These courses may be counted toward the Department's 15 unit Technical Elective Requirement. Of these 15 units, 9 are required to be Mechanical Engineering-Sponsored Upper Division.
In addition to this list, students may use up to 3 total units of graded research (ME H194 or ME 196) or may also consider petitioning Graduate Level (200+) MechE technical courses to count. If you would like to take a technical course outside of this list, please submit an official syllabus to the ME Student Services Office for assessment.
JOINT MAJORS: Please consult the Undergraduate Student Affairs Officer, Shareena Samson, in 6193 Etcheverry Hall before considering to take courses outside of the department to fulfill technical elective requirements. You need prior written permission to do so and permission is not guaranteed.
CATEGORIES
COURSE LIST
COURSE NUMBER & CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
TITLE & SYLLABI (if applicable) |
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Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems |
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ME C178/ BioE C137 | Designing for the Human Body |
Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Environmental Microbiology |
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Medical Imaging Signals and Systems |
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Introductory Electronic Transducers Laboratory |
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Introductory Microcomputer Interfacing Laboratory |
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General Human Anatomy |
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Survey of Human Physiology |
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Controls/Mechatronics/Robotics & Automation and Related Electives |
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ME 136 | Introduction to Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
Practical Control System Design: A Systematic Loopshaping Approach |
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Practical Control System Design: A Systematic Optimization Approach |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation Planning |
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Transportation Systems Engineering |
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Engineering Project Management |
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Microelectronic Devices and Circuits |
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EL ENG C106A | Introduction to Robotics |
Power Electronics |
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
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Introduction to Optical Engineering |
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Signals and Systems |
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Introduction to Digital Communication Systems |
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Introduction to Communication Networks |
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Digital Signal Processing |
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Introduction to Robotics |
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Probability and Random Processes |
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Optimization Models in Engineering |
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Feedback Control Systems |
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Neural and Nonlinear Information Processing |
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Integrated-Circuit Devices |
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EL ENG 137A | Introduction to Electric Power Systems |
Linear Integrated Circuits |
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Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits |
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Integrated Circuits for Communications |
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Microfabrication Technology |
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Fundamental Algorithms for Systems Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization |
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Medical Imaging Signals and Systems |
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Introductory Electronic Transducers Laboratory |
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Introductory Microcomputer Interfacing Laboratory |
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Laboratory in the Mechanics of Organisms |
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Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) |
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Introduction to Embedded Systems |
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Mechatronic Design Laboratory |
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Industrial Design and Human Factors |
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ME C178/ BioE C137 | Designing for the Human Body |
Transport and Separation Processes |
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Chemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Chemical Process Design |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Design of Steel Structures |
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Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures |
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Structural Design in Timber |
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Transportation Facility Design |
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Infrastructure Planning and Management |
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Web-Based Systems for Engineering and Management |
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Database Systems for Engineering and Management |
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Visualization and Simulation for Engineering and Management |
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Design, Construction, Maintenance of Civil and Environmental Engineered Systems |
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CIV ENG 191 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis |
Mechatronic Design Laboratory |
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Industrial Design and Human Factors |
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DES INV 190E | Special Topics in Design Innovation |
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Dynamics of Charged Particulate Systems: Modeling, Theory & Computation |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Energy Science & Technology Electives/Combustion/Heat & Mass Transfer and Related Topics Electives |
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Introduction to Chemical Process Analysis |
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Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics |
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Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering |
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Transport Processes |
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Transport and Separation Processes |
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Chemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Chemical Process Design |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Transport Phenomena |
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Principles of Electrochemical Processes |
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Air Pollution |
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Climate Change Mitigation |
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Air Pollutant Emissions and Control |
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Environmental Engineering |
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Environmental Engineering Design |
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Ecological Engineering for Water Quality Improvement |
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Environmental Microbiology |
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Nuclear Reactions and Radiation |
