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Humanities/Science Selectives For the EET and CpET Programs

Communication Selective

• COM 314 - Advanced Public Speaking
• COM 315 - Speech Communication of Technical Information
• COM 320 - Small Group Communication
• COM 325 - Interviewing: Principles and Practice
• COM 415 - 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 110 - Fundamentals of Biology I
• CHM 111 - General Chemistry
• PHYS 219 - General Physics II
• EAS 111 - Physical Geology

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

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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.  Popular Humanities/Social Science electives are shown at the bottom.

Global Perspectives

• COM 303 - Intercultural Communication
• ENGL 267 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present
• HIST 104 - Introduction To The Modern World
• HIST 105 - Survey Of Global History
• HIST 240 - East Asia And Its Historic Tradition
• HIST 241 - East Asia In The Modern World
• HIST 243 - South Asian History And Civilizations
• HIST 245 - Middle East History And Culture
• HIST 272 - Latin American History From 1824
• HIST 342 - Africa And The West
• JPNS 280 - Introduction To Modern Japanese Civilization
• PHIL 330 - Religions Of The East
• POL 130 - Introduction To International Relations
• POL 141 - Governments Of The World
• POL 231 - Introduction To United States Foreign Policy
• POL 235 - International Relations Among Rich And Poor Nations
• POL 304 - Israel And World Politics
• POL 342 - Government And Politics In The Communist Successor States
• POL 345 - West European Democracies In The Post-Industrial Era
• POL 348 - East Asian Politics
• SOC 338 - Global Social Movements
• FLL 201 - or higher(e.g. CHNS 201, FR, 201, FLL 235 etc)

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

Social Issues

• ANTH 205 - Human Cultural Diversity
• ANTH 341 - Culture And Personality
• CE 355 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability
• COM 250 - Mass Communication And Society
• COM 376 - Communication And Gender
• CDFS 301 - Families In A Multicultural Society
• ENGL 257 - Literature Of Black America
• ENGL 358 - Black Drama
• ENGL 360 - Gender And Literature
• HIST 398 - The Afro-American Since 1865
• PHIL 111 - Ethics
• PHIL 240 - Social And Political Philosophy
• PHIL 260 - Philosophy And Law
• PHIL 270 - Biomedical Ethics
• PHIL 290 - Environmental Ethics
• POL 222 - Women, Politics, And Public Policy
• POL 223 - Introduction To Environmental Policy
• PSY 225 - Stereotyping And Prejudice
• PSY 240 - Introduction To Social Psychology
• SOC 220 - Social Problems
• SOC 310 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity
• SOC 340 - General Social Psychology
• SOC 341 - Culture And Personality
• IDIS 380 - Gender And Multiculturalism

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

Other Popular Humanities/Social Science Electives

• FLL 101 - Foreign Language Level I (CHNS 101, FR 101, ect)
• FLL 102 - Foreign Language Level II (CHNS 102, FR 102 ect)
• A&D 207 - Photography I
• A&D 209 - Photography II
• A&D 225 - Art Appreciation
• ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 105 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 204 - An Introduction to Human Evolution
• COM 312 - Rhetoric in the Western World (COM 114)
• COM 318 - Principles in Persuasion (COM 114)
• COM 324 - Introduction to Organization Communication (COM 114)
• COM 325 - Interviewing: Principles and Practice (COM 114)
• DANC 250 - Dance Application
• ENGL 231 - Introduction to Literature
• ENGL 238 - Introduction to Fiction
• ENGL 266 - World Literature From the Beginnings to 1700 AD
• ENGL 267 - World Literature From 1700 AD to the Present
• ENGL 350 - Survey of American Literature from its Beginnings to 1865
• ENGL 351 - Survey of American Literature from 1865 to the Post-WW II Period
• HIST 151 - American History to 1877
• HIST 152 - United States Since 1877
• HIST 333 - Science & Technology in Western Civilization I
• HIST 334 - Science & Technology in Western Civilization II
• MUS 250 - Music Appreciation
• MUS 361 - Music Theory I
• PHIL 110 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 150 - Principles of Logic
• PHIL 221 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
• POL 101 - American Government and Politics
• PSY 120 - Elementary Psychology
• PSY 318 - Problem Solving & Decision Making
• SOC 100 - Introductory Sociology
• SOC 312 - American Society
• THTR 201 - Theatre Appreciation

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