Mechanical engineering students must complete 18 hours¹ of humanities/social sciences elective credit as part of the B.Sc./M.Eng. degree program. This course work is distributed as follows (see Approved Course List).

Nine hours² in the arts and humanities area:

• Arts (3 hours)
• Humanities (3 hours)
• Arts or humanities

Twelve hours³ in the social and cultural studies area (six of these hours must be at the 300-level):

• Social or behavioral science (3 hours)
• Historical studies (3 hours)
• Cross-cultural studies (3 hours)
• A fourth course in any of the three areas listed above (3 hours)

Notes

1. In order to fulfill these requirements with the minimum 18 hours, three or more hours must be double counting (lie within more than one area). For example, GEOG 201 falls within both Social/Behavioral Science and Cross-Cultural Studies.
   
   
2. If a student takes six hours of a single foreign language (at the intermediate or above level) in partial fulfillment of the Arts and Humanities requirement, this will count for the 300-level requirement as well.
   
   
3. Two of the Social/Cultural Studies courses must be taken from the same department, or in the same subject (such as religious studies).