EE/CompE Additional Electives

Up to 12 credits may count for the EE technical elective requirement and 6 credits for the CompE
technical elective requirement.
Courses in bold are being offered for Fall 2018 as of 05/07/2018.

• For EE, many CSCI 4xxx and 5xxx courses require CSCI 1902, 1913, or 1933 as a prerequisite; if both
courses are completed, the 4 credits for 1902, 1913, or 1933 will also count as elective credits.
• CSE Global Seminars, ​EE 3940 class number​, usually offered during the January or May term sessions,
can usually count for up to 3 credits maximum towards additional technical elective requirements.
• This list is not necessarily comprehensive. ​Other courses (generally from CSE) may count as additional
technical electives upon approval by the ECE Director of Undergraduate Studies. File an APAS
exception request on the Matrix: Matrix > LHS > Administrative Forms > APAS Exceptions, speak with
ECE Director of Undergraduate Studies or consult with the ECE Academic Advisor.

Note:​ The Electrical and Computer Engineering Tutoring website may be found at: ​z.umn.edu/ecetutors

AEM 2011 (3 cr) Statics

AEM 2012 (3 cr) Dynamics
AEM 2021 (4 cr) Statics & Dynamics
AEM 3031 (3 cr) Deformable Body Mechanics
AEM 4601 (3 cr) Instrumentation Laboratory
BBE 3013 (3 cr) Engr. Principles of Molecular & Cellular Processes
BIOC 3021 (3 cr) Biochemistry
BMEN 5101 (3 cr) Advanced Bioelectricity and Instrumentation
BMEN 5111 (3 cr) Biomedical Ultrasound
BMEN 5151 (2 cr) Introduction to BioMEMS and Medical Microdevices
BMEN 5401 (3 cr) Advanced Biomedical Imaging
BMEN 5411 (3 cr) Neural Engineering
BMEN 5412 (3 cr) Neuromodulation
BMEN 5421 (3 cr) Introduction to Biomedical Optics
CEGE 3501 (3 cr) Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CEGE 3502 (4 cr) Fluid Mechanics (prereq: AEM 2012 or AEM 3031)
CHEM 1062/66​ (4 cr) Chem Principles II ​[CompE Only]
CHEM 2301 (3 cr) Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2302 (3 cr) Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 2311 (4 cr) Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 4501 (3 cr) Intro to Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Statistical Mechanics
CHEM 4502 (3 cr) Intro to Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
CSCI 1913 (4cr) Intro to Algorithms, Data Structures, and Program Development ​[EE major only and
only IF a CSCI 4xxx or 5xxx class requiring CSCI 1913 as a prerequisite also taken]
CSCI 4xxx​ [excludes CSCI 4921]
CSCI 5xxx
EE 2701 (3 cr) Sustainable Electricity Supply: Renewables and Conservation
EE 3041 (2 cr) & 4043W (4 cr) Industrial Assignment I & II ​(Co-op Students only)​ ​[Must complete both
to obtain credit] [WI]
EE 4044 (2 cr) Industrial Assignment III (​Co-op Students only)
GCC 3011/5011 (3 cr) Grand Challenge: Pathways to Renewable Energy ​(EE Only)
IE 5111 (2 cr) Systems Engineering
IE 5113 (4 cr) Systems Engineering II
IE 5441 (4 cr) Financial Decision Making
IE 5511 (4 cr) Human Factors & Work Analysis
IE 5513 (4 cr) Engineering Safety
IE 5522 (4 cr) Quality Engineering & Reliability
IE 5531 (4 cr) Engineering Optimization I
IE 5541 (4 cr) Project Management
IE 5551 (4 cr) Production Planning & Inventory Control
IE 5553 (4 cr) Simulation
INET 4021 (4 cr) Dev Ops I: Network Programming
MATS 3011 (3 cr) Elect. & Mag Properties of Materials
MATS 3012 (3 cr) Metals & Alloys
MATS 3013 (3 cr) Elect. & Mag Properties of Materials
MATS 3851W (4 cr) Materials Properties Lab ​[WI]
MATH 3283W (4 cr) Sequences, Series and Foundations ​[WI]
MATH 4xxx
MATH 5xxx
ME 3324 (3 cr) Intro to Thermal Science
ME 3331 (3 cr) Thermodynamics
ME 3332 (3 cr) Fluid Mechanics
ME 3333 (3 cr) Heat Transfer
PHSL 3061 (4 cr) Principles of Physiology
PHYS 2303 (4 cr) Physic III: Physics of Matter ​[CompE Only]
PHYS 2311 (4 cr) Modern Physics ​[CompE Only]
PHYS 2503 (4 cr) Physics III: Intro to Waves, Optics and Special Relativity ​[CompE Only]
PHYS 2503H (4 cr) Honors Physics III ​[CompE Only]
PHYS 2601 (4 cr) Quantum Physics
PHYS 4101 (4 cr) Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 4201 (3 cr) Statistical and Thermal Physics
STAT 5101 (4 cr) Theory of Statistics I
STAT 5102 (4 cr) Theory of Statistics II

