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This comprehensive overview highlights popular minors tailored for engineering students. Featuring distinctive options such as Business, Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, and Energy, each minor includes a structured curriculum to fulfill credit requirements, some of which may satisfy major prerequisites. The Business Minor emphasizes essential management and finance principles, while the Robotics Minor focuses on advanced engineering courses. Additionally, the proposed Teaching Minor prepares students for educational careers. Explore academic pathways that enhance technical knowledge and career prospects.
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Popular Minors for Engineers:Present and Future October, 2011
Business Minor • Seven courses (21 credits, some of which satisfy general education & elective requirements) • Economics I (Micro) • Business Finance • Financial Accounting • Management Information Systems • Marketing Principles • Organizational Behavior • Plus one 300-Level Management-related Elective Established2001
Robotics Minor • Seven courses (24 credits, some of which satisfy engineering major requirements) • Computers: Programming • Electrical Engineering: Logic Design • Electrical Engineering: Microprocessors Systems • Mechanical Engineering: Dynamics • Mechanical Engineering: Statics • Robotics: Dynamics of Robots • Robotics: Mobile Robots • Plus one 400-Level Robotics-Related Elective Established2010
Biomedical Engineering Minor • Six Courses (18 credits, some of which may satisfy major requirements) • Biology for Engineers with Laboratory • Applied Statistics • Anatomy and Physiology • Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology • Plus two 300-Level or Biomedical Engineering Electives • Biomaterials I, • Biomedical Instrumentation, • Introduction to Biosensors, • Medical Device Design, • Medical Diagnostic Imaging, • Polymers in Medicine, … Proposed2011
Energy Minor • Seven courses (21 credits, some of which may satisfy major requirements) • Thermodynamics (or equivalent) • Circuit Theory I (or equivalent) • Engineering Economics • Energy, Policy, & Society • Energy Conversion Systems • Plus two 300-Level or Higher Energy Engineering Electives: • Aero/Wind Engineering, … • Alternative Energy Sources, • Industrial Heat and Mass Transfer, • Electric Vehicle Technology, • Engineering Systems Analysis, • Green and Sustainable Civil Engineering, • Green Energy Engineering, • Nuclear Engineering I • Solar Fundamentals, Proposed2011
Teaching Minor • Seven courses (26 credits, some of which satisfy general education and elective requirements) • 1 cr Seminar: Approaches to teaching • 1 cr Seminar: Lesson design • Functions and Modeling (for math certification) • Perspectives in Math and Science (Gen Ed. AH) • Reading in the Content Area (Gen Ed. AH) • Knowing and Learning (Gen Ed. SS) • Classroom Interactions (Gen Ed. SS) • Research Methods • Problem Based Instruction • Practicum Proposed2011