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College of Technology

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Academics

academics : undergraduate

Humanities/Science Selectives For the EET and CpET Programs

Communication Selective

  • COM 31400 - Advanced Public Speaking
  • COM 31500 - Speech Communication of Technical Information
  • COM 32000 - Small Group Communication
  • COM 32500 - Interviewing: Principles and Practice
  • COM 41500 - Discussion of Technical Problems

Science Selective

Students must choose one lab-based Chemistry, Physics, Biology, or Earth and Atmospheric Science course.

Popular science selectives:

  • BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals of Biology I
  • CHM 11100 - General Chemistry
  • PHYS 21900 - General Physics II
  • EAS 10900 - The Dynamic Earth
  • EAS 11100 - Physical Geology

(For complete course descriptions, select course descriptions at left)


Humanities/Social Sciences Electives

Students are required to select 4 Humanities/Social Science electives for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology.  To satisfy this requirement, one elective must be selected from the  Global Perspectives list and  one from the Social Issues list.  The other two electives may be any courses from Anthropology, Art & Design, Communications, English, Foreign Languages, History,  Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Theater. 

Global Perspectives

  • COM 30300 - Intercultural Communication
  • ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present
  • HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World
  • HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
  • HIST 24000 - East Asia And Its Historic Tradition
  • HIST 24100 - East Asia In The Modern World
  • HIST 24300 - South Asian History And Civilizations
  • HIST 24500 - Middle East History And Culture
  • HIST 27200 - Latin American History From 1824
  • HIST 34200 - Africa And The West
  • HIST 34500 - Modern Middle East
  • JPNS 28000 - Introduction To Modern Japanese Civilization
  • PHIL 33000 - Religions Of The East
  • POL 13000 - Introduction To International Relations
  • POL 14100 - Governments Of The World
  • POL 23100 - Introduction To United States Foreign Policy
  • POL 23500 - International Relations Among Rich And Poor Nations
  • POL 30400 - Israel And World Politics
  • POL 34200 - Government And Politics In The Communist Successor States
  • POL 34500 - West European Democracies In The Post-Industrial Era
  • POL 34800 - East Asian Politics
  • SOC 33800 - Global Social Movements
  • SOC 33900 - Introduction to the Socialogy of Developing Nations
  • FLL 20100 - or higher(e.g. CHNS 201, FR, 201, FLL 235 etc)

(For complete course descriptions, select course descriptions at left)

Social Issues

  • ANTH 20500 - Human Cultural Diversity
  • ANTH 34100 - Culture And Personality
  • CE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability
  • COM 25000 - Mass Communication And Society
  • COM 37600 - Communication And Gender
  • CDFS 30100 - Families In A Multicultural Society
  • ENGL 25700 - Literature Of Black America
  • ENGL 35800 - Black Drama
  • ENGL 36000 - Gender And Literature
  • HIST 39800 - The Afro-American Since 1865
  • PHIL 11100 - Ethics
  • PHIL 24000 - Social And Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 26000 - Philosophy And Law
  • PHIL 27000 - Biomedical Ethics
  • PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics
  • POL 22200 - Women, Politics, And Public Policy
  • POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy
  • PSY 33500 - Stereotyping And Prejudice
  • PSY 24000 - Introduction To Social Psychology
  • SOC 10000 - Intoduction to Sociology
  • SOC 22000 - Social Problems
  • SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity
  • SOC 31200 - Americal Society
  • SOC 32800 - Crimnal Justice
  • SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology
  • SOC 34100 - Culture And Personality
  • SOC 35600 - Hate and Violence
  • SOC 45000 - Gender Roles in Modern Society
  • IDIS 38000 - Gender And Multiculturalism

(For complete course descriptions, select course descriptions at left)