Other Business, Law, and Entrepreneurial Related Courses (Maximum 4 credits total):
BLAW 3058 (4 cr) The Law of Contracts & Agency
MGMT 4080W (4 cr) Applied Technology Entrepreneurship ​[WI]
MOT 4001 (2 cr) Leadership, Professionalism, and Business Basics for Engineers

Students who complete a ​Management Minor​ may use the following courses as technical electives:
ACCT 3001 (3 cr) Intro Managerial Accounting
FINA 3001 (3 cr) Finance Fundamentals
HRIR 3021 (3 cr) Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
IDSC 3001 (3 cr) Information Systems for Business Processes & Management
MGMT 3001 (3 cr) Principles of Management
MGMT 3010 (4 cr) Introduction to Entrepreneurship
MKTG 3001 (3 cr) Principles of Marketing
PA 3003 (3 cr) Nonprofit and Public Financial Management
PA 4101 (3 cr) Nonprofit Management and Governance
SCO 3001 (3 cr) Introduction to Operations Management
Students who obtain an ​Accounting Minor​ may use the following courses as technical electives:
ACCT 5101 (4.0 cr) Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 5102 (4.0 cr) Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 5135 (4.0 cr) Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax
ACCT 5160 (2.0 cr) Financial Statement Analysis
ACCT 5180 (2.0 cr) Consolidations and Advanced Reporting
ACCT 5310 (2.0 cr) International Accounting

Students who complete a ​Product Design Minor​ may use the following courses as technical electives:
11 credits taken as part of the Product Design minor are required for the ECE major - of which 7
designated PDES credits will count towards additional technical elective credits for EE students ​or​ 6
designated PDES credits will count towards additional technical elective credits for CompE students of
the ECE majors:
EE 4951W (4 cr) ​[WI]​; or Senior Honors Design: EE 4981H (2 cr) + ​EE 4982V (2 cr) ​[WI]
PDES 2702​/5702 (3 cr) Concept Sketching and Rendering ​(Fall term only)
PDES 3711 (4 cr) Toy Product Design ​(Spring term only)

Students who complete an ​Interdisciplinary Design Minor​ may use the following courses as technical
electives:
EE 4951W (4 cr) ​[WI]​; or Senior Honors Design: EE 4981H (2 cr) ​+ EE 4982V (2 cr) ​[WI]
Required by minor: 8 credits from list below of which 7 designated PDES credits will count towards
additional technical elective credits for EE students ​or​ 6 designated PDES credits will count towards
additional technical elective credits for CompE students of the ECE majors:
ARCH 5611 (3 cr) Design in the Digital Age
DES 3131 (4 cr) User Experience in Design
GDES 5341 (3 cr) Interactive Design
GDES 5342 (3 cr) Advanced Web Design
GDES 5383 (3 cr) Digital Illustration and Animation
GDES 5386 (3 cr) Fundamentals of Game Design
KIN 5505 (3 cr) Human- Centered Design: Principles and Applications
PDES 5701 (3 cr) Creativity, Idea Generation and Innovation
PDES 5702 (3 cr) Concept Sketching and Rendering
PDES 5703 (4 cr) Product Form and Model Making
PDES 5711 (4 cr) Toy Product and Design

Students who obtain a ​Biochemistry Minor​ may use the following courses as technical electives:
BIOC 4331 (4.0 cr) Biochem I: Structure, Catalysis, and Metabolism in Biological Systems
BIOC 4332 (4.0 cr) Biochem II: Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction and Gene Expression
BIOC 4025W (2.0 cr) Laboratory in Biochemistry ​[WI]

Students who obtain a ​Biology Minor​ may use the following courses as technical electives:
BIOL 3xxx
BIOL 4xxx
BIOL 5xxx

Other Minor related classes may count toward additional technical elective credits if assessed and
approved by ECE Director of Undergraduate Studies.