Technical Electives

For all undergraduate aerospace students, a technical elective is:

  • Any technical AEEM, MECH, or MTEN course at the 5000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, AEEM3077, MTEN3012, MTEN3013, MTEN3076, MTEN4034 are permitted. 
  • Any technical physics course at the 4000 or 5000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, PHYS 3041 Astronomy is permitted. 
  • Any technical math course at the 4000 or 5000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, MATH3001, 3002, 3004, 3005, and 3006 are permitted. 
  • Undergraduate research AEEM5035 is encouraged. You must seek a supervisor from the aerospace faculty and arrange a project, and have it approved by the undergraduate director. Up to three semester credits of undergraduate research may be applied to the technical electives requirement. Three additional credits are possible by petitioning the Aerospace Curriculum Committee for approval in advance. 

Courses that do not meet the above requirements, for example, courses from other engineering subjects such a CVE, BME, CHE, etc. may be possible but must be discussed with an academic advisor followed by seeking approval by petitioning to the Aerospace Curriculum Committee. 

A full list of pre-approved tech electives can be found in the degree audit in catalyst. 

For students in the ACCEND program: 

For a student admitted to and participating in an engineering graduate program through ACCEND, it is possible to have up to nine Technical Elective credits taken during the undergraduate degree contribute also to the graduate degree requirements. For the credits to count towards both degrees they must be taken at the 6000 level or above, and therefore if a course is offered as a dual-level course (with both a 5000 and 6000 course code), you should enroll on the 6000 level course.

For undergraduate aerospace students in ACCEND only, a valid technical elective is: 

  • Any technical AEEM, MECH or MTEN course at the 5000 or 6000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, AEEM3077, MTEN3012, MTEN3013, MTEN3076, MTEN4034 are permitted.
  • Any technical Physics course at the 4000, 5000 or 6000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, PHYS 3041 Astronomy is permitted.
  • Any technical Math course at the 4000, 5000 or 6000 level that does not repeat required undergraduate material. Additionally, MATH3001, 3002, 3004, 3005 and 3006 are permitted.
  • Undergraduate Research AEEM5035 is encouraged. You must seek a supervisor from the Aerospace faulty and arrange a project, and have it approved by the undergraduate director. Up to 3 semester credits of Undergraduate Research may be applied to the Technical Electives requirement. 3 additional credits are possible by petitioning the Aerospace Curriculum Committee for approval in advance.