HTS/ME Double Major

BS- ME and HTS Degree Requirements

The following table shows a course plan for a student with a double major in History, Technology, and Society and Mechanical Engineering.  Total credit hours for each semester are listed and, at the bottom, students can see the overlap between the two majors.  Text in parentheses after each class title indicates where the course falls within the BS in HTS.

Year / Term / CourseCredits
FIRST YEAR-  FALL 
CHEM 1310 GENERAL CHEMISTRY (GT core)4
MATH 1551 DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS (GT core)2
US PERSPECTIVE (GT core)3
APPH 1040 OR 1050 (GT core)2
ENGL 1101 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I (GT core)3
MATH 1553 LINEAR ALGEBRA (GT core)2
 16
FIRST YEAR-  SPRING 
PHYS 2211 PHYSICS I (GT core)4
MATH 1552 INTEGRAL CALCULUS (GT core)4
CS 1371 COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERS (GT core)3
ME 1770 INTRO TO ENGINEERING GRAPHICS (Non-major cluster)3
ENGL 1102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II (GT core)3
 17
SECOND YEAR-  FALL 
PHYS 2212 PHYSICS II (Free elective)4
MATH 2551 MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS (Free elective)4
ME 2110 CREATIVE DECISIONS AND DESIGNS (Non-major cluster)3
MSE 2001 ENGINEERING MATERIALS (Free elective)3
COE 2001 STATICS (Free elective)2
 16
SECOND YEAR-  SPRING 
ECE 3710 CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS (Free elective)2
MATH 2552 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (Fall through)4
ME 2016 COMPUTING TECHNIQUES (Non-major cluster)3
ME 2202 DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES (Non-major cluster)3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE (HTS Non-US) (HTS core)3
 15
THIRD YEAR-  FALL 
ECE 3741 INSTRUMENT AND ELECTRONICS LAB (Fall through)1
COE 3001 MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES (Free elective)3
ME 3322 THERMODYNAMICS (Fall through)3
ME 3340 FLUID MECHANICS (Fall through)3
ECON (2100, 2101, 2105, 2106) (HTS core)3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE (Language) (GT core)3
 16
THIRD YEAR-  SPRING 
ME 3017 SYSTEM DYNAMICS (Fall through)3
ME 3345 HEAT TRANSFER (Fall through)3
ME 3057 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS LAB (Fall through)3
ISYE 3025 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS (Fall through)1
MATH 3670 STATISTICS AND APPLICATIONS (Fall through)3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE (SOC 1101) (HTS core)3
 16
FOURTH YEAR-  FALL 
ME 3180 OR 4315 DESIGN ELECTIVE (Fall through)3
ME 3210 DESIGN, MATERIALS, AND MANUFACTURING (Fall through)3
ME 4056 ME SYSTEMS LAB (Fall through)3
FREE ELECTIVE (HTS 2101) (HTS core)3
FREE ELECTIVE (HTS STM) (HTS core)3
 15
FOURTH YEAR-  SPRING 
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE (Language)3
ME ELECTIVE (Fall through)3
ME 4182 CAPSTONE DESIGN (Fall through)3
FREE ELECTIVE (HTS STM) (HTS core)3
FREE ELECTIVE (HTS STM) (HTS core)3
FREE ELECTIVE (HTS XXXX) (HTS electives)3
 18
TOTAL HOURS IN ME CURRICULUM129
  • 39 hours are fall through in the HTS curriculum
  • 90 hours overlap between ME and HTS

 

Additional classes required that do not “fit” in the ME curriculum (32 additional hours, approximately two extra semesters):

  • HIST 2111/2112 (3 hours)
  • HTS seminars (8 hours)
  • HTS electives (15 hours)
  • HTS history elective (3 hours)
  • HTS sociology elective (3 hours)


TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS FOR A DOUBLE MAJOR IN ME AND HTS = 129 + 32 = 161