ELECTIVES FOR ME MAJORS CLASS OF 2024 TO 2025
Reviewed 2/10/2022 by Dr Ani Ural, Assistant Department Chair
Six Required Courses for all Departments/Majors
- ACS 1000 - Ancients
- ACS 1001 - Moderns
- THL 1000: Catholic Studies, THL 1000: Faith, Reason, and Culture, and THL 1000: Global Religious Experience
- Theology (THL) course or course with CTHL attribute, at the 2000 level or above
- Department approved Ethics course
- One 3-credit course from:
- Theology (THL) course or course with CTHL attribute, at the 2000 level or above
- Philosophy (PHI)
- Peace and Justice (PJ)
- ETH 2050 - The Good Life: Ethics & Cont Prob
- EGR 2930 - Catholic Social Teaching for EGRs
- Any Humanities or Social Science course with a PJ attribute
Humanities
- Arab & Islamic Studies
- Art History
- Classical Studies
- Communications
- Ethics
- English - ENG 1050, 1975, 2100-9999
- Global Interdisciplinary Studies
- History
- Honors Program (eligible students only)
- Humanities
- Modern Languages (except speaking courses in native language)
- Philosophy
- Theatre
- Theology (2000 and above or course section with core theology attribute)
Social Sciences
- Criminology
- Economics
- Geography and the Environment - GEV 1002, 1500-3900, 4050-5300
- Humanities: HUM designated PSC
- Peace and Justice
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Gender and Women's Studies
- BIO >1200
- CHM >1151
- AST >2000
- PHY >2415
Any (3-credit) ETH > 2000 course from ethics department, or any course with ethics attribute, or an ethics course from the students minor (including NS 4200 & VSB 2007), or a course from other departments with a focus on ethical issues such as EGR 2001 and those with the word ethics in the title.
- STAT 4310 Stat Methods
- STAT 5700 Math Statistics
Note: Prior to Fall 2020 STAT 4310 and STAT 5700 courses were MAT 4310 and MAT 5700.
Any 3- or more credit course or any combination of 1- and 2-credit courses (adding up to 3 credits) from Villanova University.
- ME 3103 Dynamic Systems III
- ME 3403 Solid Mechanics & Design II
- ME 4850 Thermal-Fluid System Design
Note 1: If a concentration is chosen, the following courses will need to be completed: Restricted ME Elective, Restricted ME Lab and 6 credits from the approved list of courses for the concentration. Students need to declare the concentration to have it show on their record.
Note 2: Students must take the appropriate course in their concentration if one is selected.
- ME 4001 Dynamic Systems Lab
- ME 4002 Solid Mechanics Lab
- ME 4003 Thermal Fluids Lab
Note 1: If a concentration is chosen, the following courses will need to be completed: Restricted ME Elective, Restricted ME Lab and 6 credits from the approved list of courses for the concentration.
Note 2: Students must take the appropriate course in their concentration if one is selected.
- If obtaining a concentration, both courses must come from that concentration. View all concentration electives.
- Any ME 5000 through 8999 course for others.
Note: Graduate courses are subject to additional requirements.
- ME 5000 through 8999
- Approved elective from other Engineering Department: CHE 5000-8999, CEE 4000-8999, ECE 5000-8999; EGR 7000-8999
- Approved elective from hard sciences: AST 4000-8999, BIO 4000-8999, CHM 4000-8999, CSC 4000-8999, ENV 4000-8999, GEV 4000-8999, MAT 4000-8999, PHY 4000-8999
- Courses from student's completed minor or second major
Note: Graduate courses are subject to additional requirements.