics course is chosen as a general
education elective in addition to ECON E201.
- Courses taken must be at least from two different departments. To assure students experience a breadth of
topics, no more than 9 credits taken from one department will be counted as general education credit, including credit
by examination.
- Modern language courses, when used as electives, must include at least one 5 credit hour course or two 3
credit hour courses in a single language. Grammar or vocabulary courses in a student's native language may not count
as general education elective.
- Courses such as accounting, industrial management, personal finance, business, ROTC, and personnel
administration do not fulfill the purpose of the general education program, regardless of their general value in total
engineering education, since they basically teach personal skills.
- Courses that build skills, such as keyboard/computer music courses, physical education, photography, drawing,
etc., also cannot be used to satisfy the general education requirements.
- The Pass/Fail option may not be used for ANY courses on an engineering Plan of Study including general
education electives. Also, courses completed by correspondence may not be used on an engineering Plan of Study.
- The approved list of courses may vary from semester to semester. Courses on the approved list during the
semester the student takes the course will be accepted even if they are subsequently removed from the list.
- Students may petition their academic advisor and department chairperson for approval of courses not listed here
APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES LIST
The approved general education courses are listed below, where those with significant contemporary, societal, or cultural emphasis are indicated with bold-face characters.
| Afro-American Studies: | AFRO
A150,
A202,
A303,
A352 |
| American Studies: |
AMST
A301,
A302,
A303,
A304 |
| Anthropology |
ANTH
A103,
A104,
A303,
A304,
A361,
A454,
B370,
B371,
E300,
E310,
E316,
E320,
E326,
E335,
E336,
E356,
E380,
E384,
E391,
E402,
E403
E411,
E421,
E445,
E455,
E457,
E470,
L300,
L401,
P220 |
| Arabic: |
NELC
A117,
A118,
A119,
A200,
A250 |
| Art: |
HER
H100,
H101,
H103,
H300,
H301,
H302,
H326,
H333,
H334,
H341,
H342,
H344,
H345,
H347,
H351,
H352,
H355,
H361,
H362,
H402,
H404,
H413,
H414,
H418 |
| Chinese: |
EALC
C117,
C118,
C119,
C131,
C132,
C201,
C202 |
| Classical Studies: |
CLAS
C205,
C310,
C311,
C351,
C361,
C491 |
| Communication Studies: |
COMM
T130,
T133,
T205,
R310,
T337,
T338 |
| Economics: |
ECON
E201,
E202,
E303,
E304,
E305,
E307,
E308,
E321,
E322,
E323,
E325,
E363,
E380,
E385,
E420,
E430,
E447,
E485 |
| English: |
ENG
G104,
G205,
G310,
L105,
L115,
L200,
L202,
L203,
L204,
L205,
L206,
L207,
L213,
L214,
L220, and all
300 or
higher level ENG Lxxx courses |
| General Engineering: |
ENGR 395 (Economic and Business Aspects of Energy), 395 (Entrepreneurship)
|
| Film Studies: |
FILM
C292,
C390,
C391,
C392,
C393,
C394, C398,
C491,
C493 |
| Folklore: |
FOLK
F101,
F131,
F354,
F360,
F363 |
| French: |
FREN
F117,
F118,
F119,
F131,
F132,
F203,
F204, and all
F300 or higher level courses |
| Geography: |
GEOG
G107,
G110,
G130,
G315,
G331 |
| Geology: |
GEOL
G107,
G110,
G115,
G132 |
| German: |
GER
G117,
G118,
G119,
G131,
G132,
G225,
G230,
G265, and all
G300 or higher level courses |
| History: |
HIST
H105,
H106,
H108,
H109,
H113,
H114,
H220,
H221, and all
300 or higher level courses with
prefix A, B, C, D, F, G, or H |
| Italian: |
ITAL
M117, M118, M119,
M200 |
| Japanese: |
EALC
J117,
J118,
J119,
J131,
J132,
J201,
J202,
J301,
J302,
J394,
J401,
also Japanese cultural courses taught in English EALC
E231,
E351,
E472 |
| Latin: |
CLAS
L131,
L132,
L200,
L250 |
| Music: |
MUS
M174,
M393,
M394, Z105, Z200,
Z201,
Z301,
Z315, Z374, Z380,
Z401 |
| Organization Leadership and Supervison: |
OLS 252, 263, 327, 331 |
| Philosophy: |
PHIL
P110,
P120,
P162,
P237,
P265,
P280,
P281,
P307,
P314,
P316,
P317,
P322,
P323,
P325,
P326,
P331,
P358,
P365,
P367,
P368,
P369,
P382,
P383,
P385,
P393,
P394,
P414,
P418,
P448,
P468 |
| Political Sciences: |
POLS
Y101,
Y103,
Y215,
Y217,
Y219,
Y300 or higher level courses |
| Psychology: |
PSY
B104,
B310,
B334,
B344,
B354,
B356,
B360,
B366,
B368,
B370,
B376,
B380,
B424 |
| Public and Environmental Affairs: |
SPEA V170, V264, V362, V366, V372, V376, V443, E162, E272, H120 |
| Religious Studies: |
REL
R100,
R111,
R133,
R173,
R200,
R212,
R223,
R283,
R293,
R300,
R303,
R310,
R312,
R313,
R326,
R339,
R343,
R344,
R352, R360,
R361,
R383,
R393 |
| Spanish: |
SPAN
S117,
S118,
S119,
S131,
S132,
S203,
S204,
S210, and all
S300 or higher level courses |
| Sociology: |
SOC
R100,
R121,
R220,
R234,
R305,
R312,
R315,
R317,
R320,
R321,
R325,
R329,
R330,
R338,
R344,
R345,
R346,
R356,
R357,
R381,
R382,
R410,
R415,
R425,
R461,
R463,
R467,
R476,
R478,
R480 |
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