Undergraduate Electives

Course descriptions can be found in the University Bulletin.

See this page to learn how courses from some minors count towards the IE major.

Science Electives – 3 credits required

AFR 105: African Biodiversity and Conservation
(can count as Science Elective and IL)
AGECO 134N: Sustainable Agriculture Science and Policy
(may count as Science Elective or GS/Interdomain)
AGECO 144: Principles and Practices of Organic Agriculture
ASTRO 291: Astronomical Methods and the Solar System
BIOL 133: Genetics and Evolution of the Human Species
BIOL 141: Introductory Physiology
BIOL 155: Introduction to the Biology of Aging
BIOL 161: Human Anatomy and Physiology
CHEM 112: Chemical Principles II
EARTH 103N: Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century
(may count as Science Elective or GS/Interdomain)
EARTH 105N: Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change
(may count as Science Elective or GS/Interdomain)
EARTH 107N: Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
(may count as Science Elective or GS/Interdomain)
ERM 210: Environmental Factors and Their Effect on Your Food Supply
FOR 201: Global Change and Ecosystems
GEOG 6N: Maps and the Geospatial Revolution
(may count as Science Elective or GS/Interdomain)
GEOSC 001: Introduction to Physical Geology
GEOSC 40: The Sea Around Us
INART 050: The Science of Music
INART 050Z: The Science of Music
(may count as Science Elective or Linked)
MATH 310: Elementary Combinatorics
MATH 311M: Honors Concepts of Discrete Mathematics or MATH 311W: Concepts of Discrete Mathematics
MATH 401: Introduction to Analysis I
MATH 405: Advanced Calculus for Engineers and Scientists I
MATH 411: Ordinary Differential Equations
PHYS 214: General Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum Physics

Manufacturing Process Electives – 3 credits required

IE 306: Machining Process Design & Analysis
IE 307: Additive Manufacturing Process and Reverse Engineering
IE 311: Principles of Solidification Processing
IE 428: Metal Casting

Human Factors Electives – 3 credits required

IE 408: Cognitive Work Design
IE 418: Human/Computer Interface Design
IE 419: Work Design – Productivity and Safety

Engineering Electives – 6 credits required

Engineering electives are intended to expose students to non-IE engineering content at the 200 level or higher. These electives serve to broaden a student’s engineering knowledge. Some of the courses may be enrollment controlled by the department offering the course. Please check with the specific department to determine their policy on letting students from other majors enroll in the course.

CE 422 – requires approval of instructor
CE 423 – requires approval of instructor
CMPEN 270 (4 credit course; only 3 credits will count)
EE 211 or EE 212 or EE 210 (4 credit course; only 3 credits will count)
EMCH 212
ENVSE 450 or ENVSE 470 – Controlled course; Contact ENVSE department for enrollment at the beginning of semester
IST 210 or IST 220 – Controlled course; Contact IST department for enrollment at the beginning of semester
MATSE 403
ME 201
MNG 230
3 credits from any combination of co-op or internship. Students must register for 1 credit (ENGR 195, 295, 395, 495) prior to or during each semester of work. Substitution for engineering elective requires the completion of 3 credit-earned rotations.
3 credits upon completion of the ROTC program.

(Note: EDSGN credits from the Summer by Design program can be petitioned and reviewed to see if they fulfill IE degree requirements.)

Technical Electives – 6 units required

All 6 credits must be IE courses from the Department List. No courses outside of IE will be accepted.

Technical electives serve to deepen a student’s IE knowledge. These are IE classes, typically at the 400 level, that build on required undergraduate IE courses.

Note: Students completing the Six Sigma minor can only use one of the 400-level courses: IE 433, IE 434, or IE 436 due to the policy requiring 6 credits of a minor to be unique from the major. Students completing the Six Sigma minor will have to take one IE Technical Elective that is not required for the minor.

IE 306 *: Machining Process Design & Analysis
IE 307 *: Additive Manufacturing Process and Reverse Engineering requirement
IE 311 *: Principles of Solidification Processing
IE 402: Advanced Engineering Economy
IE 408 +: Cognitive Work Design
IE 418 +: Human/Computer Interface Design
IE 419 +: Work Design – Productivity and Safety
IE 428 *: Metal Casting
IE 433: Regression Analysis and Design of Experiments
IE 434: Statistical Quality Control
IE 436: Six Sigma Methodology
IE 454: Applied Decision Analysis
IE 456: Industrial Robot Applications
IE 458: Manufacturing and Design of Nano Devices
IE 466: Concurrent Engineering
IE 467: Facility Layout and Material Handling
IE 468: Optimization Modeling and Methods
IE 477: Computer Control of Manufacturing Machines and Processes
IE 478: Retail Services Engineering
IE 479: Human Centered Product Design and Innovation EDSGN 479
IE 494^A: Honors Thesis Research

* May be used if not being used as a Manufacturing Processing elective requirement.

+ May be used if not being used as Human Factors elective requirement.

^A Only Schreyer Honors students can register for IE 494 and may use 3 credits as Technical Elective. Honors students need to contact the IME Undergraduate Program Office to register for IE 494.