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Nuclear Reactions and Radiation Laboratory |
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Radiation Detection and Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory |
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Introduction to Imaging |
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Nuclear Materials |
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Radioactive Waste Management |
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Analytical Methods for Non-proliferation |
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Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory |
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Introduction to Numerical Simulations in Radiation Transport |
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Nuclear Power Engineering |
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Radiation Biophysics and Dosimetry |
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Nuclear Reactor Safety |
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Mathematical Tools for the Physical Sciences |
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Numerical Analysis / Numerical Analysis |
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Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems |
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Introduction to Chemical Process Analysis |
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Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics |
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Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering |
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Transport Processes |
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Transport and Separation Processes |
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Chemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Chemical Process Design |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering Laboratory |
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Transport Phenomena |
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Principles of Electrochemical Processes |
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Environmental Engineering |
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Environmental Engineering Design |
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Ecological Engineering for Water Quality Improvement |
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Environmental Microbiology |
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Water Chemistry |
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Advanced Mechanics of Materials |
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Groundwater and Seepage |
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Nuclear Design: Design in Nuclear Power Technology and Instrumentation |
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Nuclear Design: Design in Bionuclear, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy |
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Methods of Risk Analysis |
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Introduction to Controlled Fusion |
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Manufacturing/Manufacturing Management/Materials Processing and Related Topics Electives |
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Foundations of Computer Graphics |
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Principles of Engineering Economics |
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Introduction to Mobile Industrial Robots |
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Industrial Design and Human Factors |
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Polymer Science and Technology |
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Process Technology of Solid-State Materials Devices |
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Mechanics of Structures |
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Failure Mechanisms in Civil Engineering Materials |
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Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering |
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Environmental Geotechnics |
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Foundation Engineering Design |
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Applied Geophysics |
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Pavement Engineering |
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Bonding, Crystallography, and Crystal Defects |
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Phase Transformations and Kinetics |
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Materials Characterization |
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Materials Characterization |
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Corrosion (Chemical Properties) |
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Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials |
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Properties of Dielectric and Magnetic Materials |
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Biological Performance of Materials |
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Materials Production |
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Metals Processing |
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Ceramic Processing |
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Semiconductor Processing |
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Thin-Film Materials Science |
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Experimental Materials Science and Design |
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Materials in Energy Technologies |
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Nanomaterials for Scientists and Engineers |
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Introduction to Materials Chemistry |
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Polymeric Materials |
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Principles of Engineering Economics |
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Industrial and Commercial Data Systems |
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Introduction to Mobile Industrial Robots |
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Industrial Design and Human Factors |
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Mechanics/Theoretical & Applied Mechanics and Related Topics Electives |
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Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems |
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Structural Engineering |
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Advanced Structural Analysis |
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Design of Steel Structures |
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Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures |
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Structural Design in Timber |
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Mechanics of Structures |
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Advanced Mechanics of Materials |
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Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method |
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Failure Mechanisms in Civil Engineering Materials |
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Concrete Materials and Construction |
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Construction Engineering |
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Introduction to Geological Engineering |
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Introduction to Rock Mechanics |
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Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering |
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Foundation Engineering Design |
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Introduction to Analysis |
