Wichita State University
Engineering Technical Electives
Approved Technical Electives by Program
Technical electives listed below were made effective Fall 2018. Students on previous year catalog terms may have different technical elective requirements. Consult with your faculty advisor if you have questions regarding technical elective selection. If you are unsure of your technical elective requirements, you can reference your degree audit or contact your academic advisor for assistance.
Aerospace Engineering
Students are required to take 6 hours of technical electives. All 6 hours must be AE technical electives:
- AE 400:799 Except AE 481
Applied Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Engineering
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Computer Science
Cybersecurity
Electrical Engineering
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Industrial Engineering
At least four of the six technical electives must be from ISME. Students are required to take 3 courses of technical electives from one of the following tracks:
- Track I: Manufacturing - 3 courses in IME 361 or 410 or 558 or 676 or 775 or 758 or 767 or ME 250 or 251 or 672
- Track II: Supply Chain & Analytics - 3 courses in DS 625 or IB 400 or IME 664 or 731 or 753 or 754 or 755 or 783
- Track III: System Engineering - 3 courses in IME 664 or 749 or 759 or 755 or 764 or 767 or 740 or MGMT 460 or MIS 600 or 605
In addition to technical electives from the above tracks, student must complete 3 courses from the following list of Addtional technical electives:
- ACCT 210 or 220 or 310 or 420 or 430
- BLAW 431
- DS 625
- ECON 201 or 202 or 660
- ENTR 310 or 440 or 605 or 705
- IB 333 or 400
- IME 361 or 410 or 481 or 558 or 664 or 676 or 731 or 740 or 749 or 753 or 754 or 755 or 759 or 764 or 755 or 758 or 767 or 768 or 783
- ME 250 or 251 or 672
- MGMT 360 or 450 or 460 or 462 or 463 or 661 or 662
- MGMT 464 Communicating Effectively for Organizations
- MIS 600 or 605
Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering
For PDME students* on the Spring 2019 or future catalogs: Are required to complete a total of 11 credit hours of technical elective coursework from the following list of approved electives: 6 credits of which must be in IME 300:799. The remaining 6 credits must be chosen from the following list of additional technical electives:
- ACCT 210 or 220
- AE 100:799
- BME 400:799
- BLAW 431
- CS 300:399
- EE 300:799
- ECON 2001 or 202 or 301 or 302 or 304
- ENGR 301 or 360D
- FIN 340
- IB 333
- IME 300:799
- MATH 500:799
- ME 251 or 300:799
- MGMT 360 or 462 or 463 or 464
- MKT 300
- PSY 316 or 321 or 322 or 323 or 334 or 342 or 386 or 405 or 413
- WSUE 102A
*For PDME students on the Fall 2018 catalog: Required to complete a total of 12 credit hours of technical elective work. 6 credits of which must be in IME 300:799. The remaining 6 credits must be chosen from the above list of additional technical electives.