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Purdue Polytechnic South Bend | Mechanical Engineering Technology Selectives

Mechanical Engineering Technology Selectives

Note | Courses noted in BOLD are offered at the South Bend campus


Humanities Foundation Selective (3 cr.)

 Students attending the South Bend location can take the following courses

  • FINA-F 100 Fundamentals of Studio Drawing
  • HIST-H 105 American History I
  • HIST-H 113 History of Western Civilization I
  • HIST-H 114 History of Western Civilization II
  • MUS-M 174 Music for the Listener
  • PHIL-P 110 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 140 Introduction to Ethics

Freshman Composition Selective (3 cr.)
  • ENGL 10600 First Year Composition
  • ENGL 10800 Accelerated First Year Composition
  • ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing & Inquiry I(IUSB)

TECH/MGMT Selectives (3 cr.)
  • AFT 35100 AF Leadership Studies I
  • AFT 36100 AF Leadership Studies II
  • ECET 38001 Global Professional Issues in ET
  • EDPS 31500 Leadership: Listening
  • EDPS 31600 Leadership: Cross-Cultural
  • EDPS 31700 Leadership: Mentoring
  • ENTR 31000 Marketing Management for New Ventures
  • MGMT 20000 Accounting Principles; OR
    BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (IU South Bend)
  • MGMT 20010 Business Accountin
  • MGMT 45500 Legal Background for Business; OR
    BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (IU South Bend)
  • MSL 20200 Leadership & Teamwork
  • MSL 30100 Leadership & Problem Solving
  • MSL 40100 Leadership & Management
  • NS 21400 Fundamentals of Leadership
  • NS 41300 Naval Leadership Management & Ethics
  • OLS 25200 Human Relations in Organizations; OR
    TLI 15200 Business Principles for Organizational Leadership
  • OLS 27400 Applied Leadership
  • OLS 28400 Leadership Principles
  • OLS 36400 Tech & the Organization
  • OLS 38600 Leadership for Org Change & Innovation
  • PSY 27200 Intro to Industrial-Organizational Psych; OR
    PSY-P 233 Industrial Psychology (IU South Bend)
  • TLI 11200 Foundations of Organizational Leadership
  • TLI 21300 Project Management
  • TLI 25300 Principles of Technology Strategy
  • TLI 25400 Leading Change in Technology Organizations
  • Approved Study Abroad Course

Global/Professional Selectives (3 cr.)
  • ANTH 20500 Human Cultural Diversity
  • ANTH 34100 Culture & Personality
  • ARAB 28000 Arabic Culture
  • CHNS 28000 Selected Topics on China
  • CHNS 28500 Chinese Calligraphy
  • COM 22400 Communicating in the Global Workplace
  • COM 30300 Intercultural Communication
  • ECET 38001 Global Professional Issues In ET
  • EDPS 31600 Leadership: Cross-Cultural
  • FLL 23500 East Asian Literature in Translation
  • FLL 23900 Contemporary Foreign Women Writers in Translation
  • FNR 48800 Global Environmental issues
  • FR 33000 French Cinema
  • GER 23000 German Folklore & Fairy Tales
  • GER 23000 German Literature in Translation
  • GER 33000 German Cinema
  • HIST 30000 Eve of Destruction
  • HIST 33300 Science & Technology in Western Civilization I
  • HIST 33400 Science & Technology in Western Civilization II
  • HIST 35000 Science & Technology in Twentieth Century World
  • HIST 36000 Gender in Middle East History
  • JPNS 28000 Introduction to Modern Japanese Civilization
  • MGMT 45500 Legal Background for Business
  • MSL 30200 Leadership & Ethics
  • MUS 37800 World Music
  • NS 41300 Naval Leadership Management & Ethics
  • OLS 45600 Tech & the Global Society
  • PHIL 11400 Global Moral Issues for Engineers
  • PHIL 20600 Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 29000 Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 33000 Religions of the East
  • PHIL 33100 Religions of the West
  • POL 23100 Introductions to United States Foreign Policy
  • PSY 33500 Stereotyping & Prejudice
  • PTGS 33000 Brazilian, Portuguese & African Cinema
  • SOC 31000 Racial & Ethnic Diversity
  • SPAN 23500 Spanish American Literature in Translation
  • SPAN 33000 Spanish & Latin American Cinema
  • TECH 33000 Tech and the Global Society
  • Approved Study Abroad Course

Behavioral Social Science Selective (3 cr.)

 Students attending the South Bend location can take the following courses

  • ECON-E 103 Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECON-E 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • POLS-Y 103 Introduction to American Politics
  • POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
  • PSY-P 103 General Psychology
  • SOC-S 161 Principles of Sociology
  • SOC-S 163 Social Problems

Economics/Finance Selective
  • CSR 3420 Personal Finance
  • ECON 2100 Principles of Economics
  • ECON 25100 Microeconomics
  • ECON-E 103 Intro Microeconomics (IUSB)
  • ECON-E 104 Intro to Macroeconomics (IUSB)
  • ECON 25200 Macroeconomics
  • ENTR 20000 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Programming Selective
  • CNIT 10500 Introduction to C Programming
  • CNIT 15501 Introduction to Software Development Concepts
  • CNIT 17500 Visual Programming
  • CS 15800 C Programming
  • CS 15900 Programming Applications for Engineers

MET Elective Courses (6 cr.)
  • MET 30200 CAD in the Enterprise
  • MET 31100 Experimental Strength of Materials
  • MET 31700 Machine Diagnostics
  • MET 33400 Advanced Fluid Power
  • MET 34900 Stringed Instrument Design and Manufacture
  • MET 38200 Controls and Instrumentation for Automation
  • MET 40000 Mechanical Design
  • MET 40100 Capstone Projects I
  • MET 40200 Capstone Projects II
  • MET 41100 Introduction to the Finite Element Method
  • MET 42100 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
  • MET 42600 Internal Combustion Engines
  • MET 43200 Hydraulic Motion Control Systems
  • MET 43600 Pneumatic Motion Control Systems
  • MET 44301 Joining Processes
  • MET 45100 Manufacturing Quality Control
  • MET 48600 Fundamentals of Motorsports
  • MET 49000 Green Manufacturing and Sustainability

 MET Capstone Selective  (3 cr.)
  • MET 33400 Advanced Fluid Power
  • MET 40000 Mechanical Design
  • MET 40100 Capstone Projects I
  • MET 40200 Capstone Projects II
  • MET 42100 Air Conditional and Refrigeration
  • MET 43200 Hydraulic Motion Control Systems
  • MET 43600 Pneumatic Motion Control Systems

Technical Selective
  • See academic advisor.

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