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Microelectronic Devices and Circuits |
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Power Electronics |
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
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Introduction to Optical Engineering |
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Signals and Systems |
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Introduction to Digital Communication Systems |
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Introduction to Communication Networks |
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Digital Signal Processing |
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Introduction to Robotics |
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Probability and Random Processes |
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Optimization Models in Engineering |
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Feedback Control Systems |
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Neural and Nonlinear Information Processing |
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Integrated-Circuit Devices |
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Linear Integrated Circuits |
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Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits |
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Integrated Circuits for Communications |
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Microfabrication Technology |
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Fundamental Algorithms for Systems Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization |
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Medical Imaging Signals and Systems |
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Introductory Electronic Transducers Laboratory |
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Introductory Microcomputer Interfacing Laboratory |
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Laboratory in the Mechanics of Organisms |
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Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) |
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Introduction to Embedded Systems |
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Mechatronic Design Laboratory |
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Introduction to Micro and Nanobiotechnology: BioMEMS |
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Solid State Physics |
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Quantum Information Science and Technology |
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Structural Engineering |
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Design, Construction, Maintenance of Civil and Environmental Engineered Systems |
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Mathematical Methods for Optimization |
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Linear Programming |
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Physics Electives | |
PHYS 105 | Analytic Mechanics |
PHYS 110A | Electromagnetism and Optics |
PHYS 110B | Electromagnetism and Optics |
PHYS 111A | Instrumentation Laboratory |
PHYS 112 | Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics |
PHYS 130 | Quantum and Nonlinear Optics |
PHYS 137A | Quantum Mechanics |
PHYS 137B | Quantum Mechanics |
PHYS 138 | Modern Atomic Physics |
PHYS 141A | Solid State Physics |
PHYS 141B | Solid State Physics |
PHYS 142 | Introduction to Plasma Physics |
PHYS 177 | Principles of Molecular Biophysics |
Courses that may count towards the Quantitative Science Requirement |
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MEC ENG 120 | Computational Biomechanics Across Multiple Scales |
MEC ENG C180 | Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method |
ENGIN 117 (considered ME-Sponsored upper division) | Methods of Engineering Analysis |
ENGIN 120 | Principles of Engineering Economics |
ENGIN 177 (considered ME-Sponsored upper division) | Advanced Programming with MATLAB |
Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes |
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Structural Engineering |
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Advanced Structural Analysis |
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Mechanics of Structures |
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Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method |
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Introduction to Digital Communication Systems |
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Probability and Random Processes |
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Optimization Models in Engineering |
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Fundamental Algorithms for Systems Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization |
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Introduction to Embedded Systems |
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Please see the Mathematics Catalog (Undergraduate Courses Only) |
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Please see the IEOR Catalog (Undergraduate Courses Only) |
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STAT 131A - STAT 151B, STAT 154, 155, 158, 159 | Please see the Stat Catalog (Undergraduate Courses Only) |
Business Administration and Economics Electives | |
UGBA 101A | Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions |
UGBA 101B | Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions |
ECON 100A | Economic Analysis - Micro |
ECON 100B | Economic Analysis - Macro |
ECON 101A | Economic Theory - Micro |
ECON 101B | Economic Theory - Macro |
ECON C102 | Natural Resource Economics |
ECON C103 | Introduction to Mathematical Economics |
ECON 104 | Advanced Microeconomic Theory |
ECON 121 | Industrial Organization and Public Policy |
ECON 123 | Government Regulation of Industry |
ECON C125 | Environmental Economics |
ECON 131 | Public Economics |
ECON 133 | Global Inequality and Growth |
ECON 136/N136 | Financial Economics |
ECON 138 | Financial and Behavioral Economics |
ECON 139 | Intermediate Financial Economics |
ECON 140 | Economic Statistics and Econometrics |
Econometric Analysis | |
ECON C142 | Applied Econometrics and Public Policy |
ECON 155 | Urban Economics |
ECON 155A | Cities and Public Policy |
ECON 157 | Health Economics |
ECON C181/N181 | International Trade |
ECON 182 | International Monetary Economics |
Lower Division Options (a maximum of 3 units can be used towards 15 unit requirement) | * = no lab required for fulfillment of tech elective for lower div course |
ASTRO 7A | Introduction to Astrophysics |
Introduction to Astrophysics | |
BIO ENG 10 |
Introduction to Biomedicine for Engineers |
BIOLOGY 1A & 1AL | General Biology Lecture |
BIOLOGY 1B | General Biology Lecture and Laboratory |
CHEM 1B | General Chemistry |
CHEM 3A* | Chemical Structure and Reactivity |
CHEM 3B* | Chemical Structure and Reactivity |
CHEM 4B* | General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis |
CIV ENG 11 | Engineered Systems and Sustainability |
CIV ENG 60 | Structure and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials |
CIV ENG 70 | Engineering Geology |
CIV ENG 93 | Engineering Data Analysis |
COMPSCI C8 | Foundations of Data Science |
COMPSCI 61A | The Structure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsEngineering Data Analysis |
Data Structures | |
COMPSCI 61C | Machine Structures |
COMP SCI 70 | Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory |
DES INV 15 | Design Methodology |
DES INV 22 | Prototyping & Fabrication |
DES INV 90E | Technical Special Topics in Design Innovation |
EPS 50 | The Planet Earth |
EL ENG 16B | Designing Information Devices and Systems II |
Design Methodology | |
ENGIN 45* or MSE 45* | Properties of Materials |
MATH 55 | Discrete Mathematics |
MCELLBI 32* | Introduction to Human Physiology |
PHYSICS 7C | Physics for Scientists and Engineers |
STAT 20 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics |
STAT 21 | Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business |