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Mechanical Engineering Technology Selectives

Pictured | Lab Technician, Mr. Holtz helps Michaela Medich and Ryan Strefling with a project.


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(IU South Bend)

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 Accounting
  • 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 11200 Foundations of Organizational Leadership
  • OLS 27400 Applied Leadership OR
    TLI 15200 Business Principles for Organizational Leadership
  • OLS 36400 Tech & the Organization
  • 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 (IU South Bend)
  • ECON-E 104 Intro to Macroeconomics (IU South Bend)
  • ECON 25200 Macroeconomics
  • ENTR 20000
  • ENTR 31000

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 (6 cr.)

Prerequisites are in parenthesis

  • MET 30200 CAD in the Enterprise (MET 10200 & MET 24500)
  • MET 31100 Experimental Strength of Materials (MET 21100, 21300, & MA 16020)
  • MET 31700 Machine Diagnostics  (MET 21300, Physics 2 & MA 16020)
  • MET 33400 Advanced Fluid Power (MET 23000)
  • MET 34900 Stringed Instrument Design & Manuf (MET 21100, 21300, 24500 & MA 16020)
  • MET 38200 Controls & Instrumentation for Automation (MET 28400 & MA 16010)
  • MET 40000 Mechanical Design (MET 10200, 23000, 28400 & 34600)
  • MET 40100 Capstone Projects I (MET 10200, 23000, 28400, & 34600)
  • MET 40200 Capstone Projects II (MET 40100 or ECET 43000)
  • MET 41100 Intro to the Finite Element Method (MET 21100, 21300 & Physics 2)
  • MET 42100 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (MET 32000)
  • MET 42200 Power Plants & Energy Conversion (MET 31300 & MET 32000)
  • MET 42600 Internal Combustion Engines (MET 32000)
  • MET 43200 Hydraulic Motion Control Systems
  • MET 43600 Pneumatic Motion Control Systems (MET 23000)
  • MET 44301 Joining Processes (MET 10200, 21400 & 34600)
  • MET 45100 Manufacturing Quality Control (STAT 30100)
  • MET 48200 Mechatronics (MET 10200, 21400, & 28400)
  • MET 48600 Fundamentals of Motorsports (MET 31300 & 32000)

Mechanics Selective (3 cr.)

Prerequisites are in parenthesis

  • MET 31100 Experimental Strength of Materials (MET 21100, 21300, & MA 16020)
  • MET 31400 Applications of Machine Elements (MET 21100, 21300 or 11300)
  • MET 31500 Ap Mech Kinematics & Dynamics (CGT 11000, MET 21300 or MET 11300)
  • MET 31601 Mechanics of Machine Design (MET 21100)
  • MET 31700 Machine Diagnostics  (MET 21300, Physics 2 & MA 16020)

MET CAPSTONE I & II SELECTIVE (6 cr.)

Prerequisites are in parenthesis

  • ECET 43000 Product/Project Management (ECET 38001 & 9-12 cr. hrs. of coursework in a technical focus area)
  • ECET 43100 International Capstone Plan
  • ECET 46000 Project Design & Development (ECET 43000)
  • ECET 46100 International Capstone Execution (ECET 43100)
  • ENGT 40500 Entrepreneurial Capstone I
  • ENGT 40600 Entrepreneurial Capstone II (ENGT 40500)
  • MET 33400 Advanced Fluid Power (MET 2300 or 33000)
  • MET 40000 Mechanical Design (MET 10200, 23000, 28400, & 34600)
  • MET 40100 Capstone Projects I (MET 10200, 23000, 28400, & 34600)
  • MET 40200 Capstone Projects II (MET 40100 or ECET 43000)
  • MET 42100 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (MET 32000)
  • MET 42200 Power Plants & Energy Conversion (MET 31300 & MET 32000)
  • MET 43200 Hydraulic Motion Control Systems
  • MET 43600 Pneumatic Motion Control Systems

Technical Selective
  • See academic advisor

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2017-2018 Campus Bulletin
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2014-2015 Campus Bulletin

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